Epic RC Kit! Kyosho Tomahawk Build, Paint, Run & Review. Legendary Series Racing Buggy Kit KYO30615B

[@MrSneakyGunz]

I love to go back and watch your builds. The pure white background looks perfect for these shots.

[@RCKickschannel]

Glad you like them!

[@nathanburnett6693]

Kyosho buggies look like works of art.

[@catxls1835]

I completely agree. The best RC Car manufacture's in the world IMHO. Trust him, it's complete truth. They are a pleasure to build!! Great video and very interesting for the Kyosho community. Thumbs up!

[@MrJoffster]

never built a kyosho kit love the metal components are the front and rear arms metal seriously tempted to obtain this kit top work fella

[@davidtanderoe7821]

Beautiful build. Nice camera work. Thanks

[@michaelqendro9825]

I am going to pick up one of these Tomahawks and a turbo scorpion for the collection.

[@HootBuilds]

The box art does not do it justice. It is absolutely beautiful One of the coolest build videos I have seen to date. Keep up the great work!

[@KT_One]

It’s absolutely glorious. Too bad I was too young to have an original one of these when they were available.

[@catxls1835]

An agile RC car, better than I expected and an awesome video to show off it's credentials!!!

[@RCKickschannel]

It’s a fun drive and it looks super retro. Quality is also really high on this kit. I can’t recommend it enough.

[@Desertduleler_88]

I had one over 30 years ago, one of Kyosho's best buggies.

[@tomkirbygreen]

Lovely build video. Wish you’d return to producing videos of this length, they’re a journey.

[@billymanilli]

18:30 was gonna say... def use a soap/water solution and squeegee for bigger, hard to position decals. I use windex a lot, tbh...and works great for me. This car is awesome! Wish I could build some old school rides like these!! Wish some companies would re-pop some MORE of these kits for all to enjoy again!

[@johnmalone8790]

Stunning buggy.....

[@mutstumbo]

That is one of the prettiest kits I have seen in awhile. Great job. Can't wait to see it when you get the upgraded metal parts.

[@zedstar1297]

Beautiful work.

[@bluesimon13ify]

Wow I am glad to have seen the build today it looks great fun but also quite different to the tamiya build, 😀😀😀

[@shb8124]

That looks like some absolutely gorgeous stuff, I'd build that just for the pleasure of the build with those parts never mind the driving of it.

[@RCKickschannel]

Yes, 100% worth building one. If you want even better, check out a Kyosho Turbo Optima. I have some detailed build videos on it. Just search Kyosho turbo optima RCKicks, enjoy 👍🏻👍🏻

[@semperatis]

What a stunning looking model Gavin,I'm really jealous.

[@Triggered-RC]

One of my favourite builds. I run lipo, 1060 hobbywing brushed esc, and a Tamiya BZ superstock motor. My buggy pulls wheelies like crazy!

[@marksapollo]

Great camera work and editing, your skills are coming along buddy :)

[@KaizerTest]

Very nice job on the build. Love the ramp and landing ramp jumps.

[@1114mat]

Hi Gavin, glade you did this build, All the parts look at immaculate and looks awesome

[@RCKickschannel]

Hey, thanks!

[@1114mat]

RCKicks your welcome 👌

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

Nice Build 😎 Loved Building mine

[@Nick-Antoniou]

I was sold as soon as I saw the tyres came on the wheels unlike every Tamiya kit I’ve struggled with 🤣

[@tomkirbygreen]

Looks like a lovely build. Can’t find a unboxed one for love nor money. With regard to ease and quality of parts I highly recommend getting a higher end TLR 8th scale kit. The parts quality is second to none. The build is beautifully paced, intricate and in terms of fit and finish they practically fall together.

[@RCKickschannel]

I’ll check them out Tom, thanks 👍🏻

[@shaunbitz3569]

It turned out fantastic great job👍

[@TheBrodir]

Still want this thing 😅 hope it's still available when I got the time to get it. Gavin you really showcased it's beauty

[@milok14]

they are in stock now

[@n22pdf]

Such a lovely car and build just ordered one :)

[@robambrose4199]

Looks really good.

[@RCKickschannel]

Thanks. I sold it a while back but I hope to get another at some point as I want to do a vintage race livery next time.

[@briggsbughouses6291]

That chassis is so pretty I watched this one twice! Please post an update with the metal bits so we can watch more of it!

