Tamiya Avante 2001 vs Tamiya Hotshot II vs Tamiya Plasma Edge II vs Tamiya Terra Scorcher 

I also have a BZ in this and it has the upgraded A5. It did take a bad front crash at high speed and I’m convinced the A5 stopped it from being a disaster, it now has aluminium front knuckles. I’m tempted to upgrade everything to aluminium now and it would be a tank 🤔😆👍

It did give a long speech thanking everyone at the reward ceremony 😆😂👍

@@RCsoandso maybe a Sunday video😉

Singing to the choir, the Terra Scorcher is my favourite but it has some quirks to it, but I like the styling and it is a weighty model 👍

funnily enough I am really tempted with a Wild Willy also, I have a design idea for it, maybe this is a sign for me to pull the trigger 🤔 The Avante is fantastic, but cost wise its at that top end really, especially once Hop ups are added 👍

@@RCsoandsoThe Wild Willy is a low cost project. The Avante is quite a bit more considering that I would never want to take it off road. Ideally I would have it in a glass case with a mirrored electric turn table under it. War wounds on Wild Willy will just add character. So no worries about bashing it.

@@RCRoads You can't keep an Avante in a Glass Case, you need to get it outside and scuff it up a bit!

Yes he certainly knows his onions, and a bit about Tamiya buggies 😂 thanks for the sub and welcome onboard 👍

Grass is something that always perplexes me as it’s usually too long, or usually wet over here. We may have another beach trip this summer and we have a new quarry location to check out. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you liked it 👍

Well yes it’s time to consider what will be announced in January 🤔 we can’t win with the grass over here recently ☀️☀️☀️

I would like another Hot Shot but a box fresh one. This Hot Shot and Avante are part of the Project Dusty when we bought some cars secondhand. All of them did a good job on the day and 4wd handles so well. When you buy some more pretend they are a present for Mrs Addams Playground 😆😂👍

@@RCsoandso Would you sell that HS2?...🙂

@@dexio8601 its possible, it is fully working and goes like sugar of a shovel

@@RCsoandso What's the condition like, is it close to box art and does it have the oroginal tyres? What kind of price too

It’s pretty close to box art we have given it a light respray to tidy it up due to age and added new re re stickers on the shell as the original ones had degraded and peeled over the years, for its age the shell and wing are in great condition. We have the original wheels they do need cleaning and maybe painting if desired, the original tyres are on them but are past saving they were well used in a previous life. The chassis is also in a great condition but obviously for the age it does have a few blemishes here and there, over all though it is a really nice example of a vintage hotshot

I think they are all fun, in similar ways, I far prefer 4WD over the 2WD buggies, but crashes tend to be more costly 💰👍

With the Terra Scorcher it all depends what you are planning with the A5 piece 🤔 The oven gets hot when I want it to so all is well regardless of clock colours 😆😂👍

@@RCsoandso Oh I got a metal upgrade part for that A5. Any other weak bits?

Depends how hard you hit a wall, I have aluminium front knuckles in mine as a result of a crash. A5 in Metal and Pins is the best advice though 👍

@@RCsoandso You might wanna try to temper the original A5 Tamiya part in the oven ! After that, it should be as hard as KRUPP STAHL ;_)

I must say, I don't actually think I have seen a Bigwig in the flesh so to speak

Yes the A5 piece is a must. I’ve upgraded most of mine to aluminium now so it’s bomb proof and it isn’t much heavier, I think it performs much better now also 👍

It was a fully scientific review, we didn’t just assign scores…honest 😆😂👍

@@RCsoandso Haha - I bet you didn't! 😅👍

I think they do make a Tamiya Squirrel, if not we might 😆😂👍

Plasma Edge is a good choice. It’s hotter than usual in the UK, miss the grey skies 😆😂👍

@@RCsoandso Take care with this strange weather 👊🏻👍🏻

🍻🍸🥃 helps

Tamiya spoils us with the 4WD range they offer 👍

I like that 👍 We did have the Sand Scorcher with us, but I don’t really consider it in this class, but it does have very good reasons to be there. I need to get around with changing the wheels on it I think as we haven’t it a beach in a while, but as soon as I do, it will be back. I may start painting them in the morning 🤔🎨🖌

I don’t think he has done any Post Office jobs, I think there could be. Couple of video shops he is black listed from maybe 🤔