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    Wild Commando Nitro/Glow Truck - what is it worth?

    in Vintage Tamiya Discussion

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    Over stock, it's got Hostile Rear Tyres and Silverback tyre beads, CPI Big Bore Exhaust Pipe (Loud isn't even a good enough word to describe it, shock limiters, heavier duty CV boots, Killer Bee Kill Switch (so you can kill the engine from the remote in case of a runaway situation), The windows and that's it. Got a pull start cover outerwears too just to stop grass and rubbish getting in that.

    Wild Commando Nitro/Glow Truck - what is it worth?

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    1 minute ago, Kooks said:

    They look soooo good!  Good to know they are all kits too, going to be so much fun!  Yours must be excellent to run

    All of them were RTR apart from the Baja 5b SS, I thought one of the trucks was a kit too but it'd all be made clearer when they come out.

    Yep mine is a beauty, takes serious abuse.

    This was not long after I got it...

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    And this is how she sits today...(currently rebuilding it, giving it some love).

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    Wild Commando Nitro/Glow Truck - what is it worth?

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    6 minutes ago, Kooks said:

    Oh wow I had no idea.  Quite an chuck of cash, though like you said it would be worth it because of the quality.  Is this the one you have:  https://www.hpiracing.com/en/kit/112457

    Yep that's the one :) They are going to release them again at some point but the new owners of HPI have come across some complex manufacturing and licensing issues but they have said it WILL be back but under a different part number. I have faith they wiill and personally if you want to build a kit, that'd be the one to go for when it comes back! In my opinion of course.

    Wild Commando Nitro/Glow Truck - what is it worth?

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    2 minutes ago, Kooks said:

    I think I will, watching the YouTube video in the other post made me want to get one.  What type of price are the ones you recommended?  Also, are there any you can build from scratch so I can learn how it is all put together, which in turn, will help when I need to repair etc?

    1/5th seem to mainly come RTR. I have a HPI Baja 5B SS which came as a kit but HPI Racing got into difficulty and are only just emerging from the other side with new owners who are getting production back up and running. The Baja is going to be the last to be re-introduced. Clones from China flooded the market place Rovan and KM mainly which kind of disrupted the market and I'm sure had some bearing how HPIs previous decline. 

    The ones I listed before are genuine and personally I'd stay away from the KM/Rovan Clones.

    My HPI Baja SS Kit with radio gear came to about £1,000. Like I said, expensive to get into but barely spend a penny except oil and fuel since!

    Wild Commando Nitro/Glow Truck - what is it worth?

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    Get yourself something new and popular so that that there are loads of spares, support and community.

    If you want something easy to run and want the 'engine' experience, a petrol R/C would probably be the way forward for yourself. Super Quick, incredibly reliable. Most use either CY or Zenoah engines so you can get spare parts all over the place. You basically break them in, tune them once and they go on and on and on and on.

    Nitro's need tinkering, fettling, adjusting the tune for weather, humidity, fuel if you do it right so ideal for people who are into that, but if you just want fun to bash about with. HPI Baja, Losi 5ive, Maverick, MCD. Granted they are ALOT more expensive to initially buy but you will get longevity and enjoyment out of it. 

    Wild Commando Nitro/Glow Truck - what is it worth?

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    10 hours ago, Kooks said:

    Thank you for this.  I agree with you and will see how it goes.  The reserve is only £75 at the moment and it is already at £61.  What is the best price you have seen it sell for?

    No probs! As Simen says, the Terra Crusher and Wild Commando and really all the big Nitro trucks from Tamiya were probably not as well sort after as the competition. The FS-18 engine wasn't a particularly good runner, overheated, after some decent use fuel would start leaking out the back plate causing the starter one way bearing to slip. They'd run hot. No low speed needle and the biggest gripe for most....under powered but I think the lighter wheels sorted that a little bit on the wild commando.

    You see HPI Savages get bid on like nuts but the big Tamiyas not so much. I reckon you'll get over £100 but that's only an educated guess. 

     

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    Wanted Terra Crusher Parts

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    Yep that's right, my cables are OK but the plastic bit that houses the connector for the starting pack has crumbled on mine. 

    Really I just want to have a little stock pile of bits for the Terra Crusher as I have not really got any spares for it at all apart from the plastic bits you got as spares when it was new that I still have. I also have a new piston and sleeve for the engine but no other spares.

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    Vintage Terra Crusher Restoration

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    After now having the re-invigoration to get my old stuff going, I did manage to get hold of a new piston and liner for the FS-18 in the truck.

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    However, I am wandering if I could plonk something in that will be plug and play with modern available parts etc? Are the mounting holes for nitro engines standardised?

    I am wondering if the HPI T.30 Nitro Star would drop right in? Seems to be a well regarded engine, bits are available freely and although still a .18 it has more power, a slide carb and side exhaust... I'm not looking for mental speed, just something reliable and easier to tune and easier to get parts. I'm not looking to use this truck regular so maybe just keeping everything stock is the best answer as then it'll be all original and 'correct'.

    Vintage Wild Dagger Restoration Project

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    That's cool. Do you have any pics of yours to post here? When you say you have built it, did you manage to buy a new old kit recently or you had this for a long time?

    This one of mine I built from new, got it for xmas probably 1999 or 2000. When I would have been 11 or 12 years old. Sheesh such a long time ago now.

    Really I guess this will be mostly kept on a shelf but I can use my original body to mess about in the garden with it and then put the new nice body on it on the shelf. I think I'll paint the new shell the recommended colours as my original shell, we couldn't find the original colour in stock anywhere so being impatient got a flat blue instead of the metallic.

     

    Vintage Wild Dagger Restoration Project

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    19 hours ago, superted said:

    Hi mate

    the Tamiya Sand shaker shares the same body.

    i have a couple of wild daggers good fun little cars.

    Thanks for this. 

    I was searching all day yesterday and happened on an old listing from Tonys Tamiya bits for a wild dagger shell, used the part number and it came up with 1 still for sale at Tamico in Germany for a Sand Shaker.  Thanks to seeing a thread elsewhere and yourself confirming it, I have now ordered it :)  woohoo! Well happy!

     

    Vintage Terra Crusher Restoration

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    Well,

    This got left by the wayside as is usual with little projects like these. Since I started this thread the Terra Crusher, my Wild Dagger and Hornet have been put on hold but I am looking to start once again restoring.

    Everything had been put on hold due to life in general but more importantly, we bought our first house and...the most amazing and most important news ever for us, we had our first child! 

    Any other Terra Crusher owners here on the forum still?

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