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andyaus wrote:

Oh boy However I have seen you do some pretty nice restoration work

Just looking back at that resto the bed was cracked in the same place Is that just a coincidence or a design fault?

Thanks Andy

I think you're talking about this resto thread Mountaineer ...
Well I have seen those cracks only on Montaineers, the Bruisers I have done never shown such cracks there.

I suppose the Mountaineer's bed length is making a stronger lever effect than the Bruisers on the body holders. And the rollbar is def. not helping during rollovers. This is my version of things.
Another point I'm taking into consideration is the paint used by the previous owner, for instance this body had 2 colours ! The first layer was black and the second blue. It looks like the solvent contained in the paint I removed were really aggressive with the plastic, have a close look at the pictures and you will notice how the plastic suffered and became like porous.
In the meantime I have glued the broken part just to see if it hardens enough. If it works i'll start the filling and sanding work.
I will start a post real soon for this.

Finished the TBG Vanquish body and wing with TCI decals.
Very good for repro stuff, but original is better.
I have an original decal set waiting for when the right orignal body surface

very Nice. I received my egress undertray by tbg today too. Hole for the rear is a little too short but feets Nice.

Tonight I prepared radio gears for the top force evo.
Tomorrow I need to wire the dynatech

vintage MC112B futaba esc tamiya servo 02H motor and 27 mhz radio set.

Did you notice there is something sticking in the TF evo where the motor is supposed to go?

YEP! The alloy motor mount wich is still inside. I didn't dismantle any part. It comed with me at work today to show it to my friend. I am too glad to have it . I decided to put the mini receiver inside and use my tamtechgear common transmitter before cleaning the saber tx.
Tomorrow I will have more time to discover this beauty and make a micro run inside the loft.

check the receiver before actually driving (range etc) I dont remember when I used that one.

I checked the radio set (very close tx to rx) and all seems to work fine.

I found this link on gogole to rebuild my 02H
tamiyabase.com/...mitstart=0

stingray-63 wrote:

found this link on gogole to rebuild my 02H
tamiyabase.com/...mitstart=0

Ah yes I used that one too for my rebuild

It is alive! Next step tonight, put it on the alloy stay and all inside the TFE and a small loft run