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Great find . Nothing like spotting something rare a cool lurking online, not properly described or named. Good luck!

I’m with MadAx on this one. Sure the Blitzer is probably the lowest maintenance and is certainly the one that can handle a monster brushless motor if you want that sort of thing, but the Sand Scorcher is the daddy.

How are you enjoying those 2 cars? Which is more fun to drive? And can you tell me what wheels and tires you have on the Tomahawk?

So I can see that the Clod has a lot of your focus. What other chassis are you looking at in 2025?

I am going through a bit of a 2WD buggy phase at the moment, a return to the very specific type of cars that caught my attention when I was a kid back in early 80’s. There was something amazing about the Baja style buggies that was so exotic and cool to a kid in the suburbs of England about them. Your BBX looks gorgeous, what a great find!

Very nice! Tell us more about the fenders and mudflap solution. Looks amazing. How did you do that?

That’s awesome to see. I am quite impressed with the speed of response of the brushless.

I switched to Spektrum Smart batteries a while ago because I really liked the ease of using them and features such as the smart discharge which made them idiot proof for both me and my son. I normally use a 5000mah 2S 30c which is amazing for long runs with my buggies, most of which have silver cans or sport tuned at most. I want to get a FAV into the fleet but unfortunately my battery won’t fit. In an ideal world I would also hide a lot of the wiring so selecting one quite a bit smaller appeals. Please note I am likely to run nothing hotter than a silver cans and actually very tempted to put a 380 brushed into it. If I stick to Spektrum, and avoid the 100c shorties which seem massively overpowered and expensive, I am left with 2 options. Option 1 is a soft pack 2400mah 2S 30c and given the sealed battery space in the FAV I am not too worried about it. Obviously run times will be shorter but I can live with that. Option 2 is a hard pack but is only 1800mah and only puts out 20c…. Is that enough? Option 3 is a 3S… now my ESC can handle that, but is it a stupid idea. The Spektrum battery I have found is designed for a 380 brushless powered 1/18 buggy made by Arma called the Grom. I have never thought of putting a 3S in a car before but it only has 30C so I wanted to know what to expect? Any advice most welcome!

Really interesting idea. I have been looking at the range that Spektrum do for the same size and wondering if it would work. Do you really get the same speed and run time!? That sounds crazy. Is it easy to fit them to Tamiya models designed for the 540’s or do you need adapters?

Having spent a fortune over the years on fancy aluminium shocks, I can definitely concur with Turnip… CVAs and a tuned spring set every day.

That is a gorgeous collection and I wish I could buy the Wild Willy. Gut feel is those prices are a bit high for the market and rarely is the blood, sweat and tears rewarded, but I hope I am wrong and you get some good return on your work and effort.

I really admire your work on this project. It is a truly unique chassis. But I do wonder if you are missing the point of it by wrestling in a 540. The 380 scene has really opened my eyes to how much fun you can have with a motor that is 80g lighter than the bigger equivalent, and this chassis is all about lightness IMHO.

Interesting? I will have a look at that. Can I just change them to https by adding an “s”… ?

Me too... this is available as a conversion... I spent 3 years building a King Tiger. If you have never built a Tamiya Tank before, I can highly recommend the experience.

Thanks for the input. I have tried switching the photos to google drive and sharing from there, but that did not want to work either! In the end I have just opened up a Postimage account and it worked straight away.