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What road tires/rims can you put on the Saint Dragon?

Hi Rob, Great video, you guys are very entertaining and informative. I've just got into the world of RC and bought a cheap Tamiya Rising Fighter to hop up. I'm changing the ESC and stock motor for a HPI Firebolt. Would you recommend I change the pinion gear and if so, to what number of teeth would you recommend?

Ah the joys of vintage Tamiya ABS plastics! Lets face it Rob,no one likes greasy shabby cracks eh bud?! 😅 When we attack these vintage rebuilds we often open up a huge can of worms! I love seeing these old cars being brought back to life,great job dude! Well worth getting shat on i would say! 💩 😂 👍 👍

Awesome video Rob.... BTW, a lot worse ways to be "shat" on in life brother, I would take the kind you got every hour of everyday, LOL.. ATB Mate!!!

I love all the shots! Hello Rob!👍

You've done a good job of getting those buggies back together, nice one!!

Both look great. I dont get why parts are so expensive. Especially the plastics. It is what it is sadly

Nice work Dr.Rob. Surgery was a success! The patient has had a full recovery. Looking a little cross-eyed tho.

Ugh that's a lot of greasy stuff in it But you got it cleaned :)

Bonjour, je suis un nouveau abonné et j’aime vos vidéos très complètes ! une question auriez-vous un lien pour acheter cette remorque ?

The old hotshot speed controller was the bane of my life. It overheated, burnt out. At least these days you can set a end points. I did a fox recently and I put the speed controller back. I restricted myself to a silver can which leads to a uneventful drive but cheaper than a esc. But fun will be had. Keep the parts list down best you can.

think you need to sort the over steer - But agreed that is fast - off to buy one

That's pretty cool Rob... 3 vintage kits.... Love the Super shot!!!!! Good score I hope... ATB Mate!!!!!

I have one of those Acoms transmitters. They were always the cheapo alternative to the Futaba kit, but I raced with mine for years and it was fine (and still works!). The bags are a complete classic.

That's cool, Rob! I was actually wondering why you and Mark aren't doing restoration videos, so it's great to see you now have something in the pipeline! I actually liked that aluminium sheet repair on one of them, looked like a proper field repair! Back in the day there was no mail order online for parts, and I'm guessing not too many adults were into RC, so most were children who couldn't afford spares, ha ha! I'm looking forward to see what you do with them!

"Its mullered!!!"😂 Awesome haul Mc Rob,love it!!! I had that model flight charger back in the day,it used to connect to your dads car battery....the bit on the bottom i guess is a mains transformer? Those Acoms techniplus mk3s are awesome handsets,i still run many of them regularly! As for the cars,they have obviously had a fairly hard life,but are always salvagable,especially as all of them have recently been re releasesd,parts are readily available. I actually enjoy vintage restorations more than new builds,something so special about bringing a true vintage car back from the dead. One thing to be aware of though is how brittle the ABS plastic parts become over time- You often find many parts of these old cars disintegrate as you strip them down,then others shatter on the first few runs! Cant wait to see how these turn out......should keep you out of mischief for a few hours matey!😂👍 👍

Cool haul of projects! Hopefully you don't end up buying too many parts, I know they can add up quickly! The poor boomerang has definitely seen better days! LOL! Have fun with the teardown and getting them sorted out!

Hi Rob, about the yellow Shot, it probably still is a HotShot, but with the quite rare at some point "HotShot H.P. suspension set" (basically the Supershot shocks and towers) as it seems it does not have the top access panel (same as the red one you have) and Supershot / Hotshot 2 have that access panel 😊 Anyway, a lot of work involved with these 3 😮🤝

Parts , parts , parts!!

Nice little haul 👌 love a beaties bag proper old school 😊 that acoms charger should have a 12volt plug on that you stick into the old school cigarette lighter on your real car 😊

Nice purchase. Looking forward what you'll do with them

Cant wait to see them running .

The boomerang front bumper fix is actually pretty good in my opinion. Those are always going to break on those 3 points in the original design so it being reinforced at least makes the front bumper functional, likely also without breaking the chassis every time you crash into something too solid. Got one myself which besides the front shock, bumper, a new bodyshell, wing, wheels & tires should be up & running no problem.Actually had it running but the bushings were so worn down from dirt that it was quite wobbly & ran surprisingly hot on a 8.4v nimh pack, used the brushed esc & battery from my Traxxas stampede & the 2.4 ghz radio & receiver on it as well for testing it out.

That black Acoms charger goes to a car battery or you can put a Car battery charger to it to power it ..got that very charger when I bought the Kyosho Texaco sierra Cosworth in the 90’s ..

Some nice and well used buggies you got there McRob Now you have something to do for the winter :)

juts a couple of questions i have just found one in my lost and repaired it but the front wheels bow outwards at the front when i drive forward but nothing looks wrong underneath and i dont know why and also i have put a new battery but mine still isn,t as fast as your one so i cant get it to wheelie 🥲 please help!!!

Great job mate, painted mine today

That's surprisingly fast for driving on such a surface, lol!

1/8th scale sure is not what it used to be. haha

Brilliant!!! Only you guys would speed run a 1/43 scale rc car!!😂😅🤣 Now......dig out the 3s!!! 👍 👍

Mint! Better test it on a gym floor!

At least the length of any walk of shames with this one will be short! Considering the size and weight of the GPS tracker was about the same as the car it did exceptionally well!

More 2 steps of shame 😅 They look very nice, and it's quite fast for a small thing with the GPS device on it (8 mph for 1/43, it's 30+ at 1/10 scale 😊) 🤝

Awesome car. I read the specs in the describtion. This is one of the bravest speedruns I'd ever seen. And almost as fast as one of my crawlers in high gear😂

Cool 😎👏👍👑🏆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

May I ask , what is the name of this song ?

I have an original 90s Manta Ray with all the hop up bits that turn it into a Top Force sitting in my loft. It was the last buggy I raced before I gave up. Strange to see it all being re-released!.

G'day McCobber 😃👩. Nice run mate! That thing launches and looks right at home is the sand👌. Thanks for sharing your video McRobster 🦘🇦🇺

Rob after watching your videos my son is soon to be / Christmas a new owner of the gf01tr. Hes 3 yr old and i believe with the reduction gears about hes pace. Currenty rips hes brothers gf01cb in open ground but a bit quick in the tight stuff. Any way rob we really enjoy what you are doing from down under Thanks mate

Nothing better than thrashing the t*ts off a new build high end Tamiya kit eh mc Rob!! Gosh,you didn't hold back there mate,what fun.....but that final roll over did make me cringe! I love my Evo,such a great car to build,and drives so well. All brought together perfectly with Mark's sulerb camera skills! 👌 Great run dude.😊 👍 👍 👍

It looked great out there slinging around the sand! This is the mush better looking version of the TF, I love the gunmetal color!

What a beauty! 😊

This is such a great buggy Rob! What did you think of it??

Sweet!

Wow, that Top Force Evo looks awesome dude, some great footage there!!

Yeah, Rob, the Top Force is one of the Buggy Kings! Such a cool RC, and a great sand bash, too! Awesome footage, great slomos, and those fasts bits are great!

Great vid, Hello Rob! What a cracking buggy the evo is!

Nice run my friend

Beast.

Nice jumps!