mastino 1071 Posted September 6, 2020 So, at some point in the construction of my Toyota Tundra I wanted something easy. Why not build a DT-03? Simple, clean, fun (I already had one a few years ago). Then if we want to add some thrill, we can always think of something different. OK, the result has not been sensational, it seems that in the past months my idea has been that of many others, here in TC forum... The preparation of this DT-03 "a modo mio" requires the following ingredients: - DT-03 kit (obviously) - Lot of bling bling optional various shape and colors - Special tires and wheels - Lexan body Anything you want, just make your favorite pizza. This is the first order DT-03 Racing fighter Black Edition (because full of hop up ) Rock Socker lexan body GPM parts dedicated to the front of the model. Shake the box a little bit, open the lid and with a little luck we find the assembled model. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted September 6, 2020 If the trick doesn't work you can always try it in the most classic way. Tools, manual and lots of care. A little bit of color Adhesive sheet "carbon look" A little weight on the nose the first bling bling colorful parts Long axis, I want a T version... For the first test I choose a sport tuned motor and a 19T pinion and to speed up the assembly, four shock absorbers already assembled, too long unfortunately here come tires and rims, by VRX Racing with this set there is no need to have long front axles and the first test of the lexan body 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted September 6, 2020 I am not a great artist... but the stickers help a lot 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted September 6, 2020 In the meantime I have made a second order: GoolRC brushless system, 60A 4300KV 17T steel pinion aluminium shock absorbers supports aluminum shock absorbers As a result: the tires end up quickly in the basket accidents cause victims A separate matter for these "fantastic" shock absorbers from less than 8 euros per pair. On the front still work decently, if you use the springs of the DT03 kit, loading them with 400 Tamiya silicon oil. To the rear...drama. The model slams on the ground with oil 400, 1000, 2000, 3000. Hard or soft springs, lots of tests, always bangs. I decide to disassemble them to understand. I only have this photo; the piston has very small diameter, 9.3mm against the 9.8 of the Tamiya one you see on the right side. Instead of two holes has two notches. Okay, I don't want to know anything about it. Change the pistons with Tamiya ones, load with oil 400 and springs of DT03 kit and use the lower pins of Tamiya kit and gain about 5 mm of length. Now everything goes great. At the front, piston with two holes by Tamiya and confirm the oil from 400. the new set of HPI tires and rims still to be glued 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blista 1517 Posted September 12, 2020 Looks great! I'm tempted to do the same thing with my Rock Socker body now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted March 6, 2021 The goolrc combo lasted two discharges, then holy smoke and goodbye.... now it has been replaced by a skyrc cheetah combo with 10,5T motor, I also mounted the ball differential and torsion bars this afternoon. I'm curious to try it again. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted June 22, 2021 just a couple of pictures of the SKYRC Cheetah brushless combo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted June 22, 2021 And finally, following these suggestions https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/98745-dt0203-hub-options/ , thanks to @matisse replacement of the suspension arms with those of the DF-03 chassis Oops, front mounted backwards, I corrected before reassembling the model but I forgot the photos Some original tamiya parts I could not find them but I made do with something similar with the help of dremel And here is the final result I am still waiting for the 48.5mm pins to fix the rear arms. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1576 Posted June 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, mastino said: And finally, following these suggestions https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/98745-dt0203-hub-options/ , thanks to @matisse replacement of the suspension arms with those of the DF-03 chassis Oops, front mounted backwards, I corrected before reassembling the model but I forgot the photos Some original tamiya parts I could not find them but I made do with something similar with the help of dremel And here is the final result I am still waiting for the 48.5mm pins to fix the rear arms. Nice! Looks great! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwistedxSlayer 1290 Posted August 2, 2021 This is cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastino 1071 Posted May 1, 2023 And now, with all the leftover parts, adding something I also managed to assemble an "almost" black edition racing fighter. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites