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  1. Hi there - I'm pretty sure the actual wheels in the picture were destroyed years ago. But they are based on the series of Wild Dagger / Blackfoot Extreme / Twin Detonator / Blackfoot III wheels with lots of variations in color/finish available (and for cheap). My current preference for these come from this recent model which is based on the same WT-01 chassis but with a shorter arm length - they are dark grey and available from Tamiya USA for under $7: https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/110-trucks/rc-volkswagen-amarok-2/
  2. I recently used a set of MCI Avante decals and there are 3 decals missing: the two signatures on the helmet and a red arrow just to the rear of the cockpit.
  3. I picked up an FF01 New Beetle a few years back but instead of restoring it as original I decided to run it and use a Nissan 350Z body... which I think is pretty sexy. The body I used is actually made by HPI but is a perfect fit for the chassis with some custom body mount holes drilled. Wheelbase is a good fit. Here is my showroom entry for it and have added some pics below. It's fast and a lot of fun!
  4. I've used MCI decals on several occasion on runners. I wouldn't use them on any shelfer / all vintage model... both for authenticity and for the (albeit minor) visible differences to genuine decals. I also wouldn't use re-re decals on a vintage build, so no surprise on the MCI. But for those I *have* used they've been pretty good. The one most egregious error I noticed - which has since been fixed! - is that they had one side of the lightning decal wrong on the Supershot. The originals were not symmetrical since the body is also asymmetrical at that spot, but the MCI decals were mirror images of the one side that has a small cut-out. I think I used them regardless on my Supershot runner, since there's no way I was going to use the Super Hotshot re-re ones. Overall, dealing with Nathaneal is very good and he should be willing to help out if you have a problem. I've even sent them some original decals they didn't have so they could create reproductions (for the Futaba FXT in particular). Nice guy and good products for the price... but no replacement for vintage original.
  5. Does anyone have a set of vintage Frog chassis parts (see pic) they'd sell? My shelfer is a little scuffed underneath. Thanks!
  6. I just listed my nice FF01 runner on Ebay - have a look! https://www.ebay.com/itm/333618868825
  7. @kentphil did you notice any problems with the ESC before this? Did it overheat?
  8. LOVE IT! It really looks very scale. Surprisingly, since the Hornet chassis isn't exactly true-to-life for a 1:1 chassis. Nice work as always buddy!
  9. I have a love-hate relationship with the TBLE-02s. Mostly hate. I despised them when they first started being the standard kit ESC... but I've since had them work fine for me in several runners. My favorite brushed Tamiya ESC is still the good old TEU-101BK. I have a BL setup with a TBLE-01 / TBLM-01 in a Boomerang which works well but I hate the tiny power switches that don't attach to the chassis properly. That's one thing the TBLE-02s has on other BL ESCs: a normal sized power switch. I picked up the optional cooling fan kit for it and am soon going to use it with a TBLM-02s motor on my runner Stadium Blitzer. Adding the cooling fan - as far as I can tell - makes the TBLE-02s more or less equivalent to the BL-only TBLE-03s, except with that nice big power switch. Hopefully the combo works well. I think controlling temp is key with this unit.
  10. MCI Racing's repro Blackfoot decals are good quality and accurate. They can also customize colors in you're wanting that. Worth a look.
  11. Hey @GTodd so you must have replaced the front 'shock mount' part from the Thundershot to the bigger one for the Terra Scorcher. Do you still happen to have the original one? I've been looking for just this part in decent shape to fix a broken one on my Thundershot. If it's intact and in decent condition I'd buy or trade for it, if you'd be game.
  12. Wow @mongoose1983 glad to see it coming along! I'm amazed you were able to get the body looking so clean, and the fix to the side tab looks great. You are a talented guy for sure. =)
  13. I saw your post about it on the main site, which luckily has more pics (https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=135241&id=50165). Based on the pics it looks mostly like a vintage Super Shot to me. The re-re Super Hotshot has the metal access door in the upper chassis just like the re-re Hotshot, similar to what was added to the HS2 (the Super Shot predates the HS2). You can see that there is no recycling logo on the bumper (see pic circled where it would be), and the tires look cracked from age, which says vintage (although the flanged locknuts currently on the car are not original to the vintage hardware). HOWEVER - the body may be either from a Super Hotshot or a TBG repro. I say this because it looks very new, and I can say for sure that the decals are MCI Racing reproductions. They are clearly not Super Hotshot decals or it would say so on the wing, so are they genuine? Much of the time MCI do a good job of getting the details right, but they made one significant error with their Super Shot decals. Specifically there is a notch in the lightning graphic part on the right of the cockpit, to allow for a ridge in the body which is only on the right-hand side. In the genuine decals the left-hand lightning graphic has no notch (one is not needed). MCI must have overlooked this detail and copied the right-hand side for the left side also. See the pic where I circled the two spots. So my conclusion is it's a vintage Super Shot that has undergone some amount of replacement of parts with re-re or repro, which may be limited to just the body, decals and wheel locknuts or could be more extensive.
  14. Hey @netsmithUK looks like the main site is crashing with a 500 internal server error. Just a heads up.
  15. Hi all - I wanted to revive this thread because I recently came across a case where a GH2 re-release part had "Made in Japan" on it, just like vintage parts. I'll post pictures soon, but has anyone else come across this on any of the recent re-releases?
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