wtcc‘s TA-03 projects

[wtcc5 4900]

1 hour ago, GermanTA03Guy said:

Wow where from? 

Here:

https://planet-rc.ch

[wtcc5 4900]

 

 

 

 

 

[Toad16v 282]

19 hours ago, wtcc5 said:

Here:

https://planet-rc.ch

Just tried to order a couple. The transaction crashed, I don't seem to have been charged, but I do seem to have a confirmation order. Doesn't help that I could only read about half the text. Will wait and see what transpires before trying to reorder etc.

Plan was to get 2, and sell one to cover part of the cost of ordering them. Fingers crossed I get it to work one way or another.

[wtcc5 4900]

I really like these easy to add Hop-Up option parts 

 

 

 

 

Carbon car 

[Zealot 397]

Sexy!

[wtcc5 4900]

I finally found time and motivation to make the body for the runner. And I love it! Such a nice shape and it is long and heavy because of the rear wing package…

 

[wtcc5 4900]

Just remembered the good old times when my father and I build Tamiya cars for their Expert build series (not sure what it was called in the 90s though). My dad had an order of CLK-GTRs once. Looking at the picture now, I am pretty sure these are not Tamiya bodies:

Does somebody know the manufacturer? Maybe a Carson thing?

[InsaneJim69 1584]

33 minutes ago, wtcc5 said:

Just remembered the good old times when my father and I build Tamiya cars for their Expert build series (not sure what it was called in the 90s though). My dad had an order of CLK-GTRs once. Looking at the picture now, I am pretty sure these are not Tamiya bodies:

Does somebody know the manufacturer? Maybe a Carson thing?

Yeah could be Carson. Carson also done the Sportswear version with the young woman on the sides etc. The body was a pretty much exact copy of Tamiya's though 👍

James.

[GermanTA03Guy 1327]

Pretty looking chassis... 1mm - 1.5 mm spacers on the front axle would perfect the stance (if you don't mind the weight ;))... Hmm the bodies... Definetly not Tamiya... Proportions are off.. Carson would have been my first guess, I thought they didn't have the same shape as Tamiya, but not sure. I think there was also hpi, kyosho and even graupner which all were a bit off proportionwise, meaning too wide of a front and too squatted of a roof. Tamiya shape was spot on elegant... Interesting job .... Hmm but in the end my bet is on Topaz. 

[InsaneJim69 1584]

Yeah you are right. 👍

[wtcc5 4900]

@GermanTA03Guy: You are fast! Never heard of this company before. They must have been quite popular for a period.

 

As I enjoy some days off, I decided to make the Nissan R390 body, too.

Compared to the near perfect CLK-GTR, this body was quite a challenge. Mostly the stickers made trouble with being partly a tad to small or the geometry was a little off. I tried to compensate that as good as possible. What was much worse, was the brittleness of the sticker. It was never a problem to pull a sticker off  again, after it got pulled on the body by accident by electrostatic forces, but this time I had three of them rip. The bodyset is old, still I never experienced that…

 

 

My two TA-03R:

[Toad16v 282]

They look awesome!

[GermanTA03Guy 1327]

So nice! You make me spend more and more. Now I have to have an r390. By the way, did you smoke the windows with ps31? Looks nice, very dark, isn't it? 

[wtcc5 4900]

@GermanTA03Guy: Yes, all PS-31 on the windows. The Merc and the Nissan both have two layers of paint on the windows. That is fairly light. Just looks dark with artificial light. In general I use four layers. You can easily control the darkness with layers.

On the last picture you can look through the passenger window of the Merc and see the rear tire well shining through. That shows that it is not as dark as it seems.

[wtcc5 4900]

After going through my stuff (mostly to assign the parts to the right boxes), I checked my TT-01e box and was remembered, that I still have an Audi A4 BTCC body set left from a discount buy (of two kits).

 

This body premiered on the TA-03f chassis. I also just recently got my hands on old magazines and catalogues, which just make more appetite:

 

And of course... now I got one:

It will get some Hop-Ups, but not too much.

 

Most Hop-Ups are reserved for the R. Like these, which I got from the same seller:

 

Real nice, that I got them.

 

 

 

[FoxShot 280]

Nice build thread. I've just got a TA-03 rs with the Porsche body and a few upgrades for a decent price off a mate. Need to strip and rebuild it. Those rear hubs are lush.

[Pylon80 2632]

On 11/2/2021 at 1:26 PM, wtcc5 said:

Just remembered the good old times when my father and I build Tamiya cars for their Expert build series (not sure what it was called in the 90s though). My dad had an order of CLK-GTRs once. Looking at the picture now, I am pretty sure these are not Tamiya bodies:

Does somebody know the manufacturer? Maybe a Carson thing?

So... You kind of built a few bodies before 😅

[wtcc5 4900]

@Pylon80: That is my dad though  We had a friend who won some high ranked airbrush competitions in the 90s. He brought us jobs of building (mostly) Tamiya cars. I remember one order where we build around 100 Mad Fighter... I probably still can build one in my sleep 

 

I had to change the name of this thread to be compatible with the now finally started TA-03F build...

 

I said in September, this car will not get many upgrades, I lied again. See the box of happiness:

 

But it all starts with cleaning:

 

Then it was gearbox time:

 

Tuning parts incoming:

 

 

[lukej 319]

2 hours ago, wtcc5 said:

"See the box of happiness"

I feel like this is the one sentiment Tamiya preys on with collectors like you, and dare I say it, I...

Luke

[ChrisRx718 4470]

Thanks for the read 

Love what you did with the stabiliser bars. I bet you could sell them quite easily - originals go for far too much money and the paint easily chips off!

 

[Pylon80 2632]

How would the torque control unit compare to a front one-way unit (the ones with 2 one way bearings, one for each front wheel)? I have played with a front one way last year, the older TT-01 part on my TT-02 rally. The way I understand it is that it prevents the front wheels from ever having any brake torque applied. The car steers better but attempting to brake or even letting off too abruptly causes the car to swap ends. Fun driving off road but can be a bit of a handful on tarmac.

[Tizer 606]

8 hours ago, Pylon80 said:

How would the torque control unit compare to a front one-way unit (the ones with 2 one way bearings, one for each front wheel)? I have played with a front one way last year, the older TT-01 part on my TT-02 rally. The way I understand it is that it prevents the front wheels from ever having any brake torque applied. The car steers better but attempting to brake or even letting off too abruptly causes the car to swap ends. Fun driving off road but can be a bit of a handful on tarmac.

The braking effect is the same unfortunately. The big difference between the center oneway and oneway diff is that the oneway diff acts as a spool on acceleration. With the center oneway you keep the 'open' diff and it's effects on turning under acceleration.

[wtcc5 4900]

Next on this build are the shocks. I am not a fan of the pale pink shock bodies. Silver is the way:

 

I continue with the front gear box and the suspension:

 

Tuning motor:

The pinions didn't fit  as I don't have the pro gears installed... will need to hop-up these later 

 

I also painted the pinion cover silver ... never got my hands on the real aluminum heat sink part 

 

With shocks:

 

 

[svenb 3778]

If I was you I'd continue the silver theme with aluminium ball connectors instead of the brass.

First time I've seen the TB Evo dampers used on a TA03👍🏻

[wtcc5 4900]

@svenb: Good idea! Haven't thought about it at all. Will need to check the financial side in the coming days.

 

With both ends completed, the next step is very tasty:

Carbon chassis 

Added the battery mount and front mount.

 

Marriage, with steering assembly:

 

Servo mounts:

 

Front bumper: