tamiya 1/14 trucks

[drivin_me_nuts]

Has anyone here made up one of these. . I was curious to know how they went together.

Cheers,

dmn

[backwoodsman]

Assuming you are talking about the R/C ones.

What do you want to know?

Edited by backwoodsman on Thursday 15th January 22:17

[backwoodsman]

Few build pictures.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Wow, love the colour of the king hauler. Beautiful.

Does building need any special tools?
With regards to the colours, do the Cabs need painting? If so aérosols or airbruah?

I've narrowed my choice to either he man 6x4 or the Volvo 6x4.

[backwoodsman]

You need, a posi drive, screwdriver, needle nose pliers, and then the Allen key, and box spanner, that come with the kit.

There are special edition versions, that come pre painted, or even chrome editions.

But most are white plastic, and most of us use automotive rattle cans.

[HARTLEYHARE1]

These look amazing, any links to sites dedicated, fancy a dabble for my birthday

[backwoodsman]

http://www.rc-trucking.com/

http://www.tamiyatruckin.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/tamiyasemitrucks/

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?s=a97aec...

Edited by backwoodsman on Friday 16th January 23:12

[backwoodsman]

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/rc-electric-models/rc-...

[HARTLEYHARE1]

Thank you for the links, will now start one of the best parts, picking and waiting for the box of joy

[backwoodsman]

Glad my links were of use.

Let me know if anyone needs more help.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Thanks. One more question for now, is it beneficial to replace the standard bearings with roller or ceramic ones - does it make a real difference to the way the models perform?

[Rude-boy]

Can't confirm for these but would imagine that it can only help from many years of destroying tamiya rc buggies

[laters]

Replacing the stock plastic/brass bushings with bearings does improve the Tamiya trucks quite a bit.
I use normal model grade rubber shielded bearings on all the trucks I've built.
I also replace the bushings on the trailer axles too.

The stock silver can motor that comes with the truck kit really could do with changing to a slower motor, I use either the 80 turn rc4wd motor or the carson poison motor, it makes the trucks better to control at slower speed and makes reversing etc more scale.

[SydneyBridge]

Are these the trucks at Alexandra Palace?


http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk

[backwoodsman]

Yes these are the ones at Alexandra Palace.

As said above, bearings are a good idea, as is the poison motor.

And for those unaware, these have a working 3 speed gearbox.