Tamiya

Yeah, but got the rona innit

Haven't you lot got any bikes to ride?

Hate road riding and my preferred off road riding is deemed both too far away and unacceptably gnarly for these times.

This gives you an idea. Shot quality but now isn’t the time for ducking around outside with cameras.

7.4v lipo and a pretty sedate motor.

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Made a start on the Durga bodyshell and wing. No under tray as this a bathtub design.

1. Scored round the edges with a craft knife.
   
   

The shell is interesting as it has two cut lines at the rear, depending on how much air flow you think you'll need.

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\2. Then snapped off the easy bits - the long straight sections. You get a nice straight edge but it will still need a spot of sanding.

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\3. Curves. Slightly harder without curved scissors. The shallow ones you can break in to straight sections then snap away after scoring.

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\4. Some quite rough trimming around the higher curves. I'll revisit these with the Dremel.

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\5. Test to see if the cable layout for the motor would actually work. It didn't. Not enough vertical height above the speedo when the motor wires are exiting fully aft.

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\6. Flipped the speedo around. Much better. Room for the motor wires to exit up and over.

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Here it is with the pre-sanding body and wing dropped on top.

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I need some help, please.
My son has a Wild Willy II that he (we) broke last summer. Now being the ideal time to fix things, I've dug it out for repair. On inspection the problem is a missing right side drive shaft. I've measured it with calipers (CAD pic). I think I've sourced a replacement (catalogue pic), but I wanted to check how they measure dimensions.
The existing left-hand one measures (by my calipers) 44.7mm externally, and, as best as I can estimate, 39mm center to center.

The one I've found describes it as "39mm" but is this a center to center dimension, or an external dimension?

https://www.rcteam.fr/ta-05-ta-06-ta-07/32210-tamiya-cardans-roues-39mm-50883-4950344508839.html

It's a French site, as the English site I found with the same part won't deliver outside of UK for now:

https://www.timetunnelmodels.com/live/catalog/tamiya-50883-39mm-drive-shaft-p-8934.html

I'm assuming it's the right size part, but any expert confirmation would be appreciated before I order it.

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What's the chassis code for the WW2?

Looks like Tony has the part above. Ask him?

Edit, in his listing it says it's compatible with WW2, so order from him and jobs a goodun?

Always use Tony, he's fantastic at getting stuff from Japan on special order too.
Durga's coming on nicely.

Great, thanks !

And just for future reference, is this the chassis number here ?

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Not in the Duke of Hobby league like you lot, but just ordered this

https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/298720/?gclid=CjwKCAjw1cX0BRBmEiwAy9tKHu6jK6dIjgne_oJEFYD3DfJuvgUbzvbscIyngOOMiwatrEDBaq4jQRoCGx8QAvD_BwE

"for the kids"

Hehehe

Think that’s the serial.

Each chassis has a code that refers to the ‘platform’ it represents, ie DB01, DN01, DT02 etc.

Looks like it’s WR-02

https://tamiyabase.com/?option=com_joodb&view=article&joobase=21&id=81&Itemid=1063

Yes, that looks like the one, though I can't find that anywhere on the chassis.
Not to worry, got the part info I was after, thanks for that.

Cool. If you still have the manual it will probably have the chassis code on the cover somewhere.

Yes mate!! Top work

Yes!!! Been looking at this for the 5yr old after she almost totalled the top force...

Manuals all on Tamiya.com as well.

Avante grip-rolled. Oops!

Any tips for getting scratches out of polycarbonate?

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Buy another shell? One for running, one for shelf.

Yep, already there. New shell, tray and wing in the box. Wasn't thinking of box arting that one too though.