Tamiya Subaru brat
 

Is this any good? my dad bought my mom a Midnight Pumpkin(vintage 80's) and my mom said he has to get one so I'm helping him. Is this truck any good?

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You have the coolest mom then.. LOL! :D

It is basically a Frog w/ truck body and scale tires.. it is pretty durable.. but it won't be as high performance as all the latest racing trucks.. (got to remember this is a 20 yrs old design!)

Will be tons of fun, though!! :D

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he's just going to be bashing with me and her. so for a basher it'll be good?

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It will do great!! :D

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cool, I'll tell him it's good

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Have any pics?

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Pics for Tamiya Brat?! I think there's a bunch in the Frog thread..

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5491800/tm.htm

Try page 27.

I think Jim has a build thread somewhere too..

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The Brat aint no slow poke either. Big 540 can and all RWD? Okay it's not great off road but it's still pretty damn quick.

Just be very careful when turning, to say that the Brat is top-heavy is an understatement. Oh you have a Lunchbox. That's okay then!

Chris.

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its one ugly bugger! thats for sure!

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The brat or the pumpkin?

I prefer the scale looking stuff. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The old frog chassis is a blast - takes me back.

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Here's my old brat that i assembled and airbrushed... it turned out ok!


IMAGES:


http://www.deependstudios.com/brat/brat_096.jpg

http://www.deependstudios.com/brat/brat_095.jpg

http://www.deependstudios.com/brat/brat_094.jpg

http://www.deependstudios.com/brat/brat_093.jpg

http://www.deependstudios.com/brat/brat_099.jpg

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You sold it, right, Jim?!

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brat. im not totally sure what it is, but there are some old tamiya buggies and trucks that while they are fun to assemlbe and drive, but some of the bodies are odd and boxy... imo

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Yep, sold the body, sold the brushless, then sold the brat....

Shame, really, it turned out pretty nice! I think those funds went toward the Baja 5b..

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Well it is more of a scale look. What recently attracted me to the re releases is the "boxy" looks. I like my buggies to look like buggies as I cruise around. But that is because I don't race. I plan to pick up a frog soon not because I owned the original (I'm just out of college) it' because of the character the model has.

Oh and I love building.

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scale look = F-350 :D lol

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Very nice pics.

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Thank you sir! :D

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I think Jim buys RCs just so he can take pictures of them... :D

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That's a cool brushless Brat! I haven't seen anybody else go brushless in these. I'm getting the Mamba Max 7700kv for my Frog.

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LOL, MM7700kv Frog... Hmm...... not sure if it can put that power to the ground or not.. so light and RWD only.. mostly wheelspin, I guess, ha!!

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it will go like 50 mph!!!






in a completely uncontrollable spin out.....

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Yea, I would expect that! It will aslo be going into a couple of 4WDs though. I will post a video when I get it.

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Here she is! Still have to take a trip to the hobby shop for connectors and batteries though.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL900.../265296435.jpg

And six months ago runnin vintage Acoms gear, msc, 9.6v,and stock motor.

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL900.../265296996.jpg

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LOL, that should be fun... :D