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Great buy i love the looks of the Bigwig and id be very interested in a rebuild thread if you wanted to start one JR Keep us posted
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This is my 2nd Bigpig - thread for the 1st one is here I just scanned through that thread briefly ... this time I'll stick to a brushed motor - probably a 19T or so, but - doh! - I just realised I gave away my only 8.4v battery with the Wild Dagger I sold recently, thinking I had no other use for it |
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I've got itchy fingers to get on with this one ... but not having the car in front of me is a bit of a problem
I did start working out whether I had enough stainless fasteners for it, or, being short, whether I could justify the cost of buying more ... but I got distracted by thinking about colour - I don't feel I have to go #1 boxart on this ... though that will depend on what state the body is in: 1 - good body, good paint - no point changing it; 2 - good body, lousy paint - strip it, and shellfish associated with planetary domination come in to play 3 - lousy body - buy a TBG one, and ditto ... Looking around, I've seen a few alternative paint jobs: Lighter blue (i.e. as it is now) = seems to be quite popular Yellow where the white should be = nasty black all over = NO black with red sides = yuk! green where the blue should be = still not that nice... red where the blue should be = maybe ... orange where the blue should be = I'm actally warming to this ... I do have to think about resale value ATM - no point halving it if I'm not 100% set on the colour ... which probably means going with a semi official #2 boxart scheme, for instance: Stars & Stripes ( example on TC ) - my painting skills really aren't up to it, so I'd have to cheat (blue & white paint, star & red stripes as decals) ... but why do something that's already been done? In the build manual, there are a total of 9 "color schemes" shown - but in grey scale I'm going to try & work out what the colours should be ... I could be some time |
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Had a go at #2 (left middle) - STP logo gives a clue... I thought silver for the sides of the wing...
It gets harder after that, I think #3 says "Potenza" on the wing, meaning Bridgestone - so, black, white & red ... no idea about the 4th colour though, so I chose yellow ... #4 I just used blue and red - TBH this is not proving to be anywhere near as helpful at I'd hoped |
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Well it's arrived /
I don't think I've ever seen a car in such bad shape - what hasn't been lied about is worn out and/or broken, and made worse by a misguided attempt at lashing it up to make it complete/work ... Starting with the body, I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to consider this in good condition with only a couple of minor cracks Wheels seem to have been badly abused, badly painted & badly stripped ... Tyres have been badly painted & the fronts are looking pretty worn: |
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Subchassis has half of one of the hooks missing:
All the rear arms are broken & held together with new cable ties: Chassis & gearbox have stripped threads & cracks all over, for example: Front arms, balljoints & cups are horrendously worn: Most places have a horrible, plastic & rubber ruining mix of grease/oil on them: MSC has had some attention with 60 grit sandpaper & Araldite very recently: .... |
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Broken/missing steering wheel, bent & rusty antennas & bodged hub pins are pretty minor problems in comparison ...
More shonky wiring - cracked resistor pack, bin fodder battery, lashed up RX battery holder loom, bodged up battery connector: I've stripped it & made a list of what would need getting ... but TBH I think all I'm going to do is clean it enough to stop it deteriorating & keep it for spares - I could easily spend 200 GBP on it & it would still be unusable. |
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