Lazy Stickers Are Here!

November 29, 2010 · Posted in News, rcLazy.com · by simon · Comment 

After months of faffing about with home-made stickers, we’ve finally taken the plunge and had Craig Harris of DecTek create some sticker sheets for us.

They’re lovely clear vinyl, with a nice white border around each logo, and die cut too.  So they look great on any colour body shell.

Order some now, or see us trackside and we’ll let you have one or two for free, that’s one or two stickers, not sheets cos they aint cheap!  We also include a sticker with every order.

They are in our Shop for purchase.

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Live Stream From SHMCC

November 24, 2010 · Posted in Racing, Touring Cars · by simon · Comment 


We were racing the Tamiya FF03 at SHMCC

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Taplow Winter Series R2

November 23, 2010 · Posted in Off Road, Racing · by simon · Comment 


I loved Taplow so much last time I visited, I got up at 4:30am once more last Sunday to make the trip up again.

I picked up Mark and Bob on the way, and we chuckled all the way up.  They chose a stupid route past Ascot, but we got there in decent enough time.

A full house awaited us, and the place was buzzing.  People from far and wide had come down.  The most ridiculous being the Welsh boys of Wagner, Bavid and Raffles who set off at 2:30am to get there!  Now THAT’S NOT LAZY!

The field was split into 7 heats, 5 of 2wd and 2 of 4wd.  I was running 2wd again.  And hallelujah I wasn’t in the bottom heat this time!

The cougar ran well all day, the grip was higher than last time I was there, so a few setup tweaks worked well.

They had chosen 5 rounds of FTD, and one round of finals.  All a bit weird really.  But hey ho.  I’m pleased they added the 5th round, cos I managed to improve and sneak it into the bottom of the D final.

Crazy Bob qualified 4th in the D final, and Mark, first time out with his Tamiya 201X put it in the C final, at the bottom…  So the usual sort of qualifying for us then.

At the top of 2wd Ellis was on top again, and some how he went 4 laps quicker than me.  I’ve NO idea how he did it, his car didn’t really look very rapid, just smooth, perfect lines and consistent lap after lap.  I think I need some How To Drive RC coaching…

The finals were fun, I managed to some how come 3rd in my final from the back of the grid, I had a great ol’ battle with young Rossy Williams.  Good race.  Bob binned it and came somewhere low down.

Mark also had a terrific run in his final, running in 2nd for a lot of it, finally coming in 3rd.  He’s loving the 201X.  He loves the warm Tamiya glow.

Pidge popped in sporting his fancy Lee Martin Tamiya jacket, representing the brand fresh from the Worlds in Thailand.  He was in a mischievous mood, ‘adjusting’ a few cars, claiming to be trying to improve their performance.  ”He’ll never know I touched it” was heard…

It worked though, at the top of 4wd was rcLazy team driver Wagner, and he had a great battle with Springer to take the A final with the Tamiya 511.  It was clearly the Lazy Balls that did the trick.

Ky ‘Raffles’ Smith won the raffle, so that’s two car kits he’s won in three weeks!  But I don’t mind, he keeps buying stuff!

The trip home was entertaining with Mark at the wheel, including some very sketchy roundabout action and nearly being broadsided by a mahoosive lorry…

Taplow is ace, get down there, you’ll love it.

Pics to follow when I can locate the camera.

Finally here they are!

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Live RC Car Build Workshop

November 9, 2010 · Posted in Live, rcLazy.com, Videos · by simon · 12 Comments 

The build happened, and we failed to get it up and running by the 10pm deadline.  I’d write a full report of the evening, but I’m exhausted!  Look at the pictures.Thanks everyone, it was epic! Here’s the comments from the last 15 minutes.

