Cynan

When I was at primary school all I knew of RC cars were the typical toy cars you got that all worked on the same frequency and you couldn't race with your mates. Then one day I saw another kid with a Grasshopper zooming across the school playground and from that moment I knew I had to have one. We didn't have much money in our household back then but my mum found a guy selling a Hotshot 2, as his girlfriend at the time had brought him a newer car for his birthday. I don't remember what that was, but it might have been a Mantra Ray. Anyhow the HS2 was enough for me and I loved it. With it came a Tamiya catalogue and I would drool over the Avante. It was not until high school that I learnt of Losi and modified motors and felt like I knew nothing again with a toy car. Still, the HS2 was enough for me. Later on I had a Mardave Cobra where I dipped back into the hobby again for a short time. It's only recently when I've got back Into the hobby and fore filled those childhood dreams of having an Avante and all the other cars I'd dream about that I've tried out a Kyosho and a Schumacher.

I used the Detolf but as said above they won't fit most cars length wise. I didn't want to take the glass sides out so instead I put blocks under them to raise the backend up higher than the front. I've been contenplating getting some U bracket shelfs and mount them to the wall that way.. of course you lose the 'sealed' case then... but the detolfs aren't really sealed anyway.

I saw someone cut plastic pipe used for drainage into sections, and then cut a section out of those to make a ‘C’ shape. They then secured them to a wall with the gap pointing down. The transmitter can be turned upside down then and the base slid into the open tube.

If you don’t mind 3D printers parts then models for the rear upright and front suspension arms are on Thingiverse. Everything else can be sourced with some time… except the underguard. For that you’d need the BH rere tree.

I think it’s these I need 42221. Love being able to check part numbers from online copies of manuals!

Hi all, I’ve recently acquired some lightweight joint casings (42320) and cross joints (42319) for a set of double cardan joints I have but the shaft doesn’t fit. The lightweight parts appears to need a thinner shaft as the holes are too small? Has anyone else used these and know what shaft to use? Thanks.

Or JST switch.

I’m thinking if it’s still sold it’s not vintage. But I’ve not looked up the definition..

Try the Sales / Wanted forum.

Thanks for this!

Thanks for this!

You’re not alone. I’d have preferred red parts and a clear body… and hopefully the roll cage and top chassis box is interchangeable with the original/HS/SHS rere. The higher roll cage is growing on me though.I really went to take a look under the hood and see an unboxing to check the parts out in more detail. I won’t be buying one.

FYI. There a post in this forum already here and one in the re-release forum which we should probably all use instead here.

Can’t be certain but from the video it looks like the bottom battery plate is different to the original. Darn. I wonder if they beefed up the rear shock tower now too.

Tamiya 53926 DF03 Aluminium Damper Set.

Yeah they look like the DF03 hop up shocks. I have a couple of sets. They were replaced with a DF03/TT02 version which changed the smooth caps for ones with grips/ridges. They aren’t vintage and you can still buy them new from some sites.

On the plus side it means the value of our originals stays high ☺️

Hope so! With the red parts, D tree and with the original off white wheels too!

Hopefully they will soon be available again with the re/release due April 2023.

Listed now on the TamiyaBlog.

You get get everything easily enough other than the D parts free and red parts. So when this comes out we’ll just be missing the red parts.

The yellow shocks would be disappointing for me also, but at least we will get more D parts trees!

You’re in luck. They are re-releasing the HS2 it seems so parts are coming.

Thanks guys, guess I’m buying some VG o rings for my next build!

Great thread. Thank you @Juls1 for all your hard work. I was wondering if anyone could explain the differences and when you'd use each type of o/x ring that is available? I've had a look round and cannot see this information anywhere and this seems like a perfect place to put it. From what I can gather.. 54384 - black o rings 42259 - red (orange to some?) o rings 53574 - TRF damper rebuild kit with clear o rings 42214 - blue x-rings for silicone oil 42215 - blue x-rings for mineral oil 42374 - blue VG o rings for diffs 42359 - navy blue VG o rings I know the black ones are hard and great for perhaps shelf queens, but little else and I've always used red/orange o rings over these. I've never had any of the others and I don't find that the descriptions on Tamiya's site very helpful, so where would you use them and why? Thanks all.