My Marder

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this is my first petrol rc which a friend of mine had bought to fix and sell on, so i bought it off him as i enjoyed playing about with his more than my 1/10th nitro!

get a brew going this could take a while!

this was the first time i had seen it before i bought it


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few things needed replacing but we tested the engine while out having a bash in the woods with my friends marder


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this weekend just gone a new/good second hand chassis arrived for my marder so my friend set about swapping the bits over


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when the marder was fully stripped a few more broken bits were found and replaced from the box of spares my friend had which inc some of his alloy bits :w00t:

this was his front room on the day mine was being rebuilt


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we finally managed to get both our marders out for a little bash/play about and set up on sunday afternoon!


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how much grass?? i should of had my shell on! doh!!


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my nitro next to my marder - little and large!


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after seeing the amount of grass that attached itself to my marder i decided to strip it down and clean it, good job really as the grass was everywhere!!


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while i was at it i had been online buying bits and bobs to help protect the engine a bit more! first up my shock socks had arrived so i fitted those!


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the following day my bits from free prawn racing and my new fly sky handset had arrived!


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and my switchblade kill switch!


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first port of call was to remove the engine and clean the rest of the grass out that i couldnt reach the night before!


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i wish removing the engine from my real car was as easy as this :lol:


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yup needs a good clean!!!


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after the engine was cleaned i started fitting my new 2.4 receiver and kill switch


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taking shape again


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kill swicth LED mounted in place and new battery posted screwed in!


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new oiled air filter on


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new outer wears filter cover on


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decided to strip my pull start as well and clean that :lol:, but ive got a new one on the way so this will be a spare! once the new pull start arrives i can fit the pull start outer wear!


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pretty much done and dusted ready for a check over on friday eve!


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[renbar]

great thread mate and a nice looking first petrol rc you have nice to see that youve thought ahead and fitted a killswitch before making it go quicker or adding bling like most do enjoy

 

[onslack]

cheers buddy!

i was doing alot of reading up while i was waiting for mine to be finished off and kept seeing kill switches being mentioned!

i had a fail safe on my nitro and that was as useful as a chocolate tea pot so didnt want a run away as this is a hell of a lot bigger!

im not replacing anything unless it really needs it

its pretty quick with its 23cc engine but i said the same thing when i first got my real car and that has ended up slowly getting more power! :lol:

 

[renbar]

also i would like to add youve made the best choice in you first car the marder is the best beginner car that you can get and ebays full of upgrades and stock parts when you start breaking things

 

[onslack]

also i would like to add youve made the best choice in you first car the marder is the best beginner car that you can get and ebays full of upgrades and stock parts when you start breaking things

yeah ive seen this mentioned a few times already! it been pretty easy to work on so far which is a relief!

again i have a friend of mine to thank for letting me have a go on his one!:w00t:

 

[renbar]

cheers buddy!

i was doing alot of reading up while i was waiting for mine to be finished off and kept seeing kill switches being mentioned!

i had a fail safe on my nitro and that was as useful as a chocolate tea pot so didnt want a run away as this is a hell of a lot bigger!

im not replacing anything unless it really needs it

its pretty quick with its 23cc engine but i said the same thing when i first got my real car and that has ended up slowly getting more power! :lol:

i started with a 23cc lol but you soon need more mate im now running a oddified 29cc with uprated ignition a ecu ect with @6-7hp the list goes on and on but then so does the car lol it also started its life as a marder but it was the beetle i always was after

 

[renbar]

this sites also well worth joining and a great site for info about all things related to the fg line of cars from yours upto the new leopards ect join up say hi and enjoy

http://www.fg-info.co.uk/

its also run by mike1970 a fg team driver and guru on all things fg a real top guy that knows his stuff

 

[onslack]

i'll have a watch of that vid once youtube stops being a PITA!

little off topic here, what car is it you have?

id like to keep this sensible but i cant see that lasting long!

 

[renbar]

its a fg mate same as yours just with a few grand shoved up its arse lol ive also got a fg on road touring car thats my pride and joy allthough the bug was built over a 2-3 year period all from ebay scraps

 

[onslack]

ah nice, got a link to your thread(s)?

i also meant what real car do you have ?:lol:

 

[renbar]

heres a link to the fg beetle or marbug as it gets called

https://www.largescaleforums.com/showthread.php?t=14562

and heres the on road bmw

https://www.largescaleforums.com/showthread.php?t=15314

and i own a 1990 mk1 golf gti cabrio in the real world lol

 

[onslack]

i shall have a wonder over too those links in a sec!

ah niice! another friend of mine has one, gotta love the ol mk1 golfs!

 

[PAUL931]

nice pics slack i did notice you didnt strip down and de-grass it in front room......lol.... enjoy mate...

 

[Royal Male]

welcome mate,

Great thread, good pics.

 

[onslack]

nice pics slack i did notice you didnt strip down and de-grass it in front room......lol.... enjoy mate...

Cheers buddy!

Sadly my old man would of strung me up by my balls! He goes nuts when even the smell of oily car parts come near the house so I'm lucky to be allowed in the front room with the marder! Lol

welcome mate,

Great thread, good pics.

Cheers for the welcome buddy!

Am I correct in seeing your from Brighton? If so,I live about 30mins away!

 

[dwarfy]

looks good mate, enjoy

 

[onslack]

Cheers buddy!

Went out for another play about in a disused quarry this eve!

I mainly wanted to test that my new switchblade kill switch works! Which it does!

My new handset is pretty good , still need to get use to it and learn about it!! All in all a good evening for me anyways, my friend wrecked his engine so has to rebuild it again!

 

[Quick5pnt0]

Sweet cars. This thread makes me wish I'd have kept my marder.

 

[onslack]

Cheers buddy!

When did you get rid of yours?

 

[onslack]

all ready to bash


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some pic's from last friday when we went to lewes quarry near brighton!


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shortly after a arriving my friend wrecked his engine... road side strip down to see if he could solve the issue


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umm... maybe not as the case maybe!


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this was caused by a little grub screw falling into his engine after his carb throttle butter fly arm thingy broke, he hoped nothing fell into the engine as it seemed fine at first but sadly after a few mins of running it died!

not looking very happy lol


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new engine bits were ordered and the car was up and running again while i was away on holiday!

we went out for a few runs on saturday and sunday and this is when i started to do some damage and found out what my next mod is! the mesh mod!

this is what a lovely little object did to my fly wheel!!


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started stripping the engine cover to remove the stone


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oh hello!


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got the car running again then i broke the following... stripped the bolt on the front hub so used some cable ties and put the bolt back in to allow me to carry on bashing!

popped a front and rear ball joint both of which were easy fixes, and bent my roll cage in the process!!

and then broke the fuel return nipple off my carb so replaced that with a spare we had and away i went again

all in all my poor marder took a battering yesterday but it still went on to complete a near on full day of fun

soon as we got home we started stripping and cleaning, ready for friday!!


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making the most of my friends front room :lol:


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engine out ready to have the fly wheel stripped off and replaced!


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end of play last night left me with a very sorry looking marder!


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more to come when my fly wheel arrives :w00t: