Now the real test will be can you get it out together in less than 2 years... My sweet Subaru kit is still awaiting assembly. Someday.
Cody, I have told you before you were old enough to put this together check the age on the side of the box. You're good!
Nice. Tamiya makes some really nice models. My first model of a WRX was a Kyosho nitro powered RC car. Used to race that car back when National Hobby Co. was still in business at the West Moore Lake shopping area.
I might have the manual. I'll see if I can find it. Yeah, I like nitro cars. One of the guys I used to race with was a RC engine guru and showed me how to break in, tune, and port and polish these little mills. Only thing I didn't like about nitro was the mess they made after a long main. If your pit buddy was sloppy and dumped fuel over the car, it got cruddy real fast. I pretty much have switched to electric completely now. With brushless motors and lithium batteries, electric power has pretty much surpassed nitro, in my opinion. That and you can safely race indoors. I think that was what got Twin City Hobby & Raceway in Brooklyn Park shut down when they got busted for letting people race nitro cars indoors without proper ventilation. It got downright hazy in that room and your eyes would burn from the fumes.
Found the manual along with the exploded parts list, optional upgrade parts catalog, and leftover decals. And a shot of the side of the box with product description. Opposite side has same thing, but in Japanese.
Sick! I have 2 Losi rock crawlers... LI-PO & brushless is a real good combo. I tweak on those as much if not more than the rex's
Hey Blue, sorry to be taking your thread on a tangent. Hope you don't mind. I have an Axial SCX-10 rock crawler. Tried to get into the rock crawling scene with a friend, but I never got into it more than just getting the car itself. Too technical and slow, but still very cool. Now I use it to blast around in the snow. Solid front and rear axles and a 10 turn modified brushed motor with lithium batteries help it drift very easily. I agree. I wrench on the RC cars way more than on a real car. Much cheaper and I don't need a lift. Lately, I've pretty much been driving only my Kyosho Mini-Z and Mini-Z Buggy in my basement. Micro cars are the way to go in the house. Add some cardboard ramps and obstacles and you have an indoor track!
It's all good...we had competitions all over washington state with the Losi 1/18's... spent way too much money on them, brushless, lockers,beadlocks, coilovers,titanium gears & axles. Lots of fun. Then I built the buggy in my pic and the cash really started dissappearing, competed in that all over the west coast WeRock & Ultra4 racing
Cool video. I always admired the stop motion animations and how they are made. I think more time was spent taking the photos and editing than actually building the model. Yeah, it's amazing how expensive RC can get, especially if you are competing. I always tried to stay in the stock classes to keep costs down. I knew some of the more serious guys would blow paychecks on their cars just to stay at the top. I always went to a race with the mentality that I was there to have fun and if I won, that was just an added benefit. I rarely ever won, but sure had a great time and my wallet was happier. Lately, I've been taking a closer look at drones....
I took that thing places you would have a hard time climbing on foot, Hydro steering front & rear, 16" travel coilovers, air lockers in the diffs... point & shoot
