Monkey Build

[lordnikon]

Ummmed and ahhhed about which kit to get, tossed up between the monkey or the Rat and went for the monkey in the end. Super quick delivery from Modelsport (next day) and i was like a pig in mud.

I had a micro receiver and radio gear already, along with a modelsport RV 12 sniper ESC (http://www.modelsport.co.uk/modelspo...products/31550), bought an LRP GT2 Turbo motor at the sametime (http://www.modelsport.co.uk/lrp-gt4-...products/37675) as i read afew reports of the supplied Ansmann motor being abit junk.

Must admit first impressions were good, went through the kit, all there and accounted for. Flicked through the instructions and all seemed clear and easy enough. I must admit that 95% of the kit lines up and goes together easy enough. I used non-supplied upgraded 3mm screws in the critical areas as the supplied allens are very easy to round off. The only problems i experienced were lining up some of the rear holes was alittle off, fettled and finally all together without too much hassle. The diff spring needed grinding down slightly, it was just alittle to large to go into the drive cup. Rear wing seems to catch on the rear suspension so thats been cut down slightly. Other than that it went together nicely.

Tried it out with a 7.4v lipo and it goes ok. Quick enough imo for a returning newbie and handles really well. Standard shocks will be ditched soon for adjustables, and i ball raced the entire car when i built it with a kit from rcbearings (£10). Once I've spent some time fine tuning it then I'll ceramic bearing the drive and make sure everything is all as it should be. Will probably upgrade to a brushless setup once i am happy with the handling and setup of it also.

I've built plenty of Tamiya kits in the past and this one stacks up ok. You can tell its been built to a budget but for the money i dont think you can go far wrong tbh. Bring on the racing .....