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You’re welcome! I’m glad it’s been helpful…and thank you for the manual code for yours. I searched it out and the one I found doesn’t show the grease symbols for the ball bearings. However, for me personally, even if it did I never grease the bearings as it causes dirt and grime to build up and then the bearings don’t function as well. I just choose not to grease ball bearings. As to the sponge tape…my manual doesn’t show any sponge tape and the manual I found online with your manual code didn’t show it either. So I’m not sure why yours has it. If my manual had shown me sponge tape I definitely would have used it. So if yours is saying you should then I would definitely build it that way.

@FastFreddyRC I've subscribed, I find your way of explaining the steps is the easiest way for me to follow. The sponge tape is actually in your manual on one of your videos, (step 28, time 4:02, bottom right). I also double checked, my manual does show the lube tube at the bearings, Im not mentioning this to criticise you not lubing your bearings, btw, but rather pointing out differences in tamiya manuals, do you have an email as I'd like to send you pictures of my manual to show what I'm referring to

@@seraajroomaney3148 Thank you for subscribing and wow…great catch on the sponge tape!! So for some reason I forgot to explain why I left it out! Because I was using the yeah racing rack I didn’t want the sponge tape interfering with the smoothness of the steering. My other TT02’s do have the sponge tape and it basically sits under the servo saver after you’ve screwed in the servo. I think it’s primarily designed to stop dirt and debris getting under the servo and jamming the servo arm. But as this is a TT02D I’m not planning on using it anywhere that isn’t a hard clean surface (road, skatepark, parking lot etc) so I decided not to use it. So again great catch!! But feel free to use the sponge tape as you see fit. My email is on my home page in the channel description but if you can’t find it just let me know.

@FastFreddyRC not sure why my previous reply isn't showing but I can't find your e mail address, please send so that I can send you pictures of my manual and get your opinion on why theres a difference in manuals for essentially the same kit.

@@seraajroomaney3148 info@fastfreddyrc.com

Hi Michael. So I looked your radio up but can’t find what I want to know about it. Can you tell me if it’s a digital radio or analogue?

@@FastFreddyRC it is digital

Thanks Paul!

So do I!! lol finally got the paint I needed so I’ll be starting the finishing touches soon.

Thank you!

Are you wanting all 4 wheels to stick out? If so your best bet is to buy wheels with a higher offset. That might be the easiest way of doing it. There are also hub extenders you can buy but I think the wheel option is better. The kit itself does have a couple plastic wheel extenders that are designed for say Porsche models where the rear sticks out further than the front. But the kit only comes with two.

Thanks John!

It’s interesting but they do use this method on the cc02 build to keep the nuts in place for later steps.

Thanks John! And it’s true…if you miss something…even the small stuff, it can really mess you up.

No worries! It can be hard to keep up…even I’m behind on so many channels!

@@FastFreddyRC there are so many channels to support it’s tough to keep up for sure

Thank you Dirk!!

Very cool! I didn’t want to alter this one too much with it being one of the 333 but those options sound great. And thank you!

Thanks John! Despite what others are saying about this chassis, ie the “slop” I love the build so far. For a chassis that can be built in different configurations I think it’s great. It will be perfect for the new Porsche that’s coming out on this chassis.

Thanks John! I love the look of the Kadett so I can’t wait to test drive it.

lol I’m not sure why they didn’t…they do with the TT02 chassis.

@@_mikeu oh I know!! lol - you’re welcome!!

Thanks Trey!!

It’s pretty cool to be able to build it this way!

It’s true!!

@@Paul__FC thank you! it was a couple photos in a community post.

@@nicok2648 great idea! Pretty cool you still have your original car. The TA02 chassis is one of the best!

@@FastFreddyRC but as you noticed it need a replacement main shaft 😅 I'm using the Yeah Racing shaft, important: there's 2 lengths of main shafts, short on off-roads long on on-roads. Long version Chassis plastic has a honeycomb structure, short version a flat structure. Cheers

Awesome! Yeah that's a great idea...if the other side, like the frog, had another dummy antenna I probably would have kept it but your idea of running that up the roll cage is bang on...that way you just have the one antenna that just looks cool!

You’re welcome! Glad they were helpful. And that’s a great question…the left over parts on the M parts tree are not used for the Holiday Buggy. In your instruction manual at the back you’ll find pictures of the parts trees and all the parts you mentioned are greyed out meaning they aren’t to be used. A lot of the time Tamiya uses the same parts trees for multiple kits so some parts are actually for other kits and visa versa.

They should all be there...the entire build series is in one of my playlists.

@FastFreddyRC Not in the Playlists.... It stopped me from seeing past episode 13 on the BT-01 Playlist too... :(

@@CarmineRC weird. I just had a friend search for the playlist on there RUclips and all steps are there. However…the BT-01…there actually is only 13 so far…I’m still editing the series so I believe step 13 is the most current. The rest is still coming.

@@FastFreddyRC That's good..... I'm looking forward to finishing the BT-01 Playlist. I can't afford ANY new kits, maybe for a year... so I watch builds.....

It's true...not seen that before on a Tamiya kit so there are some nice little extras with this kit.

I thought this car and this chassis needed the Paul Walker treatment.

Cool! And yes the BT-01 is great! I'm really enjoying the build...I still have a lot of videos to edit but I'll get them out as I edit them.

Definitely agree with you!

I agree Dirk…I’m not sure why they went with this design.

Awesome John…I do love the look of these cars. Actually most cars were better looking in the old days. Every brand had a unique style that could be spotted for miles. Now all cars look the same and the only distinguishing difference is the logo. I think jaguars were the last car to hold out before even they went to the same boring look of everything else. It’s a shame really. My favourite car growing up was the Toyota Celica Supra. The wheel arches were much like the Opel and it looked very aggressive just sitting still. Tamiya seems to be on a Celica kick right now with their TT02 chassis. I really want them to bring out the Celica Supra :)

Thanks Dirk!!

lol it's so true!!!

@@fatdan120a you’re welcome!! It sounds like an awesome project rebuilding your original car. Cool!

Funny! Now that is an interesting idea...totally worth trying!! Great idea Dirk!

Thanks Trey! It's worth pointing out as I think if you're not familiar with the building process you may not realize that there are different plastics in every kit. If it's your first build the last thing you're going to be happy with is stripping out one of the screw holes.

Good point Glenn. As I'm now further into the build I would say that that's EXACTLY what they are for. But I'm not quite sure how they operate yet...I'll have to see when I get the shocks and wheels on. They don't have a rubber bumper on them so if they end up touching the frame it seems like a hard hit. I'll know more soon...

@@FastFreddyRC ah, good to know. Looking forward to watching the rest. Having to watch them 2 or 3 times occassionally as I keep missing certain things 🤣

Agreed!! Don’t see any reason why they couldn’t do it…so let’s hope so!!

It’s definitely not the easiest way of doing it.

Hi James! Thank you for sending me this...awesome! The Grasshopper is such a great car. Glad to hear it's operating as it's supposed to!! Nice work! That gearbox is pretty much bulletproof so your son should get years of worry free driving out of it.