Hotshot re re wheel hubs

[carparkthrasher]

Morning all,

Later in February the current Mrs Carparkthrasher is spending a long weekend at a Twilight Convention (don't ask) and to make the most of 3 days on my own (again, no comments please) I have bought the re re Hosthot as I fancied a build weekend and this looked suitable mental as builds go.

Now being a sucker for doing what Tamiya tell me, I have acquired a set of the mini pin/spike tyres and wheel set (combination of Europro on the Bay and Modelsport) as shown in the Hop Up section of the box. However, my brain is just a wee bit confused by the box telling me that I need item 53569 to fit the tyres - this is a Clamp Type Aluminium wheel hub 6mm. Now, am I being daft but the clamp type is just a different way of it fitting, more secure I guess? I found a regular plastic hub from my 'spare plastic' drawer and with callipers it measures nearer 6mm than 5 so does this mean a regular set of hubs that would come with any other kit are OK for the job with these wheels? Or the metal versions, model number has escaped me that are identical to the plastic ones only in metal!

Can anyone out there running the option wheels just confirm for me what they have done, wheel hub wise?

Ta much and happy Monday.

CPT

[Percymon]

I have Seben Racing wheels on my hotshot, just swapped the triangular wheels adaptor plates of the boxart wheels to plastic 12mm hex adaptors. No issues.

[carparkthrasher]

I have Seben Racing wheels on my hotshot, just swapped the triangular wheels adaptor plates of the boxart wheels to plastic 12mm hex adaptors. No issues.

Thanks for confirming! CPT