Hey have built it now and have time to get some pics up as I know everyone on here loves pictures. Well lets start from the beginning of the build shall we:
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(transmission with reverse fitted)










wooo finished :D (apart from bodyshell) and linkages adjusted perfectly :clap:
Hope to get a centre skid plate and battery level indicator soon by the way
will hopefully start running it in tomorrow, will let you know how it gets on.

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:cool2: :cool2: thats the only day when its that clean :D i got same one m8 but with nosram engine :D

is nosram engine better?

CLASS great job mate :clap: i bet you cant wait to get it up and running :banana_jump:

after doing a great job putting the thing together (like you have) when you get to run it, it just makes ya day. B)

let us know how she runs mate :thumbs_up:

HAPPY RC-ING.. :rc_car:

i didnt run the hpi yet but nosram says that rs.28 monster evo has 3.89 bhp (8 port)

yes the nosram is a very good engine indeed, the hpi's is still good though, wheelies on command

What about the body mate ? :D

dad said i can't get it started till weekend (probably because i'm meant to be diong GCSE coursework at the moment)
but for the shell i thought that i might go with the blue one on the hpi racing website.

the question is what colours do i actually need for it (i.e. which colour blue exactly), i have a small amount of black and white left over but exactly which colours do i need? somone must surely know the colours HPI use

Not sure i this helps but below is a link to all the tamiya paints on BMM's site there's 3 pages worth so you might see something like the colour HPI have on their site.
These paints are ok to use with nitro trucks and cars too :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:


Tamaya paints

maybe ask monty for advice on paintwork :thumbs_up:

Thats a much better idea :lol:

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looked at the link from rossi and i reckon it may either be the mettalic blue on the first page or the translucent blue on the second page.
monty if you know what colours i need to get my sheel like they have on the hpi website please tell
if no-one knows which blue, i did think of paining it with the orange paint scheme that appears only before you actually click on the savage x ss icon in the off road nitro section on the hpi website.i just don't know which one would look better. does anyone know what colour this is. By the way modelsport do seem to do a lot of colours, but is pactra a good make. all i have used bafore is fastrax.

i have only used pactra paints, but my painting skills are very limited and i normally make a hash job it, monty will hopefully be able to do all mine from now on

wooo got the first tank through it today :D before it started raining, was a bugger to start but fine when it was going. Might have ago with it on the ground tomorrow if its dry enough.
Oh and as i was mounting biking with a friend (who has a firestorm and reckons it'll beat my savage, no-chance!) we found a great BMX track which would be great for a bash in the summer if anyone is interested. if you want to know where it is (and you probably will) its in Aylburton, near Lyndney. found it on google earth but don't know how i would show this on the froum

nearly ready to paint bodyshell now. My first go at painting one with more than one colour (this one has three) so just checking that i should paint from darkest to lightest. e.g paint the black then the silver then orange. (i think i should do the silver before the orange as it is next to the black areas). is this ok?

hey got enough money for a skid plate now, will buy off ebay as it's the cheapest (i think), just i was wondering if this one click here would fit my x ss as some don't fit certain models or some don't fit savages with the dual brakes. Please reply asap as this skid plate will sell and i'll end up asking this same question again, just about another skid plate.

Nice build dude, look forward to seeing the finished article!!! :clap: :clap:

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cheers, when i've finished running it in (this weekend weather permitting) i will bring to a bash, one thats near me that is.
oh and i will also look at a potential bash site near me for the summer this weekend as well, a local off road BMX park, bit muddy now but would be great if it's dry.

got it back from modelsport today after them having a look at it/fixing it/tuning it, so will get it out tomorrow hopefully as i forgot to charge the glow starter battery.

wow!!! got it started today after modelsport tuning it and it really is a beast!!!

flipped it twice already though, once on acceleration and once on cornering, though i'll change the cornering sharpness on the transmitter.

oh and when is the next bash nearish the forest of dean? As i would love to come as at the moment i only know one other person with a nitro car (a hpi firestorm).

i will be organising another locally soon where in the forest you from??

aylburton (near lydney)