Soooo its been a long time since I updated this thread, but recently been looking at RC stuff again so thought it was time for an update. I don't know how many people still read this, but one day I hope things lean back towards forums rather than Facebook groups which are totally useless for information and learning anything. Still have all the old gear though most of it hasn't been used in the last 10 years now so most of the lipos have swelled and are stuffed, but anyway.. Finally found my Venom procharger which I haven't seen since 2014 or so, other than lack of time not knowing where this is was a major reason behind stuff not getting used. That said I have since bought a Turnigy 200w charger and parallel board for what batteries I do have left.
So recently I've bought a couple of new items, starting with a DJI Mavic mini drone. Was a marketplace find for $300 and came with a second partially working one which was attacked by a bird. Was a cheap sorta deal and for me a good way to see if I got the use/enjoymemnt out of it before I bought something newer or nicer. So far its been great fun, I haven't got a photo of it but here some footage I've taken with it. Having always done photography in some way shape or form its been a handy tool to muck around with.
Then browsing marketplace as I do I found a ripper deal on a Losi 8T 3.0 Brushless Truggy, had only 2 packs put through it and complete bar radio gear which is easy for $500, couldn't help myself and jumped on it. I haven't touched it since I bought it home, but I have a Castle external BEC and a receiver for it now, so just needs a battery and it'll be good to go. For memory its a castle MMM & 2200kv combo. so very happy with how its gone so far.
Then going back in time I bought a Schumacher MI1 TC roller to setup as a drift car as a bit of a project in 2020 (I think) in the lockdowns, got a good deal again on marketplace and the plan was (and still is) to make in to a replica of my actual drift car a R33 Skyline. I haven't done a lot for this but I do have a Turnigy 10.5t brushless motor and ESC combo, which is probably bit quick actually. I also found a suitable R33 GTR body to suit, which is still partially trimmed and still unpainted and I still need to sort batteries and battery tie downs. I'll get there eventually. I took these photos tonight, it nearly has as much dust on it as some of my full sized cars
In the meantime I've spent most of the last 10 years playing with full sized cars. This is the fleet currently, they don't all currently run sadly but lack of time, money, etc gets in the way as it does.
VZ Maloo R8 - Daily Driver
89 Ford F150
R33 Skyline - Dedicated track car setup for drifting
1973 HQ Ute
1980 VC Commodore