egress rerelease in nov 2013

[mheald]

Awwww and here's a nice family photo of the re-re with his vintage brothers. This has inspired me to finish the body on my last vintage too, looks kinda naked with no shell on.

[matman]

Awwww and here's a nice family photo of the re-re with his vintage brothers. This has inspired me to finish the body on my last vintage too, looks kinda naked with no shell on.

OMG!! I am going to have too use that pic as a screen shot / background .

You just can not get a better line up . Very nice pic .

[Quandry]

Yes after seeing that last bare Egress the impact of your picture regresses, not to mention the monster truck in the corner but now I digress.

Did I mention that Egress is a curious name for an RC car?? **flame suit on**

[mastino]

Monster truck?? where's a monster truck, where's a monster truck... Monster truck, where's a monster truck??

So, "waiting for the regress" club is very stressed...

[94eg!]

So now that the Egress have been re released will there be a black edition like the Egress jr? ( Maybe this have allready been discussed?)

How cool wouldn't that have been :-)

That would be exceptionally cool. I really like that it has "CLEAR" gearbox plastic with colored gear set. That would look amazing on the 1:10 version. Hope they do it right.

Oh yeah, batteries guys, they basically don't fit!

I had to butcher the battery retainer to make this very basic HPI 4500mah stay in. Basically, it'll only hold the smallest of 7.2v batteries. If you're thinking of sticking a lipo in, test someone else's to see if it fits first. Space is at a premium here!

Uhg! I was really afraid of this. Pretty sad really when all they had to do was move the holes in the chassis a tiny bit to compensate for modern batteries.

Awwww and here's a nice family photo of the re-re with his vintage brothers. This has inspired me to finish the body on my last vintage too, looks kinda naked with no shell on.

New decals look yellow where old ones look orange. I thought the cart looked funny in the hobby-show pics, but figured it was just poor photo color. This picture confirms it.

[ralphee]

That would be exceptionally cool. I really like that it has "CLEAR" gearbox plastic with colored gear set. That would look amazing on the 1:10 version. Hope they do it right.

Uhg! I was really afraid of this. Pretty sad really when all they had to do was move the holes in the chassis a tiny bit to compensate for modern batteries.

New decals look yellow where old ones look orange. I thought the cart looked funny in the hobby-show pics, but figured it was just poor photo color. This picture confirms it.

You need an eye test, there clearly orange on the new sets too!

lee

[ralphee]

Hey guys,

Finished the build, painting and decals last night...she's complete! AAAAABSOLUTELY EPIC!

http://tamiyaegress.com/

I'm going to do some videos of this baby running ASAP!

Hope you enjoyed the build steps, its been a blast putting it all together. Totally lived up to the dream!

Looks really nice Mark, great build, but all that wiring floating about is tweaking my OCD hehe!

lee

[mheald]

Looks really nice Mark, great build, but all that wiring floating about is tweaking my OCD hehe!

lee

Ha, well, its all cable tied, but I cant find a way of holding it down to anything, its just too tight in there. Any ideas?

[ralphee]

Hmm, not having hands on, its hard to say, but maybe flip the ESC around to face the motor, and shorten the wires? They look like they maybe eat the paint of your very, very gorgeous body shell! Cable ties are a pain with wiring, shrink tubing is a good way of keeping it super neat Mark. Coiling RX and servo wires also works well to lose some length!

lee

[mheald]

Hmm, not having hands on, its hard to say, but maybe flip the ESC around to face the motor, and shorten the wires? They look like they maybe eat the paint of your very, very gorgeous body shell! Cable ties are a pain with wiring, shrink tubing is a good way of keeping it super neat Mark. Coiling RX and servo wires also works well to lose some length!

lee

Hmm yeah, the wires are marking the paint already. I've ordered some clear vinyl wrap to cover the inside of the shell (its only £2). I dont fancy shortening the wires due to maybe using this setup in another car later down the line and I'm not too handy with soldering etc. The brushless sensor cable is a pain in the back end too, its so stiff that it restricts what you can do. I'll have a play around see what I can achieve. It looks neat with the shell on though ha ha haaaaa.

[94eg!]

You need an eye test, there clearly orange on the new sets too!

lee

I've had an eye test recently and scored 0 on a 256 color test. That's perfect.

