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No, really, I could give up buying Tamiya cars, er, six-wheeled trucks, at any time. This was an impulse buy fueled by martinis and my wife saying I could buy another car if she could buy another couple of diamond paintings and tarot decks. SOLD! I particularly like the detail on the bus stop sign - 6WD bus stop only! I bought a spare body too, that is going to be used to make CATBUS! because of course you would do that. I certainly would.

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Found these in a hobby shop in Canada for about £6, add another tenner for post and here they are. Bought for a TA05-VDF Drift chassis kit project which I’m collecting a few parts for. These were sold at hobby shows by Tamiya back in 2006, so I was very pleased to find a set!

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2 hours ago, futureworks said:

Found these in a hobby shop in Canada for about £6, add another tenner for post and here they are. Bought for a TA05-VDF Drift chassis kit project which I’m collecting a few parts for. These were sold at hobby shows by Tamiya back in 2006, so I was very pleased to find a set!

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Would you like some transparent blue front and rear chassis stiffener parts too? I'm converting my TA05-R to IFS so the front one won't work on mine anymore. I'll have a look to see what other transparent blue bits I have left too if you're interested?

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Mr. Postman dropped this off today, one of the last kits you can find on Tower Hobbies these days...  I liked the original Team Hahn release, but I was really wowed when this body set came out!

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1 hour ago, speedy_w_beans said:

Mr. Postman dropped this off today, one of the last kits you can find on Tower Hobbies these days...  I liked the original Team Hahn release, but I was really wowed when this body set came out!

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I was thinking seriously of ordering this kit, but ive built the M05 2CV as well as the volkswagon kharmann ghia and am not sure about the road kits. I dont seem to be motivated to not get dirty.I did The brat last night and it is fun to knock around. sorta best of both worlds.

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14 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said:

Would you like some transparent blue front and rear chassis stiffener parts too? I'm converting my TA05-R to IFS so the front one won't work on mine anymore. I'll have a look to see what other transparent blue bits I have left too if you're interested?

Thanks, def interested in other blue transparent parts, but if you mean these (pic), I’m not sure that they fit the first version VDF chassis kit that I have (84132)...?

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1 hour ago, futureworks said:

Thanks, def interested in other blue transparent parts, but if you mean these (pic), I’m not sure that they fit the first version VDF chassis kit that I have (84132)...?

 

Ah yeah, good point :lol: no chance that will fit!

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Received these yesterday for my mad bull, the plan was to go lipo & brushless but after trying my lipo 2s in my daughters mad bull with an old motor I had I think brushless is a bad idea 😂

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On 2/11/2020 at 1:22 PM, Jontea said:

Few bits arrived today.

 

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I have that same tool kit, it's been super useful.

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A few bits to treat my FF03 to some upgrades. Had to sit in self imposed quarantine over the weekend, so this should keep me amused in the evenings this week. 

 

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This little lot:

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Paint is "gun smoke" - ie window tint, I realised I had ran out completely and I was ordering these parts from CML anyway. The other bits are door handles and a spare wheel carrier, plus a power cap for my receiver as recommended by @qatmix to go in my GF01 Jimny Wheelie!

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On 4/25/2020 at 2:09 PM, Peter_B said:

This was just delivered from Tony's Tamiya Parts

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more storage space taken up at Butler Manor then..... ;) 

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A letter from parcel force charging me £22 for duty and £12 for the privilege of them writing to me to pay it ;)

Durga will be here tomorrow though 

JJ

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16 minutes ago, Problemchild said:

A letter from parcel force charging me £22 for duty and £12 for the privilege of them writing to me to pay it ;)

Durga will be here tomorrow though 

JJ

Just got the same on my RCMart order.  £25 plus £12.  Grr. Still, could’ve been worse. 😋

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Thought I’d get these past the missus.  🥺Thanks FedEx for not following the delivery instructions! - ie PUT IN GARAGE!  😡 Oh well, guess I’ll be in marriage isolation for a week... with company of course.  Now, which one first? 😋

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30 minutes ago, PaulRC10 said:

Now, which one first? 😋

Build thread on the Turbo Optima. You know it makes sense! 😁

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1 hour ago, Grotty Otty said:

Build thread on the Turbo Optima. You know it makes sense! 😁

Ok, will do.  
My workspace is rammed with bits for the Avante 2001 restore I’m doing - awaiting rear stabiliser parts... gonna  finish some bodies, sort the 2001 and then crack open the Turbo Optima. 👍

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Interesting that now RCMart is not using Hong Kong postal service everyone is getting charged customs etc?

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49 minutes ago, Busdriver said:

Interesting that now RCMart is not using Hong Kong postal service everyone is getting charged customs etc?

Agreed - fudging the exports docs when in China ;)

JJ

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Got a few good kits after some understandable delays, but some of the boxes suffered.

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5 hours ago, PaulRC10 said:

Thought I’d get these past the missus.  🥺Thanks FedEx for not following the delivery instructions! - ie PUT IN GARAGE!  😡 Oh well, guess I’ll be in marriage isolation for a week... with company of course.  Now, which one first? 😋

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Say they arent for you, you got them for a Tamiya forum member 😉

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24 minutes ago, Oneball1971 said:

Say they arent for you, you got them for a Tamiya forum member 😉

So true.  But alas due to social distancing and for the safe we’ll being of that forum member I have decided to keep them and build them.  It is the just thing to do. 😋😉

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