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Hcp22 wrote:When we arrived to the country house it was perfect flat light, so I tock the pictures right away…
If you want pics from any other angle, let me know
Great pictures, could you get some close ups of the front, showing the steering bell cranks? I think these look custom made, I need to find a set for my TFR.

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I had one.
I was among the 100 pilots receive a TRF Japan.
On exellents memories.
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Bo Wallen wrote:I wonder how Magnus Balte liked the car Did he do good results in races.....and so on :?:
Magnus was lightning fast with his buggy’s on carpet indoors and usually ended up in the winners circle. But outdoors he wasn’t that fast, he had problem to adapt to the constant shifting surface and grip on the dirt, so usually ended up in the B-finals. He should have been fast with 1:12 and 1:10 on-road if he would given it a changes, but he quit in 94-95 I think.
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Hcp22 wrote:
Bo Wallen wrote:I wonder how Magnus Balte liked the car Did he do good results in races.....and so on :?:
Magnus was lightning fast with his buggy’s on carpet indoors and usually ended up in the winners circle. But outdoors he wasn’t that fast, he had problem to adapt to the constant shifting surface and grip on the dirt, so usually ended up in the B-finals. He should have been fast with 1:12 and 1:10 on-road if he would given it a changes, but he quit in 94-95 I think.
That was what i remember Flash Gordon indoors Outdoors i can't remember He was A driver and i was B class so never competed.
However i like the car a lot thinking it still will be a winner outdoors with an outdoor pilot. If you see Anders and Magnus say Hi
Very good guys :D
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I do still have the manual of the time, if necessary
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lancia wrote:I do still have the manual of the time, if necessary
:shock: Er, YES!

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Thanks for the great pictures!

Crusaderlyf, that TRF411X looks like a rip-off of a Kyosho Lazer :shock:

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I think (oddly) most all of the TRF vehicles I've noticed (not all of them) are blatant rip offs of something. Still love the 2wd and the story though!

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fakiee wrote:
Hcp22 wrote:When we arrived to the country house it was perfect flat light, so I tock the pictures right away…
If you want pics from any other angle, let me know
Great pictures, could you get some close ups of the front, showing the steering bell cranks? I think these look custom made, I need to find a set for my TFR.

Thanks,
Andy
Her you goo...
TRF 16.jpg
TRF 17.jpg
TRF 18.jpg
TRF 19.jpg
TRF 20.jpg
TRF 21.jpg
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Those ballcups look like Tamiya hop-up 53110 "6mm ball adjuster". The pivot balls themselves however look like Tamiya's stock brass balls made from aluminium.

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Thank You Lars ! Good Pictures :D Looks like the steering on the Astute. What year is the TRF from ? And what year was the Astute released ? Anybody out there knows ? My memory is fading ugh. Going Home Now :D
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Hcp22 wrote:
fakiee wrote:
Hcp22 wrote:When we arrived to the country house it was perfect flat light, so I tock the pictures right away…
If you want pics from any other angle, let me know
Great pictures, could you get some close ups of the front, showing the steering bell cranks? I think these look custom made, I need to find a set for my TFR.

Thanks,
Andy
Her you goo...
Thanks!! Really appreciate the close up pics, if you have time some more of the rear end would be useful, im sure these pictures willbe used for referencing for years to come!

Regarding the steering bell cranks, these are look like custom Tamiya parts, they are not from the Astute/Super Astute. Iwas hoping they may have been swiped from a RC10 or something? DOes anybody recognise them?
TRF 21.jpg
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Could the bellcranks be modified Houge?
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I will post more pics soon.
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More pictures
TRF 22.jpg
TRF 23.jpg
TRF 24.jpg
TRF 25.jpg
TRF 26.jpg
TRF 28.jpg
TRF 29.jpg
TRF 30.jpg
TRF 31.jpg
TRF 32.jpg
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