Nick-W

Nice looking buggy and a very informative write up. I must get round to finishing up mine.

No RC for me today. We went to look at houses today. My wife has PPMS so a bungalow is on the cards. This wasn’t one of them. It’s too far out for work and too expensive but I might have to check it out anyway. Indoor track: Outdoor track:

Clean? Nope, sorry. I’ve got nothing.

The upcoming Group-C Porsche is already making its presence felt.

A little crash helmet and he’s ready to go on the track!

This afternoon I gave the TT-02 a bit of a refresh. It didn’t all go to plan because I ordered two front damper stays but she certainly finished the afternoon looking a little better.

Some bits to recommission the TT-02 carpet racer. Unfortunately I picked up two front damper stays, which wasn’t very smart. Still, I guess there are worse things to waste your money on. If I was a drug addict I’d have spent hundreds of pounds on little baggies of imported stuff to feed my addiction… … oh…

Wow! That looks so sweet. I keep holding out for the turbo to come back into stock but your pro is really starting to turn my head.

You didn’t ask me but that’s never stopped me before… I think they were a clear attempt to bring Tamiya’s hobby grade (not race grade) buggies kicking and screaming into the 2020s. To capitalise on the post-pandemic interest in the self-built side of the hobby (that other manufacturers have increasingly left behind) with fresh, highly modernist designs continuing the engineering language of the TC on road chassis. The TD range is modular and I would assume meant to be adapted a built upon over the next decade. Where they tripped up is: First on the names, perhaps due to getting cold feet and wanting brand recognition. Secondly on the bodies, I like them but they’re far from a safe design choice. This is made much worse by the box art colour choices and sticker sets dictated by the names. Thirdly, they miscalculated the desire for a more workable nostalgia lead car. This is a mistake they almost immediately made up for with the BBX (note it not being saddled with a reused name despite it being obviously a Rough Rider). For the record, I love the TD range (especially the TD2) but you have to accept what they are and be ok with it. I like the retro-future Jetsons bubble canopy body. They are over engineered and slightly illogical, I view this as a feature rather than a bug. All other views on them are equally valid, of course, and very much part of why I like this forum so much.

This is brilliant. Well done Daniel! I hammered the sidings on my first go out at a track (Stevenage). After a few weeks I hammered them a little less, and then a little less still. People were quick to offer advice and encouragement but at no point were they judgmental. My advice to anyone worried about going along to a meet (I was nervous at first) is to try not to be. People are generally alright and you get better by doing anyway.

I just caught up on the build thread. What a happy accident! The whole build is great.

The green is looking beautiful. A lovely deep look to it.

I’ll update the build thread proper over the next couple of days but today I finally got a chance to start the DB-01 chassis.

At those prices, all of them! I’d give em’ a quick wipe for fingerprints first mind, just to be sure. On a more serious note. The TF is great and the body is much better looking in the plastic than on the box art.