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We should all know by now to never say never when it comes to releases from Tamiya
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Oh I hope this makes it all over the world, will make it easier to get thats for sure
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A Novak T4 ESC that will end up in my ALS CAT when I get around to restoring it. Same as what I had in it back in the 80’s when I raced it
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Same with the Super Astute, haven’t seen that available in Australia yet either, although it seems the rest of the world have them
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if my life and my wife will allow - this is my dream 4 car collection
mtbkym01 replied to gkatz's topic in Other makes
I’ve had a dream to match this pic (With the cars, not necessarily the liveries) With the re-re of the 870c, I now have them all, an original Turbo Mid SE, An original XLS (awaiting resto), a re-re Avante and a re-re 870c (still to be built) -
I only just built my second set for my Top Force, after building them for my Egress. No leaks for me. Hard to describe how tight I did the bottom caps, I guess the best way to describe it is I tightened them until they were snug, could be tightened still but didn’t want to damage them as they are plastic. I would say there is between 1 and 2 rings of thread left on the bodies of my Top Force ones.
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The binding on the rear left side suspension was bothering me, so headed out to investigate. Discovered I forgot to fit J11, so the lower suspension arm was binding on the chassis All sorted now While I was out there, figured I’d fit the electronics and top deck I went full “vintage” and kept the AM rx as I wont run this one due to age, there is a mountain of antenna wire that I dont know what to do with Couldn’t resist, so test fitted the body (Need to give the wing stays a polish so that’s a job for another day) minus wing. Wanted to see how the spoked wheels look with a body. I’m pretty happy so far Discovered I’m missing the J part that is the rear body mount, and one of my battery holders is cracked where the clip holder? screws into is cracked, so I’ve had to order a J parts sprue.
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Had a bit more time, and despite it being extremely hot here today, I managed a couple hours of work on the rebuild. The HiCaps are built and installed Now the chassis makes its first appearance, I polished the alloy posts, looked like a couple of them were held and marked pretty hard with pliers on original assemble, which is understandable, as self tapping screws were used rather than machine threads I had to run a tap back through them, luckily they are ok. Then the standard steering is being refitted, with rubber shield bearings, and more titanium turnbuckles Then the front and rear clips attach to the chassis, decided I’d fit the wheels to check the stance, something is going on at the rear left with some binding on rebound, so will need to investigate that another day. Other than that, so far so good.
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So starting on the rebuild following the manual, diffs are done, balls and rings are like new, Not much use I don't think. This is being rebuilt using mostly original parts, although the rear gear case is new due to the previous one being broken at the shock tower mount. I am using new stainless hex hardware though, and titanium turnbuckles. TZ for this one, the blue goes with the red and blue scheme this has The first of the Titanium turnbuckle make an appearance Rear clip taking shape And the front And both together because why not.. Next, I have to open these
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It’s actually a very intriguing model. Looks like it would quite a capable runner. Would look good alongside a BBX
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I remember posts from @sgt.barnes I’m certain of it. What a great outcome for the UK
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This thing just looks brilliant mate, such a cool build
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So, What Have You Done Today? (Vol 2 2025)
mtbkym01 replied to CoolHands's topic in General discussions
Ah I miss your builds, they are definitely top class, unfortunately I don't have Instagram (or any social media for that matter). Anyway, good to see your still going strong -
Which Tamiya of yours has the most mileage/driving time?
mtbkym01 replied to Smokescreen38's topic in General discussions
Definitely my original fox, from back in the 80’s, this poor thing got bashed and then raced to within an inch of its life. Not sure if I have a pic of it running anymore, but here’s how it gets to enjoy its retirement now- 24 replies
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