First installment on the build. Had a good crack at this yesterday, managed to get the little one of to his grandparents for the afternoon so had the house to myself for a good ol’ building session!
This is not not going to be a super detailed build thread but I will try to add as many photos and my own personal experiences as I can along the way. This is my first ‘advanced’ kit build by which I mean not a Tamiya kit! And also first time in larger scale high power models… so it’s all new to me!
First up is Bag A and Plastic Bag 1
Front and rear diffs I found fairly straight forward to put together. Note to self not too squeeze diff oil bottle too hard next time! But all gears feel nice and heavy and sturdy looking, bearings seem a bit nasty but we’ll have to wait and see.
So first thing I went for when I opened the plastic bag was the rear axle. It is a beast! Has the feel of good strong thick plastic, nice bit of weight to it and just looks huge. Assembly was no problem apart from one little hiccup of me not having a long enough hex driver to reach up the inside the rear drive shaft. That was soon rectified and bag A was finished.
I see what guys mean about the instruction manual! I’m only a few pages in and already have noticed the mistakes popping up!