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boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy......
Why would one read a manual if one can use spax screws

Jonny wrote:

The GPM part sounds good - I assume the eBay widget below is the right one? but at 8 GBP I think I might try a fix on mine

Yep, that's the one. If it has six holes, it's the version for 16-21T.
There's also a (5-hole) specimen for 18-22T but I've read bad things about that one.
Cheapest place for a single item is probably here - comes to 8,80 euro.
So not much difference... great hop up though.
I think the regular part usually gets killed by overtightening.

For the record btw - I wasn't gonna sell the roller without any sign of a motor mount...
Gonna add the same GPM item in silver.

Well JR, it looks like you bought a RC car from a carpenter... hahahaha. Won't be long till it's in showroom condition...

Edou wrote:

Jonny wrote:

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Yep, that's the one. If it has six holes, it's the version for 16-21T.
There's also a (5-hole) specimen for 18-22T but I've read bad things about that one.
Cheapest place for a single item is probably here - comes to 8,80 euro.
So not much difference... great hop up though.
I think the regular part usually gets killed by overtightening.

Thanks

I liked the silver better, so ordered one of those ... came out at 6.68 GBP ...

668?

Neighbour of the Beast

Cleaning continues ... now onto the gearboxes & TBH I think these must be the mingingest bits I've ever seen - this is the water after 1/2 an hour:




Changed the water & ran for another 1/2 hour:





Another change of water & another 1/2 an hour, now the bits are clean enough to touch & scrub by hand:

JR wrote:

I liked the silver better, so ordered one of those ... came out at 6.68 GBP ...

That's a nice price for a great part.
Asiatees also has them in black (and even gunmetal I think) but I always feel it isn't very efficient ordering a single item there. That's why I usually end up having a spare motor mount (or two).

Edit - comment on the water :

that's nasty :I i though my hornet was dirty when i got it

never get people who buy Tamiya kits then cant be bothered to paint the bodyshell

in good hands now though, im sure it will turn out looking great

I just openend the pot of PC-5 Black polycarbonate paint that came with the car, I think it had never been opened before ... and it doesn't smell right

I think the formulation has changed very little over the years, the stuff I've bought recently smells very much like the the paint I used in 1985 (?) on a Hornet shell: isopropanol, methylated spirit (wood alcohol), and a whiff of Play Doh -like polymers (I have a sensitive nose, and a compulsion to smell things, inherited from my Dad ), but this pot smells different: a stronger smell of polymer, and a really heacy whiff of ... wait for it... marzipan

TBH i think I should just bin it, something weird has happend to it

good luck for restoration.
The sterring rod is a kyosho rampage one. And servos fixation is t2m universal adaptable ones. I have the same on some "french serie5000" you have some work with wood screws but the same parts seem in good condition. I have a lot of ta01 02 spare parts and yours is in relatively good condition. As front dampers stay and diffs covers. Often they are broken on screws holes. And for the engine support you can use a gpm ore a tamiya alloy hop up. It is better one.