Thank you for explaining the ins and outs of this chassis. I was only aware of the rally version of this, and the new one coming out soon. Super stoked for the XM-01!
Great break down video of the Tamiya ‘M’ chassis family 👍 Like yourself and many other posters, I too own an M03…..well actually 2…both excellent deals, one a shelf queen and another which is a roller that I’m hoping to race in the future at my local track….only thing I hate is our club rules don’t allow chassis mods so I’m stuck with one rounded battery just for the M, when none of my other batteries will fit because they are all square….still worth it…but broke my heart to see what that previous owner did to the M chassis you bought….proper ham-fisted approach to dremelling (and I say this as a relative newbie lol)….here in the UK, some of these ‘old school’ untouched (so un modified) ‘M’ chassis stuff e.g. 1-3 still hold their value pretty well. Brilliant vid and I love how you tell a story with the ‘build’ in the background…..excellent technique 👍👏👏👏😎
H!, thank you for the chat, I too have been restricted to round batteries on many of the older models, Ive been lucky to be able to run the V2 chassis on mine. Im doing a series on different chassis on a carpet track, The M05 will be soon! Thank you letting me know you like this format, I will try this style again 🙏
Great little video, love the brief 'M' chassis history. I got myself an M-05L a couple of months ago, with a Toyota GR Yaris body, had a few hop-ups on it already but I've got a few more already, with some blue bling on the way. I've never had an M chassis before, but now I really see the appeal of them, the M-05L is fantastic to drive, so much fun, and handles really, really well. Mine cam with the 3Racing speed gear set, but I've taken it out, it sounds horrible and from what I've read does not last long. Sure, it's waaaaay faster than the standard Tamiya gearing, but in my opinion not worht bothering with, but your mileage may vary....
Hey!!! Great timing! I just brought the m chassis to an indoor track yesterday and yes its awesome!!! The speed gears seemed fine for me, make sure you use a different hole to mount the motor, its not the one you would think
Just built an m-05l chassis with my daughter...now she's going to craft a scale interior, and we have the body to detail yet... fun little chassis to drive. Now I want an m-06 ...
Coincicdence! I just built my first M06! its awesome and I'll be trying to bring it to an indoor track soon. i didnt think I could like the minis even more but here I am still growing my obsession haha. nice job on teaching your daughter some STEM skills!
@@rexrcs First is M05 2cv Charleston. I just posted a little cinematic of it running if you want to check it out. I am currently attempting the Renault 5 Turbo... All so new, So awesome
Thanks for the video - I love Tamiya Kits, just finished a TA08 Pro and a TC-01, and now waiting for the M-08 Concept Chassis to be available from backorder.
Very cool video dude, nice and informative for those that don't know. I love the M chassis stuff. I have all the chassis configurations except the M05-Ra and Pro/R versions.
My first m chassis was the tamiya m02 back in 2002, it had a tech racing belt drive conversion with a 2speed. But the m03/m03r is where I could my true love for this class/size. The m04 was impossible to get to handle correctly.. I now have the m08, and even though it’s an excellent chassis and easy to get it to handle with just springs and good tires, it’s an awfully ugly chassis 😅 Can’t wait for the next rear wheel drive m chassis and hopefully it looks cool.. because I have to like the way the chassis looks too, to actually invest money into it.. I know I’m weird
NICE overview of my Favorite On-Road Chassis!! I would love to find a M01, just for the silly fun my Friend Mark tells me it is! Only had one M03, the classic Cooper.... but had to sell it. They are DRAMATICALLY expensive now. 😭😣 I mentioned my M06, Lowride Pumpkin. Silly donut machine, but not winning any Races with THAT Body. LOVE my M05s!! And starting to appreciate my newest, MF-01X. HOPEFULLY getting a M07R at some point, money depending... Happy New Years!!! 🎉🎊🍻🍻🙏🎉🎊
Hi. I'm not an RC person but a friend of mine persuaded my to buy his Mini `94 Monte Carlo Pro build shelf queen many years ago. I got all excited about having my first RC car, so I bought a brand new M-03R race chassis kit (blue one) and swapped that out to the mini (still have the original chassis that came with the Mini). That's as far as I ever got, no motor, never run, and back into a box it went and ended up in the attic. Its still there. Do these have some collector value ? Any info greatly appreciated. Regards.
