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I've always had a soft spot for the Wild One / FAV, for the same reason, it looks more realistic.
I've just been reading up and hadn't noticed that the Blockhead version of the Hotshot 2 has a higher sitting roll cage, now I've noticed it it looks so much better! Its got me thinking about a Hotshot with the higher cage fitted...
It's amazing how many aluminium parts are available now too, I can imagine if you used as many as possible it would be a fairly heavy thing to run, but would look awesome as a shelf queen
I've just been reading up and hadn't noticed that the Blockhead version of the Hotshot 2 has a higher sitting roll cage, now I've noticed it it looks so much better! Its got me thinking about a Hotshot with the higher cage fitted...
It's amazing how many aluminium parts are available now too, I can imagine if you used as many as possible it would be a fairly heavy thing to run, but would look awesome as a shelf queen
tim0409 said:
My Egress kit arrived today!
I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
Lovely!I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
What are the additional costs of importing from Germany? Did you have to pay import duty on it?
ThisInJapanese said:
tim0409 said:
My Egress kit arrived today!
I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
Lovely!I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
What are the additional costs of importing from Germany? Did you have to pay import duty on it?
tim0409 said:
ThisInJapanese said:
tim0409 said:
My Egress kit arrived today!
I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
Lovely!I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
What are the additional costs of importing from Germany? Did you have to pay import duty on it?
eccles said:
tim0409 said:
ThisInJapanese said:
tim0409 said:
My Egress kit arrived today!
I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
Lovely!I bought it from Tamico.de with my Halifax Clarity card (really good rate for purchasing in a foreign currency), and with the delivery charge it came to £302. I assumed I would have to pay vat and a courier admin fee but it would still be cheaper than the £509 UK price. I’ve just come back to find the kit left with my neighbour with no duty to pay so it must have slipped through the net? I have a Buggy Champ coming as well so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
What are the additional costs of importing from Germany? Did you have to pay import duty on it?
eccles said:
Hopefully you have got away with it, but just be aware it can be several weeks after you get your goodies that the import duty and handling fee invoice turns up to spoil the party.
I’ve just had notification from Parcel Force that the second package (Buggy Champ) has duty to pay before it gets delivered. Apparently they are writing to me to let me know how much and how to pay, which seems a bit odd given it’s 2024 and presumably they could just email me with a link to pay it! Hopefully I won’t get any emails further down the line for the Egress!!I've just ordered a Hotshot 2 Blockhead edition from Tamico, fingers crossed it gets through but is above duty threshold.
The Hotshot has always been my favourite buggy, but always thought it looked a little odd with the squashed cockpit.
One of the BH edition changes is a higher roof, and I think it looks much better!
I quite fancy ending up with a hybrid of Hotshot 2 with original Hotshot red and matching decals.
The next challenge will be finding some red CVA shocks to replace the BH yellow ones and other yellow parts, might have to get some red alloy ones instead. Also, the BH edition body comes prepainted, so that could be an issue too.
Edit: just realised I typed a lot of this last week!
The Hotshot has always been my favourite buggy, but always thought it looked a little odd with the squashed cockpit.
One of the BH edition changes is a higher roof, and I think it looks much better!
I quite fancy ending up with a hybrid of Hotshot 2 with original Hotshot red and matching decals.
The next challenge will be finding some red CVA shocks to replace the BH yellow ones and other yellow parts, might have to get some red alloy ones instead. Also, the BH edition body comes prepainted, so that could be an issue too.
Edit: just realised I typed a lot of this last week!
Edited by Stussy on Tuesday 12th March 21:14
Stussy said:
I've just ordered a Hotshot 2 Blockhead edition from Tamico, fingers crossed it gets through but is above duty threshold.
The Hotshot has always been my favourite buggy, but always thought it looked a little odd with the squashed cockpit.
One of the BH edition changes is a higher roof, and I think it looks much better!
I quite fancy ending up with a hybrid of Hotshot 2 with original Hotshot red and matching decals.
The next challenge will be finding some red CVA shocks to replace the BH yellow ones and other yellow parts, might have to get some red alloy ones instead. Also, the BH edition body comes prepainted, so that could be an issue too.
Edit: just realised I typed a lot of this last week!
The re-re Hotshot 2 has red shocks so they should be available as spares soon. BTW they’re a much brighter red than the original HS2 parts. The Hotshot has always been my favourite buggy, but always thought it looked a little odd with the squashed cockpit.
One of the BH edition changes is a higher roof, and I think it looks much better!
I quite fancy ending up with a hybrid of Hotshot 2 with original Hotshot red and matching decals.
The next challenge will be finding some red CVA shocks to replace the BH yellow ones and other yellow parts, might have to get some red alloy ones instead. Also, the BH edition body comes prepainted, so that could be an issue too.
Edit: just realised I typed a lot of this last week!
Edited by Stussy on Tuesday 12th March 21:14
tim0409 said:
generationx said:
See the previous page - I did mine in blue and think it looks great!
I’m definitely leaning towards the blue; the red is nice but it looks a bit too “orangey” in the pics I’ve seen of completed cars.eccles said:
I suppose it's the colour you paint as to how it comes out. I painted my original one red, but it certainly wasn't orangey red.
This might sound mad but I’m keen on keeping it “box art” and the manual says (I think) TS12 which is orange (although it looks redish), so I think I will stick with blue, which is the colour the car is on the side of the box.Gassing Station | Scale Models | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff