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H22A4

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  1. I had a similar lengthy shipping journey from RCMart. Being on the west coast of North America, I incorrectly figured the package would travel east out of HK. Instead it travelled west, landed in Europe and then landed in Ontario, Canada before making its way to the west coast. Travelling the route it took was over twice the distance than if it had just gone east out of HK instead of west. It took 35 days to arrive.
  2. It took a while for these parts to arrive from HK but here they are. Bearings for the BZ motor, brushes and a Taniya tool kit. 30+ years of using a straight bladed or Phillips screw driver is crazy considering how well the JIS screwdriver works on the heads. I can’t believe I waited this long. Any reason why the hop up brushes are not as long as the brushes that come with the motor. These hop up brushes look to be about 2/3rd’s the length of the original ones.
  3. Nicely done and it’s great to see another TS roadworthy!
  4. Nice! Looks like another vintage TShot will be on the road again soon. Keep us updated on the progress. I replaced the MSC with a Hobbywing 1060 ESC last year and haven’t looked back.
  5. Welcome and fish out that Thundershot and post some photos of it! I fished my Thundershot out from my parents loft and restored it last year. Still is lots of fun over 30 years later.
  6. Good to know. I didn’t consider RCMart until you mentioned it and they’ve got parts there! Clearly I’m living under a rock.
  7. If it does hold a charge, it will be interesting to hear what the run time will be. 14 to 16hrs is a long time to charge if the runtime is pretty short. Back in the day that’s the best that was available but kWh $/min of runtime has gotta be pretty steep 30+yrs later!
  8. Does Tamiya actually crank out extra parts to sell separately for the re re’s? With the Terra Scorcher re re last year I haven’t seen an increase in tire availability or other parts (front bumper, body shells, etc)? They re re complete kits but those re re kits will likely need parts too yet where are the parts?
  9. I hear ya on the alloy triangle hubs being the stronger option. So far the 3D triangle hubs don’t have any cracks in them from the cold weather. I had to place a shapeways order for the body pin posts and also the roll bar so got the triangle hubs as well to save on shipping. I was only able to find the alloy hubs from sellers in the UK or Asia and shipping would have been more and lengthier.
  10. Yup, 4WD with good tread goes a long way in the snow. My brother has his Hornet from decades ago and he doesn’t wind up running it much during the winter as it gets stuck in the deeper stuff quite often.
  11. Had it out again for a few runs today in the snow. The BZ was smoking hot after the first run so swapped it out for the silver can. No need for a top speed runs when it’s like a slip and slide out there.
  12. We don’t often get snow around here so had to take it out today. An inch or so of snow would have been ideal but we got about 3 or 4 inches so it got high centred in the fresh stuff. It did pretty good in the compact snow. The cooler temperatures sure do limit the battery runs times though.
  13. If it’s too good to be true, it usually.....
  14. I knew it was going to get dirtier than yesterday so I put the silver can back in it as speed wasn’t going to be needed either. Yeah I got stuck in this stuff: Car wash in the standing water of the excavator bucket:
  15. It does as I’ve flipped it a few times and the first point of contact has been the roll bar instead of the clip pins and rear body posts. SW has a rectangular roll bar and a rounded light bar available. Since the TS body has a lot of curves on it I went with the roll bar and it doesn’t look out of place. Both protect the rear body posts so you can’t go wrong with either. I’ve sheared off 4 rear body posts so needed a solution.
  16. For sure consider pulling the trigger on it! Mine is enjoying a second life after being in storage for about 30 years so I’m a little biased too.
  17. Thanks and it ran well today. It’s a roll bar; check out the post further above. Will go for two runs tomorrow and keep fingers crossed nothing will break.
  18. Parts installed and ready to get dirty tomorrow.
  19. Have been waiting for the Shapeways triangle wheel hubs to arrive. I noticed cracks on the original 32 year old wheel hubs and should have placed an order sooner before one broke while running it. Since shipping wasn’t going to be much different, I also ordered a few more items. Running on ashphalt comes with more damage as I was shearing off rear body clip pins so got the roll bar to be the lightening rod now. I would have thought with the re release of the Terra Scorcher tires would be more available but not so. I pulled the trigger on a couple of pairs of Hot Shot rear tires and wheels as those replacement tires are not as rare yet. Plus they shouldn’t wear as quickly on asphalt as the thundershot tires.
  20. I gave up looking for another set of Thundershot tires as availability was limited unless buying from England. I pulled the trigger on 2 pairs of hotshot rear wheels and tires which should be arriving soon. I like the look of smaller diameter rims and tires on my Thundershot and the Hotshot tires aren’t that much bigger and are still stocked by more shops and will last longer. Once I put the Superstock BZ in my Thundershot last year, the new set of Thundershot tires wore down pretty quickly on asphalt (not surprising).
  21. Yup, I got re-addicted about one year ago with my Thundershot. https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/92059-my-vintage-thunder-shot/&tab=comments#comment-780459
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