Tamiya Hornet 4WD
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Tamiya Hornet 4WD
Hello All, I recently came across this video that featured a Tamiya Hornet that had a 4WD conversion kit. From the video it looks like it performed rather well. Does anyone know anything about this conversion kit?
Here is the video.
[youtube]MhQaZdp-WHQ[/youtube]
Here is the video.
[youtube]MhQaZdp-WHQ[/youtube]
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Re: Tamiya Hornet 4WD
Ahh that vid again...the last time I watched it, I had an epileptic seizure.
What I remember about that Hornet is that pretty much the only thing Hornet about it was the body.

What I remember about that Hornet is that pretty much the only thing Hornet about it was the body.

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Re: Tamiya Hornet 4WD
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Re: Tamiya Hornet 4WD
They were custom built chassis. They started with a Hornet, took the body off and put it to one side, then threw everything else away.urban hype wrote:Does anyone know anything about this conversion kit?

There's a mix of Hotshot parts, Kyosho parts and many custom made parts in there.
Grahoo, whose video it is, has built a modern interpretation of the 4wd Hornet. Basically a Hornet chassis grafted onto a DF03
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=47154&sid=418
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Re: Tamiya Hornet 4WD
Thanks for the info. I thought that it looked interesting and a rather challenging conversion if it actually existed.
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Re: Tamiya Hornet 4WD
I couldn't even watch the whole thing...
Buggy looks like a Kyosho Gallop to me.
Buggy looks like a Kyosho Gallop to me.
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Re: Tamiya Hornet 4WD
LOL... yah, i just was thinking the same thing...Coelacanth wrote:Ahh that vid again...the last time I watched it, I had an epileptic seizure.![]()
What I remember about that Hornet is that pretty much the only thing Hornet about it was the body.
Cool video though... thanks for posting!
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