Ford F350 Hilift

[KingBob]

So who's planning on getting one of these? I'm thinking about it, gonna be a shelf queen though! Done in chrome red i think :)

My sources in Japan tell me the kit will be retailing for $425-475au (thats from japan obviously) plus postage. Probably be $200-300 more over here.

There will be an add on module available to add full lighting etc to it.

Currently expected to be available late this month!

[remotebandit]

Yeah , im in as well , ill get 1 pretty much within a month of the release to use and another prob over christmas as a shelfer .

[Pony]

Something to temp you

Hope the link works
http://www.tamiyausa.com/movie/58372.wmv

[Fozzy]

My sig says it all!

[JD]

wow, that thing flies!

lol

[Fozzy]

Not everyone wants to make up for having a small penis by going fast JD

[JD]

hahaahah, you got me there fozz :P

but seriously, is that as fast as that truck goes? or is it just going slow do he doesnt sratch it or something....

[Fozzy]

I would be guessing it is built with torque in mind.

However it has a three speed so who knows?

[BALISTC]

I'm gettin one FOR SURE

[Pony]

Guys you can back order with Tower's now !lmao

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMVP1&P=7

[Redrum]

A Person I know who orders stock through Hobbies Australia contacted them re stock and apparently they are supposed to be available on the 16th of this month, I have placed a preorder :) Obviously though I'm guessing theres every chance they WONT be available on the 16th and I might have to wait longer.

Edit: btw, he was told $545. But I have read rumors on American forums about 4 different version of the truck being released, one base and 3 more with additional parts/hopups. The Tamiya site claims the truck comes without radio etc, but Hobbies Australia claimed it comes WITH radio but no battery/charger? :/

Guess I will have to wait and see.
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[Pony]

Tamiya US has updated the page with more pics and info

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58372

[chucky06]

That looks cool. I got one on order. should be here in a week or two they reckon!!!

[Pony]

Tamiya US has updated the page again with more vids and info

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58372

[remotebandit]

those video clips are sooooo shit makes it just look like a made in china toy on a track .

For those that dont understand , these trucks are off road masters and thats what the video clip should be of being taking it off road in terms of shrub / water / rocks .

Tamiya should be embaressed to use those clips on their website and im sure the original bruiser owners here will agree with me 100000% .
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[Boony]

i watched the three meg one aND ur right they look preety sh*t but as rb said its just what they do with them on the clip.

[Birky]

Just a headsup guys, but its due to be shipped to the HK hobby stores on Tuesday or Wednesday (5th/6th September 2006).

I've seen it on shopping.rcmodel.hk and www.stellamodels.net
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[Redrum]

Yeah the US site claims in stores 25th Sept, I wonder when Hobbies Australia takes their delivery? *rubs his hands together*

[Birky]

If its coming through Toy Traders (Australia's Tamiya Importer), probably a month or two away.
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[rc101]

looks realy sick hey but i have to resist temptation

[remotebandit]

Ok guys , sold some old stuff today so im cashed up and ready to buy .

Are these readily available yet and whats the final price , mes gots to gets 1 ASAP .

[mrphatman]

Who wants one

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Tamiya-Ford-F350-High-Lift-1-10-RC-monster-Truck_W0QQitemZ320028204015QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4402 2QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

OR

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Tamiya-Ford-F350-High-Lift_W0QQitemZ320028200912QQihZ011QQcategoryZ34063 QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Pony]

They are not available until the middle of next week.

I have brought off that seller before and they are not in Australia like it says.

I pre ordered mine here http://www.stellamodels.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2592

Cheapest I could find

[chucky06]

Tamiya have updated their site. New vid and specs.
Rainbow Ten in Japan have them in stock ready to ship!!! PHC say still another 3-4wks.

[rc101]

those trucks there three speed but there so bloody slow why ????

[Redrum]

Because their not designed to be fast? Its a scale kit... three speed is more of a novelty :)

[chucky06]

And guess who got one already??? !lmao

Yep, thats right. Its ME!!! HaHa!!! !moon

[KingBob]

!picsorban !picsorban !picsorban !picsorban

[Boony]

lol

[Redrum]

Damn you, I thought I was going to be the first one... but I bet yours wasnt bought from an aussie distributor now was it!??

[chucky06]

Not availible in oz yet!!! Is from Rainbow Ten in Japan!
Pics...


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[Pony]

I love my mail man too. !lmao

Got home last night to a big box waiting, Now i just need to find time to build it

[remotebandit]

do you guys reckon these will be as big as the Bruiser in about 20 years or is this old Tamiya classics collectables just finished .

