E28_M5

*** sold on eBay ***

***SOLD ON EBAY***

Purchased a few years ago when they were re-released, unfortunately I am not going to get around to building it. Unavailable for a while now; a quick search suggests this is the only Bigwig kit on sale in Europe?! I may be wrong. Selling complete with appropriate 8.4v 3300 mAh battery, Savox SC-0252 metal gear servo, Hobby Wing 1060 ESC, upgrade 16t steel pinion, Tamiya high torque servo saver upgrade. All brand new in packets and unused. Collection from Maidstone in Kent or I will post at cost. £400. It’s on eBay for more money as I would prefer to sell on here. Any questions please ask.

Sorry about uploading the pictures individually!

Bought new from Model Sport in 2011 by a friend of mine, run once and then put on display. The photo’s hopefully speak for themselves! Complete with box in very good condition, manual still in plastic sleeve, Tamiya Finespec controller, battery, charger and spares bag. The factory painted shell is immaculate but is missing a windscreen wiper, which is easily replaceable. I believe these are NLA as XB for a while now and I can’t find any others for sale so pricing is a bit tricky and I suspect it’s a bit of a unicorn. I’m in Maidstone, Kent for collection but could post at cost. £500 to anyone on here; I will likely put it on EBay for a little bit more.

Am I right in thinking the Bigwig uses a 0.8 mod pinion?

My Trigger’s Broom MB was starting to become unreliable with the 30 year old receiver not wanting to play with the more modern ESC, so this afternoon I converted to 2.4 with an additional Flysky receiver and at the same time popped in a decent Savox servo. Unsurprisingly the steering is now a world apart from the original Acoms servo that was still soldiering on. The new receiver is so small and light that I chose to pop it on top of the old Acoms one which was left in for the nostalgia and it actually makes an ideal mount! I’ve also decided to leave the old aerial in place for a classic look.

There’s a guy on UK eBay selling what appears to be the fake sport tuned motors as well - £19.99 with free postage.

Should have said I’m using 3300 Nimh batteries.

I’ve just finished a comical Frog for, ahem, my daughter who loves all things pink. Really pleased with how it turned out, and it’s the first modern Tamiya I have built (after an original MB, a re-re Hornet and a CW01 Unimog). The difference in materials and the way it goes together is noticeable. All I would say is that I thought it would be a bit closer in speed to my Hornet. Both are standard apart from ball races throughout, and the Hornet is a fair bit faster. I guess it’s a bit lighter but even so... I have a new Flysky GT3C transmitter so need to make sure I’m not somehow holding it back on a setting on that. Otherwise I really like the way it goes and handles - lots of fun. Can anyone comment on the speed out of the box with theirs? I may have to pop a Sport-Tuned motor in there earlier than I thought, and then use the end point adjustment to bring the speed back down for the kids. Anyway, pics:

Spent far too long painting this - definitely longer than it will take to build the vehicle! Going in the Comical Frog.