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the ford pickup pick iis real nice talldude and the track looks fun… last night i went for a walk with the little pajero and found some nice gardens to race through the=at where conveniently lit up real well…

a blank land cruiser would be somethin id be interested in Aaron. hummers are a must as well…

when i got home last night (to the motel) i openened up the the black box (thats what the bB stands for apparently) and i was really astounded at the difference between the ertyl kits compared to the tamiya ones… all stops where pulled out for this kit, the tyres are softer and have a better tread than the OL ones… and they fit on stock z rims (mmm alloys!) the kit comes with a few optional parts like side skirts and even interior carpet for the floor… and pre cut masking for some of the windows that need black outlining…

really nice kit indeed!!!

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mmmm…. very nice but i think the pink chalks a little… well pink….

thought of doing a nice gif using black or really dark grey chalk? you could get a close up shot from a standstill with it ripping a burnout! it would look sweeeeet!

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hell yes!!!

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thanks for a fun day guys! i really look forward to the next time around and for the track to be set up even more (its great the way it is!) and ytrack timing?! wow cant wait!

pete let me have a go with his pn motor and it really hammered, cant wait to get one myself (hes a good pr man Aaron!)… really makes the difference having a nice smooth motor allthough my driving on the day was piss poor!

was fun to see the supra get a real work out, and jase’s plane get worked as well!

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http://community.webshots.com/photo/116292953/343153817lwiSxb

i cant seem to get pics to upload onto my gallery yet so heres a link to see the skyline i did for talldude with the redback next to it. i cant wait to se it on the monster chassis!

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i’ll be in dural tonight. probably around 8 or 9pm.

having 3 cars means i’ll be able to have a few different set-ups ready to go for sunday.

8 tooth, stock chassis and x-speed sounds good. i can fulfill all those requirements.

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do you use a laptop with this set-up ken when you go to races?

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awesome news dave! cant wait to have a lash at some trackwork with some good drivers! i got 5 sets of batts ready to go including some new duracell 750mah from singapore (hope they are good!).

do you guys use foamies on your rides?

what set ups do you run on the track so that its a fair race? all i know is that its stock motor and chassis with a 7tooth pinion. anything else?

i still want to have an open race with whoevers up to it, bring out your best set-ups guys!

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if i see a google ad ill click it! every time! just so you can get another wheelnut A!

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blue alloy? i’ll be taking a set of your hands as soon as they come in…

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dogs i can understand, but i hope the parents where there with their checkbook handy

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i think ill be staying in dural again in a week or so so i should be able to make a meet… i want to deliver some goods to talldude personally as well and wouldnt mind having a race or two…

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drool! whats a setup like that worth ken? the ko propo gear?

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thats that doggy chew stuff right? i only really watch dvd’s and digital foxtel and if the occasional add comes on i usually change the channel.

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in my observations yes there definatly is a trade off. ask me to explain why and id be lost for words tho…

remember how tomy bcg s came with ni-cads installed, then the whole rave about ni-mh’s came around and well they didnt make the car go any harder really on the SAME charge as standard batts. they could take a longer charge because of the higher mah rating (double charge) but in the end overall the nimhs never had the overall power of the lower rated ni-cads…

but then all that could be a bad example because im comparing 2 types of battery…

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any chance of explaining what the hell all this banter about pork is?

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the birthday recorder is all whack thats why pete, it said day month year (2nd of april 1982)and when i entered that it came up as the fourth of febuary 1982… wait that doesnt explain the year difference….

oh well. have you seen the ‘not bacon’ yet?

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thanks pete!

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I think because you were running Sanyo 900 ”’s in the 01 is where the difference was Dave… I know what you say about the 01 being on rails, the 02 looked to me to be on rails also… Its otNa aconBa

i thought that the higher the rating the longer the runtime, i.e. my 600mah batts allways go harder than the 700mah and especially the 800mah batts. but the 800mah allways run for longer than the 600mah rated batts..

i think thats what petes getting at dave.

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this anima motor is the one that can work with stock z s right?

can you compare it with a stock kyosho x-speed if you or betty have one ph2t?

im interested in hearing about it as the spaces i run my z’s are all pretty tight and i find my kyosho x-speed to be the best motor ive ever had in terms of reliability, long runtimesand performance.

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i wont eat it…

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i second betty’s opinion, its a stock diff with an alloy wheel attachment.

whered you find this dgs? it looks complicated but high tech! i wouldnt mind testing it out myself…

has anyone seen that type of antenna before? see the coppertone spring in the top right corner…

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.438secs for me… but thats the first time ive looked at it…

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whos got something planned? thats a fair amount of loot right there up as a prize so thats got to get some of you motivated! whos in?

i got a volkswagen beetle all chopped up and getting along to be a nice buggy, im hoping to take it far enough that it will be barely recognizable… as a bug that is!

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the wide foams from the ausmicro store work on the front and back no problems. i dont know why kyosho only makes wide rims for the rear axle only…

maybe you got a set of the narrow rims izord?

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seing as though the other thread is locked, i thought i might add some inspirational pics of 1/24th plastic kits that have been modded to fit in with the mad max theme. it might seem duanting but for those that havent done any body mods before this apocalyptic theme will really be easy to acheive compared to the usual clean cut styling that goes on. the more gritty and crusty the work ends up the more in theme it will be.

if anyone wants me to id be happy to do a basic tutorial on modifying 1/24th kits to fit a mini-z chasis and also painting effects to get a rusty and crusty look for your cars.

ok heres some pics borrowed from http://www.madmaxmodels.com/pacustoms.html

hope that gets you going!

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