Juhunio 6766 Posted March 13 I've had a busy couple of weeks with work, house hunting, sorting a new car and a large birthday weekend away with mates. Thankfully I had the foresight to realise I would be feeling pretty ropey today so booked the day off 😀 So I can have a bit of RC time instead...today's work is going to be invisible, but very satisfying...replacing all the eBay bearings I used to build this Evo III with an original Tamiya bearing set Should keep me quiet for a couple of hours while my head defuggs itself! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 13 Decided to swap the turnbuckles for blue bits while I was at it... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 13 And all done! In a thread chock full of utter pointlessness, this has to be right at the top of the pointless tree...but it makes me strangely content to know it now has the correct bearings in there 😀 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 14 Seems like a good opportunity to take stock on this thread and work out what to do next... There are four builds where the shells just need varying degrees of stickering and that's them done: TA02S-W 911 GT2 Jagermeister (literally two stickers left) TA04-R Audi R8 LMS (50% done) FF03-R Alfa Romeo 155 Martini (full job) TA04-TRF Audi V8 Touring (full job) There are three builds where shells need painting, so they're on hold until the weather warms up: TB Evo III Audi A4 STW TB02-R Mercedes AMG GT3 TT02 Type S Peugeot 306 Maxi I also need to paint a Calsonic Skyline R32 for my TA03 David Jun, but that belongs in a different thread really... And then there are four bits-a-build projects left before I finally give up this lunacy and just stick to actual, you know, kits.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 14 TA02W for a Nissan 300ZX shell which will be built with a kind of red, white and blue theme to match the shell: full carbon chassis white arms red gearboxes blue C parts (hubs, rear uprights, steering) blue and red dampers vintage front and rear universals aluminium diff plates etc etc 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 14 M05 Pro for a Mini Cooper '94 Monte Carlo Rally shell, which will be built with: red metallic chassis black anodised parts universals aluminium rims etc etc 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 14 A TA04-TRF for a Mondeo BTCC shell which will be built with: full carbon chassis plates; by using carbon instead of kit-standard SSG plates I can get the front body posts over the damper stay instead of the bumper. Then, by using the @svenb rear damper mount spacer mod, the pre-drilled Mondeo shell will fit all the expected 04-TRF gubbins blue aluminium steering However, I am missing one critical part for this build and cannot start it until I find: 53610 TA04 Aluminium Suspension Blocks (rear) FOUND 😃 So if anyone has a set spare, please let me know 🙏 EDIT: Just found a set of rear blocks on Mercari, woo hoo! Just need to wait for them to arrive from Japan and the build is ON! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 14 And, finally, a TA04R-Tuned for a Loctite Skyline R34. This shell originally came with a TA04-S, so it seems apt to stick it on a TA04 variant which will be built with: carbon upper deck and damper stays instead of SSG, again so the front body posts will be over the damper stay instead of the bumper so the pre-drilled shell will fit upgraded diff joints silver aluminium steering a few other extra bits and bobs However, I am short two critical parts before I can start this one: Rear Gear Case, either the standard 50866 or the 49203 Reinforcing Rear Gear Case will do FOUND! 53464 Low Friction Belt (Rear) FOUND! So, again, if anyone has either or both of these spare please let me know 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7071 Posted March 14 2 hours ago, Juhunio said: And then there are four bits-a-build projects left before I finally give up this lunacy and just stick to actual, you know, kits.... Bits-a-builds! Bits-a-builds! Bits-a-builds! It is not lunacy. Its one of my favourite things on the Internet! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3378 Posted March 14 8 hours ago, Juhunio said: TA02W for a Nissan 300ZX shell which will be built with a kind of red, white and blue theme to match the shell: full carbon chassis blue and red dampers A bit 'a la' TA03 RS TRF then😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3378 Posted March 14 8 hours ago, Juhunio said: M05 Pro for a Mini Cooper '94 Monte Carlo Rally shell, which will be built with: red metallic chassis black anodised parts universals aluminium rims etc etc Never seen the pinky red chassis before! It's very you!