X-5 Review !
 

X-5 Review is almost done, Just a couple of photos need to be done which aint easy when its raining all the time. :rolleyes:
Still, this is a teaser.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/reviewx5/x5studio01.jpg
not bad considering it was taken in the kitchen lol, sorry vicky,:salut:

Looking good! :D

nice one jim, cant wait :D

Its sunny!!!!! but I dont have the car with me or a driver... bah. maybe tomorrow.. sigh, no lie in for me then.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/reviewx5/lilaction03.jpg

voila !:)

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Cat's Whiskers
Dog's danglies
Canines Undercarriage
Cat's pyjamas
Mutt's Nuts

I REALLY want one

Done!

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/reviewx5

:jimmeh

Wow, another excellent review! :D Very impressed there Jimmy, you've really put some hours into that!

Loving the pictures of my cars, those I have never seen before :o
LOL "Share them, share them" :)

Cheers mate! spent a while on it, up till 3.40 this morn on it, hence why I dint race today.

ill get a lil photo package sorted for ya hehe.. had a scour about for photos of your cars like. tried to find a decent photo of you but unfortunately I couldnt find one that would have been acceptable!! haha, all too daft im afraid.

Cheers dave
Theres a top secret quick way of doing it mate! :) because its taken on a white background, I made it a multiply layer in photoshop over the background colour I use.

totally cut out in an instant... but without any highlights / bright areas..
so for those I make another layer and past the original image in again, and quickly delete most of the photo with the erase tool, leaving only the bright areas that the previous stage lacked.. its a lot quicker and easier than cutting it all out by hand.

yes i seem to remember being up till then with you also a few nights helping :flower:

Another great review Jimmy...Cheers!! :D

Thanks, Jimmy, for a fair and accurate review. I've said this before: You do the best, most in-depth reviews in the business.

Here's the story on the rubber straps: We started with a nice-looking black one, but no matter what we did it was too stretchy and the batteries fell out. So we switched to a beautiful shiney black neoprene which held the batteries well but tore in five runs where the nut & washer hold it in. I cut the ugly brown ones out one at a time on Mom's kitchen table and they work.

Our production quantities are too small to pay for a die to have them done properly. Although, after your review...

I am rather blown away by the reviews you do. They really are the best. I only wish you would have a bit more time with the cars to discuss how you like tuning them, setting them up as now we get a good sense of the performance, but not nearly as impressive as the build notes.

Your comparrison with the xx4 and the overall notes on the car does still, however, make this possibly the best most thourough review of a kit I have seen.

Keep up the good , wait, the great work :D

Ha ha, im good at avoiding being infront of camera's. Although I know Stu Evans took one yesterday which could be good, although I may be a tad sunburnt...

Maybe that's where I can come in on this one. Jimmy has kindly passed the X5 to me to run this season. I intend to do some mini reports on my thoughts and findings, which I'm sure will be made available to all oOple viewers:)

Oscar (john price) 's first race report will go up tonight on the review also, didnt have time to add it last night :)

Should be plenty of shots of the underside to come then !

Cynic:tongue: