The Rise of The TAMIYA RISING FIGHTER #7 - The Last of the Hornets: 10th Anniversary Tribute!
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2018
- The Final Sunday with the Tamiya Rising Fighter 58416! The Last of the Hoppers, The Last of the Hornets! Here is my personal shot at a 10th Anniversary Custom Edition.
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You can find an overview and links of this entire video series and upgrades below.
Welcome to Step 7! After all these upgrades, I think The Rising FIghter finally deserved some basic paint! Since I (and others) consider the Rising Fighter as the final 'Hornet', a 'Super Super Hornet' or a 'Hornet III' it was important, for me, that there should be some visual connection to the legacy of the Hornets. A good approach to this would be Hornet decals. But even though I love the looks of my Grasshopper II with Grasshopper decals and I love the looks of several "Hornet"-remakes of the Rising Fighter found on the internet, for this one, I wanted to stay true to the original release "The Rising Fighter" and it's decal sheet.
Even though I really think it looks splendid in blue, the original box art decals includes a lot of other colors: white, red, silver and black. So while wishing to make a connection to the Hornet and Super Hornet and also reducing the number of colours with one, I was left with only one choice: A Black Hornet. Personally I like the result and it really looks splendid side by side with it's sister, the Super Hornet.
This series has focused on The Rising Fighter. But remember, many of these upgrades and hop-up options apply to the other buggies with the Grasshopper or Grasshopper II chassis: The Tamiya Grasshopper, The Hornet, The Grasshopper II and Super Hornet. The size and amount of ball bearings is the same for all five models. Only the Super Hornet comes with oil filled shocks in the front. All can be upgraded for more top speed and Ampro Engineering has transmission and rear braces for all models except the Grasshopper. And of course all choices of colors, decals, wheels and tires and be personalized.
So ... this is the end of my Tamiya Rising Fighter "Hornet III" Sunday Upgrades ... for now at least. There are some things that still bothers me: The absence of "Hornet Eyes" (aux. lights), the stiffness of the rear suspension and the length of the non-official CVA-dampers I used. Some day, I would definitly also want to try the genious Ampro Double Wishbone Front Suspension.
But for now, it's ready for the season and ready to run! So the next time you'll see it is in a test run, a speed test run or in the grass and dirt. Looking so much forward running it!
Thank you for following along and thank you for all the encouraging and interesting comments along the way!
A special and warm thank you goes to Ampro Engineering for the contributions to both The Rising Fighter, parts wise, and the personal contributions to the video series! Please check out Step 4 and 5.
Hope you found this video useful or/and interesting! This video series is purely intended for viewers with an interest in the Tamiya Grasshopper/Hornet legacy or/and the Tamiya Rising Fighter.
Check out my channel for many more Tamiya Hoppers/Hornets and other models.
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The Rise of The Rising Fighter Upgrade series (so far):
Step 1: Introduction and 9x1150 and 1x850 Ball Bearings
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
Step 2: Tamiya CVA Oil Filled Shocks F/R
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
Step 3: Tamiya 19T Steel Pinion and 23T Sport Tuned Motor
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
Step 4: Ampro Trans Brace (Featuring Ampro Engineering)
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
Step 5: Ampro Rear Brace (Featuring Ampro Engineering)
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
Step 6: Tamiya Star Dish Wheels and Grooved Front Tires
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
Step 7: 10th Anniversary Black Hornet Edition Tribute
• The Rise of The TAMIYA...
The description box of Step 1 also includes full specifications of the stock Rising Fighter.
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Nordic RC Visions Statement:
This video features homemade footage of my own radio-controlled unit, The Tamiya Rising Fighter (Tamiya Model 58416 from 2008), from my personal RC model collection. All rights reserved.
Looks cool in black.
Thanks, Jesper! I think so too. Looking forward for some yellow, orange, pink, blue and white in the mail ;-)
Primer, good to see!
Yeah, sometimes I actually use it 🙂
nice job...building is all the fun to me.
Thank you! I enjoy both building, running and filming ☺️
Beautiful ❤👍
Thanks! A lot more Hornet-like now :-)
I absolutely I absolutely love when people put their own ideas into the RC cars and now follow everybody else I do the same thing I make it mine not what's on the box or whatever you buddy else had back at that cocky my awesome good luck with it
Hello Phil. Thanks a lot for watching. I do like a good stock build with box art too. But projects and changing the cars or/and upgrading them is fun too if one got the time ☺️
The finished product looks amazing
Thanks a lot Jay! I like it too!