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3378 Posted March 14 On 3/13/2023 at 10:53 AM, Juhunio said: I've had a busy couple of weeks with work, house hunting, sorting a new car and a large birthday weekend away with mates. Thankfully I had the foresight to realise I would be feeling pretty ropey today so booked the day off 😀 So I can have a bit of RC time instead...today's work is going to be invisible, but very satisfying...replacing all the eBay bearings I used to build this Evo III with an original Tamiya bearing set Should keep me quiet for a couple of hours while my head defuggs itself! Tamiya bearing set, very committed 👍🏻 I think it should have the full complement of Tamiya electrics too 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 15 14 hours ago, svenb said: A bit 'a la' TA03 RS TRF then😉 Very true...though with maybe a bit less of the rainbow than that one 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 15 14 hours ago, svenb said: Never seen the pinky red chassis before! I'd only ever seen the blue one and then came across this and thought it would be perfect for the Cooper...love a bit of random bling me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 15 14 hours ago, svenb said: I think it should have the full complement of Tamiya electrics too 😉 It has got a Tamiya motor and could be fitted (at least photographed) with a Tamiya battery But have Tamiya ever actually made an ESC that can handle their Super Stock, Dyna Run or Racing Stock motors? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 15 20 hours ago, ThunderDragonCy said: Bits-a-builds! Bits-a-builds! Bits-a-builds! It is not lunacy. Its one of my favourite things on the Internet! Ha! Cheers Cy 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 15 23 hours ago, Juhunio said: However, I am missing one critical part for this build and cannot start it until I find: 53610 TA04 Aluminium Suspension Blocks (rear) So if anyone has a set spare, please let me know 🙏 Just found a NIP set of rear blocks on Mercari this morning 😃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3378 Posted March 15 9 minutes ago, Juhunio said: It has got a Tamiya motor and could be fitted (at least photographed) with a Tamiya battery But have Tamiya ever actually made an ESC that can handle their Super Stock, Dyna Run or Racing Stock motors? Yes the CPR-160 unit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisRx718 3952 Posted March 15 15 minutes ago, svenb said: Yes the CPR-160 unit And you'll be needing CPR when you see how much they sell for... TEU-302BK could probably handle it, Tamiya gave it a conservative 23T+ limit but in reality it can run a max. forward continuous draw of 120A, which is pretty good. Again, getting rare now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted March 15 1 hour ago, svenb said: Yes the CPR-160 unit True, but that's a one-piece ESC / Receiver that also needs the right controller, crystals etc...and are very hard to find and very pricey I prefer to be able to hook cars up to my Absima transmitter so separate ESCs are ideal...I'll keep my eyes open for a TEU-302BK as recommended by @ChrisRx718 but even they seem pretty spenny now. It does seem odd that Tamiya haven't continued to manufacture an ESC capable of running their own motors...maybe the fact that some new kits are coming bundled with OEM 1060 ESCs is a sign that they're just going to let that one slide 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2583 Posted April 13 love this build thread, so much detail and explanation! Pictures are awesome too. Thank you!!! Really looking forward to the mini and 300zx builds. Oh, and thanks again for the advice and tips with my TB-Evo.III 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted April 13 2 hours ago, jonboy1 said: love this build thread, so much detail and explanation! Pictures are awesome too. Thank you!!! Really looking forward to the mini and 300zx builds. Oh, and thanks again for the advice and tips with my TB-Evo.III Cheers Jon 😃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juhunio 6766 Posted August 7 Summer-time means painting time, the warm air making the garage a less terrible place to be and the paint behave more predictably than it does in the winter So I've been taking the opportunity to work on a few body shells and finish off some stickering to actually complete a couple of these bits-a-build projects First up, the TB Evo III... In the end I decided to make use of the R32 Gr.A body shell that I had drilled to fit the Surikarn body post positions and refit the Surikarn damper stays. It just made this Evo III that little bit more 'mine', essentially a blue-Surikarn: full Evo III blue conversion kit blue aluminium upper arm mounts Surikarn front and rear carbon damper stays aluminium rear uprights blue TB02-R damper cylinders blue aluminium front body posts TA05 blue aluminium battery mount posts reinforced ball diff joint hex head screws throughout Once I decided to use the R32 shell and vintage sticker sets to create the classic Calsonic livery, I also had to find some 24mm rims to match as 26mm rims are incompatible with the suspension There is a set of vintage Cross RC rims which are perfect but I got distracted and missed the end of a Japanese Yahoo auction so missed out on the only set I have seen so far. Another one will come up some day, so for now I've settled on these 47302 rims with pre-glued tyres which aren't too bad a substitute for the proper Nismo wheel design...they'll certainly do for now! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
