Here's a project I am working on. Inspired by many of the bug enthusiasts already here. I am putting together a brat rere with a monster beetle body.
This afternoon I worked on mounting the body to the chassis using existing body holes....
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The tires are Tamiya Pajero BF Goodrich tires mounted on Modified Jakks Pacific Flywheels.
They don't sell the flywheels anymore.
Here's a previous post he posted up- basically the wheels are off a walmart type car- they don't make them anymore...
hey guys, im restoring a wild willy 1 here, but the tires are starting to crack, is there another tyre that will fit the rims? (or rims that will fit the car?)
I searched through a number of threads trying to answer this question...sorry if I missed it!
Will the Blitzer Beetle body fit the Monster Beetle without any mods? Anyone know about the Proline Baja Bug body? I want to use the original body mount...
Just resprayed my Sons SS recently & this was it's first run with the new paint job & wheels, exhaust wipers glass etc.
it looks quite nice running on the sand.
beautiful day at the beach with no one else there.
Perfect excuse to give the MB a...
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hey jak! looking suberb as usual mate, we also had a beach run last weekend up the sunshine coast qld. absolute ball isnt it :) just hosed the sand off the hornet and hung it out to dry :lol: easy!!
I am in the process of rebuilding an Egress runner and I am having trouble with the ball diffs. When I tighten the screws it binds in certain spots. It feels smooth all the way around but stiffens up in one area of the rotation. Because it is held...
does anyone know exactly what kind of metal SRB parts are made from? like arms, front towers, tranny cases etc. is it a aluminum or steel? i imagine its like a aluminum, just poured?
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good to know. i figured that with the tranny cases etc lol. thanks for info
After attending the 08 & 09 VONATs and seeing how much fun it was, I've decided to start searching for a Classic entry for next years race. I believe the rules are basically any pre-1994 entry level vehicle. What vehicles would you recommend for...
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One of my racing buddies that is planning on making the trip this year has a Falcon ready to go. Basically he is using 2.2 wheels off of a Desert Gator (the same grey solid wheels I had on my 08 Frog). HPI hex adapter in the rear allows the use of...
Well, we did a Frog build last winter, so I found a Lunchbox kit for the kids for this winter. The motivation factor has definitely not been as great this year, mainly due to the fact that they each have a Slash and a Grasshopper as well as their...
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Thanks guys. I have alloy mounts coming from Lonestar and I was thinking of taking the Traxxas plastic body post washers and attaching them to the inside of the body. I need to find some shoo-goo I guess. I would think that CA would just chip the...
Just wondering if anyone has dyed SRB wheels black. I am afraid they might melt since they are plastic and not nylon. I would guess black paint is the other way to go.
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Be sure when you're painting them to not lay on the paint to thick. It gets HARD to fit the screws and bolts together when there is an extra mm or two of thickness...
I like the vintage look of this one. This is all I could find about the model.
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Interesting. I know about Walter Wolf from the advancements he helped make on the Lamborghini Countach. The modifications he made to his early production LP400s basically became the production LP500s of the 1980s. They mention the F1 car at the end...
Been working on this fox for a while,hopefully will get it finished now i've somewhere to hide!
The best thing about this project is that it's getting done with bits i've already got! DSCF0721.jpg DSCF0722.jpg DSCF0729.jpg DSCF0730.jpg DSCF0732.jpg...
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Pargu's aluminum Fox wheels look very nice. They would fit your scheme well I feel.
Hello, I have had this part for some time. Since going thru some things and selling off excess so I can get to the cars/buggies I want to keep. I want to add this to my current fox project. appears to be a hop-up from BITD. Don't remember who made...
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Hello, I have had this part for some time. Since going thru some things and selling off excess so I can get to the cars/buggies I want to keep. I want to add this to my current fox project. appears to be a hop-up from BITD. Don't remember who made...
reissue was already realeased in Korea last week. the first batch was shipped to Korea prior to their domestic release
many of my local forum members got the kit. and some of them finished to build and found some bugs (defects) on the parts. 2...
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Mine is a US batch with the blue bag and it came with a mis drilled bumper. I'm keepin it.
Anyone know what the name of the company was that made the knock off of the Tamiya Holiday Buggy back in the day? It had a black body shell vs. the blue shell and its own kind of electrics but everthing else was a spot on match. A friend was asking...
I just got some pics. I am deciding which wheels to use on this and my Wild One/FAV project going. And this will be just a shelf queen especially considering is a ridged front and back! :lol:
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NNNNNNICE>>.What front suspension is that and have yu ever use the fx10 front susp. on a grasshopper. Are those shock from a grasshopper upgrade or are they from a diff kit.
The front suspension and shocks are from either a Mugen Manx or a Panda...
I just got these off the bay for $2. The wheels are used and the tires are new. I thought they might fit the old RC10 but they are too small, 1 1/2 . When and who made these? I would like to find some rears to go on my SRB. IMG_7506.JPG IMG_7510.JPG
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You need the rears.... and a Marui Galaxy (or Hunter) to put them all on. :D
Check out the reference section at tamiyaclub.com
Under 'other makes' there's tons of Maruis to check out.
i am looking for some turnbuckles for another project.. i found these on ebay, but dont know if they fit, if anyone has one, and you got some time, could you take a quick measurements of the turnbuckles below for me? it would help me out big
is there a decent fix for the front axles on the frog/brat/scorcher? took the kids brat out for its maiden voyage, and within 3 minutes the right front wheel fell off. The is press-fit into the knuckle.
Is there an adhesive that will keep it in...
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Tried the red loctite over the weekend. put on a liberal amount after degreasing, then used a c-clamp to press the axle in firmly and let it sit clamped overnight. Ran a full pack through yesterday with no problems.
Thanks for the help!
Ok i Know a Ball diff is great and is standard on the top line kits.
I have been racing since 85 when ball diffs were very limited to the best of the best as standard equipment.
I have been asking myself this question for a while now based on...
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I think it also depends on how technical the track is. The gear diff is heavier which means more rotational mass. People spend quite a bit of money to lighten every part of the drivetrain. If you need a lot of quick throttle commands a gear diff...
Blackfoot light runner a while back.... Right now it sits inside the cabinet... :D
Might repaint it sometime...Not to happy with the paint it has right now..
While getting over 5 inches of rain since friday here in Jersey i was forced indoors so what better time to build this Brat chassis with a old school crp front suspension setup, custom body mounts and a chevy pickup body. I was dreaming of better...
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Nice Chevy Brat.. Got the same front suspension you got for my frog.. :D
I won this on the bay! I also got a new in box Pro-Line vintage truck body kit and a new Pro-Line Outlaw body and wings kit. Oh ya and the little guy at the end.
Only wanted it for what was inside???
Scott
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1986:
My cousin had one he thoroughly trashed on our street and he gave it to me in a heap. I threw most of it away as it was garbage-- but it did go fast. :wink:
The Frog was one of my first real rc's and i still can't get enough of these things. I decided to do one with a used black king blackfoot frame i got in a parts pile, along with some old school hop ups like a thorp diff, parma shocks and nerfs, crp...
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I'm a big fan of those rear and front shocks... 8) . Were they period hop-ups for the Frog?
Yes , they were made by parma. I tried finding a neon hose to match the rear but no go for now :)
Hello my friends,
RC-LOHAS had re-release the Red Hotshot Team Suzuki type laxen body. You can complete your Red Hotshot now 8)
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Speaking of the Frog, are there plans to make anything else for it besides the chassis? I would like to see some heavy duty gearbox plates made. Those might be easy to do... or maybe not.
I cant seem to find any Buggy Champ 2009 front tires? They seem to have dried up on ebay, tower, Tamiya USA. Cant even find a listing on Tamiya USA. Are they all gone with the discontinuation?
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Yeah, the car is, but I can't see them stop making tires and other breakable parts as poeple are just starting to run them.
hi guys.i want to get a frog but im torn between scoring a used one of the 1rst release or getting a new rerelease...what would you do?
to me a new car in the box is alway more fun to built than to refurbish a used one...i'm also thinking that by...
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I thought I remember someone on here at one point was going to make heavy duty side plates?
Just finished my 2010 SS.
Shortened the chassis 5mm to get the wheelbase correct, had the wheels , wipers & exhaust chrome plated.
Action pics to follow after I give it a good flogging this weekend! :mrgreen:
Here is my TA03F Drifter, and the chassis was released in 1995. I've had this car for 6 months now, and have now only started to find time to actually use it! It's got locked diffs, carbon steering bar, 5.5t ezrun combo, HPI 9mm offset rims and T...
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I had one of those for a little while. I was going to be crazy and combine the TAO3F with a TAO3 R and try to build a twin motor car. Never really finished it and ended up trading it for a XX4.
I have a built Buggy 2009 and have a 2010 Scorcher I want to keep in plastic for my son years down the road. I would just like to buy the Scorcher body kit to put on the buggy. I think the front body post is different. Is there anything else that I...
Just wondering if anyone on here as successfully polished the cast parts on the SRBs. I have both the buggy and scorcher done and while I was looking at them I thought it might be cool to break the Dremel out and polish. Problem is that I don't have...
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Polishes up real easy, just like chrome when done. I used mothers mag wheel polish.
Well I am jumping in with both feet here is what I am starting with? no much, but a great deal thanks again Mike!! Please fell free to give me your input. I can only hope this come out 1/2 as nice a Rizzo's cars. I am feeling orange its my favorite...
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no I lost intrest in it again its back on the shelf
Hey lads, I've been acquiring parts for this project for a few months now, and have recently finished building this, the Frankencamaro. So I started with a TA02 tub, added black gearcases, Tamiya Hardened prop shaft, Manta Ray suspension arms, TA01...
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That looks pretty mean. I was thinking about getting one of the ez run kits. What battery are you running with it? Im looking into lipo's and was wondering what kind of c rating would be good.
Ive got 2 Yeah Racing 3600 lipos (20C) and 2 Orion...
Here's a project that has been sitting on the bench. I wanted to merge an M03 chassis with a midnight pumpkin shell. Kinda looking for a hotrod truck.
Here's my progress so far:
Does anyone know what chrome wheels are available today that would fit the original Blackfoot? I don't know if the Blackfoot axles are completely different than the cars and trucks today. I'm hoping to find wheels with holes or slots and not...
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Diameter is 5mm. Length to the thread is 3/4 . Length including thread is 1.0 .
Well after I missed out on a Fox a while back, I kept looking and came up on a Hotshot. Now my problem is parts. I know Tamiya re-relesed the Hotshot. Are any of those parts compatable with the older one? Also, I'm having touble finding parts in...
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Looks like a good start. I'm ready to get my Hotshot build going!
Someone asked to see a car I had on my workbench a bit closer, so here it is. This is the original Super Champ I had when I was 12, which was a box of parts up until about five or six years ago. I had to get ebay to help me get it running again, and...
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Looks good, you put a lot of time in to it definitely the toughest SRB I've ever seen good job :wink:
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