Bluefoot
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If you can't get one closer to home then I could send you one from the other side of the planet!
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The Blackfoot wheelbase is about 250mm - same as the King Blackfoot. The Clod is something like 270mm. My KBF has not been stretched and doesn't look too bad. Probably because the body is up so high and there is only 10mm offset at each end.
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I have a King Blackfoot body on one of my Bullhead chassis: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...=18252&sid=2193
It needed a few extra holes for the body mounts. I'm not sure but I think the original Blackfoot has a slightly shorter wheelbase? I can check later.
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Hi, Can anyone tell me anything about this motor? :
http://www.tcphotos.com/showroom_model.asp...93&secid=114&t=
It came loose with some stuff I bought off ebay and I have no idea about it's specs or best application.
Thanks.
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Ask Robert (Jo+Ro) the question. Looks like a German special issue thing.
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I got most of those bits for ya. All used though - free to a good home.
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I've only done one piece of lexan - a Hotshot II wing that had been painted on both sides with different types of paint. I soaked it in brake fluid for 2 months! The paint on one side (sprayed) came off easily but the other (brushed) just went sticky and was difficult to remove. The lexan doesn't seem to have suffered from the brake fluid (dot3) but it was in pretty **** condition as it turned out anyway.
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HARD - My original Grasshopper.http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=15138&sid=2193
The second Tamiya I ever owned and still going strong. Ok, so it has more hot-melt than plastic, but you can kill it and in ten minutes it can be re-born! It used to do battle with my mates Pajero, but now it gets stomped by my "King Black-head" http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...=18252&sid=2193 . This gets driven by my 6-year old who loves to drive it over the top of Dads Hopper! When he's not chasing mine he uses it for shifting small objects from one side of the road to the other.
Also HARD: Blackfoot/Monster Beetle with a lexan body - not in my showroom. Still my favourite truck to drive.
MEDIUM: M-chassis cars. Great for going fast but I'm not into trashing a body that I have spent ages painting and decalling.
SOFT: Any new runner I get. Gotta try them out - preferably without breaking anything. Unfortunately I often do this in my factory and there are lots of objects to bang into. Can get some good drifts on the slippery floor though.
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You need a set of screw extractors. They look a bit like a screw but with the thread in the opposite direction (anticlockwise)like this:
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/getuserimage.asp...004100418_2.jpg
You put the appropriate size extractor in your drill, set it in reverse, put the pointy end in the nice round hole in your grub screw and SLOWLY wind it out. If you have already got the thing red-hot you may have some problems with the screw being welded in though.
I would lend you mine but it's a long drive to Auckland.
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Try here: http://www.rfvhobbies.com/TamiyaVintageBodyParts.htm
I think they are the same as the MB Q-parts.
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Sue Tamiya for not supplying enough stickers[}
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I bought one a few months back for US$110.
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Well I tried the short words first, then the ones that require hand actions and a few involving small furry animals and relatives. By this time the blue haze was making it difficult to see the screen.[xx(]
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Excellent! Thanks Jim.
Don.
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Can anyone tell me why I cannot get the text in my showroom descriptions to appear in paragraph form? When I view it it appears as one large block of text (is that how everyone else sees it?). No matter how many enters, tabs, spaces and no amount of swearing seems to fix this.
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I have a Clio Williams bodyset. Email me if you can't find one closer than New Zealand!
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cleaning parts
in Vintage Tamiya Discussion
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An old toothbrush is good for getting into the "hard to get" places.
I've cleaned up aluminium parts using jiff to start and then Silvo polish to finish.