Tamiya M20

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Scottie,
Great idea using your spare balls like that :smiling4:, just spent ages trying to work out how to do that with a Land Rover - gave up in the end and just glued the axle straight.
I will be sitting behind the reprobates with the coffee and cakes....
Mike.

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I'm grabbing a seat at the front for this one paul

Welcome aboard mate, please keep an eye on the rabble and make sure they don't hog the biscuits.

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Right I'm in , next to Colin and Pete.
Paul black coffee for me and if Si comes he might bring some cakes !
Impressive work with bearings, and it turns ! Can see your ex REME . :smiling2:
John .

John,
Welcome mate coffee is on and looking forward to the cakes. It did turn but I have now set the angle and glued it for strength.

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Nice work Paul, I would have just broke it and re-glued it into position.

Jim that's what I normally do I just noticed the bag of bearings and thought, I wonder.

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Looks good Paul. :smiling3:

I'm with Jim, if in doubt hit it with a hammer. :tears-of-joy:

Bob, I very nearly did.

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Hi Scottie
Goody, goody - another foray into the crazy place that is "Scottie's Super Detailing World"
First post and already great work. I think, like the others, I would have been tempted to have just cut off and glue the ends at an angle.
I do hope Si does bring cake :tongue-out3:
Jim

Hi Jim, your right about my head being crazy lol. Cutting at an angle is what I normally do but couldn't see a way of doing it neatly so thought I would try it with the bearing.

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Love it. Excellent silkpursery. PaulE

Paul, thanks mate good to have you along.

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and it's gonna be AGAIN... something EPIC....

Greg, Not sure about epic but will try my best lol.

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Well im in on this one, i would like a scale working differential please and sprung suspension!

Thought id best get the order in :smiling3:

Ben, I did look at the springs but they were very well moulded so decided to leave them this time.

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The master is back at it again! A wonderful improvement straight out of the blocks with the steering rod. Really looking forward to seeing this one come together. Good luck mate

Hi Steve, Thanks but far from a master. Glad your looking in.

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This will be awesome! Will follow closely as I have a couple in the stash. Rick H.

Rick, If they are the Tamyia ones they will go together nicely.

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Excellent modding on the steering Scottie

Are the ball bearings fixed solid?

The only time I tried to glue ball bearings to something I found them so smooth that the glue would not grip - they just kept falling off and I abandoned the idea

Hi Simon good to see you. I used a round dremmel bit to form a pocket then washed the bearings then used some course emery to just scratch the surface. So far they seem to be secure.

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Scottie,
Great idea using your spare balls like that :smiling4:, just spent ages trying to work out how to do that with a Land Rover - gave up in the end and just glued the axle straight.
I will be sitting behind the reprobates with the coffee and cakes....
Mike.

Mike, it is purely an experiment I haven't tried it before but so far it seems ok. You better get in quick other wise the rabble will have scoffed the lot.

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Keeping my eye in also Scottie, picking up so many brilliant tips and Ideas from so many great modellers on this forum... Brill:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

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Only a little bit done. I have put the hull tub together and attached all the transmission and suspension. The modified front axle seems to be holding. The only other bit I have tinkered with are the towing eyes I have added some weld detail to them and the exhaust has been drilled out, the rest is OOB.
I have made a start on the interior adding some cables and clamps each one held with a pewter bolt head.
Will hopefully get a little bit more done tomorrow.





cheers
Scottie