Avante MkII

[TRF_Tastic]

Get on Tamiya

[Northy]

Awesome

[FifteenthNeo]

Looks like a bodyshell option for the DF-03 chassis.

[jimmy]

COOOOL!
I want it! I am just building the keen hawk - its a nice chassis - I need the avante tho

[rado-steve]

an egress would be better

[Brat]

Agreed. The old time favorites are back in action with fresh new chassis! Is it been released?

[bender]

@ Brat

Off-topic I know, but that avatar you've got - it's a Nikko brat. Do you have one? I have the first conversion kit but for the life of me can't find the second kit

[stefke]

Sorry to dissappoint you, but this body seems to be for the mini 4wd racers, not for a 1/10th RC car :

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/ite...oduct-id=15369

But I would LOVE to see an original Avante reissue, not the Avante 2001 but the original, over-engeneered aluminium contraption that the Avante was !

I already bought the Frog and Hornet reissues and I'm rebuilding me original 80'ies Tamiya Wild One (my first ever RC car) .

Would also love a Hotshot reissue.

Jimmy, we should have a thread or poll on to be reissued vintage Tamiya's. My vote go to :
1. Hotshot
2. Avante
3. Fox.

[Elliott Hopkins]

Did I offer my opinion on this?

*BLEURGH*

There y'go.

I may post this on every forum that has a picture of this ... travesty is too strong a word.

The Avante was a tour de force. Not a personal favorite, but I could see it's cool factor. Reinvoking it's memory with a badly shaped shell on the DI's chassis, won't do.

Although modern day cam-lock wheels would be cool regardless of how heavy they are.

Elliott.

[FifteenthNeo]

Hmm, is this a photoshop image????? Definately a DF-03 chassis. Just the same as the first pic

[jimmy]

What in the name of chuffnuts is that supposed to be?
heavily massively photoshopped - but why? The front of the chassis has been 'chopped off', the gold stuff looks like it used to be chrome or even black (yeah I know the inside of the wheels is black)


but, wheres it from?

[jimmy]

ok ok, I know what it is, just a mock up using an enlarged photo of the 'Jr' series of mini battery cars (1/32nd?) overlayed over the DF03 chassis..
No wonder it looks so hideous! haha.
I am sure the real deal will look many times better than this.

[Elliott Hopkins]

Good 'Avante' logo.

[stefke]

For those interested in an original vintage Avante :

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI...4749&rd=1&rd=1

Take some nitro fuel to get rid of that hidious red paintjob, order a sticker set and I guess you have a beautiful vintage racer or shelf queen !

Sometyhing for you Northy ? BTW, how's the RC10T doing ?

[Brat]

Originally Posted by bender

@ Brat

Off-topic I know, but that avatar you've got - it's a Nikko brat. Do you have one? I have the first conversion kit but for the life of me can't find the second kit

bender, you're sharp! That's my first race specs Brat converted from Super Sprint in 1990. Not to mention about the kit, you can't even get the spares nowadays. LOL! Yeah. Its still running for me...my avatar had been taken only weeks back. Do you still have yours? I just restored the Brat and now moving on to my RC10.

[bender]

Originally Posted by Brat

bender, you're sharp! That's my first race specs Brat converted from Super Sprint in 1990. Not to mention about the kit, you can't even get the spares nowadays. LOL! Yeah. Its still running for me...my avatar had been taken only weeks back. Do you still have yours? I just restored the Brat and now moving on to my RC10.

I have the first kit - got it really cheap of ebay for about US$40

Problem is, I've yet to find the second kit by itself. They aren't coming up on ebay anymore, and the last time I saw both kits together, they were around US$400

So I just have to work out how long I'm wiling to wait for the 2nd kit, or maybe by an old SuperSprint or Dandy Dash and convert it.

[Brat]

Originally Posted by bender

I have the first kit - got it really cheap of ebay for about US$40

Problem is, I've yet to find the second kit by itself. They aren't coming up on ebay anymore, and the last time I saw both kits together, they were around US$400

So I just have to work out how long I'm wiling to wait for the 2nd kit, or maybe by an old SuperSprint or Dandy Dash and convert it.

Bender, you might wanna try emailing to nikko america as they still carry some parts for SuperSprint and Dandy Dash. You just gonna fix it up bits by bits with whatever you cab get a hand of. If you need the manual or any other parts, just pm me and I'll see if I have them spare.

[DCM]

aawww man, I had a nikko Supersprint, was quite a handy car on the car park we were racing on, and fully ballraced, was ace.

[Brat]

Originally Posted by DCM

aawww man, I had a nikko Supersprint, was quite a handy car on the car park we were racing on, and fully ballraced, was ace.

Back in days, Nikko Brat (converted from Super Sprint) was one of the pioneer for belt driven and top the 4WD race world. One of the top UP works driver, Kenny Chua from Singapore, had numerous winnings in International races using Brat. Until today, I still think that the making was TERRIFIC!

[BORMAC]

Hello all,here's my new BRAT build up with kit #1 and the Super Sprint.Would love to hear from you guys.