Ordered a tub too, want to see for myself what this miracle stuff is all about.
Got the Easter Special BigEgg/EggWig build underway... Shell's rough cut, cleaning it up next. At this rate, I'll run out of build before I run out of weekend.
This looks perfectly square. You could fit a cab to either end... Or one to each.
A Bigwig, matching paint, servo, Rx, bearings... Dunno about your part of the world, but around here there's a very long weekend coming up, and since I always thought the Bigwig was a bit of an easter egg, it seemed perfect for the occasion. Plus, it is the only re-re buggy I haven't built yet, or the last one I'm going to build, depends on how you look at it, until Tamiya re-releases some more, so a major christian holiday four-day weekend suits the occasion just fine, too. Now that I think about it, why did I only buy ONE kit?!
Uh, there goes that excuse. I guess I have to get one now.
I have a SCB, but this spot just calls for something much faster... but... Traxxas? Somehow, I just can't get used to the idea of RTR.
Finally, the need for an amphibious high-speed monster truck has arisen.
Performed 2WD re-re shelfer preventive maintenance and cleanup. All dusted off and spotlessly clean, fully serviced and tested and all ready to go... back on the shelf.
My thoughts exactly. How can they sell something like this, when it plain and simple just doesn't work. In my case, shortened shocks, bolted-thru metal P-Plates, Frog shafts, O-rings and new trailing arms every couple of runs weren't enough to solve the issue. I'm running vintage Thorp telescopic shafts now.
I don't know much about bicycles, but my bike is still faster than yours, 'cause it has flashing blue lights! Seriously. Retired Police patrol bicycle, bought at auction from a small beach town in Florida. Probably not very high end, but hey, those are battery powered strobes!
Forget the video, these pics cannot be outdone! I want a hig-res poster sized print of the last one!
The two of you, myself, Volkswagen, Ronal, HPI and the Nineties as a whole really ought to be ashamed of ourselves for letting this happen in the first place and especially for bringing it up again 25 years later.
Went to my LHS determined to try something new, hung out with the owner for over an hour who brought out and showed me just about every single Traxxas ever made, plus several brands I hadn't even heard of before, and the only thing that remotely caught my eye was Tamiya's XV-01 Lancia... Dunno. RTR simply doesn't work for me. Left without buying anything.
Oh no, don't go all 70s conversion van on this! Keep it cargo and business I say, vans deserve better than to be permanently associated with the worst decade in automobile history. No windows, no murals, just paint it all white, put on a roof rack with a ladder, some utility company logos on the sides and maybe an amber lightbar.