TRF501X Racing Buggy!!!

[jim76]

Originally Posted by Bathy

even the steering arm are blue alloy, killer on the servo… maybe?

Looks nice, wonder how much they will be asking for one?

the arms should be ballraced and free as anything, and would hopefully have a servo saver built in.

the price? well if the tourers are anything to go by......£$£$£$$£$£$£$£!!

[DCM]

Well, that is Tamiya for you, Bathy, the servo has a saver as a steering horn, so pretty safe.

As for price, they have had a complete rethink on their pricing structure in the Uk, and the TRF cars have come right down in price, plus, unfortunately, they are doing global release, so no more buying them from RC Champ and at half the price, boooohoooo

[dallasv8]

the F350 was sposed to be worldwide release too, but there are a lot popping up on the net already.and i have ordered from rc champ


the tamiya 4wd looks nice.the finished product will be interesting.i really hope the motor screws are easy to get to.

[kentech]

Originally Posted by jimmy

Kentech, you dont happen to live in Japan by any chance do you ? you seem to be right on the ball when it comes to finding these shots of the worlds warmup.

No no. I've lived in Finland all my life, except for 6 months in Burton on Trent...

Guess I just know where to look for stuff from Japan...

[jimmy]

haha, well you do a good job of it!
I used to know a lot more japanese sites but just dont have time to keep up with it any more. Just wish I could read the stuff!

[Marco]

Originally Posted by Northy

Reading this made me laugh!


However, anyone who has not driven a Pred and would like to try one is more than welcome to have a go with mine and make your own mind up.
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I would love to try your x10, right after i won against scott and his durango with my tamtech "the Frog"

[DCM]

if someone can read and translate Japanese, I got a job for them to do, heehee

[dallasv8]

try the google translater,comes out kinda funny but it works

[BenG]

DCM, I have a special programme at work, I think it translates japense, it is mucho bette than google or babel fish

[kentech]

According to http://www.tamiya.com/japan/hobbyshow/index.htm the TRF501X will be unveiled at the All Japan Plamodel Radicon Show 2006 ( ) held October 19-22 in Tokyo.

According to http://hobbyone.blog39.fc2.com/ the list price for the 501X is 79,800 yen. For reference the TRF415MSX MR (latest TC) has the same list price and is sold by Japanese shops for approx. 46,000 yen.

[jimmy]

Good stuff mate, works out at under 210, not sure that Tamiya UK would even bring something like that over here themselves so I guess overseas is the only option ? Have to see I guess.

I wouldn't really expect to see the car in the shops till well into next year, but hopefully we shall see some new spy shots (hopefully big ones) as soon as the show is on.

[DCM]

Originally Posted by www.tyrc.co.uk

DCM, I have a special programme at work, I think it translates japense, it is mucho bette than google or babel fish

Only good if it will scan text in from a book and translate it dude. As it is a guide book I want translating, or partialy.

[dallasv8]

rainbow ten has the trf buggy for pre order and it is now on the tamiya usa site.just no pictures

[jimmy]

I saw that on the r10 site, I wonder if they made the price up!?!
I can't see it being out for a long time personally, but I could be wrong.

[kentech]

The TRF501X will be available December 2nd.

http://www.tamiya.com/japan/news/new...ews1.htm#49401

[jimmy]

no way! I can't beleive it can be so soon, or even at all!. Thats great news.

The photo (of the prototype) still looks like it is using a lot of BJ4 parts so I wonder what the final car will look like ? or even if they will stick to using bj4 parts since the car will be a low volume seller maybe?

[BenG]

what bj4 parts are they using?

[DCM]

Wishbones, now, do I order one.....

[jimmy]

looks also like bj4 hub carriers, losi xx4 steering knuckles, associated shocks with the classic "too-short" front springs. possibly other stuff.
I cant really see Tamiya selling a car that uses anything from another manufacturer so maybe this will all be different on the final car.

[_sleigh_]

The price tag is a little steep too (79800yen = £358 ) or have I lost touch with reality??