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activexp

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  1. At some point I might change the gear ratio when I'm in the mood. Just involves a major disassembly to get to the gearbox. It's fairly controllable at the moment if I'm gentle on the throttle
  2. This was an enjoyable and relatively straight forward build thanks to the usual Tamiya quality and excellent instructions. The kit came with a pre-painted body which saved a lot of work. During construction there's an option for either standard or low gearing. I chose normal which with hindsight was the wrong choice. It's too fast!. The diffs can be assembled locked for better off road performance. I chose unlocked for better control as locked diffs can mess up the steering. When applying the stickers I started with the tinted windows and then realised I'd made a big mistake. I'd forgotten to remove the protective film from the body. After some careful cutting around the frames I managed to remove the film leaving the stickers in place. I added one third party hop-up item from Mirage RC Parts, a rear tow plate designed for a Traxxas tow hitch which is not included and has to be obtained separately from eBay sellers. The plate does include rubber mud flaps and an exhaust pipe and really sets the model off. My Land Rover collection. Thanks for looking.
  3. WPL C44-KM Toyota Land Cruiser kit with full RC. It features metal parts (axles, gears, drive shafts, suspension links, chassis rails, ball bearings), a working winch, LED headlights, 2-speed gearbox and engine sound. The scale according to WPL is 1/16 but I think it's nearer to 1/12 as the Tamiya driver figure I've added is 1/14 and he's slightly on the small size. The flatbed planks are real wood. No glue is needed, everything is either screwed or clipped together. RC receiver, battery pack and speaker squeezed under the bonnet Thanks for looking
  4. Love those Emhar kits. Built the tanker a while ago, turned out real nice
  5. This F-150 is my third Orlandoo Hunter build and one I would not recommend. Some of the mouldings are poor and require a lot of extra work to get a good fit. About a dozen 1.4mm holes have to be drilled for the mounting of the tiny ball joints. At least a drill of the right size is included in the kit. The gearing is not to the same standard as the previous kits, rough and noisy due to poor meshing of the crown and pinions gears in the diffs. A mistake in the manual didn't help my mood during the build either. I can only assume that this is an early kit and Orlandoo's quality has improved in later models. Thanks for looking.
  6. My cat wouldn't let me build that model....gutted 🙄
  7. Stewart & Stevenson 4x4 military truck retired from service and now in civilian use with a new paint job. Not exactly a fun build due to the tiny fiddly parts but satisfying when it all comes together. Thanks for looking.
  8. Wheels bolted on with 40 tiny nuts. Managed to fit one mirror, the other broke into several pieces. Pretty much at the end of this build apart from the RC installation.
  9. Moving on to the wheels. Each one is held in place with 10 studs, just like the real thing.
  10. With it being an RC model and not static, I'm hesitant as the mirrors won't survive the slightest collision (likely as I'm a hopeless driver!). The plastic used is very brittle and one has already broken during handling 😦 I'll probably fit them anyway for completeness
  11. Spring-loaded hinges for the tilt cab. Completed cab apart from side mirrors which are so fragile I'm hesitant to fit them.
  12. Surprisingly large number of mould release pin marks on the truck bed floor. I'm calling this colour 'Farm Green'
  13. Cracking on with this build now. Most of the chassis detail completed. Next up the cab and truck bed
  14. The headlights are intended to have SMD LED's behind them which have to be individually soldered to very fine wire. There's no way I'm doing that, above my pay grade. Tiny winch (non working) with very thin 'thread'.
  15. A little further on..... Leaf springs mounted onto front axle And back axle
  16. Progress on this build is somewhat slow due to the fiddly nature of the small parts. Steering servo, motor, transfer box and crossmembers fitted to the metal chassis rails Leaf springs assembled. Shock absorbers, steering links and drive shafts. Was rather dismayed to see that the longer steering link had to be bent to shape. The three drive shafts took me the best part of two hours to assemble the universal joints. The leaf springs are attached to the axles with U bolts and the smallest nuts I've ever seen. Thankfully a suitable nut driver is included in the kit.
  17. They do a 6 wheeler version too. https://www.dronejunkie.co.uk/orlandoo-hunter-oh32m02-132-military-truck
  18. Another tiny 4x4 with RC from Orlandoo Hunter. Although a military truck for the purposes of this build it has been decommissioned and is in civilian use. Detailed instructions with actual size of parts. Front axle Back axle Transfer case
  19. Thanks desert falcon. I'll try to do a video sometime soon. In the meantime, here's a link to someone else's build showing it's off road capabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZahoq1JnuI&t=1163s
  20. Finally finished this 1/32 Land Rover Defender with full function RC from Orlandoo Hunter and am pleased to say it all works. The build itself was very much a learning curve of handling very small parts without losing patience. The roof rack and RC gear are optional extras. I really need to upload a video of its 4x4 off road capabilities but not sure how to do it. Thanks for looking.
  21. I think it was a Youtube video that got me into this build and now I'm hooked with another kit on the way. Spare parts are freely available so not throw away toys. And they don't take up a lot of space
  22. The RC stuff that comes with the D4L proportional controller. Tiny speaker for engine sounds. Four channel LED board. Just having one channel for the headlights was enough of a challenge for me. RC gear fitted and all working. All I need now is the right battery and it's done.
  23. Things didn't go too well with the body. Fell off the paint stand on to its roof before the paint was dry. Attempted a clean-up and re-spray only to find later that some of the white had bled through on to the blue despite my best masking attempts. I might have to make this Land Rover dirty to hide all the defects. Then there's the lenses for the lights, side lights, indicators etc, some no bigger than a pinhead. Took my ages to get them fitted as most of the time I was trying to find them after pinging from tweezers. I'm just not used to working at this scale but I persist because the thing is definitely 'cool'. The next step is fitting the RC stuff but I'm held up with that as the specified 260maH Lipo battery is unobtainium at the moment.
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