Tamiya Hotshot Build Guide Part 2 - Front and Rear Suspension Steps 9 to 14
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2024
- Hi and welcome to Part 2 of my build series for the re-released version of the Tamiya Hotshot.
This chassis goes together very differently to most modern Tamiya kits and there are some important things to look out for. This video focusses on the build of the front and rear suspension components, build manual steps 9 to 14. I hope you enjoy the build and the odd tip thrown in here and there - Cheers!
About the Tamiya Hotshot
The Hotshot, released in 1985, is a milestone as the first Tamiya 4 Wheel Drive chassis and the forefather of many similar chassis to come. The front and rear suspension both have single shocks and double wishbone system. The rear damper connects to the wishbones through a relatively complex system. The Hotshot chassis evolved during production, and was re-released in 2007 where the chassis has received a lot of smaller changes compared to the vintage ones. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Sure these instructional vids help people Mark,I’ll never get a hotshot but still watched🙂
Thanks Tony that's good to hear! That's definitely the aim with these videos anyway! Thank you for watching 👀 🙏 🤗👍
Front and rear ready to go! Now you have the fun game of squeezing everything in the tub for part 3!!! Great stuff Mark 🙌🏻
Absolutely, pal! Hope I can stuff it all in that little box! 😅 Thanks matey! 😎👌👍
Thanks so much! Around 5:54mins…Step 12 and 13 I had got stuck. You mentioned that D6 has a bevel, that small detail just unblocked me! Thank you!
And thank you for the kind comment! Glad it helped! This kind of feedback makes it worth making the build guide. This is a tricky build and i had a hard time trying to figure it out too! Cheers! 🍻😎👍
There a re a lot of bits and pieces that make up the front and rear suspensions on these but I do enjoy putting them together, Great step by step walk through of the process Mark!
Hi Addam, yeah loads more parts than usual for that suspension but it all seems to work nicely! Agreed, a fun buggy to build all the same! Thanks for the kind words fella, all the best from Mark! 😎🙏👍
Again a great building video. Thanks for showing and have great weekend Msrk
Thank you Dirk 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed it, wishing you a great weekend too! 😎👊👍
Great step by step of the suspension. Always a pleasure to watch. I am building the hotshot 2 now
Thanks a bunch Joe! Enjoy your new Tamiya build my friend! 😎👊👍
Coming together nicely 👍 hopefully we have some of that nice weather we sometimes get and we can see it kicking up dirt 😎
Cheers 🍻 Richard! Oh you can say that again mate! I'm praying 🙏 for better weather every day now! 😅🤞👍
Again love the over complexity of this 🙂
Cheers mate, I know, it's a complicated design but that makes it all the more interesting to build! 😎👌👍
@@MarkBryanRC It's interesting 🙂
Nice one as usual, Mark! I know I've said it before, but these guides are super helpful. It's honestly mind boggling how many chassis and bodies there are, just in the Tamiya pool.. but that's also the benefit. So many options!
Thanks very much and it's good to hear that you find these build videos helpful 😀 👍 I totally agree, the amount of options is just awesome 👌 😎👍
Another brilliant video Mark. Have a good weekend & take care 😊
Thank you my lovely friend! Wishing you and your family a smashing weekend too! 🤗💙👍
Great stuff mate, fascinating to see how these older designed buggies go together. Have a top weekend..🙃🙃.
Hi there dude! I'm so glad they are rereleasing these iconic models so I can savour the experience! Thanks mate, a smashing weekend to you too! 🤗👊👍
@@MarkBryanRCYeah, these older Tamiya's are certainly weird. My re-re XR311 has a torsion bar suspension system.
Such different and varied details from model to model. Nice one!
You're not wrong there dude! This is a blast to build, loving it mate! Cheers! 🍺😎👍
Very enjoyable episode of vintage RC assembly class with Mr Bryan!
I love watching kits that I've never built going together in depth mate.
Very over engineered in comparison to modern stuff, but at the same time far more enjoyable to build don't you think?
This kit is sooo mid eighties Tamiya engineering...... those hub and arm assembly set ups are very similar to the front of the 959 in design, only substantially better.
It's actually a very clever bit of design there I would say.
This cars got a lot of character, and is very quirky in its own manner.... and I think that, combined with its distinctive low slung body design is what has kept it so popular still all these years down the line!
Once again, Kudos for not laughing at all those extremely awkward lines like 'sliding in the shaft with a little grease', 'popping in the balls' etc etc!
I would not be able to have kept things so professionall that's for sure! 😂
Would love to see a hot shot head to head race between you, Rob and Dom over at sandy bottom some time..... that would make for some entertaining viewing for sure!
Have a great weekend dude. 😊
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Glad you enjoyed it Sir!
Same here, if you're a Tamiya fan like us, you're gonna love watching any of 'em going together!
Yeah, over engineered but in such a good way! Looks like the way a TT02 front end SHOULD be!!!
