Lunchbox lolz - pic heavy!

[Stig]

Well, following my recent thread about sourcing a Pajero, I went out and bought a lunchbox following some sage advice by herebemonsters and roop.

So here's the latest addition to my toy box

Basically stock, except for full bearings, alloy shocks and the LEDs.

Amazed at the run time. My old BigWig used to give me about 5-7 mins max. My how battery technology progresses - I got 35mins out of a 2200 NiMh and I have a pair of 4600 NiMh yet to try!

Anyway - here's the old girl. Paint is a sort of homage to the A-Team van and my road car:

Alloy shocks




I do hate untidy wiring!


10m front grill LEDs




LEDS run from a NiMh 9v pp3








Crazy foo....




TRF sticket kit in silver and gold adds a nice contrast












Bargain at only £65 for the kit

Edited by Stig on Monday 22 June 09:43

[Roop]

Ha...! Looks like great fun. I love my VLB gets run a lot. Good choice

[vrooom]

I alway wanted one, but i have a hpi savage and hot bodies lighting 10 brushless converted.

Maybe buy one day

[vdubbin]

That looks class, the paintjob is a lot batter than the box art! How does the 9v block up front affect the handling (by which of course I mean wheelies!)
All it needs is a set of Lipos and a brushless setup, you know you want to!)

[shakotan]

Where'd you get the kit from?

[Emsman]

How do you post pictures on here?

I ought to post a couple of mine, basically standard except for bearings, chrome wheels, a metallic yellow in place of the normal, and 3 coats of lacquer to protect the stickers.

You have got to love the lunchbox

[Stig]

vdubbin said:

That looks class, the paintjob is a lot batter than the box art! How does the 9v block up front affect the handling (by which of course I mean wheelies!)
All it needs is a set of Lipos and a brushless setup, you know you want to!)

It still wheelies like a good'un!

Brushless and lipo would be fun, but you'd have almost no steering as the power would make the front even lighter than it is (and steering is a very understeery affair even now with uprated dampers!)

[Stig]

shakotan said:

Where'd you get the kit from?

modelsports.co.uk

[shakotan]

There's an 'A-Team' version on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Team-Lunch-Box-Custom-trax...

I see they've made the schoolboy error with the paintjob!

[Stig]

shakotan said:

There's an 'A-Team' version on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Team-Lunch-Box-Custom-trax...

I see they've made the schoolboy error with the paintjob!

They've made a bigger one with the price!

[Roop]

shakotan said:

There's an 'A-Team' version on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Team-Lunch-Box-Custom-trax...

I see they've made the schoolboy error with the paintjob!

Where's the gunmetal...???

[HereBeMonsters]

Looks ace mate, glad you're enjoying it. I think my mantra (on here and every site I post about r/c on) should be "you'll never regret buying a LunchBox".

Now get a mental motor for it (mine runs a 9T brushless system - bought off eBay for £35...) and it'll do standing backflips...

[Stig]

HereBeMonsters said:

Looks ace mate, glad you're enjoying it. I think my mantra (on here and every site I post about r/c on) should be "you'll never regret buying a LunchBox".

Now get a mental motor for it (mine runs a 9T brushless system - bought off eBay for £35...) and it'll do standing backflips...

Sound advice it is too mate!

Already on the lookout for a SuperStock BZ for it Any other recommends motorwise (me being a n00b at this game and all )

[HereBeMonsters]

Stig said:

Already on the lookout for a SuperStock BZ for it Any other recommends motorwise (me being a n00b at this game and all )

I went from silver can->Sport tuned->SuperStock BZ->Brushless...SuperStock was a good motor, but required rebuilding too often for a "fun" truck. Brushes used to stick to the comm if it got wet, and I get much better runtime from the brushless kit.