RE: Maybe a stupid question, but whats new lol
Cheers Troppo
Posted on: 11/20/2009 7:00 PM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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Maybe a stupid question, but whats new lol
. Help me out before i spend some of my hard earned on the wrong gear........ Cheers Troppo
Posted on: 11/20/2009 3:18 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
[quote] Also been thinking about some guards for the rear wheels as the air intake is right by the left one. [/quote] You need to do your tractor body, a couple of big guards would look perfect and do the job at the same time
Posted on: 11/16/2009 5:08 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
With your sand problem why not grab some airfilter foam from your local car parts place. You can use the leg from a pair of panty-hose to hold it to the outside of the original air filter. maybe even modify a small car air filter for the job. you can pick them up cheap enough
Posted on: 11/16/2009 4:31 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Project 2 by VassilisG -LOTUS 7
Great work mate..... I was actually going to build a full scale one but to get the engine passed through the transport department was going to be a bloody huge cost. This is a build i will be following closely............
Posted on: 10/30/2009 2:46 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Built Me a Baja Rat Rod
Love it mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The moonies turned out great too
Posted on: 10/26/2009 6:38 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: TURBINE FUNNY CAR PROJECT
Now thats really thinking outside the box, bike bits for a dragster...... Great work mate, cant wait to see them fitted
Posted on: 10/21/2009 5:02 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: TURBINE FUNNY CAR PROJECT
Nice wheels mate, they are really going to add a little pazaz to the beast. Where did you get them?
Posted on: 10/21/2009 4:13 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Help needed for electronics recommendation for big car
G`day Bob Do a google for windscreen wiper motor servo`s, theres guys making them all over the place and they would be perfect for the sort of car your looking at building
Posted on: 10/20/2009 3:27 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: TRAKTOR (something crazy) short video! And NEW LONGER VIDEO x 2
Those poor old pensioners lol. Looks bloody great mate, i agree it could do with a couple of inches added to the wheelbase. Now you just need a feral tractor body and your really in business [:D][:D]
Posted on: 10/17/2009 8:20 PM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
You might have mate, but the double decker bus is screaming to jump off the plans lol
Posted on: 10/14/2009 4:18 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
I take my hat off to you mate! You have shown a lot of us that you dont need all the "proper" parts to build these things. Your work is great to see and a real inspiration. p.s. Gotta love the first pic lol
Posted on: 10/14/2009 3:23 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
Thats not a self portrait is it mate?[;)][:D][:D]
Posted on: 10/11/2009 7:21 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
If your still thinking about a tractor style body for this beast, check out this site http://pullingworld.blogspot.com/2007_04_22_archive.html Some crazy tractors on there
Posted on: 10/11/2009 3:53 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
You were right mate, that thing is screaming for a tractor body....... It needs a proper metal body, one that looks like the drag tractors in the states[sm=thumbs_up.gif][sm=thumbs_up.gif]
Posted on: 10/10/2009 4:18 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
[quote]ORIGINAL: Dirty_Vinylpusher If it weren't for stuff-ups how would we learn anything? And if it weren't for bodging how would we build anything? [;)] [/quote] And the KISS principle is the basis for it all. But we have to try dont we?
Posted on: 10/7/2009 8:34 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
[quote]ORIGINAL: Mudgy looks like you'll need a tube of ''no more stuff-ups'', complete with anti-bodge[;)] [/quote] If you have any please send me some, i have been looking for some for years but no one stocks it any more[:D]
Posted on: 10/7/2009 6:04 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
[quote]ORIGINAL: Dirty_Vinylpusher Cheers fellas. However..... This build will change radically over the next couple of days due to new ideas.....again.... [:D] Mudgy, that's a good idea. Always looking for different avenues of sourcing items that can be used for my builds. [/quote] Thats what makes building like this so much fun, you have an idea, go for it.... You dont have huge dollars invested in it to destroy so ideas are very doable!