The Fighter looks great, a lil trick I learned from a doll house maker if applying chrome/mirror decal to a top surface he’d make mini fridges, armoires for dollhouses with mirrors. Just tape off area for decal, when finished painting peel mask apply chrome decal. Less painting and sanding and the result will be mirrortastic👌 awesome video as always 👊
Hi Luke! Thanks for the tip though I’m not sure if I entirely understand it. What will the benefit be? Masking off areas on the body in the correct size and position of the decals would result in a lot of work. And if the masking is 1 mm wrong it will look terrible. The thing that was hard with this was the precut decals. If one should apply the usual techniques one should cut the back of the decals in perfect alignment with the precuts, which I didn’t opt for. Everything is much much easier with non-pre-cut decals, in my opinion. But I may have got the tip wrong? But thanks a lot for the kind feedback my friend.
That does look a lot better in black.
It definitly does. Fits the decals a bit more. One color less. And suits a buggy with a Super Hornet body .-) Thanks for watching and the support, my friend.
Great job again ! This is the best RF ever seen. And I am looking forward to watching test run too !
Thank you very much, Satoru Nakajima! I am really looking forward to a test run too. Gonna wait till a very sunny day where I have lots of time. Gonna be great to see it out in the sun running. Thanks for watching, bro.
Very impressive!! A fun video series that I enjoyed following, thank you!!
Thanks! Glad you liked it. A bit long and nerdy, but I thought the Rising Fighter deserved some time to shine. Love the little buggy. Thank you very much for watching!
Nordic RC Visions Not long or nerdy at all! Informative and interesting and it’s nice that you shine a line on these vehicles!!
*light*
Love the black rider look. Some customer decals would have made it pop even more.
Reza Darhamy Hi Reza. Thanks for watching. Yeah, it looked quite mean in all black 🙂 Think it looks fine with the Rising Fighter decals too though.
exelent project the buggy is amazing good job. 👍
Thanks, Marcos! Need to do a maiden run video with her soon! Thanks for watching.
Well, Nordic RC Visions, I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed following this series! Love the way you 'personalised' the buggy with your own take on the colour scheme - gotta say that the black was a fantastic choice and the original decals suit the colour well. I really think that the yellow Holiday Buggy star dished wheels would look awesome against the black too! I hope we get a chance to see the transformed car running on the rough! As for the name, I was thinking "The Rising Stealth Fighter", or on a lighter note, "The Horny Fighter" Hehe - only joking! Here's to the next series - big thumbs up mate :D
Ha ha, if this wasn't a family channel I would pin that comment ;-) Will definitly try some other colours of Tamiya wheels some time with this one. Maybe yellow or red. Would look very Super Hornet'ish. As far as I remember your RF is white right? I think the RF looks splendid in white, red or black. Suits the decals. Hope to see more of it on your channel some day. Thanks for following along and all the interesting comments along the way, my friend.
It has been MY pleasure! More RF videos to come, I promise :-)
Ok mate I really like the paint job. Excellent work it looks fantastic
Thanks a lot! Looks a bit more stylish and classic now I think. Thanks for watching and the support, buddy!
Such a beauty man. Love your restoration and upgrading series. Keep them up!
Thanks for watching, Raúl! Love sharing these projects! It would get too lonely without :-)
Wow! Nice job... looks amazing in black.
Thanks, Daryl! I’m very pleased with it too :-)
thumbs up
Thanks, my friends!
Great result. We just need a beach run video now. 👍
I need a proper buggy-beach to take it too, he he. But it will definitly shine and running by the harbor or at a ball field i a video some day this season :-) A few test runs on tarmac first though I think.
... and thanks for watching!
Always a pleasure. 🤝
Ok.
Un buen trabajo de pintura.
Quedó como nuevo.
Yeah, body looks brand new now. Thanks for watching, Marco :-)
Nicely done Mikael!! Looks real sweet,Looking forward to the run videos now bud 😊
Thanks, Chris! Looking soooo much forward running it. Waiting for a good sunny day with plenty of time to rdrive it and film it and where it will shine on it's maiden run :-)
Nordic RC Visions I hear you bud!! Was supposed to take the DT02MS out this weekend and then it snowed lastnight ..smh 😕
she is a beaut😲
I agree ☺️ Thank you bro
Awesome !!
Thanks, RC Patapouf!
Nice series. Just needs the can lights that the other DT01's have.
