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  1. I have been keeping my eye out for a Hirobo Zerda to come along at a good price (yeah I know I know). One actually did a couple of days ago on the bay. And I didn't have the money for it, not spare anyway. This is not the first time it's happened either. Gone now so I hope whoever got it enjoys it, like really. This ever happen to you guys?
  2. I've just finished building,painting/decalling my Hornet Evo. What do I think? It's pretty ok actually. handles bumpy stuff way better than the original, tracks straight, jump level. I guess it drives like a DT02/3. Watching other builds and vids of this thing it was understeering a bit, and where I thought that was because of the camber being wrong, well looking at mine, the front wheels don't have a large range of motion. I'm still scratching my head trying to nut out a way to change that. I don't think I stuffed up and I have checked everything several times. I have tried changing the throw on my steering servo, only made a little difference. All up I'm pretty happy with it. My skills as a painter and decaller? Not so. Good from far, but at least it's done.
  3. Hmmm, I don't agree. Tamiya does have heritage in off-road racing, it's just not that long or successful, in terms of TRF anyway. When RC first became a thing and there weren't really any pure racing buggies out there, Tamiya was part of it all. They hadn't yet pared everything down to an optimal design back then. For very shorts times though the Frog and the Hotshot were buggies to get. But your point still makes sense though.
  4. Hamtaro? Really? My niece had that anime, she loved it.
  5. I have an Evo, finished building the chassis and something that I noticed in pics of this car is screaming out at me. The camber on the front wheels is off. The have a positive camber (top of wheels sticking out more than the bottom) rather than negative camber. If you want a car to handle corners right, it needs to be negative camber. eta: Yeah a wheel weight in the front of the chassis used to help as well.
  6. As a guy who's had a few Hornets over the decades, having a 'factory' improved Hornet is a bit of a buzz and an insta-buy. It was a very un-Tamiya move. So yeah, there is a background or history which is why I got one. I could understand totally if someone who never had a Hornet, or even someone who did but is a purist, decided not to. The DT04, I find it intriguing and the DT02 and DT03 were good, so I'm going to get one. I think it would be more appealing to someone who wants something new from Tamiya. So there you have it. Me not answering your question. I swear I did mean to.
  7. I've nearly finished building mine. It is a bit odd looking. Not a deal breaker for me though. The odd thing is that I've been tooling around with a spare Hornet chassis for years trying to fit parts from other buggies to it. About 6-ish months before the Hornet Evo was announced I though, hey, why not try fit DT-03 bits to the Hornet. That could work well and be cheap. I even got a second DT-03 to get parts from. Just plane weird man.
  8. That DT-04 is interesting. That's about it. If I have the funds on release, the Honda City is an insta-buy.
  9. Strictly speaking, not today, yesterday. Maybe f I use time difference and/or the international date line.... Anyhoo, finally got this one done, for my nephew. It took a while to find all the bits to make this thing, it's the WR02 chassis that I found cheap, and somehow found a complete body/decal set for $250 AUD. Considering the available sets for sale at the time were waaaayy higher than that, it was a minor miracle. With the drift wheels it looks cool, but there is only a couple mm of ground clearance. Anyway, that's a job on the to do list done. *eta: Don't look too close at the paint/decals. Some of you are wondering, didn't you mask it? Yes, yes I did, but for whatever reason there was bleeding, lots of it. If I was to ever opena business painting and decal-ing RC cars, I'd call it 'Good from far RC'....from very far.
  10. Thx! The rear set up does work quite well and you can put the body over it without having to mod it. The down side is that TRF201 parts are really expensive. That gearbox is from the kit that converts an XR 201 to an XM. I might have the front sorted, just gotta design steering.
  11. This is my thread/design. https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/103977-trf-hornet/
  12. The release of the Hornet Evo inspired me to try and finish my TRF Hornet project. I'm basically making bits and pieces to adapt TRF 201 Parts to the Hornet chassis. There are pics of the old version the design thread on this forum.....I think.
  13. Nice, looking forward to seeing this if true.
  14. Yeah, bodies that only a mother could love. The chassis seemed relatively sound though.
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