mikem65d

I'm trying this mod too and

Yes. It's not cheap though. I bought all the parts to completely build a whole re re tranny. I bought all the parts at different times when i placed orders with RPP. Was more than if you just buy a whole p407 kit....LOL It's all about fun though regardless of what you spend right?....well that's what i keep telling myself. The shaft and all the parts that ride on it along with the sliders and shift forks need to change out too.

This seems to be the case with the RTR. The assemblers obviously are paid a bowl of rice to assemble a dozen or so an hour and have no clue on why screws are binding or even if they have the right screw in the right hole. I like many others bought the kit and while it's true that fit and finish is not great, it's workable. The wheel bearings are easily set with Loctite 680. The tranny definitely works fantastic once disassembled and greased. The drive shafts are quality beyond what you expect from a clone so no complaint there. The Shocks however are a joke. At first i decided to just replace them with original rere Bruiser shocks, then decided that with the crappy springs supplied to go with Gmade RSD piggybacks so suspension tuning made sense. Is this clone worthy?.....it really is. Now with that said, i do have a rere Bruiser built and ready to run, and have another new kit just because, along with enough spare parts to probably build a whole re re. I took almost every new part in my stash and swapped them with parts on the clone and they fit perfectly. Transmission gears on the lower shaft are exact match and will get used if the clone pops a tooth. The upper shaft is definitely a good attempt to copy the re re, but where Tamiya used plastic gears on the 2 drive cogs, the clone uses sintered gears that are known to break. The guys that have broken these sintered gears are the guys that are trying to shift on the fly.....It's not a drag racer, so shifting on the fly is pointless. The sliders are different too, but the shaft,gears and sliders can be replaced with Tamiya. The tranny cases are almost identical which tells me that the clone was a good copy, or they used molds that were mold copies. Case pieces are virtually interchangeable. Like many others here, I will always want Tamiya kits in the original form, but i have to say, this clone kit makes for a good start for those who will never spend the money for the real deal. And yes, i bought 2 of the clone kits just because I always have to have 2 of everything like this. With the right tools for the hexes and phillips screws, I have not had anything stripped or cross threaded. I wouldn't be too surprised to find that Tamiya may have even been behind the development of this clone. Get 'em to buy and enjoy the clone, and surely a few will want the real deal.

This seems to be the case with the RTR. The assemblers obviously are paid a bowl of rice to assemble a dozen or so an hour and have no clue on why screws are binding or even if they have the right screw in the right hole. I like many others bought the kit and while it's true that fit and finish is not great, it's workable. The wheel bearings are easily set with Loctite 680. The tranny definitely works fantastic once disassembled and greased. The drive shafts are quality beyond what you expect from a clone so no complaint there. The Shocks however are a joke. At first i decided to just replace them with original rere Bruiser shocks, then decided that with the crappy springs supplied to go with Gmade RSD piggybacks so suspension tuning made sense. Is this clone worthy?.....it really is. Now with that said, i do have a rere Bruiser built and ready to run, and have another new kit just because, along with enough spare parts to probably build a whole re re. I took almost every new part in my stash and swapped them with parts on the clone and they fit perfectly. Transmission gears on the lower shaft are exact match and will get used if the clone pops a tooth. The upper shaft is definitely a good attempt to copy the re re, but where Tamiya used plastic gears on the 2 drive cogs, the clone uses sintered gears that are known to break. The guys that have broken these sintered gears are the guys that are trying to shift on the fly.....It's not a drag racer, so shifting on the fly is pointless. The sliders are different too, but the shaft,gears and sliders can be replaced with Tamiya. The tranny cases are almost identical which tells me that the clone was a good copy, or they used molds that were mold copies. Case pieces are virtually interchangeable. Like many others here, I will always want Tamiya kits in the original form, but i have to say, this clone kit makes for a good start for those who will never spend the money for the real deal. And yes, i bought 2 of the clone kits just because I always have to have 2 of everything like this. With the right tools for the hexes and phillips screws, I have not had anything stripped or cross threaded. I wouldn't be too surprised to find that Tamiya may have even been behind the development of this clone. Get 'em to buy and enjoy the clone, and surely a few will want the real deal.

Had fun painting the bodies today..............for anyone thinking of decanting poly paint......don't waste your time. The effort to do this and spray thru an airbrush (along with the extensive cleanup) is fruitless. I did one body this way, and the other right from the Tamiya can............I'm sticking with rattle cans for this type of paint. And Duh!!!........i didn't realize that the bodies had a protective skin on them. I was just thinking Hmmm.....these new generation bodies are a lot less glossy than the older stuff....LOL on me. All in all this is, and will be a fun experience with these and future builds, but decanting?............Won't be doin this again.

thx for the replies everyone. i'm going to give it a whirl today so i'll post my findings later. I really liked the bottle stuff Tamiya used to sell. It was a bit of a pain too in it's own way, but the results were good at least with the solid colors we used to brush on.

I have 2 Hotshot bodies to paint....1 is Super Hotshot and 1 is Hotshot rere colors are silver and red. I'm thinking that airbrush will let me do a blending of any other color i may want to shade in as well. I've decanted Tamiya TS spray cans, but not sure about the polycarbonate sprays. thx -mike

thanks for the replies guys. Yes it is a new motor bought back in the 80's when i built my first Hotshot. (the picture posted here was from another thread just to show the resistor) Have a Super Hotshot on the way, but just got the urge to get another Hotshot too. The Technipower will most likely be installed on the Hotshot. Have always enjoyed building any of the Tamiya models whether they be plastics or electrics. I just wanted to make sure that the resistor wouldn't blow out an ESC.

Hi everyone, I've just re entered this world of RC after a 20 year layoff,and have a a couple cars on the bench. Scrounging through old boxes i found that i have a Technipower 540 that is new and would like to give it a whirl. I have only one concern and that is the resistor or as Tamiya called them "filter" that is installed. I'm sure it was for filtering noise away from the radio. Should i just leave it, or remove it since i will be using a Hobbywing or Tamiya ESC. the picture here is not mine.......it is from a past thread. thx -mike

Do you still have this stuff? I am in Fresno, CA -mike