crazy, so what's the deal the - are Tamiya releasing this buggy randomly around the world? How am I supposed to get a car to review if I don't know where I'll be able to buy it?
I have it pre-ordered from Japan, obviously cheaper but the main reason is because they get things first - but it seems it's being sold before the release date??

I'm keen to get this car

jasonrcb on here had his at the weekend at Coventry, think he said it came from Stella for about £80

I would be interested to know where to get the slipper clutch from and the hop up parts (cvd,s etc)

The only db-01 bits i see on stella are the black dish wheels.

They have had it, the car was ready a couple of weeks ago and in shops.... but the official release date is the 29th, not before. If Tamiya find they have been sold, they might not get them again till the official release day.

Who knows, maybe Tamiya is happy to see one of their products in great demand. Its not like they are losing money to anyone from getting their product earlier than normal, but then again i dont operate any type of business, so im not sure what the deal is.

i know for a fact that a lot of the BIG Tamiya distributors were not at all happy with the fact that they would lose out on initial sales due to people buying driect from large places in Japan, so they have instigated glabal release and global pricing, so in theory you shouldn't be able to get it any quicker from anywhere or at a cheaper price.

next update

arrived yesterday
full set of cvds...alloy rear hubs....10degree front alloy hubs....trf501 shocks....alloy belt tensioners so thats all now fitted and looking good

update email my oneway slipper clutch steering set should all be here in the next few days so looking forward to that the is starting to have a more race car feel now

just the carbon towers now which all being well should be sorted next week

where did you get the trf shocks from?

Check out Tamiya USA site and put DB01 in the search box, and up comes all the hopups and bits they have or had in stock slipper is amongst them M8:);)

tamiyausa wont sell any db01 bits till the 29th.... and I see there are no more db01's on ebay when I looked last night either.

There are DB01s in several shops in the UK, they came into the Hobby Company last Thursday and were dispatched immediately.

Good old Hobby Co - so they are selling it before the release date then whilst everyone else behaves?

If you have a problem with the Hobby Company selling something before it is available in Japan then you are better off taking it up with them.

I suppose the benefit is that the people who are prepared to support the UK shops get their cars a bit sooner this time around! If a shop in the real North East had one in yesterday then there would have been an assembled one on my desk right now!

To be honest the HC are probably are less concerned by an apparent release date and more concerned to get stock out of their warehouse as quickly as possible, rather than have it sit on shelves unsold.

oh well...

I know some may have been prospecting on tinternet as they can buy and ship kits to the UK from HK cheaper than HC can supply....

Found the slipper and cvd,s
http://www.fusionhobbies.com/Tamiya-...arts-s/328.htm

A bit pricey though...i,ll keep looking on ebay over the next few days,hopefully more options on the 29th

Tamiya durga
 

Hi guys,

Just finished my Durga. Here is a picture of it.

http://sicotange.skyrock.com/

I didn't figured out how to post pics on this awesome forum yet...
I made a lot of pics of the car so if someone could tell me how to post pics on this forum it would be great. Thanks in advance.

Greetings from Belgium.

If the pic is hosted on the web, just wrap the picture url with image tags.

so, [img]picture url[/img]

becomes

http://d9.img.v4.skyrock.com/d9d/sic...1892_small.jpg

Ok, thanks for the explanation Doomanic!

Looking good Sicotange. I love the body shell and i think it looks very nice in yellow. Now you just got to put a manly motor in her mid section and a few hop ups and your good to go.

Disregard the hop ups, it looks like you already got some on there. What brand of shock are those?

Thanks for the positive comments!

The shocks are those from my TRF501X. They are very smooth but I haven't had the time yet to test the car. As for the motor, i have a good GM dr.speed brushless (9T) that I will try very soon. http://www.oople.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

Durga Instructions
 

Has anybody who has a Durga looked closely at the instructions. By this I mean on page 7 it says "if you are using a more powerful motor they advise a slipper clutch Part # 51018. If you then turn to the end where all the part numbers are shown and look down at the hop ups they quote both the front one way and the slipper as part # 54017. On the outside of the box it quotes 54018 as being the slipper part # which i assume is the correct one. I guess they had the office boy make up the instruction sheets. I agree below that the hop up parts shown seem to be expensive. Still its early days. Ill look on ebay in a while. Also a member mentioned having a new body ordered. Is this the same as the one from Tamiya or is there an aftermarket body which would do. I cant paint worth a da** so would like a painted one. I like the yellow one mind you. It never occurred to me to paint mine a different colour than on in the instructions. Dah!!!!!. that what comes of being old!!!

tamiya shells normaly come with enough stickers to allow you to just blast one colour with no masking, and use the stickers to make windows etc.

Having just found out the trade price for a Durga from the Hobby Company, I'm not surprised.
Bloody annoyed, but not surprised!:mad:

yeah, and they still wonder why people including smaller shops, buy from HK....

Stellamodels has more than 10 Durga's in stock for a decent price right now.

RC-Champ, car, slipper, EMS £105, cvd's are not yet released so I ordered a set of yukky yeah racing 501X cvd's to try.

Take a look at the picture below:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachme...5&d=1196097279

Has anybody else noticed that you can plainly see the belt between the steering bellcranks :confused:

I thought this car was supposed to be sealed?

Has this person left out a part?

My pre-order from rc champ is ready, but I don't want the car if it's not sealed :(

Check out the build/first impressions thread at Tamiyaclub forums, They make mention of the belt in regards to being sealed.

The belts are sealed. The person that builded this car has forgotten to install a part that is "sandwiched" between the lower bulkhead and the big belt covers. Take a look at this picture. It's very difficult to see but I can assure you that the whole transmission is well covered. I will make a better shot of it soon.

http://sicotange.skyrock.com/photo.h...cle=1375001892

Thanks!

You wanting to replace your 501X or wanting a car for dusty conditions bender?

Australian tracks = dusty conditions :D

I don't get to race the 501 too often due to the maintenance aspect (although it's only fine dust that gets inside the car)

I also want to switch back to stick packs only as I race touring cars too, so the Durga hopefully fits both these requirements, plus I will already have the good bits from the 501 to put on it ie: shocks, CVD's etc ;)

I've never understood what people have against saddle packs. They also fit in stick pack cars without any mods.

because in one car, saddles work, in a tc, it just makes it very untidy, plus the cells generaly run pretty close to the belts to. I am in Benders train of though there... means I don't have to have two different sets of batteries (yes, I know I am fussy)

I have a tracking number for my durga and slipper unit... the cvd's are coming from elsewhere

But with current best practise being that you should equalise before charge, stick packs might not be great.

G

when we mean sticks, we means side by side, no loop wire to form saddles G Man....

So its tidier because you don't have the link wire? :o:rolleyes::wtf::eh?: