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For the past few months, I have been working on the side on a new venture, a RC / Hobby shop.

It was allot of work, and sure was allot of money, but yesterday we finally opened it

The shop will be mostly run by my wife, I’ll be there on Saturday’s ..

The name of the company is “RC NUT” .. I was even able to buy the .com (rcnut.com) from a chap in the US for $150.00 USD .. a bargain if you ask me.

The website can be seen here and below are a few pictures of it.

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A few weeks back, i bought a set of XTM wheels, I tough I was going to be able to use them for my XTT Losi tires .. once they arrived it became evident I was not going to be able to, the XTM rim uses a buggy like design, so the XTT where out.

Instead I decided to buy some XTM tires, after bouncing back and forth between the Grinders and the Knobs, i opted for the Grinders (thanks Pete for the help too)

I was pleasantly surprised on how easy it was to glue them, I feel the buggy design is an easier one to glue tires .. I am also using a “thick” super-glue, that gives me a few extra seconds before bonding, it makes gluing tires easier, as you have a precious few seconds to correct imperfections, but also, I find the tires glued with this ticker bonding agent does come unglued as fast as the ones done with the very thin regular super glue.

Here they are, I am hoping to try them out this sunday at NNRC .. they sure look mint.

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Earlier today I noticed most of my tires where looking quite dirty, plus they had allot of dry mud stuck to them, and while the wheels are not yet balanced, the dry mud cant make any better (besides, it’s more weight).

The prospect of washing 6 sets of tires by hand was not an appealing one, so I decided to take a shortcut .. and use the clothes washer

The tires where looking quite dirty

I set the washer to 40 degrees, NO spin cycle (wife was laughing from me asking how to do all this)

Threw them all in, plus some soap

spiiiiin …

And to use a cliche .. the proof is in the pudding .. they came out spotless

Of course, some of them have a little bit of water inside, so I squeezed it out, not much of a problem there, expect the wife did a load of clothes after and they came out full of dirt (yep, make sure you run a empty load after you do this, she stop laughing then) .. I am still avoiding her and her wrath

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Pete from BMM was selling a nice GS Racing Hauler bag on Maxbashing .. after some consideration and haggling we made a deal and it arrived today.

He was laughing I was going to use it “just” to carry tires .. but after these pictures, I think he might see the beauty of it

It fits all my tires, unfortunately there is no room to spare .. so any new tires I buy, will have to go mounted on the Car .. but to be honest .. I have ALL tires one can need .. so it’s unlikely i’ll be buying more tires except to replace bare ones.

Sure beats the Old bin I was using

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As some know, i have been using a OS V-Spec on my 8T for a few months now, and at no fault of the engine, love it to bits.

So much so, I bought a second one, anyway, the opportunity to buy a SPEED came up a few weeks back and I took it, I was quite unsure what to expect, a part of me was wondering “will I see a difference ?”, after all the V-Spec is an amazing engine, what can the Speed offer more ? I have more speed than I need on the V-Spec already …

So today I took the speed to the track, I had done the break-in of the engine already, but was not sure what to expect…

Only one word can summarize it … WOW

Dont get me wrong, the V-Spec on the 8T is a powerhouse .. but the speed ? .. well, let me just say, I never saw a truggy do wheelies before @!!@

The power is immense, and it goes on and on and on .. I was only hitting temperatures of 160 degree !! .. which meant .. I could have leaned it even more (?).. it’s just insane laugh.gif

Nut above all, I was amazed by the sheer smoothness of the engine .. the idle is just perfect .. no bogging, no shutting off after a minute of idling .. and when I was running, it never skip a beat .. just perfect RPM’s all the time

I used to think there was no excuse to spend £200+ on an engine .. until today

Simply Amazing !!!

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Because I am never happy, I decided to have the Logo redone a little .. of course I ended up with a bunch of different (small) versions.

Now I need to pick one .. I am tempted with 5 and 6 .. but I might scrap it all and start from scratch :p

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Adilson has finished the RC Nut logo .. I’m quite pleased with the result, now there are a few other graphical bits to be done.

The website itself is also being finalized, I am not yet posting any images of how it looks, I want it to be a surprise , I also found a POS system that syncs with the online cart (Zen Cart for the matter) .. now I need to find a Receipt printer that works with OSX.

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For the past month or so, I have been working on setting up a new venture .. a Hobby Shop

It will be called “RC Nut, LTD”

Here is the preliminary mascot

Not sure yet what we will call it ..

The company has been register in the UK, and now we found a brick and mortal place to set it up, while I expect it to be mostly internet driven sales, one needs to have a proper storefront to be a reseller of the major RC & Hobby distributors.

The location of the shop is just up the street from our house, a major bonus, as it’s between our house and the kids school, so my wife (who will be the one running the shop) can do her morning and afternoon school runs with ease .. heck, she can walk to do the runs …

We are very excited … it’s always great to start a new venture.

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A few days back I bought a new V-Spec, the day after a great deal emerged on a Speed .. so I got it too

Just got them both …

Cant wait to test the Speed !!!

I had bought the V-Spec as a spare engine (already have one) .. so now I am undecided if I should sell my two V-Specs (one used, one new) and get a second Speed instead, actually, i already sold the used one .. so now rest to know, do I keep the new VZB or sell it and get a second SPEED … I will test the SPEED and make my mind then.

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