In saying this , im buying 2 anyway over the next 6 months , 1 for the play and 1 for the shelf queen and i say this cause ive got 2 Bruisers and my first is ****ed and in bits and cut and totally non original ( who knew they were going to be so valuable when you were only 12 ) and the other is in great condition as its slowly being restored .

Chucky , its probably too late but would love to see some progress pix as your assembling it as im sure everyone here is interested .

How long till they hit Aus and will be in the local hobby shops ... anyone ?

[justo316]

Nah, no way an "updated" version can be more "collectible" than the original (I know it's not exactly an update, but you know what I mean).

Chuck, where the hell are more pics dude???? You've had 13hours. It should be done ;)

[Boony]

haha

[Redrum]

Mine came in today from HOBBIES AUSTRALIA through www.raneye.com.au. Could it be the first AUSTRALIAN supplied truck? :D

[Redrum]

I'd be interested to know how much you guys paid in total + shipping to get it a whole one day earlier than me :D

[remotebandit]

its not on their website bro , how much was it here

[Redrum]

I know its not, I got him to order it for me :)
I dont think he got any in for stock, I've had it on order since early August...
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[Redrum]

Damn this thing is going to take more than a few minutes to build :D

[Redrum]

Aussie delivered! box pic........................

http://users.bigpond.net.au/redrum/F350/New%20F350%20032.jpg

[Alex]

niiiiiiice. the king has landed :D

[Boony]

so has the double gee i see

[Beev 30]

redrum can you pm me where you got it from..i just got home and i left picture of chuckys up and my wife said to get it for i always wanted a Bruiser but cant afford it...i pmed chucky but he hasnt got back to me..he will but i want to order it now...thanks

[Redrum]

Bev,

Raneye Systems

Give them a call on 03 56724774 and ask for Aaron, when I spoke to him tonight he said the rep was telling him how it was so quiet and basically noone had ordered them and then late last week half their shipment was gone :) So you'll have to get in quick and get him to see if the supplier has any stock left. Most hobby shops havent even heard of this kit so your chances are probably good :)

They are located in Wonthaggi, Victoria, but have lots of interstate customers and he is pretty quick with the shipping :)


-Redrum


redrum can you pm me where you got it from..i just got home and i left picture of chuckys up and my wife said to get it for i always wanted a Bruiser but cant afford it...i pmed chucky but he hasnt got back to me..he will but i want to order it now...thanks

[Beev 30]

thanks man im on it first thing at 7am whats the damage..just pm me if ya dont want to say

[chucky06]

Hi Bev, didnt get a PM sorry. Got mine from Rainbow Ten in Japan. 49400yen. About $560 aus. Thats to your door. EMS shipping is 3-5 days.
http://www.rainbowten.co.jp

Got the body at the painters now. Just bought a new camera so i can get some good pics.

[Redrum]

Your not painting it yourself?.... pfft wheres the fun in that?

[remotebandit]

your both ****ing hopeless guys .. sorry to say .

I would have had half of it built in the car on the way home and undercoat would have hit the body by now . ( then 40 minute toilet break reading the instructions would have shown me i did something wrong )





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[Redrum]

I am so tempted, but the kit comes with bushings.. I ordered the 40something odd bearings from HK and am awaiting their arrival :) I dont really want to tear apart the gearbox, diffs and stuff in two days time when they arrive!

[remotebandit]

reddy , i actually agree with you 100% on that , i didnt realise it came with bushes , great call and something thats great we know cause now potential buyers like myself looking forward to the excitement of the all nighter build can pick up a set of bearings when we get the truck so we dont get the same dissapointment .

[Redrum]

hehe, definately an all nighter... I think I might need to buy a new (bigger) dining table just for this job :D

( If its any consolation I did stick the tires on the rims before packing it all back in the box 8) )
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[chucky06]

I not painting it myself, i got someone who can do it 2pac. Comes out like the real car then. Trust me RB, you dont want to rush this build!!! I dont really like the wheels rhat come with it so i got some nice chrome ones comming on saturday. Just hope they fit the tyres.

[Beev 30]

modding already..man i love new toys..but its kinda fun watching you guys first get all thr fruit on there ...i am new to this truck but on tamiya usa it says it comes with bearings as well there is like 3 different versions??

