paul_m

Thanks for the heads-up @ThunderDragonCy. I bought the job lot. Expensive way to get 2 small bits of plastic but I guess I can always relist the parts I don't need.

Hiya, I’m in the UK, near Oxford. If you’re able to help please drop me a PM and name your price. DN01 spares and hopups seem pretty hard to get hold of by the looks of things.

I seem to be missing parts L4 and L5 from a Zahhak kit I’m putting together. I don’t remember taking them off the sprue yet they’re not there - maybe a quality control issue at the factory? Very annoying! I don’t need the whole L parts sprue, just these 2 parts but will buy the whole thing if necessary. I can give an unpainted rear wing body part in exchange (2 came in the box!) or some cash. Here’s hoping...

This is now sold.

Final bump before it goes on eBay

Reduced to £150. Any takers?

Would you consider a DF03-RA? I’m selling one here: https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/93030-58459-df-03ra-datsun-240z-kit-assembled-except-for-body-parts-unused-uk-will-post/

Still for sale

Hi all, I bought this 8 years ago but only recently found the time to build it (thanks Coronavirus!). It’s newly assembled but only used for about a minute, just to check it worked and see how it handles. If I’m honest, the fun for me is in the building of these kits so I’m looking to move this on and buy a new one to put together. I haven’t done anything with the body shell or associated parts and stickers. These are all included as is the original box, all instructions and unused parts. No ESC, receiver or servo is included. The kit was built using full ball bearings throughout. I’m asking £160 inc UK postage which is quite reasonable given that this is now hard to get hold of. You could easily sell the body parts and recoup a lot of the outlay if you want to fit a different shell. Payment via PayPal gift preferred. Cheers, Paul

Some good advice from Origineelreclamebord above. Here's my opinion - DT-02 is a great car! I've been bashing my Desert Gator constantly over the past couple of months and it never ceases to amaze me just how tough it is! Nothing has ever broken on it despite many high speed crashes into concrete and failed jumps. If you get one you should invest in some spiked tyres for the front to stop it understeering. Other worthwhile mods are the ball bearing diff set, a high-torque servo saver and uprated shocks. I see from your original post that you want to run brushless. Well beware that you only have 2 pinion choices 17T or 19T so can't fit too fast a motor. I run a 19 turn motor in mine with the 17T pinion and I think it's about right (for me at least). My Lipo battery helps to give it a good turn of speed too. Get one - you won't be disappointed! Paul

Try posting a 'wanted' advert on the main Tamiyaclub site.

Hey folks I found a shop selling kit 57101 which I believe is a 1:12 Tamtech GB-01 chassis. I've never come across anything on this scale so was wondering whether I can use my regular stick pack batteries? Also, do these cars need a smaller servos and receivers? Are the motors a '540' type? Can someone explain Tamtech in a nutshell for me please! Thanks, Paul

Thanks for all the options guys. If only I'd checked back here before clicking 'buy' on Tamiya part 51006 then I could have done away with the horrible TT-01 plastic axles. Anyhow, I've made my purchase so all I need now is some wider hexes - anyone know where I can buy those?

As per the title really. I'm looking for some longer wheel axles for a TT-01, to be used with the bigger hexes. Paypal waiting... Name your price... Cheers Paul

Hi David The DF-03RA shares the same underpinnings as some of the recent 4WD buggies so is pretty capable off road. Reading your post above I think it could be what you are looking for. For info, the TT-01 is a road going chassis and is really only suitable for smooth (or close to smooth) surfaces like tarmac. There is an official Tamiya video on Youtube which should show you all you need to know about the DF-03RA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v_0EO8wOwo Whatever you buy I'm sure you will love it! I too have got back into the hobby after many years and am enjoying every minute of it. Jump back in and enjoy the water! Cheers Paul

You're right about the pins being +/- and I'm not afraid to do a bit of soldering if appropriate. However I think the pins are just too close together (~1mm) for it to be possible. I think a connector is needed really - trouble is, which type? Cheers Paul

I forgot to add that I am including screw bag D (9400533) with the sale which includes body pins, screws, washers etc. So you get: Lexan Body Decals Window Masks Plastic accessory H parts Chromed plastic J parts Mounting hardware All brand new, all for £35 plus postage. Any takers?

You might be right but the plugs on their LED kits look a bit big but it's hard to tell from the photo. Anyway, I would need red LEDs for brakes and white for reverse - there's 2 pins for each. If I can get a positive ID on the connector then I'd rather buy one and make up the leads myself.

Here's a photo if it helps...

I bought an Ansmann Sirius ESC which is basically an M-troniks Viper rebranded for the German market. The potentially cool thing about it is that it has 4 pins for connecting Brake LEDs and Reverse LEDS built in! However, I can't figure out what connector I would need for these pins as they are tiny with only about 1mm between them. Any ideas? I emailed both companies with the question but neither replied

For sale: M04L VW Beetle body shell, decals, window masks and accessory plastic/chrome. All brand new and will will be posted in the original Tamiya box for kit 58383. Tamiya M04 bodies are very hard to get hold of so don't miss out! More details/photos in the classified ad section: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/classifieds_model.asp?cid=54608 Cheers Paul

There was a thread a few days ago about which bodies fit on the M04 - search the archive. I can't help with the M02L I'm afraid. Coincidently, I am trying to post an advert in the classified section as we speak but technical problems are preventing it from uploading. Anyway, I'm selling a new Tamiya VW Beetle Bodyshell for the M04L chassis and associated decals, window masks, chrome and plastic (H+J) parts from kit 58383. Let me know if you are interested. Paul

Not quite fixed yet. The error seems to have moved to line 29 with a slightly different error code!

Hi there I tried to post a classified advert but the web server returned: I think it can't upload my photos to disk. I tried this from 2 different machines, one running Firefox 3 under Ubuntu Linux, the other a Windows XP machine with IE6 and the result was the same on both. Cheers Paul

I've just bought the TL-01 LA uprights and knuckles off ebay. Surely with all these TL-01 LA parts the standard (39mm) dogbones must fit? Like you say Payden the full kit #53467 specifies the original TL-01 driveshafts can be used. Here's hoping!