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Good to see you back, Richard!
Don't push yourself too much now...
Sent you a PM.

More progress today

Step 10 in the manual - building the front diff.

Step 11.
Fitting the diff into the gearbox and fit top cover.

Steps is taken from the prerunner manual.

Step 12 and 13.

Step 14 - Front shock tower, drive cups and upper control arms.

Front knuckles assembled.

Suspension bits fitted together.

Front end complete - Step 17
One driveshaft is a black one, the other ones are the white orginals.

Tub, servo and top deck fitted together.
Won't bother to change these as this is gonna be a runner

Suprised there is next to no slope in the steering assembly

Fitted

Nearly there

Some more bits fitted

Think I will use these wheels

The biggest question was, would the Capri body fit??

In short yes!!!
Only had to swap the rear body post's from the rear of the shock tower to the front, without turning them.
With a slight lowering (52mm shocks ish), the wheelarches will line up too

Rear arch

Front arch

And my favorite angle...

Amazing Richard.

larbut wrote:

Good to see you back, Richard!
Don't push yourself too much now...
Sent you a PM.

Thank you Lars!
I will try to hold back a little
Replyed to your PM

stingray-63 wrote:

Amazing Richard.

Thank you

Great progress on the Capri! I like your Lego wheel-stands!

larbut wrote:

Great progress on the Capri! I like your Lego wheel-stands!

Thanks Lars
Can't live without Lego, we are half Danish after all
Lego is great for sevral things, I use them to make sanding blocks, mock up blocks etc


I kept coing back and thinking, where did the tires go from the Zakspeed kit??
And it hit me, it was installed on my TL01 I keep in the cabinet in the living room.
It also had shocks, so now I have the bits I need to get it rolling.

Was thinking I had to buy a set of shocks and tires.
One thing that is better with the Zakspeed kit wheels and tires is that the rear is the wide version.
Same as the Porsche RSR ones, only difference my wheel barrels are grey insted of chrome.

So I stole those parts this evening and installed them on the TA02 Capri.
6 of the screws for the shocks should really be 14mm long to be really secure, but regular 3x12mm ones will do for now.

Think ride hight is spot on

Think the shocks are GPM ones, but not sure..

Deep dish me like

Front of body is resting on the gearbox, so I can't get it any lower.

I really like the look of those wide rear tires

Clearance is good

At front even greater

Gonna prep it for paint as soon I'm fit to do so
This is going to be the Würth version as that is I have for decals...

Final arty farty picture for the day

It is the first time that I see a tam capri so close. I am falling in love more than the kit picture. Another kit project...

stingray-63 wrote:

It is the first time that I see a tam capri so close. I am falling in love more than the kit picture. Another kit project...

Tamiya has nailed the Capri version, and like you I think Tamiya could have taken better pictures of it, as it's dang amazing
You can't go wrong with a Capri in your collection


This evening I cut the body, a task that allways makes me nervous

I think I will make a diffuser like the real thing as the Tamiya version simply want you to cut straight from side to side and leave the void where the diffuser lives on the real thing.