[Redrum]

I heard a rumor of three different versions, but the manual/box etc calls them "Metal bearings" (trick name for bushings) They refer to ball bearings as ball bearings :)

[Pony]

Ha Bev

This is where I pre ordered but I got it for $300 US with ball bearing kit.
http://www.stellamodels.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2592 Cost me $499 AUD to my door and took 9 days

Redrum
Just out of curiosity why do you thing you kit came from HOBBIES AUSTRALIA. To start with Toy Traders are the Australian distributors of Tamiya and http://www.raneye.com.au/ list other Tamiya kits that are not imported into Australia. I would have thought that they have parallel imported this from the US

[Redrum]

Pony, It could very well of been Toy Traders, I always get the suppliers confused. :)

Btw, for those asking how much I paid.. $545
F350 High-Lift

[Redrum]

41pc Ball bearing kit arrived today from HK, now the build begins... tomorrow or something ( I've got a headache :( )

[remotebandit]

come on reddy , wtf ... i could have lost an arm but would still have started building it now .

Ohh well , i expect some pix ASAP ... would love progress pix infact to give us people that will buy them late this year or early next year a bit of a heads up on what to expect .

[Redrum]

haha RB ... Well I built the gearbox while watching rove, took like 2 pictures... the gearbox shafts seem to have ALOT of play, will probably have to tear it down and shim it up, its too much play for my liking... Chucky, did you notice the same thing, or is yours still in its box? :D

[chucky06]

Red....inoticed some play but the box is identical to my semi's and they need the play in them apparently. Mines all together but got some issues.
For starters,
1. my wheels i bought for it arent stepped out enough and they rub on the steering linkages.
2. The diffs feel very tight.
3. The springs are to hard. I fixed this one by only using the 2 shortest leaves and not putting the coil springs in the shocks.
I will be pulling out the diffs and checking them tomorrow.
And last, the curved steering arm touches the dome nut on the diff.
Pics to follow.

[chucky06]

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[Beev 30]

That looks sick man...that wins for looks any day....i hope i will have mine done buy the weekend so we can go out and look at them in the yard couse i dont think ill drive mine...its too good to drive...hope it looks as half as good as yours...well done...how long to build

[Beev 30]

That looks sick man...that wins for looks any day....i hope i will have mine done buy the weekend so we can go out and look at them in the yard couse i dont think ill drive mine...its too good to drive...hope it looks as half as good as yours...well done...how long to build

[chucky06]

Took 6 days but i got some probs to sort out still. I gunna get mine dirty. Getting another one for the shelf, which will most probably also get dirty. !drunk
!smack
Plus i gotta make up my lights!!! !yikes
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[SuperRoo]

That looks AWESOME.

Looking at the body from the side shots it almost looks like the original Hilux body.

It says on the Tamiya webpage about running 2 leaf springs for soft and 5 leaf springs for hard.

Are the difflocks engaged on the diffs? This could cause the tension

So how long before one of you guys does away with the leaf setup and mods it for a link setup?


Cheers

[chucky06]

RC Nuts... It does say that but even running just the main leaf its still abit hard, if you take out the coils in the shocks it makes it soooo much better to set up. And no the diff arent locked yet, was trying it without for starters but they still seem tight. will work it out tomorrow and post wat i find.
Already looking at doing a two bar swing arm setup. shouldnt be that hard by the look of it.

[Beev 30]

they have a light kit comming they say...like 300 im sure were ya can make it for 20 bucks...LOVR JAY-CAR..lol

[SuperRoo]

If anyone wants a few super bright led's made up for the spot lights and headlights the missus is good at making them. The ones we get are 5mm 16,000 or 18,000 mcd clear/white and 5mm 5000 mcd clear red for the tail lights and we can also get 3mm led's. I had 4 of them in the front of my Bullhead body just to try out and they did a good job of putting my real cars low beam to shame, they were blinding to look at and I would hate to look at the 40,000 mcd ones.

How many places are there on the Highlift for lights?

Cheers

[chucky06]

Lights? theres about 5 million places for lights.....well maybe not quiet. There is low beam/hi beam on plus 2 spots for front indicators on each side on the front. 5 roof lights and park/tail lights and indicators on rear.

[justo316]

Chucky, looks wicked! Can't wait til I can afford and am allowed one :(

[Redrum]

Well mines almost finished, noticed that the Tamiya TLT-1 wheels seem to fit nicely and look somewhat scale still, same dia just a wider stance/track :)
Will get some pics when i get the body sorted out :/

[Redrum]

Same color as the shocks too, looks awesome! :D

[Redrum]

Bad pic, this is not the high-lift body, its a jugg body I bought off ebay as a basher body for $51 :)

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[Redrum]

btw, the jugg body rubs badly on those wheels, they are no good :(
The only difference between the two bodies that I can see is that the high-lift body has some slots cut in the front bumper for the leaf shackles to flex through. I'll hopefully pickup my repaired dremel tomorrow and be able to cut them.

