EVERYTHING! Tamiya

[svenb]

Does anyone else feel the need when building chassis's that everything needs to be Tamiya?

I've spent a fortune on bearings,servos,receivers,batteries .

My TL01 has 50 Hop ups on it, but it still wasn't complete until it had genuine cable ties.

I must stop

[i_am_scarecrow]

I'm not that bad but I do like using genuine parts whenever possible. I'd really like to see your TL-01, sounds awesome!

[svenb]

1-53012 -- 3x10mm Titanium Round Head Screw

2-53017 – 3x15mm Titanium Tapping Screw

3-53018 – 3x18mm Titanium Counter Sunk Head Screw

4-53095 – 3x10mm Titanium Tapping Screw x4

5-53096 – 3x32mm Titanium Counter Sunk Head Screw

6-53144 – Touring/Rally Bushing And Ball Connector Set

7-53159 – 4mm Aluminium Wheel Flange Nuts

8-53200 – 4wd Front Oneway Diff Unit

9-53209 – Touring/Rally Car Tyre Inserts

10-53217 – Touring Car Hard Joint Ball Cup

11-53218 – Touring Car Hard Joint Gear Cup

12-53219 – 1/10 Touring Car Aluminium Pressure Plate Set

13-53267 – TA03 Ball Diff Set

14-53292 – TL01 Bearing Set

15-53293 – Reinforced Slicks (type A)x2

16-53322 – TL01 Hollow Carbon Gear Set

17-53323 – TL01 Carbon Propeller Shaft

18-53331 – Lightweight Chassis Set

19-53342 – Speed Tuned Gear Set

20-53346 – Quick Release Battery Holder

21-53379 – 3mm Lightweight Diff Balls

22-53439 Anti-Wear Grease

23-53467 – TL01 Long Suspension Arm Set

24-53506 – 39mm Lightweight Rear Swing Shafts

25-53569 – 6mm Aluminium Wheel Hub

26-53587 -- Shim Set

27-53601 – Low Friction 5mm Adjuster

28-53615 – TA04/TL01 Universal Shafts x2

29-53621 – Nylon Bands (Blue)

30-53640 – 5mm Aluminium Ball Nut (Blue)

31-53642 – 5mm Aluminium Ball Connector (Blue) x2

32-53681 – Titanium Wheel Axle Set x2

33-53850 – Titanium Damper Shafts x2

34-53869 – 5mm Aluminium Short Ball Nut

35-53873 – Carbon Damper Stay Spacer Set

36-53876 – Aluminium Damper Spring Retainer Set -1mm

37-54120 – Aluminium M-Chassis Servo Horn

38-54156 – Blue Counter Sunk Washers

39-54214 – 3x25mm Titanium Hex Head Screw

40-54237 – Low Friction King Pin Set

41-54363 – 06 Module Aluminium Pinion (23T)

42-54489 – Low Friction 5mm Short adjuster

43-54587 -- WR-02 Aluminium Servo Mounts

44-55074 – 2400sp Racing Battery Pack

45-42198 -- TRF Special Damper Set 4pcs

46-42118 – Titanium 3x32mm Turnbuckle Shafts (Blue)

47-42238 – 3x8mm Hollow Titanium Screws

48-49243 – Aluminium Stabilizer Ends (Blue)

49-4949288 Superstock Type RR motor(gun metal)

50-C.P.R P160f- Unit

I'd really like to post pics but can't for the life of me work out how! can put pics on desktop and ebay but this site has me stumped

[i_am_scarecrow]

And I thought I'd spent lots on my tl-01!!! If it helps matey you can email them to me and I can post them for you.

[Cooltoys]

That's a lot of hop ups would be nice too see it for sure. :-) You can get a photobucket account to link/upload photos.

[XV Pilot]

That sounds like quite the list!

Personally I don't feel the need to have everything Tamiya, but I do like to stick to a small group of manufacturers/suppliers that I trust. For example, all my radio gear is Spektrum, all my bearings come from RCBearings, all my brushless motors are Speed Passion, etc.

[svenb]

thanks mate i'll take some new pics and send them to you.

If there are any I haven't got please tell me,

I have tried photobucket but didn't get far.

sven

[svenb]

Forgot the oil set 53444 and limted edtion spring set 49382

[markbt73]

Can't say I feel that compulsion at all, actually. I use what works best, or barring that, what's most easily available.

[Crash Cramer]

Could be just the jelousy on my part, but WOW that is a long list of ONLY Tamiya bits. Congratulations on that as I can't say as I have gone quite that far. I do have my favorites for electronics, that would be Futaba, but the new radios from almost everyone are starting to look HIDEOUS to me, I think I might be getting old and crotchety.

I am also glad to know I am not the only one stumped on trying to get photos onto the forums and such easily.

