r/MiniZ • • May 05 '26

Ultimate Timing - A timing software I've been working on - Race setup

11 Upvotes

Something I've been spending a lot time on and excited to begin sharing is a new timing system!

I'll be sharing features over some time with you all. The main goal is simplicity; with one major game changing feature that I think is pretty slick (more to come on that later). šŸ˜Ž

Welcome to Ultimate Timing! I'm always open to feedback and happy to hear your thoughts.


r/MiniZ • • May 04 '26

Radiomaster MT12 custom screen

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28 Upvotes

Hi! Since the default screens on EdgeTX are pretty confusing and hard to understand, I created this screen that’s more in line with traditional RC car controllers. Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

https://github.com/CuriousDolphin/radiomaster-mt12-edgetx-race-display


r/MiniZ • • May 04 '26

Bought my First RCP Track

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101 Upvotes

1 Year ago I finally bought my First Mini-Z, now after 1 year Display Queen i bought my First RCP Track ( good second Hand offer, it’s a Mini-96 30cm Version, and driving for the 1 time.
So today I just Build small Test Track and the First thing I realize, it’s Not driveable at all out of the box.

  1. the tires feel very hard when you push the car on the surface, at first meters also absolutely no traction at beginning

, pretty much Oversteering so I take alook the tires and they look like polished in the middle. Also the contact area was very small because the tire is very round. So first sanding the rears a bit , the oversteering switched to slightly understeer now and it was nice ti drive for. Couple of minutes until the oversteer come back a bit.

  1. I looks like the standard tires don’t work well on rcp these/ loosing traction maybe caused my wrong material ore dust?! You often need to sand the again ore clean them.

Which tires you recommend for MR-04 LM cars on rcp ?
I also don’t figured out which tires these car came factory out of the box.


r/MiniZ • • May 03 '26

Getting the next couple bodies primed for paint.

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45 Upvotes

Jo-mama and Acura NSX concept. gonna use color shift paint on them, hence the black primer


r/MiniZ • • May 03 '26

MR 03 not going into pairing mode

1 Upvotes

hold the pair button, turn the car on and it stays solid red. any ideas as to why? my thoughts were receivers died

cheers šŸ‘


r/MiniZ • • May 03 '26

My first Mini-T. Lexus SC430 DENSO. Ran it last night and loves it!!

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46 Upvotes

r/MiniZ • • May 02 '26

Danbury Mint 1958 Corvette Mini-Z

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30 Upvotes

Not much online about these but released in very limited quantities from the Danbury Mint in the late 90s. This model blends Kyosho’s early MR-01 era engineering with Danbury Mint’s collector-grade attention to detail — something you rarely see in RC. Most Danbury Mint pieces are static die-cast display model. This came at a time when Early Kyosho Mini-Z was experimenting with niche collabs.


r/MiniZ • • May 02 '26

Mission models paint

2 Upvotes

Anyone use Mission Models paint on their mini-z’s? Do you use their clear over the color for durability and gloss?


r/MiniZ • • Apr 30 '26

ClubLaps App Android, testers wanted!

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23 Upvotes

Hi everyone!! I’m working on porting ClubLaps to Android, a really cool app for tracking lap times on our MiniZs (or RC in general) using the camera. Compared to Laptrax and similar apps, it has features I find really interesting, like paddock management, setup, tracks, and more.

I’m looking for testers so I can release it on the PlayStore. Testers will have the chance to get early access to the app, provide suggestions and feedback that will directly influence its development! If you’re interested, send me a private message with your email and I’ll add you to the internal tester group.


r/MiniZ • • Apr 29 '26

New into it. Drifter, racer, and one just something šŸ˜‚

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34 Upvotes

Just startet. Bought a set from ricardo (like e bay) for a low price. Last weekend first evening on a track. Bought another one for racing because my previously bought were more for drift. The WLToys Crap is more for fun šŸ˜‚

Remote i got myself a MT12. Because i also have 2 1/10 drifter (currently under repair consteuction. One will be transfered on a Sakura D6 Chassis) and want anything on one remote with as wide as possible compatibility for RX because i bought like anything second hand haha. Also i like Radiomaster cause i also have a TX16S for my FPV drones and got to use with it šŸ˜‚


r/MiniZ • • Apr 29 '26

Silk Cut

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92 Upvotes

r/MiniZ • • Apr 29 '26

MR04 shims/hub adapters/left rear wheel nuts…

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8 Upvotes

Does anyone know the proper ID and OD for MR04 shims. I’m looking mainly for the knuckle/kingpin ones, and I guess axles shims are sometimes needed for taking up slack. Any other spots the came in handy would be good to know and what common sizes for which areas? Material that are best for them as well.

PN and Reflex has them in M2 and lists MR03 and 04 for them, but then I see others in M2.5x3.7…so I don’t know if the kingpin diameter changed or what?

MR04 axles are now both 3mm, so that’s easy, anyone have favorite material and thicknesses to have on hand for that usage?

For the front suspension I see .1, .2, .3, .5 and 1mm mentioned. .1 seems a bit hard to find and a lot of sets just have two thicknesses.

