Post Pictures of Your dNaNo!

[Marcro]

Sweet parts! Where did you land the yellow F40? And I see you got yourself another green Murcielago?

[pfcparts]

hey marc,

You know I love yellow ferraris lol.

I have my sources... You should know by
now I could pretty much land anything K
produces.

Yeah, I modded up another one after
I sold you that one you were looking for.

K diff is giving me all sorts of problems.
The one you have now had a much better
one lol.

Will probably pick up the type 2mm Z and
another mclaren and that'd be the end of
my dnano collection. May end up picking
up all the ascs at this scale as I sure as hell
can't do that at the z scale lol.


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[Marcro]

No way can anyone collect ALL 1/28 AutoScales, there are just simply too many of them!
At least the Dnano is more feasible to finish collecting. At least for a while. I'm happy with the four I've got so far, but would eventually like all of them. Next one for me will be either yellow F-40 or Modena.

[arch2b]

there are some that have complete collections, or damn near close to complete. ti's hard to tell what complete is to begin with as there is no official list of every autoscale ever made. countless one off's and limited edition jpn only exist that we frequently never know about.

i gave up collecting asc's long ago. i'm not about to start up again. to expensive to begin with.

[nalves]

Originally Posted by pfcparts

I've had better results running everything stock
and the gear diff with 30k K diff grease. Only mod
I'd probably run now is the hubs...

30k (30.000)?! In dnano's ball diff? I remember using 30k in my Inferno ST-R truggy..

Nuno

[Marcro]

I agree with you arch. Remember that collection I had two years ago that I had to sell off? I'd be hard pressed to rebuild that collection again. Right now, all I have is the pearl white Murcielago and I planed on getting the other two, but just hasn't happened. I'm much more fond of the Dnano's anyway.
There are a lot of classic AutoScale bodies I'd love to get my hands on, but why bang my head against the keyboard for one I may never get? And why spend a fortune on AutoScale bodies when I can race a fully hopped up Dnano instead? Dnano's are much more fun to collect these day's.

[pfcparts]

Originally Posted by nalves

30k (30.000)?! In dnano's ball diff? I remember using 30k in my Inferno ST-R truggy..

Nuno

I didn't feel like ruining a perfectly good diff by permanently
locking the diff with CA glue (or using the second setting on
the K ball diff lol).

My "track" doubles as the living room carpet and unfortunately
some parts of my track will have more wear/unevenness than
others due to everyday use.

Running a sticky diff and harder plate vs. burning a dry diff in
getting caught up on uneven spots and bouncing around in the
rear is not really much of a choice for me.

When I get a real track with less imperfections, maybe I'll return
to dry gear diffs or something lighter, but right now I'm fine with
what works.

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I definitely see where you guys are coming from.

I just like the detailing on these and the cases aren't as big
as the zs so I don't have to worry much about space. I also
get a decent pricing on them as opposed to the Z ascs, and
there aren't as many to collect right now (around 30 excluding
the plated ones as opposed to heaven only knows how many
Z ascs).


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[nalves]

Originally Posted by pfcparts

Running a sticky diff and harder plate vs. burning a dry diff in
getting caught up on uneven spots and bouncing around in the
rear is not really much of a choice for me.

When I get a real track with less imperfections, maybe I'll return
to dry gear diffs or something lighter, but right now I'm fine with
what works.

It make real sense now that i read the two paragraphs. Always learning. I've got the Kysoho Ball Diff but because i forgot to buy grease (the one recommended by the instructions - 900) i haven't install it yet. Have to wait a couple of days...

Nuno

[Profoxcg]

The dbr9 looks nice do you have more pics of it and the yellow F40?
I am selling my NIB red F40 and would like a yellow one just to "look" at haha.

My driving body i think will be the porsche gt3

[Marcro]

Only problem with these Dnano's is it takes a lot more to swap out the bodies than it did with the Mini-Z's. I'm sure you know that already but your last sentence made me think this. You should just get a second Dnano when you can and leave the first one as is. Or if you want something just to look at, why not just get the AutoScale?

[Profoxcg]

Originally Posted by Marcro

Only problem with these Dnano's is it takes a lot more to swap out the bodies than it did with the Mini-Z's. I'm sure you know that already but your last sentence made me think this. You should just get a second Dnano when you can and leave the first one as is. Or if you want something just to look at, why not just get the AutoScale?

By this :"I am selling my NIB red F40 and would like a yellow one just to "look" at haha." I meant I would sell my red F40 acs with the fitting parts as in my fs thread, and I just buy a yellow F40 Autoscale and no fitting parts.

the dbr9 is look very very nice I wonder if that would be a "better" option than the porsche.

[pfcparts]

nu,

K dnano ball diffs are sorely disappointing.

marc,

Some of the models in the dnano line
are pretty hard to find at the 1/28
scale or aren't even made... the
good looking bodies and extra space
is pretty nice lol.

pfx,

Sure.





I like the detailing on the dbr;
decals have little lines showing
and the faux carbon fiber is sick
but... the scale seems a bit off.

Like they just stretched it
to fit the LM chassis.

The front and rear hang real real low;
the rear catches onto things very easily.

19F/20R (huge wheels), LM pod, and
you'd need the v.2 battery holder or
won't be able to clear the hood.

Feels boxy and slow to me, but I got sick
of it catching to the carpet, so I shelved it.

It'd be overly expensive to convert to the dbr...

The F40 is actually a good set up: just
swap the body if you want a change.


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[nalves]

Already with a DB9?! I didn't see it on sale yet! Lucky you...

So you think it's better to stick with the stock diff?

Nuno

[pfcparts]

Been out for a month...

I'd say so... They are not truly adjustable
(setting 1=too loose, s.2=locked, s.3=absurd)
do not come usable out of the box, and
I suspect the balls used are too small as
they always seem grainy.

I was getting all sorts of headaches with my
murc and thought it was tweaked somehow,
but eventually figured out it was the ball diff.

The shaft side sometimes would not bite or would
lose bite during heavy acceleration at the 1 usable
setting.

I wish they included different sized spacers.

Gear diffs seem like less rotational mass and getting
them to work only requires the grease setting to your
liking.

That and they don't cost 30 bucks and time lol.

Tires, bearings, hubs, and carbon plates seem required.

Though the alloy fronts do get less stiff after abit
of flourine and use but I'm still on the fence about
those (depending on weight and surfaces run on)...


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[Marcro]

DBR9 sounds more like a shelf-queen than a track-runner. Is it actually lower than the Murcielago? I thought the Murcielago's sides were pretty low. The F-40 is gorgeous in yellow and I plan on getting one my self some time.
Replicating carbon-fiber at 1/43 is certainly difficult to do. The DBR9 look's pretty good. Scale Motor Sports makes some very high-tech looking carbon-fiber decal in various scales including 1/43. Their 1/43 look's very nice and I've thought about placing some on the 911's rear wing and possibly front lip. Front lip might be a lot tougher than to get right than the wing.
I've also thought about getting one of the Enzo bodies and doing a full-monty CF trim.