We are about to have some on-road fun
check this out we have the Ford Mustang GT Ford from Tamiya and this is on their
tto to honor a platform it's just gonna be so much fun it's gonna be a fun build
and look at how scale and detail this body looks I can't wait to get into it
check it all out and show you guys what this kit is all about now yes it is a
full build up kit for those of you that are looking to build and I know there
are more and more of you lating which is super cool this is a fun car to build up
plus you have to do all the painting and detailing of the body yes I know it
looks like two colors but there's a lot involved in here there's a lot of decals
to apply to this thing but when you're done this is gonna be look super cool
it's gonna look awesome rip it around in the Park lot so I'm
gonna go hit the workbench right now I've got some building ahead of me some
painting some detailing and then when I'm done I'll see you over at the
workbench so we could talk about all the details well here it is our Tamiya tto
two Ford Mustang GT four and this thing looks amazing doesn't it guys I mean
Tamia's bodies are just fantastic the amount of detail that they put into them
is just incredible now the build on this car was pretty
simple as far as the chassis goes I mean I think it took me like an hour and a
half to build this T Teochew chassis it's just so simple the chassis has been
around for a long time and you know it's a nice simple build it works great for
on-road fun and I know it's gotta be a lot of fun one to go and drive it but
the majority of the build time came in with just the bodywork on this thing
like I said I think it took me an hour and a half to build a chassis I think it
took me over that just to cut out the details for the body so the body itself
probably took me three maybe four hours to do and yes it's just a simple
gunmetal paint job with a little bit of black in the front and rear but you got
to do some taping and then put multiple coats of paint on it I think I did about
four coats in total on the gunmetal three on the black and I actually
sprayed the black afterwards under the gunmetal just to darken it up a little
bit and give it that black look on the inside versus a gunmetal but again the
the decals two decals I think there were over 90
decals for what you see here so yeah that is a lot but I mean it looks super
cool I mean just look at the detail on the front of this thing I mean it really
just pops what's really really cool guys is the headlights and the taillights
there are inserts behind them so it gives it that 3d look so the decals for
those are actually placed on that insert that lexan insert that you paint black
and then you to site tape it to the into the backside of the lights and it just
gives it that awesome realistic look the spoiler here is an ABS plastic same with
the mirrors you know again details details details
Tamiya is well-known for and this thing looks just amazing
now the the wheels on here there are a gunmetal as well so it matches the body
perfectly and I think they look great but why don't we go pull the body off so
I could tell you guys more about the TT o2 chassis it again it's a great chassis
guys if for those of you that are looking to build a vehicle now actually
I went down to the local hobby store to get some paint for this and they were
saying that right now bill kits are on the rise people that are going into
stores people like you want build kits so if you're looking for something fun
the bill to me is a great company to turn to alright now let's talk about the
TT o2 platform it's been a while since I built up one of these and I had a lot of
fun putting it together up front we've got a foam front bumper on this to help
protect the front end really simple suspension setup going on here upper and
lower a arm it's a fixed upper arm so no camber adjustments but again this is
just a fun on road car little flexing the suspension so if you're going
beating on curbs shouldn't have a problem with breakage on there but you
always stay away from curbs those are dangerous and it's gonna ruin that body
but the suspension gets the job done works nice and smooth these shocks on
here however are just friction dampers there is no oil inside it's just a
single plastic post not even a metal shock shaft in there it's just a plastic
post and a spring for rebound so though it's a little bouncy but again for fun
driving in a parking lot it works just fine
let's pretty much set up in the front and
mimicked in the rear the suspension arms are a little bit different in the rear
it's more of a narrower upper arm in the rear but it works out just fine but I
what I do want to mention about the rear is the wheelbase is adjustable and what
you do is you flip the arm over and that gives you a longer wheelbase or a
shorter wheelbase depending on how you situate the arm so that's pretty neat
that you could go just the wheelbase maybe throw on some different bodies and
for right out of the box it's always nice to have options on your car alright
let's talk about the drivetrain now so the differentials in here there's a
front and rear differential they are gear filled differentials that
just get packed with grease and that will alter the action of the
differential whether it's me a kid they just have you lightly coat all the gears
in there so everything spins pretty free as you guess the guys there are bushings
throughout this kit I mean it's kind of just a to me a staple at this point so
if you are going to build this because you're going to drive it a lot yes go
grab yourself some ball bearings before you build the kit I did not do that
because there is something else that I'm gonna do with this kit it's basically
gonna be a shelf clean I'm gonna talk about that in the minute so I didn't put
ball bearings in it for now it's only gonna be driven a couple times by me but
gear differentials front and rear we've got a plastic propeller shaft in the
center the dog bones are actually a composite it's pretty neat though that
they go and mold the cross pin into the composite plastic dog bone I thought
that was pretty cool same with the outdrives and same with
the axles there they're very hard composite material and then they go and
mold metal shaft metal axle into those pieces the outdrive cups so I think
that's pretty cool it looks pretty solid so we'll see how they hold up you know
for the power system that comes in it these are gonna work totally fine and I
got to talk about the power system right now so it does come with the TBL eo2 SP
controller this is a very cool speed controller guys because it allows you to
run the brushed motor that comes with it it's a simple silver cam 540 motor in
here or once you get tired of this motor here you can go and pick up a brushless
motor and run it off the speed controller within limits of course but
that is cool that you have that adjustability with the speed controller
now you know I just talked to a number of people about Tamiya cars
like they say you know what the speech was really worth it because it's so
