Full Kit Build Part 4 - TAMIYA TT02 Subaru Impreza Monte-Carlo ’99

[@UncleBobsRC]

My Daughter's Subaru WRX STI NBR Challenge TT02 had a S#!t load of sticker's too. She did a good job with the body and putting the stickers on for her first time ever building & painting a kit. Good job John, looks great. Cant wait for the the dirt run.

[@JohnBattistini00]

Awesome!

[@tomdabossy6160]

I own the wrx as well and the stickers have taken me HOURS

[@Bad1flip]

Nice build. Probably my favorite rally car. Awesome memories playing it in Gran Turismo 2

[@JohnBattistini00]

Thanks!

[@Bad1flip]

@@JohnBattistini00 no problem! I hope your channel blows up. I watched the build series and it was presented well. You get straight to the point, vids aren’t too short or too long and you explain things succinctly. Just finished my xv01 so it’s cool to see Tamiya products still getting love.

[@craig559]

Awesome channel mate. Ive been looking at this RC for a while and was unsure what upgrades I needed. Very helpful and saved me some money. Keep up the good work

[@JohnBattistini00]

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it.

[@spamsheeesh5483]

Bro This Man’s NEEDS To Get Monitized So He Can Make EVEN SOME MORE BANGERS!!! : )

[@JohnBattistini00]

That would be nice!

[@lukasgarage956]

This was a cool series/build......I like that the window mask are not pre-cut, you are then able to cut them a little smaller and paint the window moldings .

[@JohnBattistini00]

Thanks. That's a great idea, I am gonna try that on another build.

[@normality8169]

Sham awe

[@thiagohinata]

Congratulations, John. Great job!! You've got another subscriber. I have a question, what was the final amount spent on this project? All the best.

[@tylerg749]

I got the Audi one and noticed the body poles that help mount the body, don't match up with the pre selected holes on the shell

[@JohnBattistini00]

I think there's different ways ot attach the poles, look in the instructions and see if there's an alternative position for your body. Not sure, but there might be.

[@spamsheeesh5483]

What’s the battery that you used and everything listed Here: * 2 channel transmitter (Tx) 
* 2 channel receiver (Rx) 
* 1 Steering servo 
* Transmitter batteries 
* Drive battery pack (7.2V) 
* Battery charger

[@JohnBattistini00]

Sorry I don't have all that info handy. It think its a FlySky RC transmitter (that charges via USB) and receiver, the battery is by Venom I think and I really don't rememberthe servo, but it should be broken out in one of the build videos. I tried to list everything in the description.

[@aaronalonso1398]

i have a tt02 but a mazda body,im making it an on-road,so far so good with some of my hop ups and have a brushless.keep up the vids!

[@JohnBattistini00]

That sounds awesome. Let me know how it turns out! Glad you like the videos.

[@aaronalonso1398]

@@JohnBattistini00 yea i broke the hub so cant use it but will order alloy hubs!

[@JohnBattistini00]

Did you ever get the hubs?

[@aaronalonso1398]

@@JohnBattistini00 actually no because its kinda expensive and i actually broke the plastic one that it came with,but i will not get the aluminum hubs

[@GearWorksRc]

Hopefully you do another TT02 build I've been building my sons TT02 for him and its been one of the most pain in the butt kits for me to build hopefully I can order some of the hop ups soon to finish it up its about 80 percent done.

[@JohnBattistini00]

Awesome. I am in the process of getting the TT02 back up and running after the brushless conversion spur gear fiasco.

[@philcartwright8340]

Where can I purchase the roll cage. Great how to's will be following step by step on mine

[@JohnBattistini00]

Its not for sale, I designed and 3D printed it. I only made the one.

[@michaelc3209]

Nice series you did with the build. I just purchased this kit and now I have to figure which hop ups to get. Did you order most of the parts from RC Mart? Prices are good there but shipping is pretty expensive. Keep the vids coming.

[@JohnBattistini00]

I purchased quite a few of parts from them on ebay where they seem to offer free shipping on many items. Take a look it might be worth it.

[@tylerg749]

Did you also shave up the wheel arches? I'm having rubbing issues

[@JohnBattistini00]

I did go in and trim them a bit, but I still need to clean them up.

[@notrysynxx9978]

Hey do you paint the spoiler also with the normal ps16 from tamiya?

[@JohnBattistini00]

I used the same blue but not the PS16. It calls for TS16 which is their formulation for the non-lexan plastic. Once you put a few coats on there it really blends well with the "shine" off the lexan body.

[@notrysynxx9978]

@@JohnBattistini00 ok thank you

[@stantheman9646]

Great job John. How many coats of the blue paint did you put on?

[@JohnBattistini00]

Great question but unfortunately I don’t know. Sorry I didn’t keep track but basically I used the whole can. Just light even coats until it was empty. It was most likely 3 or 4.

[@stantheman9646]

@@JohnBattistini00 Thanks for the response. Could you list what colour and paints you used because my kit is coming but I don’t know what paint to buy.

[@JohnBattistini00]

@@stantheman9646 Sure, I just bought the Tamiya ones listed in the manual: PS-16 (Metallic Blue) for the lexan body. TS-16 (Metallic Blue) for the spoiler, TS-29 (Semi-Gloss Black) which I believe was just for the side mirror. Then I used metallic silver to back the blue on the body after i was done and then hit it all with white for good measure. I think that was the whole process.

[@ScaleHangar182]

You should look up how to pronouce "Tamiya"

[@JohnBattistini00]

Thanks for the tip.

[@DutchUnited71]

cool videos of the impreza build, I just bought this kit. You where saying you found a "rally driver" for it, but you didn't put it in in the end?

[@JohnBattistini00]

Sure I did, just not in this episode. There's a whole video dedicated to the rally cockpit on the channel. You should check it out.

[@DutchUnited71]

@@JohnBattistini00 Got it from a German shop. Also I was wondering, have you thought of using a Sandshaker chassis? I am ordering one from Hong Kong. It has the Higher suspension and same wheelbase and width. Also, you can lower it as like the TT-02 . So the TT-02T Chassis. (It comes with oil shocks and bearings)

[@DutchUnited71]

Somehow the kit is discontinued. But it looks like it is compatible with most TT-02 bodies

[@DutchUnited71]

Checkout the parts in this kit tamiyabase.com/chassis/153-tt-02t

[@DutchUnited71]

I am now trying to figure out which parts bags I could buy to upgrade the TT-02 to a TT-02T Suspension.

[@DefiantAML]

Key-Yo-Sho

[@JohnBattistini00]

Where were you when I was learning to read? LOL

[@DefiantAML]

@@JohnBattistini00 Who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks?

[@JohnBattistini00]

@@DefiantAML LOL. Just don’t tell my wife!

[@UncleBobsRC]

Tam-Me-Ah. lol

[@normality8169]

Its not tmaye