More frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need..

[drdino]

catfood12 said:

Cheers fella, one ordered here too, for purely frivolous reasons.

Oops


The eshop guys must be wondering what's going on with these sudden orders from the UK

[randlemarcus]

drdino said:

Oops


The eshop guys must be wondering what's going on with these sudden orders from the UK

Or laughing, as they jacked up the postage Also guilty...

[Trustmeimadoctor]

How much is the postage now ?

i want a cradle and to mount the exhaust now

[Origin Unknown]

randlemarcus said:

drdino said:

Oops


The eshop guys must be wondering what's going on with these sudden orders from the UK

Or laughing, as they jacked up the postage Also guilty...

This turned up today



I don't recall ordering it but when it arrived, I knew to check in this thread first.

I own none of the other things to run it.

[dom9]

NT18 Engine chaps - Inspire me:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Smitters]

Ambleton said:

Apologies, that was a careless oversight....

Mmmm. Thank you kindly. Essential lockdown purchases to aid with the extra DIY. I can definitely sell these to the OH as non-frivolous...

[nigelpugh7]

drdino said:

Oops


The eshop guys must be wondering what's going on with these sudden orders from the UK

Yep i bet they are wondering what’s going on!!

When i bought mine it said they had 157 units in stock, it now says 108 units.

I wonder how many of those 49 engines have been purchased by Pistonheads guys!!

[nigelpugh7]

randlemarcus said:

Or laughing, as they jacked up the postage Also guilty...

Top work chap, I have clearly inspired many on this thread into total frivolity!!

[nigelpugh7]

Origin Unknown said:

This turned up today



I don't recall ordering it but when it arrived, I knew to check in this thread first.

I own none of the other things to run it.

And another one, great work.

So how many is that now? Ive lost count.

[Ambleton]

Smitters said:

Ambleton said:

Apologies, that was a careless oversight....

Mmmm. Thank you kindly. Essential lockdown purchases to aid with the extra DIY. I can definitely sell these to the OH as non-frivolous...

My grinder turned up from HoweTools the other day but cant use it as everything else from PowerToolWorld has yet to arrive so have no batteries/charger. It's a lovely neat, light little thing. I just hope it delivers enough grunt.

Will report back when it's all here and tested.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

AJB88 said:

The Brummie said:

I have started collecting 1/2 race lids like these.





I don’t need them. I can’t display them anywhere. They are not cheap. I have two more due for delivery this week.

I have also bought a lot of Lego....

I've got a small collection of Schumacher and Mick Schumacher ones, did have Vettel as well but sold them.

15% off Grand Prix originals on the official F1 site at the moment. Must, resist....

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Resistance was futile, HAM half scale Barcelona Test helmet ordered.

[guindilias]

My NT18 is arriving today - I have absolutely no use for it, never had nor wanted a RC model anything.
Why are they so cheap from this place, when they are priced at $140 or so from other places?

[Lazermilk]

shirt said:

nigelpugh7 said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

With all of these questions it comes down to what will you do with it, and how much do you want to spend.

For example we have the most fun racing our 1/12 pan cars in our local school hall.

But we also have massive fun with our 1/8 scale nitro buggies at the local park.

So where you can use it once built is almost as big a question of what do you want to build and race?

I was going to buy a couple of the engines you linked to but then realised they were for a 1:18 scale car which has very limited options from what I see.

I’ve been toying with a tamiya kit - either the race truck or the 2cv rally car. The latter would be ideal for where I would use it, but it seems very slow in YT vids. I also looked at making a custom sand scorcher but they don’t make them anymore.

Any suggestions for a quick but not too expensive kit? I would love a renault 4 to do a dakar replica, but anything offroad and quick with a decent range of body shells would do.

With the tamiya stuff you need to buy the radio gear and ESC separate, so you can just get a brushless motor/esc combo instead to make them much faster, some may need upgraded metal gears by sounds of it but depends on the motor you buy.
I have a TT02 drift chassis and fancy trying to get a brushless setup that will work for drifting and speed by having a spare set of wheels/tires to switch over to, not sure how well it will work though, might be too much power then for drifting well.

ETA - Im now also looking at brushless buggy/truggy kits now too...

Edited by Lazermilk on Thursday 30th April 16:56

[Ambleton]

Ambleton said:

Anyway, whilst I was in for a penny I may as well be in for a pound. Also arriving is the following:

12V impact driver (looks to be a surprising amount of torque for a little thing)
12V drill driver

Well these turned up today and i am more than a little dissapointed. Both the drill and the impact driver have axial run-out. The impact driver is tolerable, but the drill is the worst i've ever seen. The sole purpose of a drill is to make a round hole in stuff, how have Bosch screwed this up so bad (pun intended). The main use for this drill will be for 2.4 and 3.2mm rivet holes in sheet aluminium and steel. There's no way a 2.4mm drill would survive - it would certainly snap given how much movement there is.

Anyway, i've contacted the retailer for a return/replacement so lets see what happens - hopefully it's a faulty one and they're not all like this. Otherwise they're really nice little things (but pointless if you cant drill a round hole!)

[_dobbo_]

I thought blue bosch was supposed to be the good stuff?!

[Ambleton]

_dobbo_ said:

I thought blue bosch was supposed to be the good stuff?!

IT IS!!

To put it into context my cheapo B&Q "Power" own brand drill I got like 18years ago for about £15 has less axial run out than this £150 drill/driver set.

Edited by Ambleton on Thursday 30th April 18:05

[Pesty]

jakesmith said:

Thanks chaps! It certainly does remove the tedium of getting the pressure washer out, untangling it all, plugging it in, trailing the hose to it, plugging that in, then moving it around several times as you wash the car, putting it all back after, takes longer than the actual washing bit!

PushedDover said:

Yeah good effort. I plan to outfit the inner wall to the garage to have a jet wash, normal tap and a hot water jobby.
The reel is so damned expensive though....Or have you a good source ?

I bought it off Amazon, this one has the hose and the tails as well. If you have a pressure washer like a K4 that has quick connect fitments you don't need anything else

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07C92NCMP/ref...

Hold the phone. Hmmm great idea problem is where I live it will gone in a week.

Wondering if I can somehow plumb it in the garage through the wall and just keep the hose outside.
Hmmm

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Ambleton said:

_dobbo_ said:

I thought blue bosch was supposed to be the good stuff?!

IT IS!!

To put it into context my cheapo B&Q "Power" own brand drill I got like 18years ago for about £15 has less axial run out than this £150 drill/driver set.

Edited by Ambleton on Thursday 30th April 18:05

It's neater with a Makita

[Ambleton]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

It's neater with a Makita

So it would seem -_-