Tamiya Grasshopper!! (ya thats right a grasshopper)

[cguit]

Wanted to do something totally different with one of Tamiya's simplest vehicles....and i only had enough money left to buy this.

Started with motor upgrade before opening the box, also vintage. I used the yellow one. Says its from 1991 quintrax canadian cup race.




This is the first time im using an airbrush for anything, so on the paint goes to get rid of the blah blah black chassis and gearbox.

[dr frankenstyle]

That's just too cool. I like the paint.

[cguit]

Sometimes the paint gods just give u the finger

[Zac_F71]

HA! love Grass Hoppers! cheap fun is what they are! can be made to look pretty bad ass!

[onebullet]

that paint job was pretty pimp. I hope you post the next paint job

[cguit]

Thank you krylon paint for sticking to the body. No for some painted striping!

[onebullet]

i was going to suggest krylon fusion, love that stuff.

Lookin good, going to break out the spray glitter?

[cguit]

Ya i have some lame i might light coat it with ;) I did some stripes, pretty much using this body to learn about my airbrush and different masking tapes and such. I have another body ordered so that will have some time spent on it.

[cguit]

Final Body with stickers.

[RaleighRCer]

Very nice. I still have a couple of OG Hornets in a box somewhere. They were fun back in the day.

[lee250]

I love the old tamiya designs. I have a lunchbox, midnight pumpkin, and a hilift hilux. I love building them too.

[83imp]

How much abuse will the Grasshopper tranny take? I'm interested in buying 3 of them or Hornets for my 2 boys and thought about 17.5 turn motors for even racing.

[humve]

I just finished restoring a vintage grass hopper all thou I like my modified Tamiya frog and restored AYK gator a little bit better.

[LAV25]

Originally Posted by 83imp

How much abuse will the Grasshopper tranny take? I'm interested in buying 3 of them or Hornets for my 2 boys and thought about 17.5 turn motors for even racing.

Bit of a necropost, but the Hornet/Grasshopper transmission will take anything, in my experience. They made them for kids who were going to use reverse on a servo-controlled (non-ESC) speed controller. I had a Lunch Box and a Hornet back in the day, managed to break the Hornet chassis, the Lunch Box body mounts, the Lunch box steering, but the trannies just keep going. Just make sure you keep the grease port screwed shut.