My Tamiya Buggy Champ build
- stages 1 to 5
These pages show the build of my 2009 Tamiya Buggy Champ, roughly in the order of the instruction manual pages. Click any image to view it larger...
Left: out of the box and ready to start, the parts of the Buggy Champ are packaged more or less as they were 30 years ago!
Note the black front bumper as per the MK1 Rough Rider - much nicer than the snot-green replacement on later models!
Above: stage 1 in the manual covers the assembly of the gear case. Look at those shiny UJ's!
Above: stage 2 is the attachment of the rear arms and torsion bar to the gear case.
Above: stage 3 is the attachment of the motor and rear shafts. They even kept the same colour wires on the same Mabuchi 540 motor. Note the two torsion bar halves are now joined with the torsion bar pipe.
Stage 4 in the manual is the fitting of the spur gear and plastic gear casing, not shown here (forgot the photo!).
Above: stage 5 is the assembly of the famous SRB roll bar and rear guard. Gotta love those pipe joints!
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Related pages
Tamiya Buggy Champ - introduction to these build pages.
Stages 6 to 10 of the Buggy Champ build.
Stages 11 to 15 of the Buggy Champ build.
