RC_Hobbyist

I suffer from essential tremors so painting with a brush is limiting for me and I was wondering if you can use acrylic paint pens to paint the driver figure that comes with the Tamiya Hornet? The only Tamiya regular paint I will use is the flesh color for the drivers face, unless the paint pens I buy comes with a flesh color.

So Santa RC_Hobbyist brought me this as an early Christmas present ( (I bought this as an early Christmas present to myself) Looking forward to putting this kit together and running it once it is completed.

Can anyone point me to the asphalt tires and the one piece wheels? Would like to keep a set of those in case I decide to run my hornet outside my house (on road).

I make it a point to NEVER trust ANYONE who says "trust me" Kidding of course, good thing to know.Might get them anyway and keep them as spares. I've had metal parts in my RC boat go bad on me and I had to wait for a spare to come to me.

It does, but these are metal bearings, which is an upgrade from the nylon bearings that come with the mit

While I am waiting for my Hornet Evo Kit to get here, are there any spare parts that I should order and keep on hand or are the parts on the Hornet long lasting? One part I am definitely getting are the Fast Eddy's metal bearings. Just trying to be prepared as possible.

So, I got good news from my local hobby shop (See this thread for further context) about my Hornet Evo kit which I pre ordered at the end of November. I checked on Horizon Hobby's website and they have it on backorder and the next shipment is on February 2025. An employee from the hobby shop called Horizon Hobby and got an update. He told me the kit should be here in the middle of January 2025. Apparently dealers (aka Hobby Shops) get serviced first, then those who placed orders on the Horizon Hobby website. This makes the wait more bearable and work should be less hectic by then, which will give me time to get assemble it.

They may be dirt cheap, but unfortunately, I am not willing to drop any more money on another RC car. Will just have to wait for the hornet evo kit to get to me

Well not necessarily building, as I purchased a RTR RC boat. Keeping it maintained involved greasing the prop drive shaft (Which was a pain, since I had to disassemble the rudder assembly to get to it, but luckily did not have to grease it often).

Just found out they are on back order until February. Even the Tamiya USA website lists the Hornet EVO as temporarily out of stock. To me it sounds like Tamiya severely underestimated the demand for this kit. In addition, I have already been charged for the kit on my credit card, which of course, I am going to pay off (Got paid yesterday). But with that being said, I have decided to wait for the Hornet kit. Going to see if I can work out a deal with my local hobby shop with regards to the delay (A free Lipo battery or a servo of a certain value), even though the delay is not necessarily their fault. In addition, I have already been charged for the kit on my credit card, which of course, I am going to pay off (Got paid yesterday).

That is a fair statement. The Hornet Evo is the first RC car kit I have bought, as I used to have an RC boat.

So I pre ordered the Hornet Evo Kit from my local hobby shop who uses Horizon Hobbies. It now shows the Hornet Evo on back order until Feb. 2025. However, my local hobby shop has a BNIB Re-release of the Grasshopper that I am tempted to buy and get a refund on the Hornet. But before I make the tough decision, which one is the better performing buggy out of the two? Would I be more happy with the performance of the Hornet over the Grasshopper? If it comes to it, I can wait for the Hornet to get here, as my build area (aka Dining room table) is filled with Christmas presents with more yet to be wrapped

I pre ordered the Hornet EVO kit, but it has not got here yet. The 3D file wouldn't have helped if I had the regular Hornet. I wouldn't have access to a 3D printer nor do I know any of my friends who have one. My seven year old nephew has one, but it is more designed for smaller 3D prints (The 3D printer was Made for kids his age).

Upon other helpful replies here, I have decided to stick with the original nylon diff that comes with the Evo kit.

I don't want to lose the rear diff per se, but I was looking at replacing all the nylon plastic gears/bearings with metal ones so they will not wear out. I am obviously open to any suggestions that would work for my intended purpose.

I am going to get these Fast Eddy's Sealed Metallic Bearing Kit to replace the nylon bearings that come with the kit. Along with this, I found this Hardened Aluminum Counter Gear and was wondering if that would work in the Hornet. (Oops Just read it was for the CW01 Chassis, which is a different chassis than the one the Hornet is on, but still curious as to if this would work on the hornet). Just want to replace as much of the nylon plastic parts as possible.

Thanks for the tips. Will look into these options.

My current NIMH battery has a deans connector on it, so I will have no issues getting deans on my LIPO and converting the one on the ESC to deans.

The price is right (About US$34.07) for the batteries. Looks like they are not available in the US, as most of the google search results lists shops in the UK.

You brought up a point there. I have not bought a servo yet. Glad you mentioned the low profile servo before I went and bought a Lipo battery.

I am curious if the Hornet can be run on a 2S Lipo? The Hornet Evo kit comes with a Hobbywing Quicrun 1060 Brushed ESC which can be run on a 2S or 3S lipo battery (Think 3S would be overkill). If you can run a 2S lipo, will a hardcase Lipo battery fit in the battery compartment? I have read that hardcase lipos are just slightly too long to fit in the battery compartment and again, I do not want to have to make any modifications.

That actually looks really good. Will The Grasshopper and The Frog bodies fit?

I pre ordered The Hornet EVO kit and was wondering if anyone knows if there are any other 1/10 bodies from Tamiya that would fit the chassis without making any modifications? Would like to have a nice collection of bodies for the Chassis if it is possible to do so.

Will do, thanks for the tip.

Thank you for the helpful reply. Are there any alternatives that I can use in the event that I cannot get a hold of the Tamiya cera grease?