[Redrum]

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[fleggy]

man, the more i look at these rigs, the more i'm determined i want one for xmas!

[remotebandit]

hey chucky or reddy , any chance of a few 800 x 600 shots of the chassis to post here . Chuckys got some grouse shots but their too small to see detail

[Redrum]

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[Redrum]

,.., these pics suck, i'm going to bed :P Maybe tomorrow

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[chucky06]

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[chucky06]

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[chucky06]

Sorry to the MOD's and anyone on dial-up but you asked for bigger pics!!! !rant !rant !rant !yikes

[remotebandit]

absolutely crazy stuff and i think that for this occasion , mods wont shrink the pix down cause we need to see detail .

Ok , well theres my christmas prezzie

[chucky06]

I already shrunk them to half size!!!

[KingBob]

Thats mad. I think i want one now. Won't be long before theres buttloads of aftermarket ali parts available.

[chucky06]

This is the tech tips for building the F-350 from RCCrawler. All ppl builing should read this before starting your build.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44323

[chucky06]

Update... as we all know, this truck is for offroading but after the maiden voyage garden crawling i found two things.
They are :
1. The diffs need to be locked because,
2. No matter how soft you get the suspension the wheels will come off the ground.
!rant !smack !rant
Make that three,
3. If the diffs arent locked, the first bit of soft sand you hit off centre will just get you digging holes!!!

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[Redrum]

Hey chucky, I dont have any problems with the suspension.. though if I torqued up the motor i'm sure I'd bugger the leafs like others have already with axle torque twist, see how you've got three leafs per corner? take the top leaf off and put the small bottom one on the top instead (leaving you with only two, the main leaf plus the smallest on top). My truck when sitting on its wheels sinks down a TINY bit with its own weight but flexes very nicely when crawling over objects, It even kind of feels like its a scale weight with how the suspension behaves :) (Oh, I am also not running coils in the shocks). It would DEFINATELY bottom out on any kind of jump, but I dont want it for jumping :)

[chucky06]

Yo Red, was gunna do that but after reading the thread on RCCrawler i was worried about bending springs. I will give it a go but first i gunna make a traction bar i think.

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[Redrum]

Yeah I saw that a while back, I dont know what they were doing to mangle the leafs like that... if and when I do some serious crawling action with it I'd probably put the bar on to stop the twist.... but the asthetics of it kills me :) Let me know what you think of it with the two leaf setup, its seriously soft :D

[Redrum]

Yes this thing looks like a right mess right now, playing around with the jugg body... I had to cut the wheelarches to match the high-lift body (same body but different).



Made a template from the High-lift F350 body and traced roughly onto Jugg body
http://ezri.unstable.org/~redrum/F350/F350%20023.jpg


Cutting out wheelarch roughly
http://ezri.unstable.org/~redrum/F350/F350%20026.jpg


After cleaning up with a knife.
http://ezri.unstable.org/~redrum/F350/F350%20024.jpg


Quick coat of gunmetal grey (Which was a disaster (for testing purposes of course)) + the TLT-1 Max Climber wheels (same diameter tires)...

http://ezri.unstable.org/~redrum/F350/F350%20001.jpg
http://ezri.unstable.org/~redrum/F350/F350%20002.jpg
http://ezri.unstable.org/~redrum/F350/F350%20004.jpg


Still need to cut up the front bumper and rear wheel arches yet, but will make a nice basher body for sure :D

[chucky06]

That looks cool red. PHC has the hi-lift in. So now i can get another one!!! !super !super !super

[Beev 30]

good call chucky..i picked up 2 from there yesterday ...took 1 home last night and the other next week so the misses dont see 2 right away...i took with bearings and the other im just going to leave in the box fo awhile...it was lighter than i thought for all the weight in the box is 100% the black box of gears and stuff...correct me if im wrong but the wheels are 100% touring car rims so ya can get anything ya want really...but the factory ones def are the coolest i seen so far..note to chucky i think there is 1 left in shop..got 4 of them i took 2 there was a guy calling when i was there at 5pm to come in today to pick it up...unless that guy on the phone was you ....lol

[chucky06]

Yo Bev, good stuff. The offset of the wheels are different so check before you buy new ones. I dont really like the original ones. I talked to James at PHC yesterday. He holding it for me till da weekend.