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Well, servo should have been the next step. Except...

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I couldn't resist doing a test fit with the wheels and body shell and, well, yeah....

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The front wheels were much too far back. I initially assumed that maybe those after-market TA02 uprights were a slightly different geometry but, no...

I'd put the front lower arms on back to front ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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The lower arms are attached in Step 3, and as I was now on Step 28 it needed a fairly substantial tear-down to correct it. The whole front end had to come off ๐Ÿ™„

Anyway, after a bit of solid Anglo-Saxon and anย hour or so of work...

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S'all good-manย 

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Been laid up with some heinous illness for a week, but was finally able to pick up this project again this morning

First up, getting the servo all built and centred

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Then installed onto the chassis and connected to the tie-rods

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I've still only managed to find one set of these beautiful Killerbody aluminium rims. I've placed a backorder with a model shop for another set, so I'm living in hope (rather than expectation) ๐Ÿคž

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Then on with the upper deck, I had just enough purple countersunk screws. The additional purple hardware had arrived so I was able to finish the QR battery holder tooย 

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These are the kit-supplied 'drift' rims and tyres, which are literally just holding one side up until the other set of Killerbody rims materialiseย 

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Then onto the belt tension pulley...the FRP chassis kit included a bracket, and there was one in the kits D Parts bag too so now I have a spare, which is nice

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More bags of unopened hardware!

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And then the final step of the manual, installing the rear stabiliser. I couldn't resist adding the carbon support bar, along with these 3rd party stabiliser stoppers

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Maybe one day next summer I will spray the stabiliser bar purple too ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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And that's the main build done and dusted. As ever there were quite a few leftovers...

The kit diff cups, pinion and spur gear shaft along with anย unopened C Parts Bag, a front stabiliser bar and a tub of Tamiya-shrapnel, mostly tapping screws and brass ball connectors which will get sorted into the spares pots. I must have about 100 of these ball connectors now ๐Ÿ˜‚

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And then some unused Hop Ups and hardware...

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I couldn't find 35mm purple countersunk screws for the battery holder, but other than that...

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There are still a few jobs to do before this is finished...

  • I've ordered some aluminium hex hub / brake discs and callipers from Integy which are on their way and should make for a nice extra detail finishing touch
  • Need to trim down the body posts and add the purple post-toppersย 
  • Still need another set of Killerbody rims!
  • Toying with the idea of using some translucent purple film to tint the front headlights on the AMG shell...
  • Electronics install....still to decide whetherย to go all in on a Hobbywing brushless drift combo of a well-fit purple ESC and black / purple motor. They would look awesome, but it's a lot of ยฃยฃยฃยฃยฃ. I think I need a couple of my trades to sell first

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On 12/5/2022 at 7:39 AM, Re-Bugged said:

Hey @Juhunio, would these be the rims your looking for?โ€ฆ

https://hobbiesdirect.com.au/Killerbody-1.9-Aluminium-Alfa-Romeo-TZ3-Corsa-Rims-2Pcs-48306SIGY
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If they are but donโ€™t post internationally just sing out ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Yup, that's them!

I've placed a backorder with a hobby shop here in the UK...now, generally speaking, I've found hobby store backorders to be the graveyard of mis-placed hope. But I'll give it a few weeks and, if it turns out as expected, I will definitely take you up on that offer, thank you ๐Ÿ‘

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A little trip back in time, to my David Jun restoration. The fluorescent yellow springs and stabilisers led me to add fluorescent yellow accents to the CLK-DTM body shell, and fluorescent yellowย rims ...

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And then recently I found another bit of fluorescent yellow, this High Torque Servo Saver (49553) which I fitted today

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It all works well togetherย :)

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What a fantastic lineup of TA03 variants!ย 

Have you weighed any of them? Curious what the running weight and rolling weights are.ย 

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On 11/26/2022 at 9:32 AM, Juhunio said:

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Randomly bought this same servo for my upcoming TA03 build I am accumulating parts for.ย 

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Jeez, it's been a while ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

After a four month wait, the second set of Killerbody Rims needed for the Purple Haze TA03 finally arrived, along with a few other purpley bits

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I was particularly chuffed to find the new purple motor mount plate, which someone must have broken out of a TA03RS-TRF kit ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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The wheel spacers help fill out the arches a bit more as there's very little offset in the rims, in the end I used all of them so 1.5mm on every corner

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Then on with the new rims, which are just super-lush and the perfect finishing touch to this purple-themed build

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Next, the motor plate...

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It basically replaces the light board motor plate that comes with the kit

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It is very cool but it has to be said that once it's fitted, you would barely know that it was in there...just one little sliver shows through

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I'll know though ๐Ÿ˜‰

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And the final of the finishing touches is for the body shell...purple tinted headlamps! Very drifty...

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Truly amazing attention to detail to this work of art ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Lovinโ€™ the wheels on there.ย 

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2 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

Truly amazing attention to detail to this work of art ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Lovinโ€™ the wheels on there.ย 

Why thank you sir! The rims are really lovely, well worth the wait ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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