Tamiya Terra Noir | How was this made & What Hop-ups were used? | Also First Run 

I think it looks great! And the new name is very fitting. Nice upgrades for it too…it should last you a long time and shouldn’t break quite so easily :)

Brilliant idea for the body finish indeed. Nice running car too. Cheers on this one mates!

Wow, it now looks very sharp. But I don't want to know the money you invested relative to the kit price. Best wishe for you and the car.

Noir scorchers matter? 🤔 😬 Loving the dark side upgrades/finish of this classic Tamiya guys..... let's hope it has well and truly exorcised the demons once and for all! Jokes aside, this video does provide some fuel for thought..... I was only thinking the other day whilst building a new lunchbox kit that I sincerely believe that Tamiya plastics in many of their re releases do seem to be of a 'lesser' quality to how they used to be back in the eighties? They seem to be more brittle, littered with 'stress' marks, and covered in fine grey ish struations throughout. Now, I've built many CWO1's since the late eighties, and I can safely say my original 88 midnight pumpkin chassis plastics seems to have far better structural integrity on a molicular level than what we see today. I can also confirm that the body shell on both my original midnight pumpkin, and my original monster beetle are definitely thicker plastics than what are used on my re release equivalent models. Another thing I noticed was the use of those horrible plastic nuts on the wheelie bar and the shocks of the re re lunchbox..... these always used to be metal. My point being, I'm adamant that the quality, and consequently the strength of much of Tamiyas re re range is inferior in comparison to what we used to get. I guess this is to be expected in this modern age where all businesses seem to be controlled by highly paid accountants to strip down production outlay to squeeze as much out of the consumer as possible, through cutting production costs in any way. The problem with accountants is they generally have a good head for mathematics, but most have no concept of engineering/mechical tolerances. Your terra scorcher experience fits in with this theory..... my mate had one of the originals back in the day, he beat the snot out of this car, and other than the manual speed controller melting (which was common) and a motor and servo issue this car was bomb proof! Who knows, maybe I've just had some bad batches/been unlucky with some of my re re kits off late? Regardless, aluminium after market parts certainly work well if you plan on driving the cars regularly.... although this often transfers the stress to the next weakest spot! Good luck with the Noir beauty going forward, hopefully it will redeem itself! 👍 👍 👍

Wow I'm super impressed with the little symbols on the body. What did you use to etch them? Must have taken an age! Anyway it's interesting that you are saying that this isn't the most attractive buggy because I think they look great. Also the handling is super nice on short grass and it took a brushless set without problems so far. Nice vid as ever. Best wishes guys 🙂

Well that seemed to do the trick! I love the look of it and the body was a very cool and creative one! Well done sir!! Did you actually find any wonky parts when replacing things or was it truly possessed and the runes chased the demons out???

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Man looks like something batman would drive. Justice league dark batmobile

Well that seems to have appeased the gremlins. Looks fantastic.

Which shocks are those? I've been looking for something nicer than the yellow ones for my TS...

ok i have your sound intro as my ringtone love this channel

Back in black 🖤 looking great

Swanky ride! I did think you were going to take Arun at a skate park :)

Bad boy 100% 💥

Love the runes all over the body. The evil spirits seemed to have been warned off!!