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25 years of Tamiya shaft drive buggies - Bigwig and DB-02 Leonis

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Okay, a little bit of artistic licence with the title, this is a re-release Bigwig but the original Bigwig was 1986 and the Leonis 2011 so close enough.

no build pictures I'm afraid but i've just put the finishing touches to these 2 and painted them in the same colours as a bit of a link.

The Bigwig is fairly standard with Hotshot driveshaft, front CVDs and steel pinion.

The Leonis is a bit of a mixture, started with a car that i got from eBay that was probably built from spare parts, all new and unused but lots of hop-ups and some bits missing. I've added some new parts and 3D printed some parts that are now unavailable so as far as I can tell:

Carbon reinforced main chassis, gearboxes, steering linkages, towers.

TRF rear wishbones

Slipper clutch and CVD propshafts and driveshafts

Alloy steering rack and rear toe bracket

As I had to 3D print some new battery brackets anyway (no longer available) I took the opportunity to put in a saddle pack battery and use the standard rear gearbox (on the parts sprue) to straighten up the rear driveshaft, hopefully clear from the pictures.

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