9:50 lochness42: 10 minutes
9:50 russmini: Just picking now Pav… lol
9:50 lochness42: :)
9:50 lochness42: ok
9:50 blazerfrazer: tube 8
9:52 lochness42: :D
9:52 russmini: Don’t Panic Mr Mannering… Don’t Panic !!!!
9:53 blazerfrazer: more lol
9:54 blazerfrazer: More panic
9:54 blazerfrazer: thats better… funny
9:55 lochness42: 5 mins lol
9:55 russmini: You guys NEED to do this again… I’m lol ing quite a bit now…
9:55 HKPTom: yep very cool :)
9:55 lochness42: yeah but you need to do it in shorter period of time
9:55 blazerfrazer: can we have a quick pan around the room, wanna see all the panic faces
9:55 lochness42: and full 4wd :D
9:55 HKPTom: nooo FWD FTW!
9:56 lochness42: no way you’re going to leave those body posts so long :D
9:57 russmini: Build a Proper car next time… A Tamiya Mini, M03 or M05, proper Mini though, not crappy BMW version  :-)
9:57 lochness42: ok they will fall off anyway
9:57 blazerfrazer: FAIL FAIL FAIL but funny. hope you do more of these.
9:57 lochness42: yea
9:57 lochness42: for sure
9:57 HKPTom: Russ are you racing mini at Leighton Buzzard on 20th?
9:58 lochness42: 2 mins
9:58 CustardCat: 3 minutes to go.. It’s Annekas arse on the line and she doesn’t want a cock up.
9:58 blazerfrazer: groin
9:58 russmini: No, not actually raced it for a long time now. Few of the guys from Worcs and off RCR are though. Need to get mine re-built  :-)
9:58 blazerfrazer: 10
9:58 blazerfrazer: 9
9:58 blazerfrazer: 8
9:59 blazerfrazer:  ok
9:59 lochness42: 1 min
9:59 HKPTom: i’m gonna race a MiTo in the endurance event
9:59 lochness42: bodyshell and speedo still missing
9:59 russmini: Sweet  :-)
9:59 lochness42: not mentioning bodyposts
9:59 HKPTom: long wheel base – eek
9:59 blazerfrazer: yes but it will roll, so they pass?
9:59 simoncrabb: pavel is a stickler for completeness
9:59 HKPTom: true blazer
10:00 lochness42: yeah sure :D
10:00 lochness42: Epic FAIL!!!
10:00 HKPTom: lamo
10:00 russmini: FAIL !!!!
10:00 blazerfrazer: it rolls !!!!
10:00 lochness42: lol
10:00 blazerfrazer: PASS!
10:00 russmini: PMSL !!!
10:00 lochness42: anyway good job guys
10:00 DaveChurch: haha nice one
10:01 lochness42: what’s wrong with front bumper? :D
10:01 HKPTom: need cutting down
10:01 HKPTom: RTM!
10:01 russmini: Splitter….
10:01 lochness42: :D
10:01 HKPTom: take the sponge off!
10:02 russmini: Well Done to all. Cracking idea and went really well. Hope you do it again, and maybe complete and build the next one correctly :-)
10:02 blazerfrazer: yer, loved it
10:02 HKPTom: top job guys
10:02 lochness42: great finish
10:02 lochness42: was thrilling to watch
10:03 russmini: Thats it, perfect fit  :-)
10:04 DaveChurch: watching this helps me, I thought I was a rubbish mechanic, but watching this shows me I am average hehe
10:04 lochness42: I’m top compared to this :D
10:04 russmini: Yeh…
10:05 russmini: Clap Clap
10:05 lochness42: and I tend to drop small bits off table and can’t find them anymore
10:05 lochness42: thanks for stream
10:05 blazerfrazer: nite nite all
10:06 lochness42: good night
10:06 DaveChurch: night
10:06 russmini: Back to oOple…

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Prep: RC Car Build Workshop

November 6, 2010 · Posted in Live, rcLazy.com, Workshops · by simon · Comment 



We’re at rcLazy HQ today preparing for the RC Car Build Workshop, just 4 days away on Tuesday 9th November at 7pm.

If you want a place you MUST contact us and confirm you want a ticket, places are limited for this FREE pilot workshop.

The build is a FRONT wheel drive touring car chassis.  It’s a Tamiya FF03 (I think), chosen by Mark, as he’s our Tamiya Freak.  (Though, the Avante re-release will be irresistible…)

We believe that FWD touring cars will become a significant ‘stock’ class in on-road racing in years to come – current 4wd touring cars have become just too fast for the majority of racers to handle.

Some-time today we’ll do a test stream to see if everything’s working okay.

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