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Originally Posted by terry.sc
Ebay and Tamiyaclub are your two main sources of vintage parts, one of the Tamiyaclub members makes alloy replacement parts for the Astute, and another is currently developing a range of reinforced replacements. A few of the parts are compatible with Tamiyas TR-15T nitro truck which uses reinforced versions of the parts and are still readily available from Tamiya.
As for a body Kamtec make an Astute replica |
nice one mate.
I saw the kamtec shell on ebay - 30 quid is a bit more reasonable. I should have looked after mine - but as a 14 year old I wasn't very clever at looking after stuff.
the re-enforced bits sound interesting; I do intend to race my super astute with other 2wd cars semi-seriously, albeit with a 10.5 as I don't trust the gearbox with anything hotter!