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My kits from Stella are due for delivery tomorrow, but I will not get to see them til 10pm as I am away on business. EMS posting is brilliant, left HK sat evening arrived uk international hub early this morning, out for delivery tomorrow. Can't wait to get home....

Pics added to my showroom entry - there are only two listed so easy to find

I recently bought two from Lee. I have built one and decided I would try to get as much of the additional bits at discount to retail without compromising on quality.....so Hobao Mach 28 engine - new from ebay - seller taken from a split kit - I have one of these in my Hyper 8, easy set up, strong performer - 35% off retail Edit exhaust and manifold from HPI's website of discontinued/discounted stock - 65% off or so LRP Holeshot zero offset wheels and tyres from end of line rc - >50% off New Core RC 2.4 ghz radio set - full price Standard servo for throttle/brake (for the time being - will upgrade before running) plus a high torque servo I had laying around for steering - bought long ago All in all a the total cost came up significantly below the UK retail price of one kit! Enjoyable build, its pretty big and heavy. Had to buy some 3.5x25 screws to replace the awful ones in the kit (BA28) as they are a tight fit and the hex head is very shallow - Great Planes GPMQ3102 from Model Shop Leeds I have not had it running just yet, but is fully built - waiting for a warmish weekend to get out and run it in and get the shell painted Second kit is for spares, seemed cost effective considering I could not locate spares on ebay or any UK hobby stores, not even my source in Germany has any.

Stellamodels are excellent packers, if there is any sort of box or blister damage it would have happened before they reached HK. I have spent a fair bit on kits from them, I have not had any problems at all. Mine are due to be built as I have a NIB original so I am not too worried either about any slight box or blister damage.

Ordered mine from Stella, well 2, great price at $400. p.s. he has them showing as in stock on his website Avante T-shirt pic click on link under the date/price

Tamiya Japan Avante According to Tamiya Japan, the release date for Avante 2011 has been brought forward to 30 Jan!

The date must be significant, 11-02-2011 - it reads the same forwards as backwards!!

What a hottie, I can't wait to get my hands on some of these

Not long left to wait, the 2010 Tamiya Fair at Shizuoka is on this weekend so expect lots of photos of the display model popping up on all good websites and forums, and some bad ones too!!

Avante Re re page Tamiya Japan Link for Avante re-re page

I was always hoping a re-release would come about, but decided that it was long shot. When I had the chance to buy an original NIB Avante earlier this year I had to have it, so probably paid over the odds for it. I was planning on building it over Christmas, so glad this news is out now. Really looking forward to getting my hands on one or two of these. I can now just admire my original knowing I will not be tempted to build it. One thought, will it be a limited release like the TA05 RSR? I hope not, otherwise the price of £400 quoted by Tamiya will quickly rise once they are all sold out!! In under 16 days we wll know for sure if it is a true re-release with updated parts, or fully redesigned

The M-05 plated frames are already available, items 84160 (black) and 84172 (red). JR-RC has them for sale in his ebay shop

link to Tamiya Website below Tamiya New Items list

Ooops, should have searched the forum for any news. Mods please feel free to merge with topic below Lotus79news

Check out the Lotus 79 on a F104W chassis (same as Wolf WR1). Its only an artists impression, but looks cool. The Holiday Buggy 2010 is also in there Tamiya - New Items posted 2 July 2010

Clicky clicky on link to Tamiya website for the soon to be released (rereleased?) King Hauler Metallic Special King Hauler Metallic

280ZX TamiyaBlog has just posted a picture of a limited release Datsun 280ZX on the m-05 chassis. Interestingly the box say 'driver Included!

The RCeasy photos are official Tamiya photos rather than visitor photos - perhaps there is hope yet Tamiya photos

Photos RCeasy has some photos from the model show, alas no Scorcher! Perhaps it wil be revealed to the public from tomorrow

Tamiya October Pictures available on Tamiya Japan website. Appears that the Buggy Champ T-shirts will also be available!

Repsol Mitsubishi Mitsubishi comes with light buckets, not sure if the LED unit is included

DB-01R details Not sure of the accuracy, but seaching the web for item 84100 gave the above result in the link above It will not come with: Radio Gears (with ESC), Motor, Tyres, Wheels, Body and Wing Tamiyablog now has the pictures of the three cars on their website

This is a static kit, looks pretty good. Noticed that there are two new PS paints, PS57 and PS58. I assume they must be for the Off Road Lancer

http://www.tamiya.com/japan/news/newitems/...;col=3#calendar Check out the three RC releases for September, Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Racing Lancer, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X（DF-03Ra） and a DB01 R chassis

Body shell is part number 1825135 and the decals are 9495222