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Thanks guys i did think about that method but wanted it confirming by someone who had done it before

Jon your build thread has helped me out a lot you have highlighted all the pitfalls i even used your drift idea to insert the bearings in to the axle drive gears worked a treat

One thing im not very impressed with is the polycarbonate driver it lacks realism even though its been cut out perfectly it just looks a little pants i think. I have a spare Marui Hunter injection moulded driver figure here im wondering if i could make a mount for him and fit him in instead? he certainly has a lot more detail to him. what do you think of this idea?

HI!... I think AE dropped the ball on the driver figure. That style driver should be in a road car, not a buggy. It can still look good if painted up. Mines not the best example but this is how I did mine.

Sure does look nice im still undecided which way to go yet i had a little mishap earlier while fitting the outdrive gears on to the gear pivots the manual stated to use lock thread on the screw that fits inside the drive cups to lock them on to the shafts. I did this only used a tiny amount but it ran down the thread and on to the shaft and when it went off it locked the bearing to the shaft so it didnt have any free play on one side i had to take it all apart and rebuild the whole thing again. its all working nicely now though after i cleaned it all off the shaft luckily the bearing seems undamaged as getting the retaining clip out to replace it would have been a nightmare. this build sure has been a learning curve for me up to now i see what you meant now when you said its a racers car it definitely is more challenging to build but i guess thats half the fun.

tamiya wrote:

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One thing im not very impressed with is the polycarbonate driver it lacks realism even though its been cut out perfectly it just looks a little pants i think. I have a spare Marui Hunter injection moulded driver figure here im wondering if i could make a mount for him and fit him in instead? he certainly has a lot more detail to him. what do you think of this idea?

The RC10 driver is no better & no worse than other vacform figures I've seen ... It's a bit poor on the details but at least it does have a seat, dashboard & other bits as part of the sculpt - unless you're going to replicate that, I suspect any styrene figure is going to look a bit lost

Your right Jon i placed him in tonight and he looks lost inside it almost the wrong scale.

Making slow progress completed the gearbox tonight got a new titanium 18 tooth 48 dp pinion in the post and my new steering servo too.

Received your body posts and clips today Jon thanks very much they look great nice manufacturing skills I mounted the front one using the two kit supplied washers hope this is right?

tamiya wrote:

Received your body posts and clips today Jon thanks very much they look great nice manufacturing skills I mounted the front one using the two kit supplied washers hope this is right?

Yup, long one on the front with the two washers, shorter one on the back

Thanks Jon i appreciate the help and advice

Excuse the blurred pic but a quick shot this is how it sits up to now:




This is the pinion i picked up from feepay hopefully it will be up to the job i am going to be running a 19 turn motor on a 14 turn limit esc?