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Hi guys.

I know it aint vintage, but I thought I'd share my M05 build.

A few years ago, Venom released a range of green anodised parts (blue also) for the Tamiya M05. I bought 2 sets, always intending to do a shelf build one day. The set I used on my race mini proved to be far inferior to the strength of genuine Tamiya alloy upgrades, so safe to say it was retired pretty quickly.

I always had my second set of Venom parts in mind, intending to do a special shelf build. Fast forward about 4 years, and Tamiya released the gold version of the M05 and I thought it would make a perfect pairing. Being a proud Australian, green and gold is our offical sporting colour combination for international competition.

Regarding the build, as I never intend to run the beast I didn't fill the pre-assembled shocks with any oil, and likewise refrained from greasing the diff or using any threadlock. I want to do a couple of finishing touches such as fitting adjustable front links (might go for metal rod ends) and also fit electrical gear. I have the Venom green brushless combo (rebadged Hobbywing Ezrun system) and will probably get an alloy cased servo (Turnigy make one that's pretty cheap). Lastly I'll try and paint a shell with the Australian flag in green and gold colours, but that won't be for awhile so meatime, enjoy the chassis pics.

Cheers,

Steve

That's the greatest colour combo ever. Hang on a minute.... I'm biased too!

Looks good Stephen.

Cheers mate!

Aussie Aussie Aussie......

Nice!

Beautiful chassis!

Very nice...

It was a pity that you had to leave early from the mini nats. That was some of the most fun racing I've ever had!

Cheers Dave!

It was really great meeting you up at Wodonga and I was hoping to chew the fat with you more, however a sick boy and stresed wife had to take priority. Hopefully we'll catch up at Castle Hill later this year and have some brewskis, or alternatively other events as they eventuate.

Cheers,

Steve

I love me some nice anodizing! That's very pretty...nice contrasting colors, I dig the consistent color scheme.

EDIT: I just noticed your shiny green shock springs...I bought a set of 8 that look exactly like that, yours is the first car other than mine that I've seen springs with that color used on.