Tamiya MF-01X Beetle

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by Tossedman

Excellent! Thank you sir!

No Problem

[Steve Hipsley]

Originally Posted by OnTheTrail

Thanks for the sale alert. Just had mine delivered yesterday from Tower! Should be a cool project. Not sure when I'll get to it but I couldn't pass up that price. Got a set of bearings from Amain for the build as well.

Same here. It’ll probably be a winter build for me. Now to start buying some hop ups.


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[OnTheTrail]

Thanks for the sale alert, Steve. You got me hooked on Tamiya rally cars.




Got the Beetle and the MK.II done with a Quattro on order. LOL. MX-01 is a cool chassis. This was the first Tamiya kit I’ve done since the Blackfoot back in the late 80’s.

FWIW....Yeah Racing has a set of shocks that work well on the MF-01. Very nice shocks and very tunable (not that this will be a performance machine....). While these say "on road" the 55mm ones are what you need for this chassis. Just use the stock springs from the kit. The on-road springs that come with this are too short in my opinion. They make a 60MM off road set but those are too large for this chassis and end up limiting suspension travel.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVDTVX8...roduct_details




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[OSRC]

^^ Looks great, nice work!

I'm up to three of these little guys now. One's a CRX mini, one's a 1/10 Porsche, and ones still the "rally beetle" but now new and improved with some 1.9 wheels and tires.

[OnTheTrail]

Originally Posted by OSRC

^^ Looks great, nice work!

I'm up to three of these little guys now. One's a CRX mini, one's a 1/10 Porsche, and ones still the "rally beetle" but now new and improved with some 1.9 wheels and tires.

What Porsche? Is your a rally car or road car?

I just picked up the 911 Carrera RSR TT02 from my LHS yesterday. Also have a 45th Anniversary on order.

[Steve Hipsley]

Originally Posted by OnTheTrail

Thanks for the sale alert, Steve. You got me hooked on Tamiya rally cars.




Got the Beetle and the MK.II done with a Quattro on order. LOL. MX-01 is a cool chassis. This was the first Tamiya kit I’ve done since the Blackfoot back in the late 80’s.

FWIW....Yeah Racing has a set of shocks that work well on the MF-01. Very nice shocks and very tunable (not that this will be a performance machine....). While these say "on road" the 55mm ones are what you need for this chassis. Just use the stock springs from the kit. The on-road springs that come with this are too short in my opinion. They make a 60MM off road set but those are too large for this chassis and end up limiting suspension travel.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVDTVX8...roduct_details




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Looks great! I love the rally cars. I haven’t even opened mine lol. Been working on an XV01 and some Tt02’s. I have a set of those Yeah Racing shocks for my Tt02r. Maybe I’ll pick some up for the MF01X as well. They seem like a good deal for everything they come with but I’ve yet to build them. Still need to get bearings and I saw some front driveshafts I might buy. Glad you’re having fun with them!


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[OSRC]

Originally Posted by OnTheTrail

What Porsche? Is your a rally car or road car?

On the right, still awaiting paint. TL01 LA arms and a TA02S body. Front one way in reverse for RWD and 4 wheel braking. Figured the rear motor and AWD was perfect for a Porsche build.

[Steve Hipsley]

Originally Posted by OSRC

On the right, still awaiting paint. TL01 LA arms and a TA02S body. Front one way in reverse for RWD and 4 wheel braking. Figured the rear motor and AWD was perfect for a Porsche build.

Nice cars! Could you share a pic of the beetle with 1.9’s? Sounds cool and I want to see it.


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[OSRC]

It now has HPI Pirell tires on more rally looking wheels mounted up, but otherwise looks the same

[Steve Hipsley]

Originally Posted by OSRC

It now has HPI Pirell tires on more rally looking wheels mounted up, but otherwise looks the same

Wow! Looks awesome!


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