Teaser... :)
03-23-2009, 07:00 AM
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RE: Teaser... :)
I'll tell you in a few days. Right now it's waiting for a flight out of China.
This time though, I got both bodies, so I can put one of them on the old Thunderbolt (if possible). I don't know if the carbon style one will be available on the RTR, but it's gonna look hawt on the TB2.
I also know that the colours for the stock body have not been finalised yet.
This time though, I got both bodies, so I can put one of them on the old Thunderbolt (if possible). I don't know if the carbon style one will be available on the RTR, but it's gonna look hawt on the TB2.
I also know that the colours for the stock body have not been finalised yet.
03-23-2009, 07:37 AM
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RE: Teaser... :)
It's the Nutech Racing Thunderbolt 2. Based on the original Thunderbolt 4wd buggy produced by Smartech, which in turn is based on their long running 4wd monster truck, the Titan. Basically, the original Thunderbolt was a slightly modified Titan chassis with buggy wheels, rear wing (and mounting) and a buggy body. It had some small issues, as I had highlighted in my review at the time, but it was basically a good and very solid car. The main issues were...
1) Dogbones popping out
2) Weak plastic diff bulkheads
3) Weak wing mounts
4) Terrible 28cc engine
5) Open center diff
6) Shock oils too soft out of the box
7) Ugly body
8) 600ml fuel tank
These have been addressed by Nutech in the following ways...
1) Pending test/inspection
2) Diff bulkheads have been made smaller and therefore more rigid. Pending testing
3) New wing mounting system is very different, and looks like it will be much better, pending testing
4) Nutech cars are supplied with CY 26cc, so no worries there.
5) The new center diff will hold oil!!!!! This is by far the biggest deal of all the improvements.
6) Pending test/inspection
7) New body looks great (see Nutech's previous posts and videos)
8) 700ml fuel tank.
If all these improvements have made it into the final model, this should be a great car. I can't wait to test it.
1) Dogbones popping out
2) Weak plastic diff bulkheads
3) Weak wing mounts
4) Terrible 28cc engine
5) Open center diff
6) Shock oils too soft out of the box
7) Ugly body
8) 600ml fuel tank
These have been addressed by Nutech in the following ways...
1) Pending test/inspection
2) Diff bulkheads have been made smaller and therefore more rigid. Pending testing
3) New wing mounting system is very different, and looks like it will be much better, pending testing
4) Nutech cars are supplied with CY 26cc, so no worries there.
5) The new center diff will hold oil!!!!! This is by far the biggest deal of all the improvements.
6) Pending test/inspection
7) New body looks great (see Nutech's previous posts and videos)
8) 700ml fuel tank.
If all these improvements have made it into the final model, this should be a great car. I can't wait to test it.
03-23-2009, 01:17 PM
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RE: Teaser... :)
I don't pay to receive the car, if that's what you mean, and I am allowed to keep it after the review is finished, but the question do I get it for free is not easily answered. You decide...
When I receive the car, I will invest an entire evening stripping various parts and photographing them, I will then use my own consumables where appropriate (oils, greases, glues, tools, whatever) to reassemble the car. I will then spend several hours an evening for a few days creating and photoshopping the images for the review and optimising them for web display (we're talking 200 images in an average review, including the actual page images, which are 50 or so, creatively produced graphics, for headings, and buttons etc, not just the pics of the car). The next weekend after I receive it, I will take it out, request the help of a friend to take pictures/drive/take video, run a bunch of tests while it's running, swap a couple of exhausts, burn at least 4 tanks of my own fuel, make repairs if necessary. Then I'll come home and spend the evening cropping and photoshopping the action pics and selecting which ones I want to use in the review from around 100 action shots. Then I'll spend all day sunday editing the video. Then I'll begin actually writing the review, which will take anything from 3 days to a week depending on my day job. I will then take it out the following weekend to 'enjoy' it for the first time, and see if I want to add anything to the review. I'll then spend Sunday finishing it up and submitting it for upload to the RCU magazine, then posting a thread here, etc, etc. It normally takes about 3 weeks to get a review out.
It's a hell of a lot of work if done properly, I think the manufacturers are getting a pretty sweet deal. The RCU Magazine reviews get great exposure as well.
When I receive the car, I will invest an entire evening stripping various parts and photographing them, I will then use my own consumables where appropriate (oils, greases, glues, tools, whatever) to reassemble the car. I will then spend several hours an evening for a few days creating and photoshopping the images for the review and optimising them for web display (we're talking 200 images in an average review, including the actual page images, which are 50 or so, creatively produced graphics, for headings, and buttons etc, not just the pics of the car). The next weekend after I receive it, I will take it out, request the help of a friend to take pictures/drive/take video, run a bunch of tests while it's running, swap a couple of exhausts, burn at least 4 tanks of my own fuel, make repairs if necessary. Then I'll come home and spend the evening cropping and photoshopping the action pics and selecting which ones I want to use in the review from around 100 action shots. Then I'll spend all day sunday editing the video. Then I'll begin actually writing the review, which will take anything from 3 days to a week depending on my day job. I will then take it out the following weekend to 'enjoy' it for the first time, and see if I want to add anything to the review. I'll then spend Sunday finishing it up and submitting it for upload to the RCU magazine, then posting a thread here, etc, etc. It normally takes about 3 weeks to get a review out.