I have found myself digging into the HPI bucket on occasion for tires and wheels vs Tamiya stuff. Sometimes the LOOK I am after isn't well executed with Tamiya's offerings, so I go to other sources that I can buy. I have to admit, if I wanted to add all that stuff you did to your car, it would all be ordered online from the far east as I don't think any supplier in the USA would have them easily and TamiyaUSA's prices would take more of my money that my recently replaced transmission in my 1:1 Honda.

[mongoose1983]

[...] the new radios from almost everyone are starting to look HIDEOUS to me [...]

DEFINITELY!

[Nitomor]

Like XV Pilot, I try to stick to a small group of trusted suppliers. For me that is HPI (brushless/Esc's/tyres/shells/batteries), rcbearings, generally futaba for servos and now that acoms don't do the 2.4g stick radio, I'll be having to get Futaba receivers, gmade for shocks etc,

I'm with Crash Cramer on radios. I really liked the Acoms stick 2.4, no idea why they discontinued it, probably because they still have a massive stockpile of unshiftable 27mhz receivers still to shift! So looks like I'll be putting my Futaba FF7 to good use on more models but it's hefty to spend £55 on a receiver for each model!.

On occasion I go elsewhere for parts such as the core rc lipo to fit all the rere's and I might be giving speed passion motors a try.

Cheers

Nito

[Yonez]

I'm 100% with you SvenB

The hop up list on my TRF-511 is perhaps not quite as long as yours, but just as pure.

I haven't used Tamiya radio gear much as I've primarily built old models and Tamiya didn't do any radio gear then. Since Tamiya do not have any competition grade gear I've used other brands for my TRFs.

But I've been stocking up on Tamiya radio gear and servos recently to use in some newer cars.

I've also stayed away from Tamiya batteries.

Apart from that I'm 100% Tamiya on hop ups, regardless. I want my cars to be the genuine article that Tamiya intended. I've even bought vintage Taamiya bearing sets because I want my vintage cars to be period correct in every aspect.

I only build shelf queens at the moment. It's the building process that is my main draw in this hobby. For a shelf queen I don't need to consider absolute performance and can stick with authenticity. I plan to build a runner DF-02 soon, but that will not have many hopups. I built a runner TRF 201 (never ran it ) and stayed with Tamiya hop-ups except for tires as the track I was planning to use works best with Schumacher mini spikes.

[Nobbi1977]

I like to make parts from anywhere fit if I can, even if I am using Tamiya parts they are often not listed for that model. I like the idea that mine is mine but I total appreciate this level of OCD.

[Tamiyabigstuff]

That is a very serious level of brand loyalty

I've built a few cars with some Hop-Ups but never to that degree.

I do use genuine Tamiya Hop-Ups on my 1/14 trucks and have not strayed from the brand...yet...but would not rule it out for the future.

Personally I use generic ball bearings and either Acoms or Futaba servos as the Tamiya products are pricewise uncompetitive.

[ddaenen1]

When i did my first Manta Ray restoration, i used all kinds of hop ups from GPM, 3Racing, you name it. As i got more into the restoration thing, i also moved more to original Tamiya hopups and now i want exclusively want original era-correct Tamiya hopups on my models

I guess it kind of grows on you

[ChrisRx718]

I can appreciate this to some degree.

I built a TA03F using all the hop ups I could get my hands on, Yeah Racing, GPM and Tamiya.

I then went and built another one using only Tamiya parts. There's something nicer about the fit and finish of a chassis built with solely "OEM" parts.

I don't share the same affection for all electronics - I love the Tamiya tuned motors however - but their ESCs, Servos and radio gear have been left behind on the market in my opinion, especially with the advent of lipo batteries. Whilst that's not a huge issue for a display model, it can be a bit prohibitive for something which is actually going to be used. Let's not forget either that even good Tamiya electronics (TEU302 for example) don't really represent good value for money!

[Snakehands]

Does anyone else feel the need when building chassis's that everything needs to be Tamiya?

I've spent a fortune on bearings,servos,receivers,batteries .

My TL01 has 50 Hop ups on it, but it still wasn't complete until it had genuine cable ties.

I must stop

I would definitely stop.

Personally I find the mods people do are really fascinating:

[i_am_scarecrow]

Here are pics of svenb's TL-01. That sure is a lot of hop ups!!!

[ChrisRx718]

Isn't the type RR motor quite low-torque? I think a Type Rz would be more at home there on a 4wd?

[Plopes]

Beautiful job on that TL-01 Svanb.

[svenb]

Thanks to scarecrow for posting pics

Yeah maybe a bit low on torque but plans are afoot! not that it will be run. the RR maybe better suited to my F103gt

[ChrisRx718]

Thanks to scarecrow for posting pics

Yeah maybe a bit low on torque but plans are afoot! not that it will be run. the RR maybe better suited to my F103gt

Precisely what my F103GT runs now

It used to have a 15x2 motor in it, but it was way, way too fast!

[svenb]

What about a Dyna run motor? will it suit the CPR 160 esc?

[svenb]

What about a Dyna run motor? will it suit the CPR 160 esc?

I hope it does as i just bought one

From Tamiya Kev who i think is a member on here?