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Ukfox, you're right. The cost of all the hop ups almost add up to the cost of the kit itself and there's plenty of room for more. Zac - I love Ferrari. The fxx however, is not one of my favorites. I passed that on to a friend that's building a TA06. Ironically, I have a new body style dodge challenger shell in the works. It's that or a 458 body. I'm still undecided.

Finished up step 5 with the carbon center support. No real value from this hop-up other than it looks good. I went back and added the antenna guide afterwards, I wasn't sure were the receiver would end up. Steps six through eleven: Rear suspension, nothing outside of kit standard. I was surprised at how much I had to clean up the suspension arms with a file to eliminate binding. But I am very pleased with fit and finish up to this point. Is it bad that I'm already contemplating my next build?

Hi folks! First and foremost, I've been a long time lurker on this forum and finally decided to join. With all the info I've gathered I decided I at least owed it to you all to share my latest build. I got back into the hobby last year after I decided that 1:1 racing was getting a little outside my budget and my team mates were all either getting married, having kids or moving away, so I blew the dust off some of my old RC's and here I am now expanding my fleet, which currently consists of 2 TA03F Pro's (one is a very recent build, which I partially documented with pics), and F103. Non-tamiya cars include an HPI nitro RS4 3SS, a few micro RS4's in various states of disrepair and a Team Associated SC10 4x4 FT (which i built last year). They scratch the itch for way less money. So without further delay the build: I found a TA05 Ferrari FXX kit on ebay for a very reasonable price. I decided I wanted to build a modern tamiya on-road mainly for bashing and a little insanity: Step one: No longer stock, maybe overkill considering the stock counterpart is also aluminum. But this one is blue, so obviously it's better Step two: Utter disappointment. Tamiya, plastic diff outdrives? Really?! I suppose on a silver can it wouldn't be a problem. The internet quickly confirmed my suspicions about their durability with brushless power. So on with the aluminum hop ups and diff seals because they were cheap and seemed like a good idea. I was really pleased with the design of these diff's otherwise, they've come a long way from the TA03 ball diff's I'm used to. Step three: Gear boxes going together. From my old belt drives, I've learned that the aramid fiber belts are worth the investment. I put the first box together and was amazed at the side to side play. I'm a mechanic by trade, so sloppy components just don't sit well with me. So I bought shims, .4mm on one and .5mm total on the other. I'm a happy camper once more. Step five revealed that I'd be needing shims on the center shaft too. I refused to wait another week to get them, so I grabbed a 4mm washer from work and spent some time with my finger and sand paper and filed it down to just over .5mm. Not the most productive use of my time, but I took comfort in knowing I only had to do it once. At this point even my coworkers are amused/intrigued at the design and layout of this chassis. Stay tuned for more!