Thank you Dave. Don’t think the other got the aux lights?
Well done, I do like box art 99% of the time. But you got this, very nice!
Thanks, well, it's still kinda box art, just black instead of blue, he he :-) Yeah, box art is nice.
The Black Rider ha! Nice 👍 it’s the Hornet Mk11. Just imagining it with hornet decals hmm, excellent paint work buddy it looks amazing in black. I like it a lot. Well done :)
He he, when I realized everyting was black or silver except for the wires and wheels, I had to see it with black wheels. Looks mean. But not as classic as I would like :-) Yeah, for long the plan was to apply the Hornet decals. Like my Grasshopper II. But even though I'm not a great fan of the Rising Fighter name to a buggy like this, I decided to stay true to the original and I think the RF decals actually look great on black. Ampro has made a "real Hornet III" out of his. Awesome looking with Hornet decals. And I've also seen a couple of black RF's with the Hornet decals on the internet, though I can't remember where right now. Hornet MkII would be a cool name for it too! I have no idea what I should call this one. Hornet MkII, Super Super Hornet, Hornet III or maybe the Rising Fighter Super G :-)
Thanks for wacthing, my friend :-)
Nordic RC Visions you’re welcome Buddy! The rising fighter super G sounds like an awesome name for it, But equip it with super G wheels yes! Yeah original yellow or green wheels. Or I can suggest getting non tamiya ones but in green or yellow it will really stand out with the black. Remember we can put any wheels we want on our buggy’s it will still look awesome. Yeah I like those black wheels too, it looked really mean and well suited. :)
Maybe I will try out some red wheels for it someday. Would fo great with those red flame decals :-)
Nice tamiya rishing fighter build work~
Like and subbed ;D
Thanks! Love the classic Hoppers/Hornets :-) And welcome! Love your channel.
Okay... as a builder/owner of a Grasshopper II Black Edition--in au naturale!--I've gotta ask: Motor and body aside, what's so special about the Rising Fighter?🤨
Very very cool my brotha! Liking it a lot looks awesome!👍👍👊👊📹📹
Thanks, bro! I’m liking the black too :-) And thanks for watching.
😊👍Looks Nice much better than the blue, wonder what it would have looked like if you could have used the original hornets stickers on it somehow.😊
Yeah, the declas and body looks much nicer in black, and much more Hornet'ish. I had planned on using the Hornet stickers, but somehow, through this proces, I wanted to stay true to the original Tamiya design and "The Rising Fighter". Just did a similar job with the Grasshopper II and the Grasshopper decals so wanted something else for this, though I might do a Hornet III at some time in the future with the original Hornet decals :-)
Looks so much better than the original box art. Great work! And thank you for sharing.
I am looking into purchasing the Rising Fighter Kit and looking into making my very own adaptation of the Grasshopper (calling the project Grasshopper III) as the Rising Fighter chassis is slightly better over the grasshopper/ hornet. With DT01 transmission and easily able to fit oil shocks on the front.
The trouble i have is that i dont really like the Rising fighter shell, just rear spoiler doesnt appeal to me and i am thinking of putting the grasshopper shell on the chassis, question is.. would it fit? With or without modifications to the shell?
Thanks a lot bro. Good idea. Although with the body from the Super Hornet I think the Rising Fighter is more like a Hornet III. But if you change the body it could easily look like a Grasshopper 3. The Rising Fighter has the Grasshopper 2 Chassis. My version of a ‘GH3’ is coming up soon here 🙂 Yeah, it’s fun projects.
I do not think a GH1 body can fit a GH2 chassis. But never tried it. But of course with the right body mounts the GH2 body will fit perfectly on the GH2/SuperHornet/RisingFighter chassis.
Super nice .. and it's not box art! Great job. Black looks way better :) 👌
Super Hornet'ish Nice. Yeah. Fits the body and the decals well I think. Would look good in the dirt and dust together with your two black Hopper-siblings :-) I guessed you would like my choice ;-)
Great series and a nice focus on a model which should get more credit, I was waiting for you to spray the wheels black at the end!? 😀
Ha ha, yeah, that would have been a logical ending of the video. Got the Star Dish wheels in black plastic too so maybe I’ll try them out on the Rising Fighter some day. And yes, this really deserves some attention. I have talked a lot with AMPro about this. Tamiya really should have called it a Grasshopper III or (if it was supplied with oil filled shocks) a Hornet III. With the ‘Fighter’ name it is lost and will only generate interest for the kids. Which is too bad, since many adults, who like these classic entry-level Hopper/Hornet design from the 1980s and 1990s, could have a lot of interest in this one. If they knew it technically speaking is a Hopper/Hornet :-)
I really enjoyed this series a lot. Most of what else I was going to say has been said in previous comments, so I will finish off with "Nice One" : ))
That is a nice conclusion. Thanks! And Thanks for following along, Derek! It has been my pleasure.
