At first I was chucking, but then I saw the two servos. Did you get your money's worth?
Yes, those are sweet!
Did you see the machined aluminum knuckles? Those look awesome as well. I wish Vanquish offered raw aluminum or real clear. The hazy matte clear they put on aluminum kinda ruins it. It still looks good, but not as cool as shiny, raw aluminum.
I'd say I did. Sure I would have like a little different items, but that's the deal with packages like these.
No doubt the Triple 8 and IS:800 are excellent servos, 169 and 149 so just the servos got the cost of admission covered.
The other gear is all usable too. I already have a set of the magnetic tips, so a spare set is nice.
Considering I got this for the H10 kit, I will likely opt to use an 800LP for steering, maybe a 900LP opposed to the Triple 8 as its a pretty tall servo. That said, I am thinking of going HH CM V3 Mini and a 2500kv revolver for power and will likely run 4s on it.
My dream package would have been a Brass 800LP and a standard 800LP for rear steer, and a set of wheels. lol
But ya. Value is clearly there, even if some of it wont go into the optic.
Love the knuckles they showed on the live last Tue. I have a set of the 'Scale" VP Knuckles on my Bomber and they are very nice looking so glad to see they're doing that again.
Ya oven cleaner is hit and miss, mostly due to the anodizing quality. All anodizing is not the same. and with the crap aluminum RC4WD uses, its hit and miss at best.
Lye is the best thing to use. Draino Chrystals. 1 tablespoon in a tub, and warm water. quart or 2 to fill the tub your using 1/2. get a fish net or similar or rubber gloves handy to get the parts out and drop them into another tub of cold water and baking soda (will neutralize the acids in the draino crystals) to stop the etching. Rinse and repeat if needed. You can also use a paint brush to wet down trouble areas to help reduce the pitting in the already stripped areas.
But Lye will get on that ano layers removing it.
You will ALWAYS Loose a little material when you remove anodizing layers as it actually grows INTO the aluminum so when you remove the ano, you lose a little bit of the aluminum, so the tolerances can get a little bit bigger... FYI.
Just kidding. Mine shipped as well, but I live across the country so I will have to wait much longer than you. When did you order yours? I placed my other at 1:15 PM on November 19th.
