New Toy...Mini Baja

[suicide_star]

well, i got bored today and headed to a little hobbyshop and picked up their last minibaja. $164 after tax, wasn't too bad. but anyways, this is actually going to be my first 1/18 project, i do have a mini LST, but it performs well enough for me atm. here's some pics of the baja.






only plans for it right now are to install a complete aluminum chassis conversion and i ordered some street tires, i want to make it more road friendly.

[xmodkidd33]

Looks sweet! What kind of other mods are you going to do? Brushless?

[suicide_star]

after the chassis conversion, i plan on doing a BL setup and a new ESC

[xmodkidd33]

Sounds fast. LiPo?

[xmodificationer]

I really wanted to get a mini baja a while back. But sadly, I think Im losing interest in RC...

[suicide_star]

=0 i was playing with it on the road this morning and the knobbies in the back don't do a great job of hooking up on asphalt...i was turning, lost traction and put it in a ditch full of water XD I pulled it out and it quit working, didn't steer, didn't throttle...i sprayed some electrical parts cleaner/moisture displacer in it and cleaned it up as good as i could and it still didn't work, sooo...i wound up checking all my connections, the connector from the ESC to the radio receiver was loose and that did the trick =)

[xmodkidd33]

It's always the simple things that slow you down. Good to hear it wasn't something major.

900th post!

[suicide_star]

check this out...its amazing how much cheaper alloy is for big cars compared to an Xmod...wth...http://cgi.ebay.com/Integy-Mini-T-Mi...QQcmdZViewItem

[xmodkidd33]

It's probably because these are more mainstream and common, whilist Xmods are only accepted in a small niche. More sold = Lower price. I wish it was like that with gas...

[civicblack10]

Nice looking baja, My LHS had them out of stock for quite a while and once they got them in stock the only had silver. i really wanted the blue one like yours, it shines alot more almost like a metallic paint. Would it be alright if posted a pic or two?

[suicide_star]

Originally Posted by civicblack10

Nice looking baja, My LHS had them out of stock for quite a while and once they got them in stock the only had silver. i really wanted the blue one like yours, it shines alot more almost like a metallic paint. Would it be alright if posted a pic or two?

go for it...the blue is a metallic, it's full of metal flake, it's actually the same color blue as my mini lst

[xmodificationer]

Originally Posted by suicide_star

check this out...its amazing how much cheaper alloy is for big cars compared to an Xmod...wth...http://cgi.ebay.com/Integy-Mini-T-Mi...QQcmdZViewItem

buy that stuff right now. If I could get a baja, it would be the Black and white one. I just love them, but I love paintball more

[suicide_star]

Originally Posted by xmodificationer

buy that stuff right now. If I could get a baja, it would be the Black and white one. I just love them, but I love paintball more

i wanted the black/white one, but all he had was 2 blue ones...oh well, it matches my MLST. paintball is cool, hard to find time for though, and extremely hard to get everybody on the same page for a game around here.

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

cool, i got micro DT yesterday, my first hoby class i'm pretty exicted, but i have to charge it fpr like 20 mins then run for like 10, do the mini-ts need to be charged too, or do they have batteries in them?

[suicide_star]

minit's come RTR out of the box with a battery pack and all your controller batteries. not sure on the runtime of these cars, but it says to charge the battery backs 5-6 hrs

[xmodificationer]

Originally Posted by theoriganalRiD3R1967

cool, i got micro DT yesterday, my first hoby class i'm pretty exicted, but i have to charge it fpr like 20 mins then run for like 10, do the mini-ts need to be charged too, or do they have batteries in them?

Get a Losi Lipo its the best upgrade by far. They take a hour to charge.

Originally Posted by suicide_star

minit's come RTR out of the box with a battery pack and all your controller batteries. not sure on the runtime of these cars, but it says to charge the battery backs 5-6 hrs

get a smart charger.


EDIT: Can't wait to get my DXS 68/45, my Halo B w/V35, and my PMR!!!

[fieldfairy2]

Very cool. Looks nice. The tires look different from the micro version. the charge time on that is outrages but it pays off doesn't it?the micro is like 20-25 mins.

I got my dt about 2 weeks ago. Only got threaded axles and going to get some ceramic bearings and an atomic bb soon.

[civicblack10]

Alright well here is some pics of mine, the silver one.
When i first got it, Sorry about the pic size!!!!


Now


I added a hitec hs-55, gpm shocks, street rears, off road rears, groove fronts and most importantly titanium rear axle drives.

[xmodificationer]

if anyone has needs any help with a micro-t micro-dt micro-baja or micro raminator I am here to help.

[suicide_star]

hey civicblack, what kinds of shocks are those? they look badass...

this is the ESC/BL combo im getting...
http://www.losi.com/Products/Default...rodID=LOSB9563

the chassis i posted above is in the mail, so the whole thing will be aluminum...

these are the rims i ordered for it F and R
http://www.rcplanet.com/RPM_Spider_S...p/rpm73202.htm

and next on the list is LiPo and titanium spur/pinion gears...i orderd a hard plastic spur/pinion set to see which combo i like better before i order the titanium stuff.