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tamiya should really offer the two body types for each model they make

I agree they should do an ABS Unimog body, but there's really little point in doing a fragile styrene "scale" body for any of the "stunt" type cars.

You have to bear in mind that making lexan bodies is the "much cheaper" option, vac-forming tooling being far simpler & cheaper than tool-heads for injection moulding machines.
I'm surprised Tamiya haven't explored the vac-forming ABS route yet (Which is what Kamtec do for their ABS bodies). Sure the vac-formed bodies lack the detail of the I/M styrene ones, BUT the material type does allow you to modify them easily with glue, plasticard, welding & painting methods. (Can't really do much with lexan..)

Uh Oh! Willy is going tamtech (tamiyablog)

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From my opinion, the body doesn't look that good on the Tamtech Gear chassis, which is mainly due to the wheels sticking out so far.

I wonder what's the vehicle in the 3rd picture. Could be a BMW Z4 class E85 or E89.

GregM wrote:

From my opinion, the body doesn't look that good on the Tamtech Gear chassis, which is mainly due to the wheels sticking out so far.

And the fact that they're relatively small. Never think that's a good look...

I hope the do a 1/10 Suzuki SJ body - my bro would die for one I'm sure! (He's a massive SJ fan)

TamiyaUSA lists the Suzuki Jimny Wheelie #58531 on the WR-02 chassis as being 1/10 scale, although I'm not 100% sure if they in fact just mean 1/10 chassis or 1/10 body (which should be the same body as on the Tamtech-Gear-chassis).

body is the same, they just tried to put a street look on it with a tamtech chassis.
kind of like the Willy Wheeler 2000 Tamiya did with the bodyset for the WR02 with the 4wd boys racer wheels.

Do you mean that one?
blog.roodo.com/...t-19641867
I've never heard of the Wheeler 2000 before... I think it looks cool.

GregM wrote:

Do you mean that one?
blog.roodo.com/...t-19641867
I've never heard of the Wheeler 2000 before... I think it looks cool.

thats the one cool, project huh!

this is the wheel donor

those wheels are sometimes offered for way out prices like 60$ were you sometimes can get the entire car NIB for 30

OK, just saw on ebay somebody is offering the set of 4 wheels for 199$