It's a hell of a lot of work if done properly, I think the manufacturers are getting a pretty sweet deal. The RCU Magazine reviews get great exposure as well.
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RE: Teaser... :)
I guess nothing is free then because that’s a loot of work, well at least the good part is that at the end you get to keep the car. Can’t wait for the review.
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ORIGINAL: Foxy
I don't pay to receive the car, if that's what you mean, and I am allowed to keep it after the review is finished, but the question do I get it for free is not easily answered. You decide...
When I receive the car, I will invest an entire evening stripping various parts and photographing them, I will then use my own consumables where appropriate (oils, greases, glues, tools, whatever) to reassemble the car. I will then spend several hours an evening for a few days creating and photoshopping the images for the review and optimising them for web display (we're talking 200 images in an average review, including the actual page images, which are 50 or so, creatively produced graphics, for headings, and buttons etc, not just the pics of the car). The next weekend after I receive it, I will take it out, request the help of a friend to take pictures/drive/take video, run a bunch of tests while it's running, swap a couple of exhausts, burn at least 4 tanks of my own fuel, make repairs if necessary. Then I'll come home and spend the evening cropping and photoshopping the action pics and selecting which ones I want to use in the review from around 100 action shots. Then I'll spend all day sunday editing the video. Then I'll begin actually writing the review, which will take anything from 3 days to a week depending on my day job. I will then take it out the following weekend to 'enjoy' it for the first time, and see if I want to add anything to the review. I'll then spend Sunday finishing it up and submitting it for upload to the RCU magazine, then posting a thread here, etc, etc. It normally takes about 3 weeks to get a review out.
It's a hell of a lot of work if done properly, I think the manufacturers are getting a pretty sweet deal. The RCU Magazine reviews get great exposure as well.
I don't pay to receive the car, if that's what you mean, and I am allowed to keep it after the review is finished, but the question do I get it for free is not easily answered. You decide...
When I receive the car, I will invest an entire evening stripping various parts and photographing them, I will then use my own consumables where appropriate (oils, greases, glues, tools, whatever) to reassemble the car. I will then spend several hours an evening for a few days creating and photoshopping the images for the review and optimising them for web display (we're talking 200 images in an average review, including the actual page images, which are 50 or so, creatively produced graphics, for headings, and buttons etc, not just the pics of the car). The next weekend after I receive it, I will take it out, request the help of a friend to take pictures/drive/take video, run a bunch of tests while it's running, swap a couple of exhausts, burn at least 4 tanks of my own fuel, make repairs if necessary. Then I'll come home and spend the evening cropping and photoshopping the action pics and selecting which ones I want to use in the review from around 100 action shots. Then I'll spend all day sunday editing the video. Then I'll begin actually writing the review, which will take anything from 3 days to a week depending on my day job. I will then take it out the following weekend to 'enjoy' it for the first time, and see if I want to add anything to the review. I'll then spend Sunday finishing it up and submitting it for upload to the RCU magazine, then posting a thread here, etc, etc. It normally takes about 3 weeks to get a review out.
It's a hell of a lot of work if done properly, I think the manufacturers are getting a pretty sweet deal. The RCU Magazine reviews get great exposure as well.
Sounds like a great job to me
03-23-2009, 03:45 PM
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Yup, it's a great job, no doubt about it, I was simply defining the value the manufacturer gets from it. Everybody's a winner. 
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Yup, it's a great job, no doubt about it, I was simply defining the value the manufacturer gets from it. Everybody's a winner.
Yup, it's a great job, no doubt about it, I was simply defining the value the manufacturer gets from it. Everybody's a winner.
That depends on the review / outcome of your test I would say.
Or are you hiding mistakes of the manufacturer in your review...
I get the point what you mean, but feel many times when I read a review in mags it is not as critical as it should be.
Often minor faults are not mentioned is my feeling at least.
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Actually, I'd put more stock in what foxy has to say over a magazine that lives and breathes advertizing money. All Foxy gets is a new toy... and a lot of work, with no one looking over his shoulder pushing for a favourable review. If a product is crap, he'll tell it like it is (and vice versa). What does he care if he gives a bad review of something? I'm pretty sure he can afford his own without all the extra work. I'm thinking he does it because he enjoys doing it, those are the best reviews for me.
Thanks Foxy
Thanks Foxy
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I don't pay to receive the car, if that's what you mean, and I am allowed to keep it after the review is finished, but the question do I get it for free is not easily answered. You decide...
One episode the photographer guy was feeling depressed, and had to do a swimsuit photoshoot with half a dozen (rather hot) models.
He sighed "Ok, come on ladies. Let's get you undressed."
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lol, yeh... No, seriously though, optimising 100-200 images is no fun, and VERY time consuming.
By the way, it arrived today, but I'm still at work!! [X(][&o]
By the way, it arrived today, but I'm still at work!! [X(][&o]
