ThunderShot restoration
1987 tamiya thundershot fully ball raced with one piece thrust bearings. The majority of gear box bearings gears are the unsealed type with the sealed type protected with shims. The splits caused by the threaded axle shafts have been repaired on the gearbox ect. All threaded shafts replaced with steel shafts and secured with c clips and reinforced with washers as were the gear box mounting points. The shocks have beeen replaced with re built carson alloy shocks to high cap specs with high cap fixings and tamiya df03 springs all round .Chassis had a full strip down and clean re greased with tamiya ceramic grease and replacement diff out drives fitted to one of the diffs and thunder shot universalls fitted all round with o rings in the splined diff cups . diff splines threadlocked to avoid wear and clamp type alloy hubs . Hot shot prop joints with o rings fitted with a alloy tt02 prop shaft . Tamiya Star disc wheels fitted with schumacher tubby inserts and all c parts replaced .I added 3d printed esc tray and one piece rear bumper from badaboom49 and a James knight customs sandscorcher driver (Steve mc queen gulf lemans) all from shape ways. I painted the helmet and visor myself with humbroll paint and door shut lineing decals clear laquer aplyed to eyes to bring them out all secured with cva of different types (gel included) and reinforceing powder. The driver has a Custom made fixing to the chassis with the steering wheel finished with humbrol and tamiya paints . The esc dynamite Tazer 15t rated. Rebuilt tamiya super stock bz motor with new pinion and replaced awg wires . Schumacher wire tidys high torque servo fitted with a tamiya tractor truck grey alloy servo saver fly sky reciver all toped off with a fire dragon modified chassis cover. I loved every step of the build :) body to follow in late spring ilove the driver sooo much credit to james knight for his design a+++++++++ and badaboom49 also a+++++ for remaking and designing thundershot parts all available on shapeways . update its been warm enough to spray the body outside now so finnished it finally and I get to give it a run :) .
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Comments
Centerline
Nice paintjob to the driver....!
Mr duke
Great Job great result
MikeLouieTKD
WOW nice job!
You mentioned replacing the propeller joint with hot shot propeller joint? Is it a direct replacement?
Mine cracked and I am having a hard time finding a replacement for from the Thundershot family.
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