I appreciate the commitment to a color scheme. Ive always wanted to build a hornet with 100% orange/black aluminium upgrades, but god dam, i could probably buy an avante for that price.
Your builds are on an entirely different level than the majority of builds, Just breath taking, I could watch you build these rigs all day long, Thank you!
my first RC car was a grasshopper that i eventually upgraded to a hornet then bigger motor bigger battery and all kinds of custom mods like steel studded tires etc.. it would shred grass!
Absolutely sensational 👍🏻 Somebody once told me “You can’t make a Silk Purse from a Sows ear” ,well, obviously nothing could be further from the truth here. Your tool kit is as equally impressive to by the way. Tamiya really need to lift their game with what they turn out with all their resources compared to what’s being done here at home. Excellent stuff.
Thanks! I appreciate the comment :). I do wish Tamiya made more proper TRF level tools available and accessible. It's so hard to get them (like the TRF drivers) and then they're expensive or discontinued. One day...
The Lancia Stratos is in my top 5 best car designs of all time as well next to the Lamborghini Countach, the Ferrari 288 GTO, the Lotus Esprit and the Ferrari F355. I wouldn’t have seen the potential of creating a Stratos hommage in that Tamiya kit but you did. Bravo!
Thanks, Wim De Pril! Definitely the Countach is in my top 5 and Esprit is in my top. 288 GTO is up there too. Sadly, I'll only be able day dream about them.
Wow, just amazing! Those is one of the bodies I do not like, but after you work this is how it should have looked from factory. And the Stratos livery was just perfect!
A tamiya buggy I hate the look of to one on the best I have seen! Unbelievable transformation, would never of thought of making a stratos buggy. Maybe your best work yet 👍
Mind-blowing... One of my top 3 of yours. There are few things a like more than sleepers.. The cheaper the car the better to turn it into something amazing and you did it again.
What a great interpretation of the Lancia Stratos, the Statos is such a beautiful car. Your workbench is so clean, you have inspired me to keep mine much more organized. Would you consider making a video showing the tools that you use, such as the soldering iron, files, screwdrivers, etc? I have purchased the Tamiya 8 piece tool set which is really nice to use, but I would like to add a few more pieces. Look forward to your next video.
Thanks, happy beatnik! That Tamiya 8 piece tool set is one of the best deals that's hard to top. I take it with me when I run RC cars because it almost has every basics needed and comes in that compact case. I will one day feature tools as that is one of the most requested video. However, I might just do entries on my website-still building it. Stay tuned! And thanks for watching.
putting a cm or two length of low gauge heat shrink wrap around the ends of the cable braiding is what i do to cover up and prevent the ends from fraying more once i get stuff installed. nice work. also putting bearings instead of the stock bushings and a lower wind rotor in those tamiya RZ motors can really make them shine if you have a high enough amp ESC. i threw an old orion 13x2 in my RZ with a few shims to get it to fit right and a fresh set of trinity bearings instead of the stock bushings (yuck) and it really woke up with a hobbywing 80amp brushed esc. i have also tried the reedy radon that they still make, the rotor from the radon 15T 4100kv is a good upgrade matched with the beautiful RZ can. also definitely ditch those old style bullet plugs on the motor wires for new ones or some deans. cheers love the videos
Thanks for watching, k k. Thanks for the recommendation. I keep forgetting to buy large heat shrink tubes. Yes, there are times when I use bearings and switch rotors too since I have other (including older) brushed motors. As for bullet plugs, I actually don't use them as much if you watch my other builds. I just did for this as I just wanted to test the RZ motor. I think the Torque Tuned although slower is much more fun on the Grasshopper chassis.
@@MechanicAfterHours Haha, yeah I guess that motor is probably already overkill for this chassis anyways. But it's a Stratos! It's gotta be ridiculously overpowered! Looking forward to more of your immaculate builds! Would love to see any vintage motors you have or anything like that featured in future build shoots. I love collecting old race motors
Very pleasing to the eyes! It got me wanting to build my own RC, but then, I know that I don't have that kind of attention to details, so I'd just subscribe and watch your vids first. 😁 Very nice video!
Thanks, Stephen! I have a good feeling that you can do an excellent job building one-as long as you can enjoy the process of building and then running the car. Good luck and thanks for the sub!
Really interesting seeing your technique drawing the design then cutting with the vinyl plotter. The solid rear axle platform and green and red colours brings back memories of my friend's Tamiya Grasshopper, at a time when I had a Marui Hunter with positive rear camber on droop! The Hunter was actually run over by a car and survived, the tub chassis was so strong on those.
@@MechanicAfterHours no problem, you’re absolutely brilliant, I love what you do , let’s get you recognised for your talent, come on people like and subscribe, this guy he is cool and it costs nothing to reorganise such talent 😎
Gotta admit, I didnt see the stratos hiding in the Super storm dragon. That bodykit always looked like a turd that melted in the oven at the tamiya design studio. Your version actually looks really cool. You dont often get this pleasantly surprised by re-design.
It's based on the manga Radicon Boy and in the story a wooden dragon statue's skull is used as the form for the body. So once you know it's supposed to look like a dragon skull it's like "Ok, I kinda see it now" but it is still pretty ugly.
Unbelievable I’d love to see you do a upgrade of the hornet 🐝 One of them in a carbon and full billet would be amazing to see. Keep up the amazing work. Love from 🇦🇺✊💯👌👍
Mike, the bumper is vintage and the company doesn’t exists anymore but I looked in ebay and just search for “Vintage Tamiya RC 1980's Grasshopper Hornet Nerf Bar Rear Bumper Hop-Up”
Only one suggestion for your stunning remodeling. Using headlights as for your Ford Escort MK2 built. Thank you for sharing.as always really appreciate your work.
Absolutely awesome interpretation of a model kit I totally don't fancy. You again managed to source some very interesting stylish and rare special parts. The livery is of course fantastic, alitalia is one of the best of all times... also nice to see your workflow, going from analog with tracing paper to digital to physical. Nice. You really made something nice out of this... excuse me.... Crappy cartoon toy.... I understand the stratos analogy though, and gandini is also a very good taste... What I still don't like so much is the extreme camber and toe in in the front, and I think the a pillar window sticker should be thinner or gone. But the vid is again a highlight... I am always surprised by your new videos. They come earlier than I think, regarding the amount of work, and it's always a different car than I think. I am kind of waiting for 2 other cars. ;)... Thank you!
Hey Simon, thanks for watching! I agree on the camber. Unfortunately, I wanted a very lowered look with equal height from the back and front and there's no adjustment point on the front lower or upper arms (for now). Probably the limit of a beginner chassis. However, I might do some custom work on it in the future to have a more neutral camber. Thanks for watching the videos.
Thanks, Omar! I appreciate it and thank you again for watching. I think I need to do tools, etc. at some point since I do get requests/comments about it.
Ok definitely inspired me to try my hand at something similar. I've been debating a 2wd buggy for a bit now. Going to get some thermoformable black plastic and try to replicate that old M&M bumper since they don't seem to be available. Will probably try to mod the front shock towers to fit on some oil shocks.
