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

[nigelpugh7]

dom9 said:

Spotted that... extra 4.90 spent... or to be spent as I am now down the rabbit hole on that site!

Yep sorry I’ve drawn you into that hole!!

I do love those guys though, i have bough three RC models from them when they have a sale advertised, they often do 50-60% off, so i buy them anyway!!!

[nigelpugh7]

I also do man maths and justify purchases like that engine as the glow plug alone is probably worth almost 9 euros !!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Same bought it dont have an rc car and never will but looks like fun so bought

[nigelpugh7]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Same bought it dont have an rc car and never will but looks like fun so bought

Sorry bud, i seem to have started something here!!

[nigelpugh7]

Also its good to have the official manual for needle settings etc, which can be found here.

https://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/products/proddwn...

[nigelpugh7]

Also guys, these engines really benefit from the correct run in procedure, so I recommend following this process to the letter.

[Swampy1982]

nigelpugh7 said:

Also guys, these engines really benefit from the correct run in procedure, so I recommend following this process to the letter.

Thanks for the guide, I suspect you are in the wrong thread and assume we are all going to use the engines!

Mines going to sit in the garage in the "ill need that one day" pile

[S11Steve]

nigelpugh7 said:

catfood12 said:

Where from ?! Linky ?...

Here you go bud!!

https://www.t2shop.de/epages/61746328.mobile/de_DE...

Perfect desk ornament there.

Beside the muffler, what else would one need, if in theory, one wanted a fully working engine mounted on a plinth in ones' office...?

I'm not sure I could get away with straight pipes - I get enough dirty looks when I turn up at work in the TVR.

[nigelpugh7]

Swampy1982 said:

Thanks for the guide, I suspect you are in the wrong thread and assume we are all going to use the engines!

Mines going to sit in the garage in the "ill need that one day" pile

It’s a beautiful piece of engineering in its own right, so would be perfect for that!!

[dom9]

Too cheap to turn down, right???

https://www.t2shop.de/epages/61746328.sf/en_GB/?Ob...

Also have some rear buggy tyres and rims in the basket (with the engine and gasket), despite having unopened ones in the garage!

[nigelpugh7]

S11Steve said:

Perfect desk ornament there.

Beside the muffler, what else would one need, if in theory, one wanted a fully working engine mounted on a plinth in ones' office...?

I'm not sure I could get away with straight pipes - I get enough dirty looks when I turn up at work in the TVR.

I reckon just an engine mount and a clutch bell for starting it.

This looks nice if its the right size.

https://www.rcjaz.co.uk/team-xray-nt1-aluminum-one...

And ads to the tech engineering look for display purposes too!!

[nigelpugh7]

dom9 said:

Too cheap to turn down, right???

https://www.t2shop.de/epages/61746328.sf/en_GB/?Ob...

Also have some rear buggy tyres and rims in the basket (with the engine and gasket), despite having unopened ones in the garage!

Yep i almost bought one of those too, its a bargain, but remeber you need a motor, esc, battery and of course radio too, its gets expensive this buying bargains i can tell you!!

[dom9]

nigelpugh7 said:

Yep i almost bought one of those too, its a bargain, but remeber you need a motor, esc, battery and of course radio too, its gets expensive this buying bargains i can tell you!!

Ummmm.... yeah... the garage is also full of that, unused!

And... 4 x unused (by me) 1/12 pan cars (2 unbuilt), 1 x unused (by me) 1/10 pan car, Tamiya Hornet needing a rebuild, 2 x VBC Firebolts (1 x DM, 1 x DM2 unbuilt) and numerous unpainted shells and things.

I could be locked down for months and not get anywhere as my 1/1 car rebuild project takes up the spare time! I'll get there, slowly..

I am also now on Hobby King looking for more bargain LiPos, despite having loads... unused, obvs

[matrignano]

S11Steve said:

Perfect desk ornament there.

Beside the muffler, what else would one need, if in theory, one wanted a fully working engine mounted on a plinth in ones' office...?

I'm not sure I could get away with straight pipes - I get enough dirty looks when I turn up at work in the TVR.

Fuel tank, fuel lines, glow plug igniter, clutch/bell & starter box (Or a pull cord starter).

[HotJambalaya]

Does it count if its not for you?

I've been a bit bored so I've been using https://uk.potatoparcel.com/ to send potatoes to people with my face on it....

https://uk.potatoparcel.com/collections/products/p...

With a little note like "hey xxx I feel bad you cant see me now, so heres a potato me until we can catch up soon"

no idea why it makes me laugh so much, but im about £150 down and counting...

[TuonoPants]

HotJambalaya said:

Does it count if its not for you?

I've been a bit bored so I've been using https://uk.potatoparcel.com/ to send potatoes to people with my face on it....

https://uk.potatoparcel.com/collections/products/p...

With a little note like "hey xxx I feel bad you cant see me now, so heres a potato me until we can catch up soon"

no idea why it makes me laugh so much, but im about £150 down and counting...

That's fantastic, I'll be sending some of those.

[HotJambalaya]

TuonoPants said:

That's fantastic, I'll be sending some of those.

It entertains me massively, one tip have everyone you're sending them to lined up, because after each one it offers you 20% off the next within 5 mins or so, so if you're sending a few it can add up.

Edited by HotJambalaya on Friday 24th April 15:30

[Rod200SX]

So far I've had complete new peripherals for my PC. Two large LED mouse mats, a new watch, I have a new guitar arriving this afternoon & this morning I took a collection of 240 toothpicks of various flavours, quite tasty to sit and chew but why the hell did I spent £20 on toothpicks.

[catfood12]

nigelpugh7 said:

Here you go bud!!

https://www.t2shop.de/epages/61746328.mobile/de_DE...

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

[nigelpugh7]

catfood12 said:

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

Your welcome bud!!

Sorry for forcing your hand to another totally indeed purchase too!!