Tamiya New Belt-Drive Buggy

[mjohnston39]

I have to agree with stulec52, after coming out of a 12 year hiatus from the hobby it’s great to see Tamiya putting out something other than another Subaru bodied touring car. I’ll probably buy one when they are released to replace my Vanquish as my runner, even though the body is awful.

Mike.

[stulec52]

Mike,

good to see there's someone else based in this cold northern country now too !!

I actually don't mind the body all that much, the colours could make a world of difference.

or you could always modify a XX4 or CAT 3000 body to fit.

[mjohnston39]

Stulec 52, I agree that if it was a single colour, say red to imitate the orginal hot shot, it would look much better. There were photos of the baja king, posted here previously, with a mono-cromatic body and it look good. Include a driver and it would be imporved even more.

A proline 1/8 buggy body might be able to get a on there as well, they look pretty good but I guess it depends on the wheel base etc.

Mike.

[malcolm(2)]

And another thing, why is there no reference to that car on the English Language pages?

[DJTheo]

Items usually appear a bit later in the english pages.

Cheers

[Tamiya UK]

quote:Originally posted by mjohnston39

A proline 1/8 buggy body might be able to get a on there as well, they look pretty good but I guess it depends on the wheel base etc.

Mike.

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A 1/8th body would not fit on there at all(and I happen to think that they are horrid anyhow), I would think you would be hard pushed to find a body that would come close to fitting, only ones I can think of are the Losi XX and Kyosho Zaboon, but whats the point anyway ?

[stulec52]

quote:A 1/8th body would not fit on there at all(and I happen to think that they are horrid anyhow), I would think you would be hard pushed to find a body that would come close to fitting, only ones I can think of are the Losi XX and Kyosho Zaboon, but whats the point anyway ?

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the point is to make an individual car.

Also some of the 1/8th scale bodies might be made to fit, but I think they would still end up being too big, and just because you think they are horrid does not mean everyone else does.

Losi XX might fit, but losi stopped making those a while ago so might not be as easy to find, and as they are 2 wd the body is not as wide at the front end.

I am just excited to see where Tamiya go with this new chassis, I am always interested to see what our favourite manufacturer will come up with next... they so far have started the buggy craze, the monster truck craze the f 1 craze and the touring car craze, I wonder what will be next....

[jerzirccar]

HI!

My opinion is that TAMIYA should make an off road car from the TB chassis. The belt system is not so POP at this time. It is more shaft now.

Jerry

[Tamiya UK]

quote:Originally posted by jerzirccar

HI!

My opinion is that TAMIYA should make an off road car from the TB chassis. The belt system is not so POP at this time. It is more shaft now.

Jerry

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Thats exactly what I think too, but lets wait and see hey, they are doing both with the Touring cars at the moment.

[Tamiya UK]

quote:Originally posted by stulec52

quote:A 1/8th body would not fit on there at all(and I happen to think that they are horrid anyhow), I would think you would be hard pushed to find a body that would come close to fitting, only ones I can think of are the Losi XX and Kyosho Zaboon, but whats the point anyway ?

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1 - the point is to make an individual car.

Also some of the 1/8th scale bodies might be made to fit, but I think they would still end up being too big

2 - ...just because you think they are horrid does not mean everyone else does

3 - Losi XX might fit, but losi stopped making those a while ago so might not be as easy to find, and as they are 2 wd the body is not as wide at the front end

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1 - I know all about making individual cars, trust me. and I think you kinda answered my entire point about the 1/8th bodies(They arnt 1/10th so whats the point, they will never fit)

2 - I know that, thats not the point.

3 - I meant the XX4, like you already said earlier.

but on the whole I am in the same frame of mind as you on the matter of Tamiya "reviving" the buggy kraze, lets wait and see.

[Filip]

NEO X X X X ...

I could not believe, that such big company can produce such terrible looking buggy.

Each of us, I believe, can think up at least more inteligent body than this...

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[spiff84(2)]

wow, i wouldn't go that far. it's chubby looks are growing on me.

[loopjuice]

At least it's a new buggy.....

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[SJoerD]

You wait and see untill our creative Japanese friends manage to fit a Subaru shell on that one! []

[mjohnston39]

Will it be blue?[]

Mike

[SJoerD]

quote:Originally posted by mjohnston39

Will it be blue?[]

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Yup, to be different... []

Jason, I knew you'd be interrested in this car. Not because it so nice but because it's another one that perfectly fits the 'wldnas museum of oddball RC car designs'... [] LOL

[genodis]

another picture:

http://www.tamiya.co.th/new_products/image...03/hobby105.jpg

[genodis]

and a couple more here:

http://www.overrc.com/news/news2003/shs2003/shs2003.htm

(click on vue 1-4 on the left of the picture)

[minijosh]

kind of looks like a xxx-s the way it is set up on that first picture. i still stick to what i said before, i want one.

[spiff84(2)]

hi

if it is any good i will drive my Top Force at full speed into my Baja Champ with the belt from a TA04 lying at the point of impact and see if a Neo Shot is left in the aftermath.

[Scorchio]

quote:Originally posted by wldnas

Body=PANTS [] Chassis=PORN [] NUFF SAID!!

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[^]been waching this thread for a while and with you 100%, recently been considering a new 4wd buggy but baja king is all that comes close[8)], but close inspection of this chassis makes me think 'wait for this one and botch a better body on it' think I could be waiting a while though.

its a shame these type of cars have lost their rear guard / cage bumper type setups too, they all seem so incomplete at each end.

[Pandoras Kiste]

To make it short... IT'S OUT NOW![]

http://www.tamiya.com/english/news/news/news1.htm#58306

I definitly will get one. Whatever the body looks like, at the end of the day it's a 'real' buggy! And this counts for me at all!

[Scorchio]

Just scanned the usual pages & shops but no sign yet, think theres gonna be a seep through of first kits. If anybody finds em in stock somewhere LMK prefferably U.K.

THANX[]

[Mooplea]

might replace the xxx4 if they can accept sidebyside cells... cant wait..

[Pandoras Kiste]

Here you go!

(Release Date: 8/2003)

166.51 United States Dollars 145.15 Euro

http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?TAM58306