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[kadtoy]

Hi,

I would like to introduce myself, I am Dave. I have just bought my first model to build. Ford Focus WRC 03.

I got fed up taking my niece and nephew to the track so they could race there cars whilst I just sat there watching, So went out and bought a car.......... I am in the process of building this and must say I am totaly enjoying it. Being an engineer I love all things mechanical.

I have been given a 1/10 landrover body, and would love to build it up. What I would like to know is this. What is the best chassis to use. I would like to drive it off road so must take that into concideration. Being totaly new to this I have no idea of what is avalable in the line of parts etc. I would love it to have high range and low range as well as four wheel drive. The wheel centers are 260mm, Body is 410 x 200 mm.

All advice is greatly appeciated.

Dave.

[jesterdude]

Welcome to Tamiyaclub  this is the best site for all things Tamiya and rc related as far as i am concerned [].

There is a lot of different things you could do with the land rover body. You could use a XC (cross country) tamiya chassis or the newer CC01 chassie which is what i have got for off roading. Take alook at the monster truck / crawler forums for home made crawler chassis as there are loads of home brew models which are outstanding !. You could also take a look at the movie section to see the many different Tamiya and rc models in action.  There are also lots of homebrew 3 speeds on here but the originals are quite costly. If your an engineer i would imgaine you could come up with something outstanding for us all to drool over[].

Just make sure you keep us posted on your work as we all like to see a model take shape.

Oh yea just one more thing make sure you have got a fat wallet as you will need it[]

 

Good luck , Ryan

 

[kadtoy]

Hi Ryan,

Cheers for the info [], I will keep you all informed as to the progress of the model. Am so looking forward to getting stuck into it. Have even considered the option of fabricating my own chassis, but being new to all of this I need to look at other chassis and the way that parts are put into place and how they all work to get a better understanding of what is needed......... Need to look at alterative materials, light but strong. see what I can come up with. Will look at the forum you suggested.

 

Thanks again

Dave

[steviedee]

i dont know about the chassis options as i'm not a landie fan but hello and welcome to the club, enjoy your stay and give us a shout if you need some help or bits i;'m sure there is someone who will help you out.

steve

[Bigwheels_inc]

Hi

for the landy body prob the easiest route would be the tl01 chassis with stadium thunder wheels and tyres

a nice easy chassis with loads of upgrades and parts are cheap

welcome to the best place for all things tamiya

pete