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In essences the starter unit is just a battery with a momentary switch and a plug so you can get power to the electric motor. Might be easier to make one up as these I believe are hard to find these days. Even change the plug on the truck in need to something you have a male and female for if you can’t find the right connecting plug. Good luck and have fun.

I hope you get this resolved. There is always someone trying to take advantage which ends up ruining it for others.

This just sold on our local trading site for $101NZD. I was watching it but forgot about it unfortunately (got side tracked on a real car)as I would have loved to have the box. I already have a couple of these and some aftermarket decals. Box looked pretty good but not perfect but given age very good. Annoying thing was that I had put a bid down and the chap who bet me is a trader and was apparently getting out of the hobby but is still active from time to time which is fine of course. Will keep an eye out to see it reappears at some stage.

I would love a set of original style reproduction Wild Willy tires also.

I apologise if this has already been well covered. I have always wondered since the re release of the Sand Scorcher and Monster Beetle why Tamiya re releases the Sand Scorcher Body set (51406) but has not re released the Monster Beetle bodyset especially given many parts from them are the same in the re release models (nose cone the obvious difference). I guess they just wanted people to buy the complete kit and it was a lot chapeaper than the full Sand Scorcher kit. I would still like to see the Monster Beetle bodyset re released.

Good to see a porsche that is not a limited edition for a change.🙂 That said 47429 911 GT3 Cup VIP 2008 is still around and can be picked up very cheaply these days.🙂. Will get one of these when they become available down under here in NZ.

Thankyou greatly appreciated.

My wife says I have no runners as I never seem to find the time to run any. I have plenty of cars (far far too many) both on road and off-road which could of course run with little to no work. The challenge would be to find all the corresponding transmitters ( a lot of my stuff I guess would consider vintage given the radio hear mainly use tnx and Rc chips…..I do have some 2.4ghz but they are in brushless or nitro chassis(non tamiya). Now where are the batteries………? 🙂

Thankyou….still keen for a full version of the standalone M03 instructions also if someome has one that could scan and share would be very appreciative.

Would anyone have a copy of the M03 stabiliser instructions they could share with me or point me to a site that already has them please? Thanks.

Thanks I will give that a go

Thanks guys. I might just trim the bead of the tire and fit to the foam rim. I tried them with the bead still on and they are very tight and suck the middle of the tire to bend in toward the rim so you don’t have a flat surface on the ground , just the inner and outer edge of the tire. These are solely for static display so I will try that when I get some time and not looking to purchase any other tires.

Nope don’t keep records otherwise others might stumble across them….and we all know who we are talking about here (our better halves). It’s hard enough spreading out purchases in the bank account not to draw too much attention but I know they know deep down. It’s a hobbie not an investment at the end of the day imho. you only live once, and as as long as you pay for the important and must have things in life (which RC hobbie is a really nice to have as opposed to a must have) spend what you like as long as is not impacting others. I fall into the trap of buying something cheap and often not Tamiya and then end up buying all the bits it is missing or needed to make it semi complete again with the view to sell on to reinvest in what I like in RC …..but often I just end up keeping most things….and the pile of boxes just keep on growing….oops….sorry honey!

Oops wrong photo - here are the correct Porsche.. the other body is for a new TA03 chassis I have

Selling - make sure the service you use covers loss of items….I had to claim insurance for a lost hot trick chassis many years ago as the purchaser claimed it never arrived…..insurance was automatically covered as part of the standard parcel service I used. Buying second hand….I don’t know how many times a transmitter turned up without a battery cover - I lost count and wasnt quick enough to always ask the question. I had no need for them but is was annoying not to get what you thought you were expecting. Things I ask these days are - are there any broken parts, are their any parts which are not genuine I.e. scratch built as a repair, is the battery cover for the transmitter there?, and if it claimed that it runs fine ask if the drive train is smooth and not making a lot of noise (subjective I know). Check the photos carefully! At the end of the day it is often like buying a real car secondhand - buyer beware as it is more than likely to have issues which are not obvious and not disclosed. A photo helps but even those can’t show everything. I still buy second hand things and work on the theory that as long as most of the purchases are good they balance out the odd bad one. I always wait and check before placing feedback. japan sellers (not all of course) are a PITA as they clog up auction sites with ridiculously priced items…..topic has been covered in another thread on here. Covid killed shipping costs generally to me in NZ coupled with GST(tax) being collected form auction sites has resulted in me purchasing more stuff locally which is good for local hobby stores (when they have a sale on) which is a good outcome. Still the odd small purchase from overseas but way less than I used to (which my wife is much happier about also) Happy hunting for those bargains or hard to find parts everyone 🙂