I blame @Doom!
He motivated me
Tiger stripes are cool...
Add some krylon...
Pull some tape...
Add more krylon...
Add more whiskey- I mean pull more tape and add more krylon!
Couple more pulls of whiskey...
I mean krylon!
All you need for a proper paint job!
Ok, going back to work 2 weeks after carving the evil out was probably (not probably at all, more like definitely) stupid. I keep hitting the wall around 2pm this week, so don't hold your breath on the videos mentioned above...
If we can get a day w/o snow or rain, I plan to do a few update vids to kinda wrap up the weekend and all the upgrades/rebuilds I did on the 24's. The Taco basically got fixed and lowered. I can't really tell if the cg adjustments made a difference, but I think it did.
The boinger got...
I was talking speed controllers, sorry 🤣
I've heard you can use the factory esc as just a receiver and run a lead from the motor output on that to your other speed controller - whatever kind you want to get. That way your factory esc just runs your servo & lights, and acts as a receiver.
I think you can actually run a 4 wheel steering setup with that controller. And I think there's a light kit on their website too
Those guys are also developing a 10th scale controller that should blow a few minds
I haven't tried that servo, but I do have some little purple jobbers that work well. For the emax, I just run longer screws. It works fine. I did just pick up a reefs 99. I'll prolly put it in Taco soon.
The surpass, and other outrunners need specific motor mounts (usually less than $10). I've...
For the record, I acknowledge that I have a thing for scx24's.
Some stuff that always ends up on my trucks-
Brass front pumpkin covers and brass knuckles. Every brand I've tried works great, but I kinda gravitate to samix. They're cooler.
Metal beadlocks- I have a couple sets of rc4wd wagons...