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almost a year has past since I started this thread my dream 4WD 3 car collection stays the same. At this time, 2 are super easy to get (optima mid and avante) and 1 (the xls), if you are not a purist, seems like a procat with some modifications would yield an xls clone. the only thing I must change is the 2WD choice. I guess I do not have a solid opinion on what would my perfect 2WD would be... if I had to pick a 2WD car today, maybe the new rc10 JH Edition? but again, I assume my mind has not settled yet. maybe I am just a 4WD kind of guy

hi all I have read that in order to convert from kv to rpm the math is 1000kv motor with a 2s (7.4v) battery will give 7400rpm. it the math the same for nimh? so that a 7.2v nimh will provide 7200rpm (for 1000kv)? thanks

hi all; is there a timeline where a car is considered vintage? what is the criteria? would a car that came out in the early 2000 considered vintage? is it only looks that determine? (is bbx vintage for example?) many companies, like schumacher, have a timeline of 4wd cars dating to the 80s i think and continuing to this day. so where is the cutoff vintage/not vintage date? your thoughts are welcomed...

86, a new tamiya fox made its way form the US to me with a friend... a thundershot came a year or 2 later from the UK... almost 40 years later i found myself here

Hi guys; is there a shop that sells tamiya PS spray cans in NYC? the tamiya usa site store locator is useless.... thanks!

i am not a lipo guy. it simply is not for me. I want to buy a battery and forget about its maitanance. is there anything out there that will provide more juice then the nimh but will not require any sort of maitanance (like nimh) ? 10x

@scoobybooster i messaged you

hi all I have noticed something I was wondering about. in the optima mid rere there is an instruction that I assume is not mandatory that states to use silicon oil inside the differential. I am not sure if this is instead of grease or together with grease. it has 2 references in the manual (see pics below), can someone comment about this? why is it even there? i have seen 2 builds online, one that uses just grease and one that uses grease and in the voice over states that he used solicon oil. i was wondering if anyone can comment on this. thanks

@Anthroxoidi believe your links do not work...

thanks everyone fo the comments. they were so cheap and tiny i couldnt resist and bought a few. they will be used exclusively for driver figures. thanks again

Hi all Just bumped into these (see attached) with a low price and nice tiny cans. They were tagged as modeling colors. Anyone knows this brand and can comment? I intend to use them for the driver figure in an rc car. Thanks

If you are patient, Tamiya will re re. No worries 😁 Even kyosho gets it It's a shame that other brands rere less often.

BTW, you can hopup the tt02b very easaly and cheaply from aliexpress. full bearings and all the aluminum you want and a fraction of the price of the official hopups.

i got lucky and a friend from NYC brought me 2 cans. TBH i dont undersatnd why getting this on the plane in a suitcase is ok for via mail its not ok. i need to be really stingy using them. from all you guys experience, would a single white can be enough for a single car? for instance the optima mid? i need to know how to ration my usage 10x in advance.

this is funny. I have never seen a person nick-named "JUNK MONKEY" caliming someone else is a scammer (no offense @junkmunki ) FYI, there is a scamming forum in TC. you can find it here: https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/forum/26-suspicious-traders/