Show us your christmas models

[tractorguy]

Anybody else get any models for christmas?

Heres mine...

Note - not sure the Hotewheels gt3 counts as a scale model but it was from my daughter so I've put it with the rest.

[NismoGT]

Great additions there. Very nice.

I will post mine up later.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Hi, not a regular around here, but I got this for Xmas. I'm about an hour in....

Haynes build your own internal combustion engine.

[War Pig]

So much fun.

[halfpenny43]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Hi, not a regular around here, but I got this for Xmas. I'm about an hour in....

Haynes build your own internal combustion engine.

I had that last year - nice engine.

This year I got the Lego VW Camper Van !!!! Cannot wait to start it.

[AMD87]

Got the bentley ice record car been wanting this for a while so my mum got me it for my xmas.





also said if she was getting me models to also get the gemini royal navy phantom and an F6 lightning or if they didnt have those the TWR XJ-S but they had all of them so i just got money instead

although actually trying to decide if i should just get the XJ-S


Or put it towards the Ferrari Transporter

[Paulbav]

tractorguy said:

Anybody else get any models for christmas?

Heres mine...

Note - not sure the Hotewheels gt3 counts as a scale model but it was from my daughter so I've put it with the rest.

I also have the Moggie model, just reminded me as not seen it for years, may have to have a look...

[CobolMan]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Hi, not a regular around here, but I got this for Xmas. I'm about an hour in....

Haynes build your own internal combustion engine.

Bought that for my nephew and spent most of the evening building it with him. Make sure you read the corrections about setting TDC on no 4 cylinder rather than no 1 - guess who didn't and had to backtrack a bit

[DubZeus]

Only 3 this year:

[Richkaz]

Bought myself 2 vintage BBR models this year ( who else would be dumb enough to buy them for me !)
These were made in Italy in the early 90's. The detail is amazing, especially the photo etched Borrani wire wheels. The pictures don't do them justice.
They are both 1/43 scale ( approx. 3.5 inches )







Box date stamped 14th March 1991 BBR Factory assembled
1938 LE MANS ALFA ROMEO 8C 2900B.










1964 ALFA ROMEO TZ. Again an early BBR model

[R4NDY]

1 to add to the display cabinet



and 1 to build.

[Waynester]

I did not get a single model.....

So I bought 2 myself, a 1:24 Hawker Hurricane. (To go with my completed 1:24 Mk IX Spit).

http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/airfix-12...


And a Millennium Falcon..as I just fancied it in my display collection.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000FCOK4A/ref=mp_...



Both should arrive tomorrow.

[clonmult]

War Pig said:

So much fun.

I got something like one of those, huge fun, along with the embarrasment of my oldest doing a much better job of control.

The blasted gyro (or something) appears to have screwed up, it just throws a fit after a few seconds of flight time

[andrewrob]

clonmult said:

War Pig said:

So much fun.

I got something like one of those, huge fun, along with the embarrasment of my oldest doing a much better job of control.

The blasted gyro (or something) appears to have screwed up, it just throws a fit after a few seconds of flight time

Have you tried leaving on a flat surface for a few seconds after you plug it in before taking off?

[C&C]

After having played with a simple 3 channel then a 4 channel (Blade MCX), I appear to have a rather more challenging job of learning to fly this
(Even the sim is proving a challenge to just hover it at the moment)


IMG-20120103-00036 by conradsphotos, on Flickr



IMG-20120103-00034 by conradsphotos, on Flickr

[andrewrob]

Is that the 6 channel 3d one? I have the MSR and were quite interested in these but was a bit put off about everyone saying the blades fly off sometimes! So keep an eye on your blade grips.

Very jealous though, keep us updated on how it flies.

Just picked a load of new batteries for mine up from hobbyking, nice and cheap!

[C&C]

andrewrob said:

Is that the 6 channel 3d one? I have the MSR and were quite interested in these but was a bit put off about everyone saying the blades fly off sometimes! So keep an eye on your blade grips.

Yes - it's the 3D one.

It's the v2 model - got the updated blade grips (with a "B" embossed on them) and a couple of other mods (including grommets on the ball links on the swash plate) so hopefully should be ok.

Main issue is with the incompetence of the pilot. Having crashed it a few times within 2 seconds of getting airborne in the garden I'm now spending significant time on the simulator before having another go at wrecking it. Looks like this is one Xmas pressy that's going to provide hours and hours of entertainment/challenge.

I still can't get over the level of engineering in something so small and (relatively) cheap.

[clonmult]

andrewrob said:

clonmult said:

War Pig said:

So much fun.

I got something like one of those, huge fun, along with the embarrasment of my oldest doing a much better job of control.

The blasted gyro (or something) appears to have screwed up, it just throws a fit after a few seconds of flight time

Have you tried leaving on a flat surface for a few seconds after you plug it in before taking off?

Not that I'm aware of. Normally just disconnect from the charger, switch both on, and fly away. Except now it just goes up then goes all epileptic.

Whats the deal with leaving on a flat surface? I'll try anything.

[Matt172]

I got this, still running it in, 2 tanks to go before I can take it back to the shop for a tune up, but even at half throttle it's bonkers fast

[C&C]

clonmult said:

Not that I'm aware of. Normally just disconnect from the charger, switch both on, and fly away. Except now it just goes up then goes all epileptic.

Whats the deal with leaving on a flat surface? I'll try anything.

Process should be:
1. turn on controller and wait a few seconds
2. connect battery/power on helicopter
3. immediately helicopter is on, put it down on a flat surface and wait say 10-15 seconds (or more)
4. start to fly

Reason to turn controller on first is to ensure that it's available and running when the helicopter is turned on. With some models turning on the heli without the controller on can send it into "bind mode".
Also good practice for safety when using larger/more powerful models. You don't want them spinning up without being linked to a controller.

Reason for immediately putting the helicopter onto a flat surface as soon as it is powered on is that one of the first things the heli will do on power up is to initialise its servos. If the heli is at an angle or being moved around the servos don't initialise properly which can lead to unpredictable behaviour


The other thing to check is that as well as the helicopter being fully charged, are the batteries in the transmitter ok? Might be worth changing these just to make sure that it's not a weak signal or something causing loss of control.