Posted on: 10/7/2009 3:05 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Another one home made rc large scale
I reckon you could make a few quid selling shocks like that, theres not too many suppliers of parts like that in the larger scales
Posted on: 10/4/2009 3:29 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Quarter Scale Dragster
Now that is what i call drag racing, thrills, danger and imminent death. They dont call it an adrenalin rush for nothing
Posted on: 10/2/2009 6:58 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
[quote]ORIGINAL: Dirty_Vinylpusher [quote]ORIGINAL: Mudgy I see you must have met that guy '' Murphy''[:)] [/quote] Yessssss... Old Moiphy lives in a corner of me shed from which he spends most of his toime throwing spanners in me general direction. [;)] [/quote] Sounds like a cousin to the little bastard that lives in the back of my shed mate, my trouble is he moves things when i`m not looking lol
Posted on: 10/2/2009 3:59 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Quarter Scale Dragster
[quote]ORIGINAL: Dirty_Vinylpusher Yeah man bring on the oldschool stuff! The good ole days when men wore hats and sported their handlebars with pride. There is a certain magic and mystique surrounding the true pioneers of any kind of motoring. They put their necks on the line to go faster and harder than anyone had done before, knowing full and well that their machine could explode in a ball of fire at any moment. These days it's all too computerised to be anywhere near as dangerous as it was back then and it's kinda lost it's charm. Your dragster is one of the coolest models/RC's I've ever seen and I can't wait to see it in action when it's ready. Them old front motor dragsters would have been pretty scary to drive I reckon with the motor screaming away in front of you. And sitting behind the rear wheels like that as well. And no, not everyone hates cats.....[;)] [/quote] Yeah, a lot of the front engined dragsters had the drivers bum right over the diff, tyres inches from your head and a potential family ending explosion between your legs but they did run after run and loved it every time..... And i LOVE cats, but i find it difficult to eat a whole one[:D] [:D][:D][:D]
Posted on: 10/2/2009 3:54 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Quarter Scale Dragster
Good old Bi Lo lol, another thing thats great for effective 'staging' is photo-copier toner. Dont ask, just think rental car and a mate who knew rofl[:D]
Posted on: 10/1/2009 8:51 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Quarter Scale Dragster
I`m just waiting for your first run vid mate, i know the old style rails and yours looks like a lot of them. Some of the early ones would be considered absolute crap these days but were top shelf technology for their day. Think of it like this, you are educating todays generation on a little motoring history at the same time as making a beautiful model. Now wheres that burnout? [:D][:D]
Posted on: 10/1/2009 7:34 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Homemade diff?
[quote]ORIGINAL: QSPSB2 Hmm... Well DVP i would assume the difference in gear relationship would come down to the difference in brands.. You know,, Patent / Trademark Now tell me something... Was the gears placed the same in the casing.. Another thing you must take into consideration is the placement of your gear set-up... Your driving the ring gear from the back side of it. rather from the front as it would be in a diff... Look at it from the front.. Your ring is on the left side... and pinion is in front of it.. rather than the back of it... Which i fully understand why... Perhaps you could just use a standard straight cut gear set-up... ''NO BRAINIER '' [/quote] As far as i`m concerned mate your talking the KISS principle, Keep It Simple Stupid. Straight cut gears are simpler and easier to find, i reckon DVP plays the game the way i do, scrounge, beg and cheap. If you can get it cheap go for it. Straight cut gears in grinders arent that common but when you can find them they are the grinders that last longest
Posted on: 9/30/2009 7:56 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Homemade diff?
Why dont you go round to a couple of the big tool shops (ones that repair tools) and talk to some of the blokes, explain what your trying to do and see if they can give/sell you two sets of gears from the same model grinder. At least the gears would match that way
Posted on: 9/30/2009 4:25 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Homemade diff?
Mate, all i can say is GO FOR IT!!!!!!! Theres lots out there that say its too hard or you need fancy expensive equipment, but theres plenty of guys out there that have built great gear with nothing more than hand tools. Go for it and dont forget the pics[:D]
Posted on: 9/28/2009 4:05 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: TURBINE FUNNY CAR PROJECT
Looking damned good mate, your going to blow they`re socks off. I reckon you should do a batmobile style body for it lol
Posted on: 9/27/2009 8:41 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Something crazy THE REBUILD
Looking forward to them mate. It seems my adult ADD has struck again, i`m drawing up plans for a different model lol
Posted on: 9/27/2009 8:33 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Another one home made rc large scale
Thats looking bloody great, you do good work mate
Posted on: 9/27/2009 5:27 AM by Author "troppo" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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