Does an astute body fit a rc10 b4 ?

[GermanTA03Guy]

... Just wondering, as I love the original astute body shape.... ive seen a sand viper dt 02 body fitted to a rc10b4, and now all these dt04 mods with sand viper or astute bodies start to appear online.... id like to put an astute body on my b4... maybe someone knows, before I buy one "for trash" ... 

[Guest]

You'll upset the Tamiya purists for even suggesting this. 

[Kol__]

No idea tbh @GermanTA03Guy, but I do have a knackered old original Astute shell in the shed, if you want a free one for test pursposes?

[GermanTA03Guy]

Haha im sorry for that... im a tamiya purist as well tbh. But i dont want to get into yet another chassis... and as much as i love the astutes, i think the b4 is Just the ultimate 2wd rear motor chassis when it comes down to reliability and performance as well.. in the end all Just the justification not to buy an astute kit but get the looks.. 

[GermanTA03Guy]

2 minutes ago, Kol__ said:

No idea tbh @GermanTA03Guy, but I do have a knackered old original Astute shell in the shed, if you want a free one for test pursposes?

Wow, thanks for the generous offer ! Would be great if i could just drive over and try. But i guess with shipping, formalities and tax betwen uk and germany this might not be so desirable to do... actually a 1:1 scan of the outline of an astute body would probably help already ! 

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, GermanTA03Guy said:

Wow, thanks for the generous offer ! Would be great if i could just drive over and try. But i guess with shipping, formalities and tax betwen uk and germany this might not be so desirable to do... actually a 1:1 scan of the outline of an astute body would probably help already ! 

It really isn't that expensive to post to Germany. Bodyshells aren't heavy. 

[Kol__]

1 hour ago, GermanTA03Guy said:

Wow, thanks for the generous offer ! Would be great if i could just drive over and try. But i guess with shipping, formalities and tax betwen uk and germany this might not be so desirable to do... actually a 1:1 scan of the outline of an astute body would probably help already ! 

Cost is only £7.41 to post to Germany if that helps at all👍

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Kol__ said:

Cost is only £7.41 to post to Germany if that helps at all👍

Cheap as chips. 

[sosidge]

Anything will fit if you have a sharp pair of scissors...

...but I don't think an Astute shell would fit a B4 well, the Astute shell is for a shorter wheelbase and has a much longer narrow section before it widens, it's also curved where the B4 has sharp angles.

[GermanTA03Guy]

5 hours ago, sosidge said:

Anything will fit if you have a sharp pair of scissors...

...but I don't think an Astute shell would fit a B4 well, the Astute shell is for a shorter wheelbase and has a much longer narrow section before it widens, it's also curved where the B4 has sharp angles.

Makes sense.. still somehow i am not Willingen to give up just yet.. this is what we're comparing... i fuess the idea comes from this origin: i know lee Martin ran a sand viper body on a trf201. Ive seen a sand viper body as well as an astutebody being used on a dt04. The trf 201 is a carbon copy of the b4... So here i saw my Chance to run an astute body... maybe it will also help to use an astute undertray, too ? Well see how the curves fit.. or maybe i can use a nearly trash b4 chassi that could be Partly cut ? I know, i could buy an astute... but it Puts me off that they are 1. Not cheap and 2. Said to be so brittle. And i have 2 b4s and try not to accquire more RCs....