Tamiya 45th RC anniversary Porsche 934 RSR Vaillant version in white (TA-02SW chassis)

[theplumber 74]

47 minutes ago, Juhunio said:

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/forum/52-the-builds/

All manner of good stuff being built, modded, tinkered with and developed in there...

I woud say with my bad english that we don't see the build and the use of this model.... just in the box 

[Juhunio 6830]

1 hour ago, theplumber said:

I woud say with my bad english that we don't see the build and the use of this model.... just in the box 

Ahhh, got you, sorry for the misunderstanding. You’re right though, there are plenty of build threads of the 35th Anniversary kit, but none yet of the 40th. I’m sure there will be 👍

[Raman36 1655]

Apparently the modified vaillant decals I had MCI make are 1/12 scale 🤦🏻
 

Fortunately  I made up a set of Brumos ..

 

[Raman36 1655]

Tower seems to have received some more Tamiya kits. The finally filled orders of the MF01X Ford Escort. Doesn’t seem they received any 45th anniversary though. 

[njmlondon 570]

I have been away from RC a while and saw this car being advertised and found myself drawn back into TamiyaLand…

I had a NIB 30th back in the day and always regret selling it rather than building it.

Having opted not to buy the 40th because I felt it was not really that special, I was ready to get in line. But I now realise that the same 6mm wheelbase issue that was in the 40th is still in this car and I really cannot be bothered.

Tamiya was always about quality and attention to detail for me and the 30th had that in spades with the bespoke chassis.

Just because they stick some FRP plates in an admittedly cool box with blisters, does not stop this car being a bit of a cheap bodge job IMHO, recycling old parts and relying on you to shave 6mm off the wheelbase.

seeing the amount of my fellow TCers who are queuing up to buy this, I bet Tamiya could not care less about my thoughts, and I am probably going to order one of those re-re TA02 carbon chassis though and put a GT2 shell on instead, so they’ll get my cash anyway!

 

 

[Raman36 1655]

Agree that it is disappointing they did not address the wheelbase. A set of new arms could have fixed it. 
 

They however know that collectors will buy and stock up on these. If and when I receive mine, I’ll probably just keep mine in the box as well. 
 

Last night, I finished building a TA03R-S. Bought chassis from a fella who splits kits up and sells it. I used that for the Lancia 037 shell I bought back in 2013. Now I have a complete TA03R-S Lancia 037.

This morning, I saw that they are releasing another batch of TA02S with Lancia 037. Found that odd considering the TA03R-S is also out now with the Porsche 911 GT1, so why not release it on that chassis. 
 

This all goes back to, Tamiya really doesn’t care.. they know we will just buy 

[Albert Attaboy 141]

48 minutes ago, Raman36 said:

Tamiya really doesn’t care.. they know we will just buy 

Which is *******in' sad...

[mtbkym01 4008]

Still a lovely presented kit, stunning IMHO. Glad to finally have mine

**Edit - It’s destiny, just noticed the date of the letter is my birthday 😍

[theplumber 74]

For your information, i sell my Tamiya Porsche 934 Vaillant Kit (new - not open) 

Tamiya RC 47477 TA-02SW Porsche 934 Vaillant (1976) 45 anniversary - Sales, trades & wanted - Tamiyaclub.com

[Zealot 397]

I got a notification...

[Raman36 1655]

5 minutes ago, Zealot said:

I got a notification...

From? 

[Yoshimitsu 3475]

God?

[Zealot 397]

On 1/22/2022 at 5:24 PM, Raman36 said:

From? 

My dealer. The package is inbound.

[Raman36 1655]

On 1/21/2022 at 11:19 PM, Zealot said:

I got a notification...

 

19 hours ago, Zealot said:

My dealer. The package is inbound.

I was hoping you would day Tower hobbies, so I could get excited

[Zealot 397]

Sorry @Raman36, I'm in Australia and the supplier is Metro Hobbies.

[Zealot 397]

Just got mine but all is not well. The commemorative message is missing.

[mtbkym01 4008]

@Zealot oh no, that would be what I’d call extremely unusual for a Tamiya kit 

[Zealot 397]

@mtbkym01 actually, I just spoke to Metro Hobbies on the phone and they told me one other person has emailed saying they are missing their certificate also.

They are following up with the distributor. Will just have to wait to hear.

[mtbkym01 4008]

@Zealot The 2 kits my LHS had both had them, will be interesting what SMS (Distributor) says

[TheGizmodi 211]

My LHS was able to order me one a few months ago from their distributor. Can't bring myself to peal off the sealed plastic lol

[Wandy 1527]

So it seems to have been now confirmed that there wont be any more of these kits provided by Tamiya, and the rumour of a second and third batch coming were just that...rumour.

They handled the release of this kit incredibly badly. And to produce so few was just crazy.

[Bullitt3577 35]

11 hours ago, Wandy said:

So it seems to have been now confirmed that there wont be any more of these kits provided by Tamiya, and the rumour of a second and third batch coming were just that...rumour.

They handled the release of this kit incredibly badly. And to produce so few was just crazy.

Where did you hear this from?

[Wandy 1527]

7 hours ago, Bullitt3577 said:

Where did you hear this from?

A few shops saying it on their facebook pages.

[Zealot 397]

Got my certificate thingamajig today.

[OnTheTrail 1152]

On 2/3/2022 at 8:44 AM, Wandy said:

So it seems to have been now confirmed that there wont be any more of these kits provided by Tamiya, and the rumour of a second and third batch coming were just that...rumour.

They handled the release of this kit incredibly badly. And to produce so few was just crazy.

Is this just in your country (where ever that is)?    Tamiya USA shows it a "temporarily out of stock" as of today.