yatawoonot Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi there, I am very new to this. I bought a Tamiya Mini Monte Carlo Xb about 6 years ago and are now looking to buy another car but this time in kit form for my son. Basically are they easy to assemble? .. The main question is do you have to do any soldering or is it just a bolting and screwing together exercise??? Any info would be of great help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epons300 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Very easy mate , and no soldering , which kit you looking at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yeah they are really easy to build, as per above just screwing stuff together basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatawoonot Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Not 100% sure yet but did find the tamiya rising fighter or may be the tamiya lunchbox, I have allowed my son to have a go on my mini and now he wants one and thought a kit would be good for him to learn how they are constructed......with help from me..... Plus would be fun for me... He is only 8 tho, Thanks for the reply mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GilbertRC1 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi mate, welcome to the forum. I've built several tamiya kits over the years and my opinion is that they are great fun to build. To answer your question they don't require any soldering, providing you keep the standard electronics and don't change the battery connectors, other than that the kits do simply bolt together. Personally I would recommend the grasshopper as it has a hard ABS plastic body that is easy to paint and doesn't require any trimming which can be difficult for first time builders. The chassis is very easy to put together as well, I've had one for several years now and I've had a lot of fun with i ( take a look at my YouTube channel for some videos, links just below). I would recommend that you buy from modelsport and order a bearing kit with the car as this improves it hugely and is easy to use as it just replaces the plastic ones in the kit. The only thing you need to add to a tamiya kit is a transmitter and servo, the best budget transmitter you can buy is the Absima CR2 SV2 and pretty much any servo will do, if you want something that's adequate then go for plastic gear or if you want something a bit more substantial then go for metal gear, they're more expensive but will last longer and can cope with more stress. All tamiya kits are of high quality and well worth the purchase so whatever you choose you can't go wrong! Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatawoonot Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi again, thanks for the advice all.... I was looking on the modelsport site, I couldn't find the site I bought from 6 or 7 years ago, all I can remember was it was down south somewhere, I will have a good look and use advice given...... Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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