For more details of my builds, see this article: Taking Tamiya bodies to the next level
I've had this body for nearly 18 months and I originally bought it as a runner body for a TT-01 Toyota 86. I decided early on I wanted to do a Rockstar livery so I masked and painted the yellow, black and gunmetal last spring. Since then it's sat in a box as other cars have jumped the queue.
I wanted more of a Tarmac Rally / Rallycross look than the 24hr circuit racer of the original body so I removed the rear diffuser, trimmed the arches, added the roof scoop and swapped the mirrors and rear wing for WRC style items. I got a set of Rockstar stickers off eBay and made some of the others - Eneos etc. I reproduced the window frames so I think I used seven or eight of the hundred plus stickers that came with the body.
For the interior I used the RHD cockpit set as this places the driver further back. The LHD set puts him about 1cm too far forward. The driver is loosely based on Tanner Foust - the grey suit with yellow accents.
Rather than the basic TT-02 chassis I’ve been using recently I wanted to do something with a high spec one. I looked at the TRF-419 but the blue didn’t go with the black and yellow of this body, but this TB Evo.6 Black Edition was a perfect match. I’ve done a few things that most owners of this chassis would never do - remove the rear toe-in with another 1XB block, which I had to paint black as the kit items are black and are not available as spares, and removed the front bumper to make space for the intercooler. I also fitted dummy brake discs and the wheels are 26mm rather than 24mm.
For the electrics I chose all Tamiya items identical to the chassis box art. The car was almost ready but after fitting the electrics I decided that the zip tied wires were not going to cut it so I bought the tools to shorten the servo wires and a beefy soldering iron to do the motor to ESC wires. The soldering is not the neatest but it all works fine.
Details:
- Grille cut and meshed
- Eneos logo painted on grille mesh
- Removed rear diffuser
- Cut back rear arches
- Roof ariel
- WRC rear spoiler (Suzuki SX4)
- WRC roof scoop (Suzuki SX4)
- Race mirrors (BMW M3 GT2)
- Golf GTI cup wheels painted gloss black
- Styrene roll cage
- Exhaust
- Towing eyes
- Windscreen wipers
- Intercooler
- 3D bonnet pins (Wrap Up Next)
Chassis - Tamiya TB EVO.6 Black Edition
- Rear toe in removed with 1XB suspension mount (painted black to match)
- Tamiya TBLE-01s ESC
- Tamiya TBLM-01s 10.5T motor
- Tamiya TSU-06 low profile servo
- Tamiya TRU-07 receiver
- Tamiya LF2200 Li-Fe battery
- Shortened servo wires
- Deans connector on ESC
- Shortened motor wires soldered to ESC
For more details of my builds, see this article: Taking Tamiya bodies to the next level
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Written by TB member Kuhfarben (Adrian)
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