Thanks! 👍 keep in mind there is now a new mini chassis, chassis models number is "MB-01" and it can be switched to go fwd or rwd, and somebody has already made a awd out of it
The M02 (Beetle) was my second ever Tamiya ever and 3rd ever hobby RC ever.. and I still have it! It's an amazing car to drive and I absolutely love the monoshock design. It makes it body roll a lot but I feel that is more realistic for a Beetle. I've also owned 2 M-05s before (Mugen CRX and Mazda MX-5 ND). The Mugen was a gorgeous car but unfortunately it was destroyed by a mean old Slash at my college dorms freshman year :(. I made that one into a BMW Mini Cooper and sold it. The M05 chassis in general though I couldn't seem to fall in love with. I've had the MF01X as well and that is an amazing car (though getting to the servo is annoying). I'm surprised though being the MF"01"X that it wasn't a front motor design and rather a rear motor design like the even number M cars.
I Bought A Vintage 1/10 Scale KNIGHT RIDER Toy Car From Ebay, Because I Wanted To Turn It Into A Remote Control Car Too, But It's Too Short, It's Too Narrow And It's Too Low For My Tamiya TL - 01 Chassis. I Was Thinking, Would The Bodyshell Fit Perfectly On A Chassis From A Tamiya mini?, Those Wheel Part's Need To Be Shorter Too. And I Might Try And Make My Own Bodyshell Out Of Sheet Metal Piece By Piece By Building It Around The Smaller Bodyshell Itself If I Can Afford To Do This. 😃👍.
Dear Rex, nice info on the vi on the M chassis, i have an M06 chassis that came with my midnight pumpkin. I want to fit a Karman Ghia top to this chassis so i need to lengthen the chassis. Is it easy to lenthen this chassis of mine? Are there any guides on how to do this ? Thanks brgds
Hello Boss Mitch! i think ampro had a lot of videos where he has modified the m chassis, and he has print files as well for the modifications he has done, check out Ampro engineering on youtube and shapeways and myminifactory, The karman ghia is such a gorgeous body! Let me know what you find and keep me updated with your project
I'm a M chassis fan. Finishing up my MF01X build. After my M05, M08, and M07R, I just can't get enough of them and am STOKED to see what the N09 and M10 (maybe they'll call it the MX?) Will bring. Im hoping it'll retain the square lipo battery tray the 7 and 8 have, im sure thats why your chassis was mutilated (I bought special lipos to fit my m05).
Do you have any details on a M chassis 210mm wheelbase for drift? or which one do you recommend for a beginner for FWD? - want to use a Mini cooper shell. Thanks
hi there, for drift I think you can focus on rwd models such as M06 and M04, maybe m08, but you will need steering modifications. if you want 4wd drift mini you can get mf-01x. new fwd recommendation is m05 and m07. your beginner item will be your learning platform
That is a spray synthetic lubricant my friend, I use it to pinpoint exactly where I want lube without ending up with greasy hands, it’s a lube by “Wurth”, I recomment white lithium spray
That's really cool! Thank you for sharing I know a little bit more about the M chassis now! But you did mention that there are non Tamiya M chassis are they any good?
madthunder2 its from china so shipping is iffy at the moment, Im not trying ito advertise them, it’s just that they’ve got a lot listed on the website under “m chassis’” so it’s good to at least have a look at some variants. Hey I appreciate your feedback, it let’s me Know I can make another one!
It was made a very long time ago before lipo, and people (us) just wont let it die, there is already replacement here and another coming, but we too stubborn to let it die so tamiya was kind enough to make a new chassis shape for modern batteries. Im just making stuff up not sure how true it is
@@rexrcs I mean I understand why Tamiya made it (it was before release of M-07), but I don't understand why they reverted back to V1, so only way to get a V2 is to get extra A-parts.
@@rexrcs so I just bought a new M-05 and fount out that they did update the A-parts. But only the rear half of the chassis! So decision to sell A-parts for square packs as an option seems to be pure greed.
@@Papinak2 first off, congrats! In regards to the updated parts, it was an update to a V2 chassis that was sold as a limited item when square packs became popular. My guess is that to change a part of the production assembly line would be far too costly and make the end product more money. So to prevent that, they just offer an updated chassis. The original m-05 came out before square packs
M08 is superior to the m06 in several ways! Easier access to diffs and much more adjustability from factory without hop ups, Id recommend the M08 if its a rwd you want
Just picked up an m03 Mini in fantastic shape from a pawnshop for $36 bucks. Had a vintage dynamite charger and Futaba Magnum junior Rx/Tx. Fun little car
@@rexrcs It came with the original Mini Cooper body in medium green. I painted the grill chrome and removed a few stickers I didn’t like, but otherwise it’s in really good shape. I’ll eventuality get another just cause I love painting bodies! My favorite part is peeling off the overspray film
@@rexrcs M-07 doesn't have a 210mm option. There are rear uprights that can be used to shorten the wheelbase, but I'm not sure if the Mini shell fits over the rear overhang.
@@Papinak2 whoa! Just learned that now, thanks for telling me, didnt realize the m07 didnt have short wheelbase. Mb-01 is new suspension style like tt-02, i think it can fit the M07 arms kind of the way TT-02SRX fit trf arms. You can also use low friction balls from TT-02 on MB-01
@@rexrcs I'm afraid that M-07 suspension cannot be used, as inner hinges are very close together compared to MB-01. I think it's nice that MB-01 can use TT-02/XV-02 differential options. It's a bit disappointing that M-05/6 never got an oil filled gear diff.
@@Papinak2 are you getting mb-01? Im very interest to see it, i preordered it but recently canceled my preorder, i will wait for MB-01R or special version
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THERE IS NOW A NEW MINI CHASSIS, " MB-01" and can be run in both FWD or RWD configuration, and somebody already made one AWD
Thank you for explaining the ins and outs of this chassis. I was only aware of the rally version of this, and the new one coming out soon. Super stoked for the XM-01!
This was a great vid mate. I love my old M02L, its a laugh to drive! :D
Thank you for the feedback! It motivates me to make more videos, since this video I have aquired an M04! Im excited to make a video on it
Nice one. I have a M03 and a M05 with a Version II chassis. I like it a lot more than the stock chassis.
Great break down video of the Tamiya ‘M’ chassis family 👍 Like yourself and many other posters, I too own an M03…..well actually 2…both excellent deals, one a shelf queen and another which is a roller that I’m hoping to race in the future at my local track….only thing I hate is our club rules don’t allow chassis mods so I’m stuck with one rounded battery just for the M, when none of my other batteries will fit because they are all square….still worth it…but broke my heart to see what that previous owner did to the M chassis you bought….proper ham-fisted approach to dremelling (and I say this as a relative newbie lol)….here in the UK, some of these ‘old school’ untouched (so un modified) ‘M’ chassis stuff e.g. 1-3 still hold their value pretty well. Brilliant vid and I love how you tell a story with the ‘build’ in the background…..excellent technique 👍👏👏👏😎
H!, thank you for the chat, I too have been restricted to round batteries on many of the older models, Ive been lucky to be able to run the V2 chassis on mine. Im doing a series on different chassis on a carpet track, The M05 will be soon! Thank you letting me know you like this format, I will try this style again 🙏
Great little video, love the brief 'M' chassis history. I got myself an M-05L a couple of months ago, with a Toyota GR Yaris body, had a few hop-ups on it already but I've got a few more already, with some blue bling on the way. I've never had an M chassis before, but now I really see the appeal of them, the M-05L is fantastic to drive, so much fun, and handles really, really well. Mine cam with the 3Racing speed gear set, but I've taken it out, it sounds horrible and from what I've read does not last long. Sure, it's waaaaay faster than the standard Tamiya gearing, but in my opinion not worht bothering with, but your mileage may vary....
Hey!!! Great timing! I just brought the m chassis to an indoor track yesterday and yes its awesome!!! The speed gears seemed fine for me, make sure you use a different hole to mount the motor, its not the one you would think
Lots of great knowledge, and a nice video, thanks for putting this together, very helpful, I subscribed!
So glad you got some info from it 🙏
Very helpful. Thank you for your video.
Thanks for this info!
Just built an m-05l chassis with my daughter...now she's going to craft a scale interior, and we have the body to detail yet... fun little chassis to drive.
Now I want an m-06 ...
Coincicdence! I just built my first M06! its awesome and I'll be trying to bring it to an indoor track soon. i didnt think I could like the minis even more but here I am still growing my obsession haha. nice job on teaching your daughter some STEM skills!
Thank you! I am new to RC, and hav just started in on the vast and amazing world of tamiya.
Its quite the rabbit hole ! Whats your first kit?
@@rexrcs First is M05 2cv Charleston. I just posted a little cinematic of it running if you want to check it out. I am currently attempting the Renault 5 Turbo... All so new, So awesome
Well done !
Great vid, man!
I enjoyed the history - well put together
thank you!
My man
Thanks for the video, im new to this hobby so i need some good inside info.
Thanks for the video - I love Tamiya Kits, just finished a TA08 Pro and a TC-01, and now waiting for the M-08 Concept Chassis to be available from backorder.
how did you like the ta08 and tc-01? I just finished an M-08 and have been driving it a lot on track
@@rexrcs I really enjoy driving them, I now have a second TC01 with all the hop-ups, I kept one TC01 fully stock.
Very cool video dude, nice and informative for those that don't know. I love the M chassis stuff. I have all the chassis configurations except the M05-Ra and Pro/R versions.
Have you gotten any new ones since?
@@rexrcs I have the M05ra, and got another M06 (wanted the Alpine). I should do a small video one day 👍
@@BRMN8R please do
My first m chassis was the tamiya m02 back in 2002, it had a tech racing belt drive conversion with a 2speed. But the m03/m03r is where I could my true love for this class/size. The m04 was impossible to get to handle correctly..
I now have the m08, and even though it’s an excellent chassis and easy to get it to handle with just springs and good tires, it’s an awfully ugly chassis 😅
Can’t wait for the next rear wheel drive m chassis and hopefully it looks cool.. because I have to like the way the chassis looks too, to actually invest money into it.. I know I’m weird
NICE overview of my Favorite On-Road Chassis!!
I would love to find a M01, just for the silly fun my Friend Mark tells me it is! Only had one M03, the classic Cooper.... but had to sell it. They are DRAMATICALLY expensive now. 😭😣
I mentioned my M06, Lowride Pumpkin. Silly donut machine, but not winning any Races with THAT Body.
LOVE my M05s!! And starting to appreciate my newest, MF-01X. HOPEFULLY getting a M07R at some point, money depending...
Happy New Years!!! 🎉🎊🍻🍻🙏🎉🎊
Hi. I'm not an RC person but a friend of mine persuaded my to buy his Mini `94 Monte Carlo Pro build shelf queen many years ago. I got all excited about having my first RC car, so I bought a brand new M-03R race chassis kit (blue one) and swapped that out to the mini (still have the original chassis that came with the Mini). That's as far as I ever got, no motor, never run, and back into a box it went and ended up in the attic. Its still there.
Do these have some collector value ? Any info greatly appreciated.
Regards.
another great video making sense of the many variants and wich one you might want to go for 👍 thanks 🙂
Thanks! 👍 keep in mind there is now a new mini chassis, chassis models number is "MB-01" and it can be switched to go fwd or rwd, and somebody has already made a awd out of it
Now you can continue as there is an MB-01!
