Bear Hawk restored

[Bastiaan]

Hi all!

It took some time, but my Bear Hawk finally is restored. This was my first Tamiya, and two years ago I threw it in the trashcan. It was in a really bad shape and I did not realize there was this wonderful network of proud (vintage) Tamiya owners. However, I changed my mind (luckily) and decided to restore the Bear Hawk. Quicky, I scraped it out of the trashcan

What fun I had looking for parts on eBay, discovering what an ESC is, and so on. I also discovered this forum and the Tamiya Legends channel on Facebook. Great fun! And in the meantime, the collection is growing

Anyway, here are some pics. Maybe a bit much but I have to say I'm pretty proud of this project. Unfortunately, I lost the pics that showed how the car looked like when I took it out of the trashcan. 

Some things I changed/hopped up:

-Sport Tuned motor

-TBLE-02s

-DF-03 dampers 

-aluminium motor plate

-fully ball raced and steel pinion

-carbon reinforced front uprights

-Astral Dish rear and front wheels, Louise e-rocket rear tires and Tamiya 54284 tires

-DT-02 turnbuckle suspension arm & tie-rod set

-alloy wheel axl hex adapters

And some chassis pics. I also installed the vintage electronics. 

[Aerobert]

Cool looking Bear Hawk. I like your personal style in this resto project. Very nice done!

[Champ85]

That thing is really low-slung and looks mean.   The lack of a wing makes it seem like "something is missing" at first glance.  But nothing is missing.  I'm too used to 2WDs with a wing.

The white shocks work well with the paint scheme.

Nice resto job.  Really glad you didn't chuck it in the bin for good.

[Ann3x]

Love it in white and great photos..... not sure about the wheels tho!

[Bastiaan]

21 hours ago, Ann3x said:

Love it in white and great photos..... not sure about the wheels tho!

I have to admit, choosing wheels was the hardest part!

[Silver-Can]

Very nice looking BH. They're a good drive too - and certainly too good to throw away! I think they're quite over-looked and under appreciated.

Quick question - you mentioned a metal motor mount and I see a thin blue disk between the motor and gearbox in one of the photos. What is and where did you get it from? I wasn't aware the BH had one.

My BH is also white and currently running with my novafox wheel/tyre combo.

[Bastiaan]

12 hours ago, Silver-Can said:

Very nice looking BH. They're a good drive too - and certainly too good to throw away! I think they're quite over-looked and under appreciated.

Quick question - you mentioned a metal motor mount and I see a thin blue disk between the motor and gearbox in one of the photos. What is and where did you get it from? I wasn't aware the BH had one.

My BH is also white and currently running with my novafox wheel/tyre combo.

Thanks!

The motor plate (not a mount) is #84293. Used this one instead of the ‘cardboard’ one.

Would love to see some pics of your Bear Hawk!

[Silver-Can]

Cheers for that mate. I'll have to have a look into that 👍

My BH below...

Since this photo, I've done the tyre letters properly and added some diff putty to give a lsd effect on loose traction surfaces.

[Bastiaan]

18 hours ago, Silver-Can said:

Cheers for that mate. I'll have to have a look into that 👍

My BH below...

Since this photo, I've done the tyre letters properly and added some diff putty to give a lsd effect on loose traction surfaces.

Looks mean!

[Silver-Can]

2 hours ago, Bastiaan said:

Looks mean!

Cheers mate. Yeah, a couple of mods to personalise it and get it where I want it. 😁

[matisse]

very nice, look good in white.

 

[DrGoatboy]

Gotta love a bear hawk. Looks super clean. Shelf queen or runner?

[Bastiaan]

On 10/11/2020 at 9:18 PM, DrGoatboy said:

Gotta love a bear hawk. Looks super clean. Shelf queen or runner?

I would say more a shelf queen than a runner!