Tamiya Audi Quattro A2

[Leithen]

It's been 35 years since I stopped crashing my way round national circuits with 1/8th scale ic cars - mainly Serpents and then SGs.

Lockdown has done the inevitable and I find myself having weakened and bought something that vaguely resembles the original Tamiya electric Williams that first started the obsession in the late 70's..

Not sure how good or bad the Quattro kit will be, but any tips and pointers will be gratefully received.

[Leithen]

generationx said:

The world is your oyster with the TT-02 chassis. I'm just finishing a highly-optioned one at the moment and found this page very helpful (at emptying my wallet...):

https://www.thercracer.com/2014/08/tamiya-tt02-gui...

Ahhh. The rabbit hole appeareth...

That's great, thank you - I have already got bearings so it will be interesting to see what it is like to work on.

[Leithen]

Jasey_ said:

Top tip - there are different size white plastic spacers - One size for the 4wd shaft and the others for the wheels.

Don't use the wheel ones for the shaft as they are a little small - When you come to do the wheels and discover the plastic spacers are too big you realise you need to disassemble the shaft.

And that is pretty much the last operation affecting something that is number 3 or 4 in the instructions.

Thank you! That would have pissed me off!

[Leithen]

generationx said:

By the way the absolute first thing to consider is buying a steel bearing set, this improves efficiency and therefore run-time on a battery charge.

For example:

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-4wd-tt-02-chas...

That's exactly who I ordered mine from! Arrived this morning.

[Leithen]

Finally got around to finishing the mechanicals.

Goes very nicely. I think the bodyshell may be a bit harder however....

[Leithen]

Not sure - you'd have to put more rugged tyres on it - but the body is designed for a "high" chassis setting.

[Leithen]

matrignano said:

The suspension will never be high enough for woodlands I would have thought?
At best slightly gravelly and potholed tarmac

Yes, it's no buggy.

[Leithen]

Need to stop procrastinating and start masking.

[Leithen]

Starfighter said:

Some interesting build tips here including some LED fittings and the decals.

Part 1 https://youtu.be/pWTQXHZEDKs Build
Part 2 https://youtu.be/_k_XLfd2ORU Decals
Part 3 https://youtu.be/cgj2Re0fbds LED setup
Part 4 https://youtu.be/TeQD09raJQE LED installation

Thanks for those - not sure I'm going to go down the LED route.

Mildly terrified of the decals.

[Leithen]

Progress of sorts, but the black front grill is a bit of a bd to mask....

[Leithen]

A small amount of spray bleed under the front grill, but otherwise it's begun!

How many hours between coats?

[Leithen]

Well, fked up with the front grill somewhat - too liberal with the last coat trying to get it into the corners - it bled under the masking. Ho hum. It will just have to have that slightly battered rally look. Rest of it has turned out fine.

Once the myriad of decals are on it will probably look fine. (They appear to need to be cut out... arse.)

Quite nostalgic getting high on spray paint again.

[Leithen]

Jasey_ said:

You might want to consider yoga or meditation prior to attempting the decals

It did cross my mind that I could prevaricate by trying to find HB decals ....