Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Square Carbon Damper Stays

Thanks to my friend Sunny I was able to get a set of Square carbon damper stays for my TA05. I had been holding out for these in particular because the rear body posts stay in the stock location:They'll be on my car as soon as I get some CA glue to seal the edges.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Arpil 4th Drift Session

Here are some pictures from yesterday's drift session at Warrick's Hobby Superstore. Despite being one of the hottest days of the year, there was nonstop drifting all day long:View from the Drivers Stand:

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Spool Maintenance

I've never been a fan of the steel outdrives that Tamiya includes with their spool for the TA05, so I replaced them with delrin outdrives (Tamiya Item #9804268) and aluminum sleeves (Tamiya Item #9804267) that are standard on the spool for the TRF415.

Before:
After:

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Speed Way Pal - Wangan Wing

Shipping on the 17th of this month is Speed Way Pal's new Wangan Wing. They will be available in either transparent or carbon-print polycarbonate for around $10:
WANGAN WING  PA090:
WANGAN WING CARBON PRINT  PA090-CP:
Click here for the official press release.

Monday, March 9, 2009

HPI Nissan GT-R R35

HPI will be releasing its new R35 GT-R NISMO body later this month. While it still looks good, it doesn't appear to have as much detail as Tamiya's R35 (and you can expect it to be $10 to $15 cheaper than Tamiya's):

Friday, March 6, 2009

Tandem Action

This is some footage from last summer that a friend of mine recently uploaded.

Copper Levin (Brushless 6.5t) - Jader
White 180SX (Brushless 8.5t) - Terrence
Primered Levin (Brushed 23t) - Myself