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My Taimya Hornet

Started by gti mad man , Jun 11 2010 05:37 PM

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#1 gti mad man

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 05:37 PM

Hi Guys my missus got me this for my birthday ,spent last few nights making it.!
Got the Acoms period controller from eBay and gave it a good old clean Posted Image

what do you think? Posted Image

Edited by gti mad man, 15 June 2010 - 04:00 PM.

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#2 .AJ.

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 06:06 PM

Quality mate, i love old skool tamiya's :good:

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#3 cerbrus2

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 08:24 PM

Lush. How much did you manage to pick up the techniplus for. wouldnt mined one for the Sand scorcher

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#4 gti mad man

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Posted 12 June 2010 - 04:51 AM

£6 or £10 posted result its mint to just paired it to a cheapo acoms servo and reciever,happy days

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#5 MINKIN2

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Posted 12 June 2010 - 05:43 AM

Love the old school Techniplus cnotrollers, I still use my original from 93. Shame that they decided to change them to the plastic-craptastic Autobot butt cheek design.

Liking the Hornet too, I should really post my ThunderDragon one day

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Posted 14 June 2010 - 09:32 AM

Looks great but are your front wheels on the correct way round? I'm fairly sure the screws are meant to face out?

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#7 53HRA

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Posted 14 June 2010 - 09:40 AM

Well spotted,yeah they are the wrong way round.Both sides have bearings,so its a simple mistake to get it the wrong way! :lol:

Nice Hornet mate,looks perfect in box art

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#8 djr2096

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Posted 14 June 2010 - 09:48 AM

That Hornet looks great!
I can remember building one of thought in 1990 for my friends cousin.
Was fun to build!!

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#9 Alvarez

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Posted 14 June 2010 - 02:00 PM

Great build and good job on the decals there are a bit of a pain around the rear of the car.

Cheeky, on 14 June 2010 - 09:32 AM, said:

Looks great but are your front wheels on the correct way round? I'm fairly sure the screws are meant to face out?

Oddly enough I built one of these and for some reason the screws that they give you to use on the front wheels are slightly too long so if you fit them the right way around the screws mash into the steering knuckles and prevent them from spinning. No harm in putting them the other way :]