These older kits certainly ooze character but as you say, that's why we love 'em!
I have to edit out the parts where I chuckle at what I'm saying, it's harder than it looks (that's what she said! 😅)
We gotta make that 4-way Hotshot battle happen! Cheers dude! 🤗👊👌👍
Another wonderful build video, Mark. I feel like I'm immersed in an educational video watching these, haha. I love it! Have fun with part #3 dude! 😊
Awesome, thank you Sir! Haha yeah these guides are a bit in-depth, I know! They are not really aimed at chaps like you of course, but I like to do them to help folk with less build experience than we have. But I appreciate you watching all the same, Fil! Oh yes, part 3 will involve those awesome mono-shocks and the cool linkages! Cheers! 😎👌👍
@@MarkBryanRC I actually really enjoy watching these. I love building kits, and I find it super satisfying watching a good build series like this one. Kinda gives a guy the opportunity to live and build vicariously through you. Very enjoyable to watch, Mark! 👊🏼😁
Thanks mate and great to know you enjoy these build vids. Yeah i know what you mean, I actually spend quite a lot of time watching builds, in fact I watched Rob's Hotshot build vids to get inspiration for mine! Wishing you a smashing weekend, dude! 😎👊👍
Great tip with using the "axles" to seat the bearings, I do that also on most kits but I never used a nut driver to push "ball studs" to ball ends (rod ends). However, we all come up with something to help cause sometimes, things ain't easy to put on .. More great tips from the Tamiya Master!!!!! ATB my friend!!!!
Hi there Bob! So it's not just me that does that axle trick then!!! Haha, yeah you gotta use your nut driver to push your balls in! 😅 It's good to share though mate, as I know you do as well. Take care my friend and speak soon! 😎👌👍
@@MarkBryanRC Yeah mate, I used the bearing on axle (stub axle) trick when I built the Gray (Grey) Clod & every other Clod I built plus a ton other kits, some kits I cant fit my fingers in to set the bearings... As for popping on ball ends onto ball studs, I use anything that will work/fit to help out... ATB to One & All on the other side of the Atlantic!!!!
Hi Mark great stuff here. I’ll be sure to refer back to your videos when I find some time to put mine together. Many thanks for sharing best wishes and take care
Hi Peter and thanks for the comment as always! I just watched your Holiday Buggy unboxing - great kit, enjoy and I hope the move goes smoothly! Cheers! 😎👌👍
@@MarkBryanRC many thanks Mark best wishes
Lovely to watch this old buggy come together, Mark! That front suspension is really special, I hope it's not too fragile, but certainly an interesting design! It's a privilege to build these historic toys, and for me, to watch it on CZcams! Funny to sit and compare to a TT-02B, so much simpler, it took some years to get to that realisation for the Tamiya designers, he he...
Also, those front upper arms, they looked like penguins in the video...
I need to go check your channel, did I miss an upload from you last weekend?
Anyway, have a good one there, my friend!
Hi there Mads, always great to read you my friend!
I'm so glad Tamiya are re-releasing these classics, I agree with you, it's a privilege to build them! Yes the newer buggies are simpler but I don't think they have the same charm. It's the funky designs that makes them so lovable!
Penguins... 😅👍
Life got in the way last week mate and I missed an upload or two... back on track now though!
Have a smashing weekend too mate! 😎👊👍
Another great step Mark 👌 coming together nicely!! I've missed you feels like it's been ages 😁 have a great weekend mate 🍻🍻
Thanks Mark! Yes we are getting to the point where it looks like a proper buggy now! Oh, life got in the way last week so I missed an upload or two, back on track now mate! Cheers! 🍻🍺🤗👍
Nice work on this part of it Mark. Coming together nicely. :)
Thanks muchly, Nick! I'm loving this build! Take care brother! 😎👌👍
those front arms can be quite fiddly . getting there mate 👍
You can say that again mate! Thanks for watching, have a smashing weekend! 😎👊👍
Nice one Mark; your build is coming along well!👍😊
Thanks a bunch Jeremy! 👍 I hope you're doing well, have a great weekend there! 😊 👊👍
Always enjoy the build videos. Consistently good 👍🏻
Much Appreciated, Damian! I hope they are some help especially to folk new to the hobby! Cheers! 😎👊👍
Looking forward to the rear suspension assembly. That is such a cool design!
Have a great weekend mate!
You and me both! Stil haven't built those monoshocks yet!!! Definitely a "funky" design mate! Hope you are having a good one too, Hubertus! 🤗👊👍
Hiya mate. Great work as ever on this. I've not built this one but looks really good and it's interesting to see Tamiya doing things a bit differently with the suspension and the pivots etc. compared to the modern kits. Hope you are having a great weekend mate. Im still catching up with post holiday admin. Cheers for now 😁👍👍
Hi there Pete. Oh yeah I reckon you'd love this build mate, it's like they used to make 'em in the olden days! Feels like a good bit of kit though. Lot's more metal parts than I expected and a good tight fit. Thanks for catching up with my vids, always appreciated my friend! Take care and speak soon, Cheers! 😎👌👍
Nice job mate, thanks for your upload 🙏👍😺
Thanks a ton, Cat! 🐈😺and have a great weekend! 😎👊👍
Very nice work my hot shot has been a blast enjoy the build bud.
