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Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:46 am
by ireg
Hi guys, need some inputs regarding Tamiya Bear Hawk,
I bought this car in haste, now I'm having problems on where to get "bevel gear" to make it run again. I have searched high and low in E-bay but find nothing :cry:
Do you have experienced to mod the gear with this car? (putting different gear that will not need big modification) :roll:
thanks :D

Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:33 am
by mikedealer

Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:11 am
by ireg
Hi, thanks for the link :)
Looking to the compatibility chart shown in the link, I might have similar bevel gear in my tool box. I will try to dig my old stuff first :P

Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:54 am
by Lowgear
As far as I'm aware the Bear Hawk shares some parts with the Stadium Blitzer and Falcon so that might help you out in your restoration.

Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:50 am
by ireg
Lowgear wrote:As far as I'm aware the Bear Hawk shares some parts with the Stadium Blitzer and Falcon so that might help you out in your restoration.
Thanks for the info :)

Found Bevel gear in my tool box hope this will fit nicely :shock:

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Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:11 am
by ireg
To restore or not to restore that is the big ?
I've stripped the gearbox to put the bevel gear but quite dissapointed about the current condition of the kit. :?
All the while I thought only the bevel gear is lacking to make this car running, but when I removed the screws,cracks show here and there. :roll:

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cracks here and there :lol:
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by the way do you know what is the brand of the rear aluminum shocks shown in the pic. If I'm not mistaken its not Tamiya :?:


the front shocks :cry:
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With my dissapointment I called it a day, and did not bother to disassemble the front part :evil: .

top view
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bottom view
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here is the body shell
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But in fairness to the seller of the kit, he charged me fair enough :) .

Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:28 pm
by slapshot1979
Ive got one of these slightly used sitting in its original box. could be forsale if it has great interest to you.

Re: Tamiya Bear Hawk to restore its glory

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:52 am
by ireg
slapshot1979 wrote:Ive got one of these slightly used sitting in its original box. could be forsale if it has great interest to you.

Thanks for the generous offer :)

I bought this by accident; and the price I paid for it is only equivalent to, one day track fee, two bottles of beers with appetizer and a bunch of fun :lol: .

What I'm looking for is a Tamiya Blitzer Body shell to use for this project :P .

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