versatile it allows you to grow into the vehicle now it did say this is the
silver cam motor but it is the torque tuned motor so you got to get a little
bit better performance out of this motor than you do with the standard silver can
with no markings on it so that is cool gives you a little extra power the speed
controller can run nickel metal hydride or lipo batteries that is cool as well
you're going to need to supply your servo your receiver and your radio
system but you do get the motor and speed controller and you'll have to
provide whatever battery and obviously whatever charger you want to use as well
okay so now onto the chassis it is a pretty solid tub chassis you're pretty
neat set up all plastic and you know again it works really well I've driven a
number of tto twos in my time in the Hobby and just going out for fun parking
lot bashing these chassis work great twin bellcrank steering upfront fix
links all the way through again just a simple fun setup throughout the entire
vehicle plastic shock towers plastic gear cases you know a lot of plastic
throughout but it definitely works to me is great engineering fun vehicles even
have a little scoop over the motor here pretty neat setup going on and you know
really rounding up the rest of the details got a little rear bumper we got
a servo saver I know something I want to talk to you guys about so I told you
about the cool gunmetal wheels we've got some standard rubber slick tires no foam
inserts on the inside but what I wanted to tell you about was it does have a
faux disc brake in there so the 12 millimeter hex has a disc brake around
it it really adds to the cool factor of the Mustang body alright guys I think
that wraps up all the details again if you are just looking for a fun build kit
you definitely need to check out what to me it has and i really suggest going to
a hobby store if you want to get a good price on one I know that Tamiya works
closely with hobby stores to give them better pricing than maybe what you're
seeing online so definitely hit up the local hobby shop see what they have to
offer if you like this kit alright guys time to find a parking lot let's go see
how this thing looks on the road man what an awesome day of testing now
it's winter time here and it was in the high 50s and so it was absolutely
beautiful out and then I drove this beautiful machine and it was just the
perfect day for RC and I had so much fun but before I get into the performance I
do want to talk to you guys about something I had said before during the
detailed portion of this video I had mentioned that I was just kind of
building this up right out of the box I wasn't gonna put any bearings or
anything like that and the reason being is is I'm gonna go and clean this up now
that I've driven it and basically put it on the shelf
and the reason why I'm gonna do that is because this is actually a 30th
anniversary kit commemorating to me a USA when it was established and it was
established by mr.
M Tamiya who unfortunately is no longer with us but I
had the pleasure of meeting him a number of times and just a wonderful person who
always welcomed me into the Tamiya booths and we had dinners even saw him
in Japan juez and trade shows there and just a great person that really love
this hobbies so this kit kind of has some value to me personally that's why
I'm gonna put it up on the shelf and to me it goes ahead gives you this little
card here with mr.
M tamiya´s accomplishments and in some history and
it's a great little piece to have if you're a true RC collector or anyone for
that matter it's just a great piece to have and then they do give you some
decals as well commemorating the 30th anniversary of Tamiya USA so this this
is why I'm you know gotta go and shelf clean it because it's just a great piece
of RC history alright guys now let's talk about the performance of this
vehicle and you know first up let me just start off with the styling the cool
factor of it this thing looks awesome running across the parking lot and I
went to a couple parking lots I went to my usual basketball court because it's
usually nice and clean and fun to test vehicles on and this thing just looks
cool out there just flat out if you're a Mustang fan it's awesome if you're just
an automotive fan a muscle car fan it is awesome in those respects as well now on
to power that tuned motor I like it guys it's a lot better than the standard
silver can it gives these cars the pep NEADS I kind of wish they all came like
that I understand why you know there's probably a little cost difference there
but that motor is a lot better I did also go and run it on a lipo battery
before in the details I showed it with a nickel metal hydride will end up running
a little lipo that combination is the right amount of power and fun you're not
going to get into trouble it still has great speed it's a fun
vehicle it also has reverse just for those of you that want to know you know
can I back out of the situation yes you can onto the handling of it it actually
handles pretty good you could tell that they are just friction dampers that you
know it's just spring rebound there because it does get a little jittery out
there but overall between you know the the tire combination and the tire just
kind of gives way and it's got a bit of a push to it and it handles you know any
rough stuff of the the asphalt just fine and you know you could carve some tight
corners and stuff it handles well in that respect you know and overall for
the type of vehicle that is just going out and cruising having fun it's
definitely awesome I like the way it handles you know with the power that it
has steering obviously it's got a bit of a push just the way it's all set up and
that's great for just having fun of course but you know you could you could
tighten up the corners save on the brake a little bit you know and plant the
front end just a little bit and it will turn some nice tight corners if you want
to you'll roll off the power a bit just be aware of your braking points but
again it's a fun car so if you just want to go out and rip up and down parking
lots you know maybe go around some curbs and stuff in in the parking lot you know
that's where it's just a lot of fun and that's me at TT o – chassis has been
around for a long time you know they just got it down as a fun vehicle and
even if you did want to go and take it to the next level to me it has a ton of
hop-up parts for their vehicles so definitely check out the hop-up options
on their website to me it does have a relatively new website so much better so
much easier to find stuff like option parts and the parts you're gonna need so
definitely check out everything that is offered for these vehicles alright guys
if you've been looking for an on-road car that you could build up that has
some really cool styling and has a great background story to it
definitely check out the Tamiya tto to GT for I think we're gonna see a lot
more American licensing on to me the vehicles coming in the future so
definitely keep an eye on everything that to me it is doing
