Finally purchased EJ 1st Mini 4wd and kid did not skimp on picking the newest, most expensive basic kit on the lineup the Festa Jaune aka Lamborghini Veneno* aping edition.
The selection on JNM's Hobby square was staggering when we visited lots of those pink specials, couple of nice black editions and re-stocks of old favorites like broken gigant but still EJ won't be swayed.
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| EJ First Tamiya Mini 4wd kit |
Unpacking
Christmas three of plastic parts two in total, one for tires, decals, the engine and baggy of gears, shaft's and old Tamiya staple blue tube lube. Manual as always in Japanese, basic operation manual now with English translation.
Kit impression
MA chassis kit quite nice the plastic body feels solid with high quality yellow finish, the MA chassis pretty stiff.
Decals are nice, shiny and now are not a pain to apply they do not break easily when you are lining up for application.
The engine included Tamiya unbranded generic motor with double rotating pinion gears. Older chassis kit do not include the engine.
Two driving gears, 2 pinion gears, 2 gear shafts, 2 hex shafts, and 2 connecting gear for tire shafts. The MA chassis motor and chassis design forgoes the OG drive shaft found on every mini 4wd since inception.
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| Double pinion motor |
Assembly
Proud to say that my son assembled the kit with minimal supervision. Basically I just detached/cut the parts from the tree and guided my son on how to follow the instructions.
MA chassis layout integrates the rear roller stays, kit comes with 6 small diameter rollers (plastic) and basic brake system for the chassis. With the engine and all the rollers included the kit is ready to run, just slap two AA batteries.
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| Installing tires |
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| Putting in gears |
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| Cowl and roller |
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| Finished |
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| Now for the stickers |
Details that matter
- Blue pinion gears are now standard before they are aftermarket
- Includes 6 low friction plastic bearing for the axle shaft, and two drive gears. No more crappy eyelets.
- Comes stock with brake system.
- Normal engine a surprise. Speed tested made a run of 18-19 kph out the box.
- Hex shafts and rims are now so hard to remove by hand (use Pliers) good or bad thing depending on who you ask.
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| Fresh NORMAL motor |
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| My X chassis, Atomic motor, same batteries |
Free mods
Stock brakes extension can be lengthen downwards by putting 2 washer on the screw. And cutting up, installing strips of Bathroom tape or thin sponge to improve contact friction.Good batteries. Tested the motor with 2100 mah (bolts) Nimh (?) and speed quite impressive for a normal-stock unit.
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| Festa Jaune with OG Speed checker |
Mk3 Next week: Festa Jaune, X chassis finalizing mods and hopefully track test.
Ernest and EJ
*Lamborghini Veneno
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