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Always the safe choice.
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I agree with this a lot. Also it's a buggy that looks better in person than in photos (IMO). I agree that the box art colors look fine on the box.... but distract from the hidden beauty (or just slightly less ugly?) that comes out if you use different colours. The Pink & Black one posted above looks great. I opted for gunmetal and am actually quite happy with the result.
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Well, I just got back from my LHS, and they confirmed the Canadian Tamiya Paint Ban to be 100% legit. The store received notice on Monday, and for the foreseeable future, there will be no restock. I picked up a few cans for some upcoming projects, and will likely kick myself in the near future for not getting more...LOL. Time to find a source for Faskolor and switch back to the airbrush, I guess.
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Ha ha, well played sir! I actually think the F201 is a great reference here, as it was another "Scale-ish" car that Tamiya put their weight behind, and that wasn't hugely well received (and is now collectible as heck and hard to find). I love that Tamiya will step away from a race-only (or entry level) design to create something unique and somewhat realistic... it's just a shame to me that when they do it often gets a lot of hate. But hey, if everyone got along and had the same criteria for "good", the forum would probably be pretty boring. That would be AWESOME! It would inevitably be terrible to drive, and everyone would complain about it, but I would certainly be ALL over something like that. I was VERY excited for the supposed 3Racing FGX2022 car for similar reasons, but it seems to be looooong stalled out at this point, sadly. With the popularity of modern F1 racing, I'm really surprised that no one is coming to market with modern-era car, or even a modern -era body for those who are into the pan-chassis F1 racing scene. Ironically the closest you can get is probably the TC-01 with the Formula E body... which I guess sort of takes this back full circle.
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Welcome to TamiyaClub! Where are you located? What sort of RC's are in your collection?
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Haters be hatin' and armchair scholars ignored... I still think the TC-01 is a unique and awesome piece of Tamiya history.
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Being both in Canada, and a general fan of Tamiya's paints (as long as it's not PS1...), this is certainly not great news as far as I'm concerned. Ironically I moved away from Tamiya rattle cans for MANY years after falling in love with airbrushing Parma's FasKolor... but when that paint disappeared (and I couldn't find a decent equivalent) I moved back to the Big T's rattle cans. I guess the funny part of Tamiya's paint ban is that Parma has recently started producing FasKolor again (supposedly... no one up here sells is yet). Guess I need to take stock of my "To Paint" pile and go look at hitting up the LHS before everyone else raids it. Strange times...
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Still looking for some TXT bits. BUMP!
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Egress/Avante Aluminum Knuckles & Spare Parts Lot
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The Tamiya Super Avante #58696 Information and Pictures
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On something that small and simple, you'd be better off just taking the critical measurements with calipers and modelling from there. Certain dimensions are going to be dictated by their mating component anyway (bearing pocket, screw hole, etc), so you're really just modelling off a set of center-to-center type dimensions. Then of course, all of the measurements may need to change based on how it is being produced. 3D Printing (regardless of material) has pretty terrible accuracy compared to a CNC mill, so may have to "fake" some numbers just to make things fit/work.- 1113 replies
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Not sure why you think it's unpopular? Sure, it's not as common as a TT02, but it's also significantly more $$$. Not sure why you think there aren't many hop ups available... there are TONS. Not sure why you think there aren't any build threads... what about HERE or HERE or HERE The TC01 is a great kit, and VERY Tamiya. It gets some hate for being overly complex (in mechanical layout and body construction), but who else would release a scale Fomula E car? I don't think it was designed as a straight up basher, nor as a straight up race car (though it can hold it's own at a club level as shown HERE) , but as a unique chassis that can run unique bodies (Formula E, Toyota TS050, etc...), and be driven on the street or at a track.
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18x24 is HUGE! Not a bad idea, though. Certainly a better plan than my current system of sheer chaos separated by scraps of cardboard.
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I think you'd be looking for something pretty custom to make that work. Maybe use a rear axle off a SCX10 (or similar), 4-linked to a custom chassis with front end parts from a Tamiya touring car? Or stretch out something like a No-Prep drag car?
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Thanks! I wasn't convinced that the shells were as fugly as they come across as, but I figured the box-art-colors weren't doing any favours for calling attention away from the questionable bits. Keeping the box art stickers and swapping to a darker color worked well, IMO!
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Very cool. I used to have a Bolink dragster that was pretty sweet, and actually held it's own pretty well considering how primitive it was. It will be fun to see how these progress.