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Originally Posted by Miggers

It still looks as good now as it did way back then.

I very nearly bought one,but after reading the reviews and race reports of the time,I went with the Optima Mid Custom instead.

You can see why it never worked as a racer,way,way,way over-engineered
and complicated.

Like I say though,it still looks fantastic,thanks for the review nismo.

J-Meister,it should handle brushless on the smooth tracks of today.
That was it's problem back in the '80's,it didn't handle,was fragile and complicated.It just didn't like the rough,bumpy,muddy outdoors "in a field" tracks that were most European(certainly a lot were in UK)circuits back then.

Tamiya expected it to blow away the opposition(it was their first "real" attempt to take the 1/10th off road crowns),instead the Schumacher and Kyosho opposition blew it over the fence.

Mark

Originally Posted by Apricot Slice

Nice job!!

Tamiya used the original tooling. You can see on some of the plastic bit where the tools have been remachined.
They must have a sky high pile of old tools somewhere.

Originally Posted by J-Meister

Awesome !!!! Do you think this one can handle a brushless setup ?

Originally Posted by jimmy

Awesome build thread!
Wow, I really want one of these buggys.

Originally Posted by supersonic

You should really press charges against Tamiya for modifying the rerelease. :-) Nice pics of the building process, though. The Avante is very good looking but I would never run it.

nic

Originally Posted by Mark Headling

Amazing build thread Nismo! As a kid that was on the dream Rc car list along with a Egress!

Out of interest have they done or any plans to do a Egress?

Originally Posted by Gayo

Awesome! Thank you for taking the time to dismantle your original car to show us the differences
I had an Egress back in the day... Memories

Originally Posted by Fredrik Emilsson

Yeah, great build thread!

The Avante is the best looking buggy of all times. Looks super from every angle.
Looks nicer without options like Hi-cap dampers etc.

Not gonna spoil the thread by adding pics, but have a look at this site:
http://www.tamiya101.com/model_info.asp?id=72

Some nice pics from different angles.

Originally Posted by supersonic

I thought the driver in the cab was part of the original avante? That looks so awesome!

nic

Originally Posted by Jedi Master

Awesome build thread. The end result is simply stunning!

thanks all for the comments. Cheers