Kyosho's £600 Vintage F189 Ferrari Chassis Build, Drive & Review. 1989 RC F1 1/10th Car, Kit 4201
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Hi Gavin great channel I’m very much enjoying your F1 cars. I’ve found myself collecting and repairing old models. Please could you do a video on repairing reconditioning an old body shell. Many have been painted badly (not using poly carbonate paint etc) and want to know what is the best to strip old paint without discolouring or damaging the shell. Some say brake fluid and other products but some damage them. Have you any experience of this, would be good to see please!
Since the 80th Kyosho had other dimensions on the ball-bearings compared to Tamiya and the battery plugs are the other way around than Tamiya. For the battery you can get an adapter plug to use Tamiya batteries on a Kyosho controller. Or simply put a Tamiya ESC in the car. Kyosho fitted most kit with all ball-bearings needed for the building. If there are bushings, you can simply search for Kyosho bearings, the after-market kmows the dimensions.
Can't read the Japanese? Install the google translate app on your phone. Point the camera at the symbols & prepare to be amazed!
weird how some ppl pronounce Tamiya "ta MY ah"
Nice video, well done built up.
But yet i like to see the ferrari body being finished… Without the body that f1 chassis has only half of its fascination…
Great video. I love that car, I have two of them. Like to get new shell for my shelf queen, previous owner had some “fun” with it 😁. Love the channel!
Nice build Gavin car looks great very cool chassis design ,it's a shame you don't have anything handy to give them a run
But I suppose on the flip you won't scratch the bottom plate up
1990 i had an AYK pan car 1/12. Which was on foam tyres. I ran it on asphalt. The tyres were never worn out. The only issue was the glue used to hold them on the rim.
On the speed controller (which was a servo driven (no arms just directly run off the spindel) ). Was a good speed controller but it eventually stopped working. .
I would not drive it today as i couldnt replace the the foam tyres and they are now 30 odd years old..
If you have had previous experience with foam tyres and replacements are not easy to get then a carpet track would be better.
Wow!!! Fluid filled differential that long ago!!!
The old kyosho batteries had the plugs the opposite way round 🤔🤔
Gav, the vintage kyoshos used odd sized bearings. Completely different from tamiya sizes.
Nice Kit 😎👍🏻
That's what I like about MSC, they feels lively if that's a word. ESC seems so linar.
When you figure out how to drive a MSC, it's fun.
At speed the 3 steps feels natural.
And when braking, apply just the amount needed if say you drive a Tamiya MSC.
The 12 first years of driving in the 90s I had only MSC, in models like Kyosho Pug 205, Hornet, Lunchbox, Celica GRB, Clod Buster, Striker, BigWig and TL01.
Got my first rc in 1990 which was the Celica GRB, followed by Lunchbox.
Got my first ESC in 2003 ish, which felt like a total new world to me.
Can't for life remember which ESC it was tho', maybe a Mtronics or Carson which was popular here.
Looking good there, I just finished a Tamiya F104W Ferrari 312T3 and used etch primer on the abs body shell
This one seems to have rubber tires, any super markets nearby with a large parking?
I used to drool over this car at the local hobby shop as a kid! Thank you for the video!
Gave, go online to antifriction components. They sell every type and size of bearing imaginable. Mike
Go to the Forest of Dean Raceway that's a good place to take it. it s gray carpet.
Did you try downloading the manual for it in English?? To be honest I much prefer the tamiya…👍
i have noticed in your videos that you have a lot of controls and receivers, why don't you buy a couple of fly sky controls and just buy servos and receivers the fly sky gt3 can do 10 cars its much easier i have four and i still can use a extra 20 cars
I have the IndyCar version of this kit and I need body posts. Do you know where I can get some because I can never find them on Ebay?
Gavin, based on your build.. I'm thinking the car I have has the front shocks in the rear and vise versa… Is it just the spring rate that differs on the shocks? I may have to.switch mine around…
You can tell that car wants to haul some ass! Good job as always!
The reversed battery connector was Kyosho’s way of being different from Tamina. All Kyosho vehicles and batteries were like this.
Is that £600 because its collectable? Not much there for the money, is it that much better than Tamiyas offerings at the time?
The speed control had the typical "Kyosho" connector which was a female Tamiya battery connector. Why Kyosho did that I don't know but it made sure you could solder 99% of the batteries available had Tamils connectors. I was doubly annoying on my Clodbuster killer USA1
Neat
Nice!