). As much as I tried over the next couple of weeks I could not shake the need to own another Astute to replicate the one I once owned. Now here I am today having collected some 35 cars in the last nine months with finally an Astute that I can use to realise that need. In 1989 my Uncle still owned the LHS and I was lucky enough to get one of the first Astutes into the UK. I raced it in standard form (with the exception of ball racers, front wheels and longitudinally relocated battery) it was very impressive for a Tamiya and I achieved reasonable regional success, however I was forever breaking the rear suspension. The Madcap was released a couple of months after the Astute and held the answer to the Astutes Achilles heel. With the inclusion of some of the Madcaps rear suspension components the Astute became a really competitive club/regional 2WD.
This is my project to revive the RC car that I remember with most fondness.
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) and a new body set that I'll source from Kamtec. I've opted to use Associated shocks as I intend to run / race this car, I remember using Kyosho Golds in the past but these (as we know) are very difficult to find as are Tamiya Hi Caps, I'm sure the RC10 ones will perform well.