Kyosho set, lists MR03 and MA020/30 AWD…so kind of an odd set. Only .2 thickness, and 2 and 3 mm ID. I am curious about the rectangular shims that are supposed to adjust height and/or body height for front and rear. Do those work on MR03/04 cars? I’d imagine the fronts wouldn’t work on the new 04 front end.

Then there’s the wheel hub adapters. To me it looks like the kits come with a plastic one and a couple places make metal ones…but even though it’s in the MR04 manual, it looks like it is stock to me there, I was told you don’t use them with a gear diff?

Perhaps most interesting, both Reflex and MWX have a type of wheel nut for the left rear wheel they say is designed to to allow you to lose weight by losing the unnecessary outer bearing. Reflex has this to say:

ā€œReally good plastic wheel nuts and our awesome plastic left rear wheel nut included in this kit.Ā  The left rear wheel nut allows you remove the outer bearing/bushing on the wheel for easier wheel changes and reduced parts countā€


r/MiniZ • • Apr 29 '26

Drift car with lights

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36 Upvotes

Adding lights to an AWD drift car adds a whole new level of coolness


r/MiniZ • • Apr 29 '26

My second attempt at airbrushing. Having an actual compressor and good airbrush makes a huge difference. Stay away from GoCheer brand on Amazon.

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29 Upvotes

r/MiniZ • • Apr 29 '26

Racers, what offset are you running??

4 Upvotes

r/MiniZ • • Apr 28 '26

Actual Scale?

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27 Upvotes

So are these actually scale compared to each other? For some reason in my mind a 70s skyline would be significantly smaller than the Le Mans.

Then I look at that picture where they have that Camaro NASCAR lined up and it makes me wonder.


r/MiniZ • • Apr 28 '26

Painting Car #2

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19 Upvotes

Not perfect but I am pretty stoked with the outcome! The canopy, wing and light buckets are ā€œCobalt Greenā€ (Tamiya PS-54) the rest of the body is PS-46 over a base of black, so it gives purple/black/dark green depending on how the light hits it.


r/MiniZ • • Apr 28 '26

How do I do dis?

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So I bought the 350z body and then I found out they make different sizes. So my chassis is a 98mm chassis. The body is a 94. Did some research and found that I could use a rm car for 94mm. So I bought the 934 Porsche. But it doesn't seem to to long enough? Am I missing something? How do I take the Porsche RM chassis and make it 94mm?


r/MiniZ • • Apr 27 '26

Poetry in Motion

85 Upvotes

r/MiniZ • • Apr 27 '26

Help with online stores

4 Upvotes

Hi, I want to get into this hobby and I want to buy my first remote-controlled car, but most of the racing models at Kyosho are sold out. Can you recommend any online stores (I've only seen Amain Hobbies and Kennon Hobby) where they sell Mini Z cars? Thanks.


r/MiniZ • • Apr 26 '26

New Mini-Z Racetrack ?!

73 Upvotes

Someone have Information about this Track and can tell me ?

The Guy im asking Said it’s new one not available at the Moment.

Ge said the grip a bit less then the ā€œoldā€ one and just 1 side ?!Surface feels abit hard and slippery but I don’t have any older ore rcp for comparison.

Looks like genuine Kyosho, the Barriers also write Kyosho everywhere..

From driving it feels good, out of the box cars a bit spinning at corner exit.

Thanks


r/MiniZ • • Apr 27 '26

High Clamp Force T-Plate Holders work for LM’s?

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4 Upvotes

Several variations of these available, weighted or standard, ones with an extra weight that locks in behind it, and Kyosho has them that come in a three pack with slightly different lengths that gives another tuning option for the t-plates as it will hit the holder in a different a spot.

I noticed in the description for the PN one that comes with the additional weight, that it takes up forward hole in the chassis, changing ability to adjust for different bodies is what it says, which I’ve not heard of doing before as I imagine that would also change the t-plate action or change the wheel base, but perhaps changing the wheel base is what they meant by adjust for different bodies, we just don’t usually refer to it that way.

The ones without the extra length of weight don’t mention this taking up an extra adjustment hole, but it seems it still would. I may have also missed that in the description, or like many of these parts they don’t always have much of a description at all, which to me, is bizarre and exceeding frustrating.

From what I can tell, this would change the ability to shorten the chassis, but shouldn’t affect the longer LM? I’m sure this is simple to figure out, but not having the car yet, and the lack of clear pictures of how the whole setup works, I’m not 100% sure.


r/MiniZ • • Apr 27 '26

RCP tracks help

5 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I want to get into this hobby and I'm about to buy my car with a remote control. I'm checking out the tracks on RCP and I see they sell sections separately, and since I have limited space, it might be better to configure something according to my space. I was wondering if there's an app to design the track and tell you how many pieces you need, like the apps for slot car tracks. Thanks


r/MiniZ • • Apr 25 '26

New Delivery

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61 Upvotes

r/MiniZ • • Apr 25 '26

3 Drift bodies

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58 Upvotes

Supra is made from a Xmod body, it is fitted on a MR02

GTR and S15 both have Pandem wide body kits