Good morning Mikael. You are very welcome, and have a great day my friend : )
Oh yes! Good morning! You’re up early too :-) Have a great day too
Love the black wheels and tires... fantastic build.where can I get the wheels and tires?
Hi bro. Long time ago, but I think the black ones are the Carson Mad Fighter DT-01 set. Might be available by other brands too.
Lovely job, RC newbie here but experienced modeller (Warhammer etc). As 99.9% of these will be blue, and a popular kit would love to change colour. Do you run this car much, and does the paintwork withstand a bit of "backyard bashing"? Shame they pre-painted really.
Would love to do a lime green myself, would you use the same primer or find a white?
Thank you, Tim. Welcome to the RC hobby ☺️ We got a great RC community here on RUclips. No, I’ve not run it much. And a hard body with paint is always at risk for some scratches. Grey or white primer really just depends on personal choice, how bright or not bright you would want that lime green. I would go for white primer with bright colors
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Thanks! and thanks for the support!
Murdered out!
Murdered out?
That's american car slang for all black!
True Buggy Ahh, yeah. Looked it up. Strange slang :-) But yes, murdered out except for a red wire and the metal parts. Would be kinda fun to do it some day for real with a modern buggy.
Awesome turn out. What rims and tires are the black ones? I have 3 Super Hornets to work on and really dig the ones you used.
Thank you! These are rebranded by Carson (Mad Fighter All Terrain) but a lot of other brands have them I think.
@@NordicRC do you have to use those rims? Do you think the tires will fit the stock Super Hornet - GHII - Rising Fighter or Wild One rims.
@@amanster724 It’s a pre-glued set
@@amanster724 But the rear tires are sold separately … or used to be at the time of this video, years ago
I think they could've really made more cash from the Rising Fighter if they had named it the Hornet III. I like the name but think a bunch of Hornet fans would've bought something called Hornet III but haven't got any business with something called the Rising Fighter.
Yeah, I've talked a lot about that with other Tamiya enthusiasts here on youtube. Definitely would have gained more attention among the Tamiya community. But I've come to the conclusion that in 2008 Tamiya was very reluctant to put any oil filled dampers in their cheapest of entry-level lines (it changed with the DT-03) and they would have had to if they wanted to name it The Hornet III. But I also think the thought never came to name, as this was put out as a "Fighter" for their Fighter Cups. I think they are selling a lot more to the young Japaneese and German etc. children than to old senior builders :-)
So is this chassis like a more modern hornet / grasshopper?
No, more like an old school Hornet/Grasshopper released late in 2008. It got a Grasshopper II 1988 chassis and a 1993 Super Hornet body. The DT-01 gear box and wing is also from the 1990s. So ancient design in a new package :-)
Mist coats /2 then one wet for gloss.
Sounds about right :-) I just did two-three normal coats for this one since it was also primed with grey.
What are them black wheels from? They look great lol
Affordable Carson DT-02 complete wheel/tire set. Not the most durable on asphalt but fun and cheap :-)
@@NordicRC thanks a lot, ive just bought my 8yr old this car and he loved the build, its a good inspiration video for him to go further and customise it now. Great videos by the way keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Thank you so much, rock a billy. So cool with your father-son build. Warms my heart when I hear such stories.
What where the tyres used at 3:17
Hello Charley. These are the Carson All Terrain Tire/Wheel set for the DT-02/DT-03. I see a lot of people buying these for on road runs, but I'm not really recommending it, as they wear out pretty quickly on tarmac. "All terrain" in this case means "except tarmac/asphalt" (not great grip on tarmac anyway) and I think the stock ones do better off road anyway.
You don't know it's the last one or that the Hornet legacy is ending anytime soon. Why be so pessimistic? Or maybe somewhere inside I know the Hornets are ending too and am just not willing to except it 😢
No I don't :-) And not being pessimistic, just over-dramatizing and thought the name "The Last ..." sounds cool. Ahh, The Hornet legacy lives forever, also without Tamiya releasing any more. It lives with us, the builders and hobbyists and enthusiasts :-)