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atom3624 said:
....... on your Large Scale Rides ..... I take it?

Otherwise it's nearly that each time anyone in UK tops up with fuel in their car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Or the wife goes shopping for clothes!!):D:D

Al.
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On large scale
 
Giva an idea of what you've bought too.....

This season

10 race meetings approx £150 per meeting just in fuel, race fees, food & beer.

Bought about 25 pairs of wheels & tires (only because it's my first season back racing after a 2 year break)

Car, servos, spares, tranny and other racing bits £3500 ish


We have a winter series going on this year between the nook raceway and Notts & Derby off road club which is over 9 rounds - thats 1300 miles for me just in travelling if I do them all.
 
In just large scale I only have one vehicle but in up grades, spare parts, extra motors, special tools and so on I have about $5,500. Being there are not any hobby shops with in 100 miles of me and then that one does not carry large scale parts I have all most enough to build another 5b in spare parts.

Some years ago before I sold some of my small scale stuff I started figuring what I had in all my RC stuff and quite counting at about $30,000. Do to my situation I have been selling a lot of my small scale stuff and helicopters. Just hope it does not come to having to sell my large scale stuff.
 
ive been into this hobby for 9 and half months, in that time ive spent around £1000 on horman inc spares etc) £1000

£350 buying marder, easily another 350 on bits,loads wheels,,carbs,jetpro, etc,etc,etc, inc breakages £ 700

£400 fg monster, 150 spares bits £550

fg tourer £300 maybe only £100 on this car £400

km baja "£220 (GOT IT CHEAP) £80 in bits £300

futaba 4pk, 2 race engines , new tonegawa servo £750


guesstimate total of around £ 3700. im sure ill think of other things, if petrol is inc in running up aznd down the country to collect certain items and popping to watch the boys(inc mike 1970) race , going to bahes out of nottm,then a bit more.. wow i think i need to findmyself a hobby

thats off the top of my head, hope next year chills abit,but i did sell my fgtourer/km so got £450 bk for them.

oh forgot about the hyper 7, with £200 os .30 race engine so i guess around £ 4000 in under 10 months!

ALL MY CARS ARE IN MY ALBUM AND ON MY UTUBE CHANNEL( I CAN SEE THIS THREAD GETTING WILD, NO MADE UP BUGGYS OR MONEY SPENT! WHILE DREAMING LOL)
 
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From a racing point of veiw, yes I spent a 5hite load but next year it'll be a tiny fraction of this years spend.

I was asked the other day what was the best way to get into racing and how much will it cost. I told the guy, how long is a bit of string. I suggested he gets himself an FTX punisher and race that out of the box - £600 or so and he'd have everything he needed.
Some consider the 4wd class as a "poor relation" but it's not in any way, yes the cars are a lot less in most cases and you don't need to carry 20 or 30 pairs of tires but you still need the skill and know how to get it going round at a good pace.

@ Hyper78 yes I did have a 5hite raceday at notts lol
 
The 5t i have now..... (when i got it i said to myself do not buy upgrades!! in my small
brain)

Just got some bits for my baja!

TR black front brace
TR black rear brace
TR black 5t combo shock tower
Phatdad black chassis braces
Phatdad black fancover saver
Team Chase front bumper brace
Team Chase shock towers

and next payday im get the Team Chase cage! so yeah no upgrades :rolleyes:
 
Mike1970 said:
From a racing point of veiw, yes I spent a 5hite load but next year it'll be a tiny fraction of this years spend.

I was asked the other day what was the best way to get into racing and how much will it cost. I told the guy, how long is a bit of string. I suggested he gets himself an FTX punisher and race that out of the box - £600 or so and he'd have everything he needed.
Some consider the 4wd class as a "poor relation" but it's not in any way, yes the cars are a lot less in most cases and you don't need to carry 20 or 30 pairs of tires but you still need the skill and know how to get it going round at a good pace.

@ Hyper78 yes I did have a 5hite raceday at notts lol
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oh, i thought you was right on the pace!, if thats what you call a bad day then id like to see what a good day is like! the standard was high!
 
My spend is minimal compared to most!
£450 on 1st marder in mint std condition - only a couple of tanks thru it (4yr ago)
£50 - tuning cable brakes
£25 - x-can exhaust (yes I like it :p)
£10 - KCR rear balloon springs
£10 - front anti roll bar set
£30 - layshaft tuning brake

£200 on marder project car - now a Beetle
£25 - beetle shell
£30 - layshaft tuning brake
£95 - 26.9 CY with DDM ported head kit
£24 - full set of screw, nuts, bolts, washers etc
£10 - full set of bearings

£80 - Code Core RC 3ch 2.4ghz stick set
£24 - additional receiver for above

£1063 Total :D or about a third of 1 of Keith's bangers :w00t::lol::lol::badair:
 
dwarfy said:
My spend is minimal compared to most!
£450 on 1st marder in mint std condition - only a couple of tanks thru it (4yr ago)
£50 - tuning cable brakes
£25 - x-can exhaust (yes I like it :p)
£10 - KCR rear balloon springs
£10 - front anti roll bar set
£30 - layshaft tuning brake

£200 on marder project car - now a Beetle
£25 - beetle shell
£30 - layshaft tuning brake
£95 - 26.9 CY with DDM ported head kit
£24 - full set of screw, nuts, bolts, washers etc
£10 - full set of bearings

£80 - Code Core RC 3ch 2.4ghz stick set
£24 - additional receiver for above

£1063 Total :D or about a third of 1 of Keith's bangers :w00t::lol::lol::badair:
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that is not bad for wat you have mate
 
TOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!


I'm probably sat at around £700 for my baja maybe a bit less but thats now almost 100% alloy..

my next project has started so the spending will continue....
 
BIGTOYZ said:
that is not bad for wat you have mate
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........and I got a 23cc zen, an FG tuned pipe, poop load of spares, various ally & plastic parts, spare wheels & tyres (on & off road sets) and more all included in the £200 project car price :cup-1::D:D
 
dwarfy said:
........and I got a 23cc zen, an FG tuned pipe, poop load of spares, various ally & plastic parts, spare wheels & tyres (on & off road sets) and more all included in the £200 project car price :cup-1::D:D
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bargain!., i bet you could off made a quick profit on the side with all that lot.
you got any pics mate?
 
dwarfy said:
My spend is minimal compared to most!
£450 on 1st marder in mint std condition - only a couple of tanks thru it (4yr ago)
£50 - tuning cable brakes
£25 - x-can exhaust (yes I like it :p)
£10 - KCR rear balloon springs
£10 - front anti roll bar set
£30 - layshaft tuning brake

£200 on marder project car - now a Beetle
£25 - beetle shell
£30 - layshaft tuning brake
£95 - 26.9 CY with DDM ported head kit
£24 - full set of screw, nuts, bolts, washers etc
£10 - full set of bearings

£80 - Code Core RC 3ch 2.4ghz stick set
£24 - additional receiver for above

£1063 Total :D or about a third of 1 of Keith's bangers :w00t::lol::lol::badair:
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Thing is, you put fuel in and run yours, and risk breaking it, needing to repair it, so in the long run, Keith's will cost the same as yours!! :D:o:D:lol::lol::D:o:D

Al.
 
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