YOU need an eye test if you can't see the difference. ಠ_ಠ

[Raman36]

Tower has had limited quantities in stock for over a week now and hasn't ran out of stock. I guess even with towers super saver deals.. people are still having sticker shock.

[Tamiya Era]

Well couldn't wait any loonger and bought 1 kit from Towerhobbies....

i cant stand-for getting: more delay,,,more delay,,loool.

[Tamiya Era]

Awwww and here's a nice family photo of the re-re with his vintage brothers. This has inspired me to finish the body on my last vintage too, looks kinda naked with no shell on.

you need a body for your last naked chassis

Great family,,what about youe Avantees? they are also part of the family ( dont make them Sad )

lool

[mheald]

you need a body for your last naked chassis

Great family,,what about youe Avantees? they are also part of the family ( dont make them Sad )

lool

Ha, yeah the body is cut and awaiting paint/decals. I thought I had a spare can around here but I cant find it, looks like I may need to order another. My Avantes are going to get brought in for a massive family photo soon, I may even extend the photo to include original Avante's too, not just 2001's. So the line up will look like this...

Egress Original

Egress Original

Egress/Avante 2001 Hybrid (the one from Tamiyaegress.com which isnt strictly a 100% Egress)

Egress re-re

Avante 2001

Avante 2001

Avante 2001

Avante 2001

Avante Original

Avante 2011

Avante Black Special

OMG that looks stupid when I make a list, why do I buy these things, why, why why? What is wrong with me...[boots up eBay to look for the next purchase].

[mheald]

Oh and I'll make a big deal out of that little photoshoot, take the cars somewhere picturesque, take my works camera and do some proper photoshoot business

[Tamiya Era]

OMG that looks stupid when I make a list, why do I buy these things, why, why why? What is wrong with me...[boots up eBay to look for the next purchase].

We are all like this...cant stop buying especially with Avante series

[Wandy]

I've had an eye test recently and scored 0 on a 256 color test. That's perfect.

YOU need an eye test if you can't see the difference. ಠ_ಠ

The colour of the re-re decal looks identical to me. That last photo of Mike's just makes the orange look yellow due to the lighting, presumably from the camera flash.

[Champ85]

Well couldn't wait any loonger and bought 1 kit from Towerhobbies....

i cant stand-for getting: more delay,,,more delay,,loool.

Come to the dark side! haha!

I bought 3 total @$460 ea. yikes!

[mheald]

The colour of the re-re decal looks identical to me. That last photo of Mike's just makes the orange look yellow due to the lighting, presumably from the camera flash.

Apologies if my photo's are causing arguments lol. Colour wise, they are indeed the same in person, its just the photo that is throwing the light in a weird way.

[redzone]

Mheald, running a tamiya battery connector with a brushless motor? You're gonna have a bad time!

I have the same esc setup in mine, i'll try & get a pic up here tonight

[94eg!]

Actually brushless draws less current from your battery for a given level of power (because it's more efficient).

But still good luck.

[ralphee]

Yeah i knew my eyes were fine, seeing as im always working with Pantones for studio models, they need to be, its clear as day thats a flash glare on the decal throwing off the right hue!

Lee

[xray mark]

Ha, well, its all cable tied, but I cant find a way of holding it down to anything, its just too tight in there. Any ideas?

I have an idea!. Put all that modern speed passion stuff in a modern race car and fit an adspec radio and cpr unit and dynatech motor!. That will be the cherry on a very sweet cake!. I just bought an expec cpr-01 radio set from an xb tt01 but the cpr unit is massive!. I am hoping the original cpr units out the vintage catalogues will be considerably smaller. They seem to be in pics?. I will sell the expec set and try one out or failing that I may go with the futaba esc/ tamiya bz motor as shown in the regress adverts. Ps out of interest how come you did not fit blue rod ends?. I thought i read you we're going to?. I have mine ready and waiting.

[matman]

Well couldn't wait any loonger and bought 1 kit from Towerhobbies....

i cant stand-for getting: more delay,,,more delay,,loool.

HAHA , after reading this . I had too buy one .

Now i have one coming & that should keep me happy . Well

for today any way .

SO in two or more as it is christmas time , i will have my ________ ..

Tamiya Era , it's your fault ... Yes i know you will get yours 1st

& rub it in HEHE ... Just like mheald did ! .