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Hi dudes! I'm back with a new restoration: The amazing "Tamiya Wild Attack One".
Here the starting point of this rescue...

As you can see, the whole is in poor condition.
The challenge : Waking up the thing... With the lowest budget as possible.

yeahhh my neighbour! Nice mixed favone. Fav body, probably WO chassis, WO trans and blitzer beetle front shocks.
I made a similar mixresto. I should have old front shocks if you want.

First of all, see what can be kept, at this step I don't now what will happen with this frame.
But i sanded it with a sandblasting gun & baking soda, polished the roll cage with... Shoe shine, refilled the right & left gap with plasticard.
Last but not least : I built a wonderful roof (isn't it?) from aluminium sheet.

However the drive train isn't so bad (but no bearings).
All the suspension arms show an important slack, the shocks died in horrible suffering (All wheels & tyres too).
The hood is out of order...

stingray-63 wrote:

yeahhh my neighbour! Nice mixed favone. Fav body, probably WO chassis, WO trans and blitzer beetle front shocks.
I made a similar mixresto. I should have old front shocks if you want.

Ah Stingray, how are you? thanks for your help, but this resto is over... I'm just maintain a terrible suspens.

meeeheuuuuuuu. I am back closer than you with 2 projects on road in parallel than my home changing :b
A grashopper runner rebuilding and a sonic fighter wich need a lot of care. I am waiting your resto.

Hi everybody!
So we were in July of 2016... And the project is stopped until September, when i found on a flea market a box full of RC parts, i bought it.(10€ after negociation).
Inside: A brand new body for WO and some other useful parts. (like screws, pins, body mount , scale crawler lights... )

Motivation is back! Painting and re-assembly as programm. But a probleme remains : important play between arms and shafts.
What could i done? Here is my solution:

I needed: pipe cutter, 6X5 mm & 4X3 mm brass tubing, column drill, furnace , freezer, maybe a beer too!

1) Cut 4 parts from 6x5mm tubing (1 for each arm) with the pipe cutter.
2) Drill each arm to 5.9 mm; Use the column drill for an accurate result.
3) Place the 4 brass parts in the freezer for a night.
4) Place the 4 arm in the furnace (15 min at 40°C or 104°F).
5) Insert brass parts in each arm ( be fast) let it cool.
6) Take your beer.

Front:

Apply the same technic for kingpin but drill ONLY the plasic part and insert 4X3 mm tubing section (two for each).

Rear:

But only one problem for the rear is fixed, you must block the shaft to fixation.
Drill support & shaft together at 2.5mm and thread the shaft to M3. Use a M3X8 screw. (the column drill is more than useful).

Grind a little bit the reinforcement (each side).

impressive! I can only offer you the beer
I will give you my playing parts.....

Yes, this is the weak point on Tamiya products. Brass rings are a reliable solution. I use a special lubricant: Gear Flon which is a PTFE oil. And I noticed that there were no signs of wear or play...

Shock absorber.
This little FAV was equipped with Tamiya hop up shock absorber. I found these ones much to stiff. So I ordered 4 from Ebay.
For the rear ones I changed the springs and I installed 2 springs tared at 2 Kg, without preload.
For the front absorbers, the springs are original, but I reduced the length. (no preload)
The 4 measure 72 mm hole to hole.
Tamiya:

Front

Rear:

www.ebay.fr/itm...EBIDX%3AIT

Nicely equipped. I love these shocks.