Thanks very much Kevin! Can't wait to blast mine! Cheers! 😎👍
Whoa buddy watch where you blast that thing ok. 😂
I'll try to be careful, dude! 🤣👍
Just remember to point it in a safe direction and let that hotshot free.
Looking good next the chassis!! so many little parts in these steps you just did in todays rc they would eliminate a lot of the stuff they did back then.
Thanks Steve! Too right, this is a strange one to build with all those weird components but great fun all the same! Glad they rereleased it though!!! 😎👍
great job marky she coming on a treat 😁👍cant beat a good tamiya build 😎😎
Cheers 🍻 matey! Oh yes brudda, I'm having a ball doing this build! Have a smashing weekend there mate! 😎 👍🤝
@@MarkBryanRC and you too marky bro have a great sunday 🤘
MARK, as always, enjoyable! i may never have a Hotshot... but I'm enjoying your build. MY 60th birthday is in 9 days.... I asked for one..... you never know, right?
Happy Birthday in 9 days! You are catching me up! And yes, you never know, right?
Well...... I know the outcome.... but I'm working on a positive attitude. Cheers!
Nice building skills Mark mate, top stuff as always buddy 👍
Thank you Tibster! This old Tamiya is a pleasure to put together, mate! Cheers! 😎👌👍
Such a beautiful buggy to build Mark! The next vid is going to be fun its really taking shape now! its those mono shocks!!! and obviously the Shots aggressive overall looks l love but l also l really adore the Hotshots actual look and design of the shocks and love the little twist adjustable bit and the system this buggy uses especially the rear it is pure class! I always think its such a shame that folk hopup the gorgeous red mono shocks and remove all that super cool leavers set up to put the cva yellow shocks on and going to 4 shocks (like the Supershot) nothing against the Supershot suspension its awesome but by doing this it takes so much uniqueness from the Hotshot! This Legendary buggy needs to be as it is! Thanks for taking the time to do these vids Mark you know me and anything to do with the Hotshot ticks my box! Cheers buddy.
Well hello there Sir! Oh yes the next installment should be interesting!
Gotta agree with you there mate, this is such a "funk" design only Tamiya could come up with! 😅
I haven't actually got any further with this build (other stuff going on for tomorrows video!) but I can't wait to get the mono shocks fitted...
No way am I going to spoil the originality of this Hotshot mate, it's staying as Tamiya intended.
Thank you many, many times for the awesome support and watching my vids! Let's hope the weather improves soon and we can get out there and run these beauties! 😁👌👍
@MarkBryanRC Yep l second that Mark l am like a grizzly bear hibernating right now l can't wait to get out there too! Iol and my pleasure watching your vids buddy they are always great stuff! Have a cracking Saturday night mate Cheers🍻
@@MadBeeRC Aww thanks mate, hope you and Shelly have a wonderful evening too buddy! Cheers! 🍺🍺🤗👍
@MarkBryanRC We are both full of cold at the moment so one or 6 medicinal drinks is definitely required! Cheers to you two up there too 🍻👍
@@MadBeeRC Oh no! Get well soon you two! Cuddle up in front of the fire and get those medicinal drinks down your necks! 🍺🍺👍👍
Hey Cobber! 😜🙋♀️
Thanks for sharing your part 2 build mate!, I like your dry lube idea and will be doing the same in future. What type of dry lube did you use?.
Hi and thanks from Sheila and Bruce🍻, we hope you're having a a fantastic weekend🙋♀️😁🦘🇦🇺
G'day mate! It should be me thanking you for watching, my good friend! Glad you liked it though!
Oh, the dry lube is a spray from WD40 - "Anti-Friction Dry PTFE" It's brilliant mate and you don't get dirt and grit sticking to those joints!
Give my love to Sheila and you two have a cracking weekend down there! Cheers! 🤗👊👌👍
@@MarkBryanRC
Thanks Cobber!.
Thankyou for the dry lube info, I didn't know it existed and will buy a can this week👍🍻. Sheila sends her love back brother😍.
Have a ripper of a week mate😁👍
Great info again Mark on building the Hotshot
Screw pins ! I don't like them. I think if you get a set of "Tamiya Stainless Steel Suspension Shaft Set For TL-01" you can replace them ?
Thanks mate! Oh yes I know! I HATE screw pins 📌 😒!!! I've used those TL01 stainless shafts a few times and they are excellent! I must get some more! Cheers 🍻 🤗👍
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You sound very familiar! :P
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It's gotta be you Jess! 🤣👌👍
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Thanks! 🤝👍