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I can help with this if still needed

Put my name down for, one price dependant

https://www.timetunnelmodels.com/live/catalog/tamiya-54491-rally-cockpit-p-55354.html

Very cool! Congrats & on the 1000 post count too

Put a 1/2 a hardened drive cup back in the Heavy Dump Truck

got some bits for the Clod too

Not the postman but perseverance and good fortune bought this 1/2 a (hardened) drive cup back in to my possession. It fell out whilst driving about in the local car park. The Heavy Dump Truck has CVDs all round after losing a dog bone last time! 3mm lock nuts now fitted. Feels as good as getting stuff though the post!

I built one & it was an ok build, making the body come alive with a cockpit added the interest for me. I ran it on gravel & it was a hoot. Tarmac not so much. Guess that figures with a rally car.

Smaller wheels and or lower profile tyres will deduce ride height

I should sell about 15 based on available space and how many get used but it never happens! I managed to sell 1 & that took some doing.

I’ll be following with interest. Would love a tank but wow those prices!

I built a super Blackfoot from NOS & I could put a different colour frame in and make it a bush devil too as I bought up anything I could find. most kits I build end up with the same again in hop ups on them, like your dn01. It’s half the fun for me the most popular kits have already been rereleased in red white and blue, some of them twice! there will be some new old thing along that takes your fancy soon enough...

That grip which makes a G6-01 Climb 40% inclines has the side effect of reducing its ability to corner at speed.

Regarding this mod with the larger servo horn/ servo saver - If you switch the front and rear steering rods so the front is the lower and the rear is the upper one you get more clearance for the battery & chassis. The ball connector on the front has to be screwed in underneath not on top of the servo saver at the axle.

I was running my wide g601 on grass alongside the gf01 this afternoon. They both roll really easy on grass or tarmac if turning at speed. The konghead griprolls even though it’s wide & the dump truck is a kartwheeling rolly polly machine

Looks like the same guy as came with my Dual Rider, nice! I saw a build over on the main site with tamiya 14137 Cut to make a driver figure which looks awesome https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=135458&id=18923

Nice ramp!

I had one of those! beep-beep beep-beep beep! there’s an idea for an RC project!

I haven’t got enough hours in yet to experience any problems like this. Like yours my Konghead is modified (almost identically by coincidence) the problem I’ve encountered is the steering goes daft when off the power. I believe this is due to the wonky wheels and wobbly tyres. It’s fine in a straight line. These cars are pushed beyond their limits by such modifications. If we put the Konghead (or any Tamiya) back to stock I reckon we wouldn’t have so many issues (or fun!)

Before you give up why not try running it with the Tamiya plastic hubs and knuckles like Turnip said

I use hot glue, 2 part epoxy resin, Tamiya plastic cement & cyanoacrylate depending on the requirements. UV cured glue & melted sprue are other types I’d like to try some day.

I used to be on there years ago but I deleted my account, which FB made harder to do than I expected. I have Instagram & WhatsApp accounts though. Sometimes a search will lead to FB but the content is out of my reach & not worth having an account to access.

from kit new out the box: Hornet Lunchbox Blackfoot Heavy Dump Truck CW01 Unimog Lunchbox Rally Beetle Dual Rider Konghead

I’ve been watching this thread approach 1000 pages, Epic! since 2007

Might have driven this too hard...