My only RC car is sand viper dto2 in banana yellow. 12 years old n doing fine. Used a few sets of rear tyres. Still original fronts. Always wanted the frog when I was a kid!.
bought a re re holiday buggy cuz it was dirt cheap, wasnt expecting much. When i started putting it together i was pleasantly surprised how good the dt02 chassis is.
I just had a thought with the stickers.. that most likely in future using some see thru tracing paper.. to map the body and this see where the stickers could sit as well as like in this case with the big vs the small sticker you had to choose from for the front of the body .. The driver head my thought was using a belt sander to remove the base of the body (thats if have access to one..)
Darren Grimmer Excellent 😍 I did have to change the front springs to softer ones to improve the steering, but apart from that it ran super sweet 😊 Thanks for watching Darren 👊🏻
After looking around, I think I'm going to get a Sand Viper for my son to build for his 1st kit that he'll truly do on his own. He'll be 10 next year and until now, he's just been watching me build and run RCs. I really would like him to get into it himself. I'll even get him his own Tamiya tool kit. I was going to get a GH2 or a Hornet, but those are just for me and my Tamiya experience; this one will be his Tamiya memories for years to come.
I've found that taking a photocopy of the decals, and cutting those out instead, allows you to mess around with variaitions until your heart is content. Absloutely love that decal set. I'm already looking for one.
@@TAMIYALegends Thanks for making these. 👍 Btw if it was me, I'd make use of the large orange sweeps and overlay them on the pink so they match the central ones. Btw btw the DN-01 is the Zahhak. Just received mine so very excited to find I can use this shell on that too.🤯 I've got a lovely orange one that I did to replace the Neo Falcon body and wing. Can't wait to get it built this weekend.
Tamiya has changed a lot over the years When I was a teen in 1986 I built and upgraded nearly everything. I had aluminum two piece wheels, titanium frame, adjustable gas shocks and all the linkages where aluminum etc, etc. I haven’t had one in 25 years do they still make metal aftermarket parts for those buggies?
Great video, Glenn! Loving the DT02, and I certainly have had a lot of fun with my Sand Viper. The driver was a great call, I think all Tamiyas look better with a driver installed. You are gonna enjoy running this one my friend! :))
Hi Glenn, I would change stickers on the roof, left for right and right for left. Because that black line will match better with black line in wing. But otherwise its perfect. I like it white with white shocks (nice detail) and with driver. This buggy is cheap and suitable for custom painting, I must buy one. Thanks for idea.
Nice vid buddy, my old ken block styled dt02 is coming back to me in January so hoping we will have another dt02 event soon to race these fun cars in again
Stuart Gains Hey Stuart 😊 Great to hear from you buddy 👊🏻 Yeah you guys are lucky over there to have all these race meetings and obviously the revival, nothing like that over here 😞
The DN-01 is a cheaper version of the trf201, without the alloy shocks or suspension mounts. Good value, the body (Zahhak) isn't exactly a looker though.
@@TAMIYALegends How's the weather in Canada? Here in Finland it has been snowing but it has changed to rain atm. I was driving my CR-01 and had to quit because it rained so much. Now i'm sipping sum 8 YO Whisky and watching RC videos 😊
Sweet! Made me remember that I hadn't cleaned my Kumamon Buggy since the last drive this summer :P It's such a fun car. Probably a bit different to this one though :P
It is called the zahhak the DN 01 you need to get there free catalog for RCS call them 1-800 Tamiya. The DN 01 is in the 2017-2018 ones and the2019 ones are out the catalogs have volume 1 and volume 2 they come out with 2 a year. Please look into it for your self Glenn.
Hello Glenn need some help building my dt02 got to the front steering and the servo head is hitting the top plate and I have put the servo in the right way round mate I have no clue what's wrong
In theory you could get the other wing at the right angle with a door wedge piece of plastic premounted to the tower with additional holes to bolt the wing on and two more bolts to fix it on?lol
Hello Glenn great video I have just ordered a sand viper but iam not sure what colour to do the body as box art is yellow and not a fan of yellow apart from on the lunchbox any ideas mate would be a big help thanks
coz Google the DT-02 MS car 🤩 Those reproduction decals are available from MCI Racing, stunning looking thing, two colours white and blue, although you’ll probably need to get the same wing to finish it off 🤔🤷🏼♂️ Just an idea buddy 👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends Yeah, same here. There's the DF-03/TRF/DB-01/DB-02 etc also but.. it's the racing one and it's kinda bland as you already know. I have it on my DB-01. I like the Astute one 😋
Front end before looked to sloppy,half the suspension travel was taken up with it just sitting in sag,also it appeared to have zero damping so the front!??now it should corner like it's on rails!!
