walkbythesea Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, TWINSET said: Ridiculous Tamiya Idea #438: Changing the battery Loosen two screws at '1' Remove two 'body clips' from steering assembly at '2' Lift shock and steering bellcrank sub-assembly '3' out of the way, pivoting on shock ball ends '4' 💩 Skip to 54:56 - They don't even get the battery out 😆 Just wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie amey Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Where’s the motor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, Alfie amey said: Where’s the motor? Somewhere in this mess I reckon 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzock Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 That body is so ugly..... Let alone the 'ease' of battery replacement... Ian... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 26/06/2021 at 09:25, Alex97 said: Is there even room for anything other than a stick pack? The more info that comes out, the worse it gets 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie amey Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 46 minutes ago, walkbythesea said: Somewhere in this mess I reckon 🤷♂️ Wow definitely tucked away to say the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 9 hours ago, TWINSET said: Ridiculous Tamiya Idea #438: Changing the battery Loosen two screws at '1' Remove two 'body clips' from steering assembly at '2' Lift shock and steering bellcrank sub-assembly '3' out of the way, pivoting on shock ball ends '4' 💩 Skip to 54:56 - They don't even get the battery out 😆 It's over engineed, look at the inspire 4 buggy to see how it should have been done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, Alex97 said: Look at the inspire 4 buggy to see how it should have been done. I’d never heard of it and just looked at it on a weebly website that said a Kickstarter in 2019 failed to raise the required backing - any news about it since then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 53 minutes ago, walkbythesea said: I’d never heard of it and just looked at it on a weebly website that said a Kickstarter in 2019 failed to raise the required backing - any news about it since then? Have a look in Facebook, is due later this year. Very nice looking kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Alex97 said: Have a look in Facebook, is due later this year. Very nice looking kit. I’m not a Facebook user, is there a website with details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooza Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 https://mroracing.weebly.com/inspire4.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stooza said: https://mroracing.weebly.com/inspire4.html That’s the website I saw, maybe I misunderstood but that suggested the project went on hold in 2019 when the Kickstarter failed - there’s no pricing or release info that I can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 9 hours ago, walkbythesea said: That’s the website I saw, maybe I misunderstood but that suggested the project went on hold in 2019 when the Kickstarter failed - there’s no pricing or release info that I can see That's all on Facebook, you can view profiles without signing in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badcrumble Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) The Inspire4 is £449, the TD-4 should be significantly less than that. TheTD-4 is not meant to be a top-end race buggy either. The $449 quoted for the TD-4 is the MSRP, suggesting a shelf price of$300-320. Hopefully the UK / EU price will be reasonable Edit: news suggests £305 to £325 UK price, due in October. Edited June 28, 2021 by Badcrumble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooza Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, Badcrumble said: The Inspire4 is £449, the TD-4 should be significantly less than that. TheTD-4 is not meant to be a to-end race buggy either. The $449 quoted for the TD-4 is the MSRP, suggesting a shelf price of$300-320. Hopefully the UK / EU price will be reasonable I get that, but what is it meant to be then? I grew up with Tamiya and I still have a lot of love for some of their stuff (I think the TT02 is an amazingly capable stock racer) but I just don't get what this is. Too weak for bashing, too impractical for racing, too ugly fir the shelf! 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I was getting interested until I saw the battery palaver, to quote the Dragons "I'm out". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie amey Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 For anybody who wants one, they are now up on tjd models https://www.tjdmodels.com/product/tamiya-super-avante-td4-4wd-110-58696/ ive seen the price and i too as our, I’ll save the money for a mro inspire4 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 About £100 too much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooza Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 £306? I recently paid £150 for a brand new PR Racing Sb401r. I just don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turok007 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 It gets a lot worse they are releasing hop ups for it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 7 hours ago, Stooza said: £306? I recently paid £150 for a brand new PR Racing Sb401r. I just don't get it. Tamiya Tax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie amey Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, walkbythesea said: Tamiya Tax Yeah but £300 is top tier race buggy price not a plasticy car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 9 minutes ago, Alfie amey said: Yeah but £300 is top tier race buggy price not a plasticy car They’ll still sell though, because Tamiya… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrylemming Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Does anyone else think it's ridiculous it doesn't come with a slipper clutch? That's going to be a required upgrade to use a brushless motor with ball diffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Alfie amey said: Yeah but £300 is top tier race buggy price not a plasticy car Don't forget it will not only include bearings (!) but also a silver can 540 and an ESC you'll probably bin too 😆 If you're dead lucky, it'll even have a butter-soft alu pinion which you'll have to replace as well 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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