The M02 (Beetle) was my second ever Tamiya ever and 3rd ever hobby RC ever.. and I still have it! It's an amazing car to drive and I absolutely love the monoshock design. It makes it body roll a lot but I feel that is more realistic for a Beetle. I've also owned 2 M-05s before (Mugen CRX and Mazda MX-5 ND). The Mugen was a gorgeous car but unfortunately it was destroyed by a mean old Slash at my college dorms freshman year :(. I made that one into a BMW Mini Cooper and sold it. The M05 chassis in general though I couldn't seem to fall in love with. I've had the MF01X as well and that is an amazing car (though getting to the servo is annoying). I'm surprised though being the MF"01"X that it wasn't a front motor design and rather a rear motor design like the even number M cars.
I’m contemplating getting my m-04 up and running
@@rexrcs do it! If u can find parts. It took me 10 years to finally find parts I needed to restore my M02 😅
Great video
Thanks you
I Bought A Vintage 1/10 Scale KNIGHT RIDER Toy Car From Ebay, Because I Wanted To Turn It Into A Remote Control Car Too, But It's Too Short, It's Too Narrow And It's Too Low For My Tamiya TL - 01 Chassis. I Was Thinking, Would The Bodyshell Fit Perfectly On A Chassis From A Tamiya mini?, Those Wheel Part's Need To Be Shorter Too. And I Might Try And Make My Own Bodyshell Out Of Sheet Metal Piece By Piece By Building It Around The Smaller Bodyshell Itself If I Can Afford To Do This. 😃👍.
I just got my self a new MF01x Rally Beetle kit. That's my next build. :)
Oh yeah? Check this video out than
ruclips.net/video/LkdhRgKwMiM/видео.html
Dear Rex, nice info on the vi on the M chassis, i have an M06 chassis that came with my midnight pumpkin. I want to fit a Karman Ghia top to this chassis so i need to lengthen the chassis. Is it easy to lenthen this chassis of mine? Are there any guides on how to do this ? Thanks brgds
Hello Boss Mitch! i think ampro had a lot of videos where he has modified the m chassis, and he has print files as well for the modifications he has done, check out
Ampro engineering on youtube and shapeways and myminifactory,
The karman ghia is such a gorgeous body! Let me know what you find and keep me updated with your project
i was looking for a guide on the m chassis, great video btw, is a 160$ brushless m03 with esc and body worth it?
It might be but hard to find parts
I'm a M chassis fan. Finishing up my MF01X build. After my M05, M08, and M07R, I just can't get enough of them and am STOKED to see what the N09 and M10 (maybe they'll call it the MX?) Will bring. Im hoping it'll retain the square lipo battery tray the 7 and 8 have, im sure thats why your chassis was mutilated (I bought special lipos to fit my m05).
Have you driven the MF-01X since youve built it? which body do you have on it?
Do you have any details on a M chassis 210mm wheelbase for drift? or which one do you recommend for a beginner for FWD? - want to use a Mini cooper shell. Thanks
hi there, for drift I think you can focus on rwd models such as M06 and M04, maybe m08, but you will need steering modifications. if you want 4wd drift mini you can get mf-01x. new fwd recommendation is m05 and m07. your beginner item will be your learning platform
Great video. What is the spray you were using and what it's purpose?? Thanks
That is a spray synthetic lubricant my friend, I use it to pinpoint exactly where I want lube without ending up with greasy hands, it’s a lube by “Wurth”, I recomment white lithium spray
Am looking at placing a mechanical speed controller on one of the older M chassis. Which would you recommend?
Hi Andrew, if you want to stick to a mechanical speed control, you can still find Tamiya original ones online
Great video! Some gentle constructive criticism... the music in your video is about twice as loud as your voice.
i hope my videos are getting better 🙏
Bekomme nen m05 chassis vw t1 mega....
I'm interested in the M-08 chassis
Do it! I dont have mine yet, Just ordered one last week lol. Just got an M chassis BRZ body for it last night 😍
@@rexrcs Sweet..It's such a good looking chassis
@@philthyco1 i’ll
Be bringing both M-08, and M-05 to the carpet track also 🤘 super excited
That's really cool! Thank you for sharing I know a little bit more about the M chassis now! But you did mention that there are non Tamiya M chassis are they any good?
