Egress 2013 ReRe

[EastWolfDownUnder 33]

Hi All.

This is my first Tamiya buggy that I've built. (not incl the Lunch Box I just finished). The instructions are a little challenging.... My only other comparables of late would be Team Assoc B6.2 & B74.1. Comparatively, these were both much clearer, but I acknowledge that they probably have more R&D go into the manual productions.

Warning: BTW this will be the slowest build ever given work from home/lockdown/child in my country. Now it's Nov/21. I decided on shocks first, as I'm waiting for bearing upgrades to arrive, and my girl will probably touch stuff if I leave parts lying around.

I am also using this as a diary for my own documentation purposes.

I have just received a titanium hex screw kit and awaiting rubber shielded bearings. Electrics will be Tamiya RZ brushed and Hobbywing ESC on 2S Lipo, JX Ecoboost servo, Sanwa Rx, Clay wheels to run on sealed surfaces only.

Shock piston per kit: 3 holes. Possibly use thicker fluid per AE74.1

 

Shocks done.  

Not sure what this little black thing is about on the X & Y parts tree, but I'll likely use it for limiting shock travel and lowering my car.

 

BTW The plastic collars are held in by a self taping screw that can only go in one direction. They are supposed to be some 5mm from the shock cap but as I said, I'll be lowering the car to suit me later.... I'll fiddle around with ride height before filling with slightly thicker oil by using plastic/nylon limiters inside the shaft.

I wonder if there is such a thing as "too thick" shock oil for this kit? I don't want them to leak.

 

 

 

 

[GeeWings 2858]

@EastWolfDownUnder if I remember correctly the part you highlighted is not used in this build.

[EastWolfDownUnder 33]

I've now finished the build. But here are the photos of the steps.

Goodness - it was not an easy build. But, nonetheless, I can see why people find it a pleasure to work on.

Per the instructions, I left some (blue) sticky tape on the front diff box to hold a little axle in place. To this point, I don't know if I can remove it. My choice of motor is the RZ Tamiya can. I thought to myself that it would be a little irresponsible to put a modern brushless set up in a 1987 rig.

 

 

ESC is the usual brushed lipo/nimh one from Tamiya. I have a clone Sanwa Rx and 21kg high speed servo from Banggood.com called a JX servo Ecoboost. I thoroughly recommend them as bang for buck servos. I use them for both racing and bashing and have yet to have one fail me. The servo cable is pulled and looped around a screw driver in case anyone doesn't know the trick.

 

 

Trimming this body was not a pleasure.

 

Rubber: Proline Shadows from amain.com with some tyre foam, drying in the sun

Wheels: Schumacher 1/10 4wd

 

Minimal decals. Wing plates are reversed, because I just love that look. Black strip on the back edge of the wing and leading edges of each wing plate. For some reason when I came to install the plates,  I did not have an appropriate set of nuts and bolts. Weird. had to buy some, which leads me to believe that I've f...d up some part of the build. Tamiya wouldn't forget any screws would they? Note that the windows are not decals. I proudly masked out my own using painters tape. Came out nicely without any paint bleed.

Paint is PS48 anodized aluminium semi gloss silver. x4 layers & PS5 x 3 layers. In retrospect I should have done more layers of PS48 as there are some patches that were a little sparse if you know what you're looking for. 

 

 

 

Verdict: RZ motor I can foresee becoming a little too mundane. Tyres are fun and have just enough traction on polished concrete carparks. Asphalt will be more solid grip. Suspension is pretty much useless after I put limiters on each shock shaft. I never planned this things to be used off road anyway. It was always intended for smooth roads. Running a 2S 65c 2000mah lipo as I couldn't find anything else at my LHS that would fit. The battery compartment area is odd, as you have to navigate the pillars between the upper and lower carbon decks. When I eventually get bored of this, I'll likely stick in a 10.5 brushless system. 

 

[GeeWings 2858]

@EastWolfDownUnder that looks really great. The Egress was the first car I’ve ever built myself and I loved it. Glad you did too.

You’ve added some nice touches to make it unique. Mine is currently very far from boxart:

but I have another shell and wing I will use to be closer to box art at some stage. 

[EastWolfDownUnder 33]

17 hours ago, GeeWings said:

@EastWolfDownUnder that looks really great. The Egress was the first car I’ve ever built myself and I loved it. Glad you did too.

You’ve added some nice touches to make it unique. Mine is currently very far from boxart:

but I have another shell and wing I will use to be closer to box art at some stage. 

 

17 hours ago, GeeWings said:

@EastWolfDownUnder that looks really great. The Egress was the first car I’ve ever built myself and I loved it. Glad you did too.

You’ve added some nice touches to make it unique. Mine is currently very far from boxart:

but I have another shell and wing I will use to be closer to box art at some stage. 

Pretty cool paint job. I forgot how high it's supposed to sit off the ground. A real off roader, I guess.

[GeeWings 2858]

14 minutes ago, EastWolfDownUnder said:

 

Pretty cool paint job. I forgot how high it's supposed to sit off the ground. A real off roader, I guess.

The paint job is a homage/theft of the Cat XLS

I like the lower look but went strictly from the manual on this one.