TL-01 chassis motor protection plate

I have found that although the TL-01 is a great budget all round tourer/ rally chassis, the motor is very exposed and your new chrome tamiya super stock quickly becomes sand/ gravel blasted, i have also damaged capacitors on the motor end and even the endbell itself.

This little mod puts a piece of flexible but strong plastic 'plate' under the motor, attached to the small plastic piece in front of the motor by a couple of 3mm bolts. Ground clearance is not affected as can be seen. So far it seems to work a treat. I used modellers styrene sheet, but you could use any flat, flexible plastic around 1mm thick.

The TL-01 kit comes with a spare plastic piece that fits in front of the motor so you can always put the model back to 'original' spec after. Good luck!