Hi madthunder2! Yes there are several other m chassis, check out rcmart.com . Yes... they are very good and very purpose built 😅
@@rexrcs that's excellent to hear! But I never used rcmart I have checked out the site but I never bought anything from there!
madthunder2 its from china so shipping is iffy at the moment, Im not trying ito advertise them, it’s just that they’ve got a lot listed on the website under “m chassis’” so it’s good to at least have a look at some variants. Hey I appreciate your feedback, it let’s me
Know I can make another one!
What's the track width on that?
I believe track width is 165mm
I don't really understood the deal M-05 v2 - the only difference is in the A-parts, Tamiya has moulds, why this hasn't become a standard variant?
It was made a very long time ago before lipo, and people (us) just wont let it die, there is already replacement here and another coming, but we too stubborn to let it die so tamiya was kind enough to make a new chassis shape for modern batteries. Im just making stuff up not sure how true it is
@@rexrcs I mean I understand why Tamiya made it (it was before release of M-07), but I don't understand why they reverted back to V1, so only way to get a V2 is to get extra A-parts.
@@Papinak2 ohhh, thats what you mean, I think thats all production management issues we will never understand unless we work for them
@@rexrcs so I just bought a new M-05 and fount out that they did update the A-parts. But only the rear half of the chassis! So decision to sell A-parts for square packs as an option seems to be pure greed.
@@Papinak2 first off, congrats! In regards to the updated parts, it was an update to a V2 chassis that was sold as a limited item when square packs became popular. My guess is that to change a part of the production assembly line would be far too costly and make the end product more money. So to prevent that, they just offer an updated chassis. The original m-05 came out before square packs
Hello! what is the best option m06 or m08? is there much difference?
M08 is superior to the m06 in several ways! Easier access to diffs and much more adjustability from factory without hop ups, Id recommend the M08 if its a rwd you want
@@rexrcs thanks!
Just picked up an m03 Mini in fantastic shape from a pawnshop for $36 bucks. Had a vintage dynamite charger and Futaba Magnum junior Rx/Tx. Fun little car
RIght on! what body have you decided to put on it?
@@rexrcs It came with the original Mini Cooper body in medium green. I painted the grill chrome and removed a few stickers I didn’t like, but otherwise it’s in really good shape. I’ll eventuality get another just cause I love painting bodies! My favorite part is peeling off the overspray film
Roger Greene love the shine that comes with peeling it also!
OT comment but ro real why the heck dont tamiya just update their designs for hard case lipos...COME ON TAMIYA
I asked myself that also, only answer i could come up with is too much work to change the production line already in use? Not sure lol
Does the M04 Have reverse?
it can if your electronic speed control (ESC) allows for it, typically almost all controllers do. I regret selling my M04
@@rexrcs I have one that I am converting over to my General Lee but it doesn’t have reverse I may have to enable it or something.
Very nice information for M-Chassis mate 👍you still looking for Tamiya m-03 kits?
not anymore, thanks brother
What are you spraying?
Lubricant
Which chassis would you recommend for a classic mini shell
M05, m07, or this new MB-01, however I dont know much about this MB-01, looks like plastic hinges all over...
@@rexrcs M-07 doesn't have a 210mm option. There are rear uprights that can be used to shorten the wheelbase, but I'm not sure if the Mini shell fits over the rear overhang.
@@Papinak2 whoa! Just learned that now, thanks for telling me, didnt realize the m07 didnt have short wheelbase.
Mb-01 is new suspension style like tt-02, i think it can fit the M07 arms kind of the way TT-02SRX fit trf arms. You can also use low friction balls from TT-02 on MB-01
@@rexrcs I'm afraid that M-07 suspension cannot be used, as inner hinges are very close together compared to MB-01.
I think it's nice that MB-01 can use TT-02/XV-02 differential options. It's a bit disappointing that M-05/6 never got an oil filled gear diff.
@@Papinak2 are you getting mb-01? Im very interest to see it, i preordered it but recently canceled my preorder, i will wait for MB-01R or special version
T05 is meh. Montage !!