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My Vintage Tamiya XR311

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I've had this since I was a teenager, an original vintage XR311, which has been collecting dust in the garage and I am thinking of selling on to someone who will love it as much as I did. Any interest?

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That’s interesting because the speed controller is not the one shown in the instructions or catalogues. The one pictured was used in the Cheetah and subsequent models. If that’s the speed controller that came in the kit is it another example of Tamiya swapping in parts over the life of a models production run.

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On 9/23/2020 at 10:43 PM, Alwb68 said:

That’s interesting because the speed controller is not the one shown in the instructions or catalogues. The one pictured was used in the Cheetah and subsequent models. If that’s the speed controller that came in the kit is it another example of Tamiya swapping in parts over the life of a models production run.

 

You’re right about this being the Cheetah speed controller, though it was never sold as part of the original XR311 kit. That was part no SP.10 switch set which was just a two speed MSC, as opposed to the variable speed and EMF braking achieved from the one used on the Cheetah, which was released a little later. I had a brand new XR311 back in the day, and am thinking of getting a re re, and not for the first time - I must be a fan!

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Looks like you put some time and effort into that back in the day.

My advice - don't sell it, restore. It's part of your childhood history :)

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