[@RCKickschannel]

Hi. Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXSoaXuJgLp9i9E and kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpaQYmSXmpmJiZI

[@marklandsaat3696]

Love the early kyosho stuff👍

[@DanSavine]

Try a heating the windows stickers with a hairdryer to get them to stick better I had lifting issues with my scorpion decals they molded better to the body with a little bit of heat

[@HarryBunnGRVOTV]

After seeing this and a few of your other kyosho vids I’m definitely gonna get a kyosho kit next as i’ve never built one. Just finishing a dark impact, then got a grasshopper and then a kyosho, but which one, ooohhhhh! #undecided.

[@TMRu22311]

Wonderful video Gavin!! The Tomahawk was my first hobby grade RC and what started the madness for me. I was not fortunate enough to build a nib kit, but I did get a rere Beetle that I made my runner. I hand make aluminum wings and also those rear motor guards using aluminum rod. You can probably find pics @ Kyosho Vintage RC on FB.

[@ericchristopher9037]

Wow! What a beautiful car, excellent watching this build. Perhaps one of those Dynamite Tazer all in one motors would be a good option to deal with the ESC height problem!

[@philipewens3048]

Love the video 😍 My Tomahawk arrived today! Shout out to SMC for an absolute bargain.

[@RCKickschannel]

You are going to enjoy this one Philip! It's a lovely quality kit.

[@philipewens3048]

@@RCKickschannel Thanks! Can you recommend a brushless set up. The Le Mans looks superb but a little pricy online.

[@RCKickschannel]

@@philipewens3048 You could go vintage brushed from Kyosho? Le Mans 480T no 1892

[@cowboy21745]

It really looks great

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

I ended up Flipping the tyres to do the SandSuper lettering. I’ve also seen a Good year edition with pre lettered tyres

[@Pablo668]

I love these, nice buggies. I'm currently constructing a Kyosho Assault/Scorpion frankenstein. It's fighting against me very hard. Also, you need to put on a thick Northern accent and say 'look at thaaaat' more often.

[@forgetfulLlama31]

Great video.. love your enthusiasm and energy. Never had a Kyosho, was a Tamiya fanboy back in the day, but I want one now.. that car is a beauty. Side note.. the jump at 21:30 doesn't look like it ended well... nice fade to black haha

[@albertkelly7129]

21:15 Now thats a moneyshot! Niceeee

[@kennethrobinson2094]

Very cool

[@TheTrollhater]

I am so tempted.. trying to make up mind

[@paulmccarter908]

Great build/review and better drive..so dramatic! had me laughing..that last jump😫

[@RichBaggio]

I had the same issue with the window surrounds lifting. Eventually I think I’ll paint them on the outside. As it’s my most driven buggy the body is pretty well used now anyway so if it looks a bit rough it doesn’t really matter. I also lost a screw from the underside that holds one of the rear wishbones on so I ended up thread locking them. Definitely my favourite car.

[@RCKickschannel]

I removed the stickers and will paint the bars back in like you say.

[@davidwright698]

Kyosho Kits are so nice, be cool if Tamiya did some higher quality kits like this.

[@RCKickschannel]

I would like to get my hands on a Sand Scorcher to see how that stacks up against the rere Kyosho cars.

[@davidwright698]

@@RCKickschannel That would be great to see it is on my very long list of kits i would like to get one day, trying to get the Thunder shot family of cars at the moment.

[@dazbry7612]

Wow looks great to build man , take in the moment's , have a coffie , dream about controlling it

[@RoosterRC]

Those buggies from Kyosho are amazing! I own a Turbo Scorpion and you WANT to go fast with them! If you like to have a look at my recent videos. Cheers and stay save!

[@danielanderson5364]

Like the red alloy shocks

[@breakshot7451]

what a beauty, it was my first rc car too, then javelin, monster beetle, and hi rider corvette, when i now see, how the youtube rc car guys abuse their toys, throw them around and kick them, we never would have done this to our toys,

[@rickkings2071]

My first RC kit. Fun to assemble and they look great. Fast and solid but I did tend to find it back heavy and I didn't like the way it turned for some reason. That may be partly because of the loose dirt and rock I drove it on. Anyways fun RC for sure

[@ronkemp9528]

Nice vid Gota get me one of those nice kit.

[@calden74]

To avoid bubbles in the stickkers just spray the body with clear lacker after everything is finished.

[@madvente]

Hi Gavin, great video, as always. You didn't make that last jump though, or did you ;-)? Anyway, I wish vintage rerelease kits would be somewhere in between Tamiya/Kyosho - a little too simple, for me at least - and Schumacher - currently building a Top Cat... A really complex and fiddly build for my level of expertise... Keep up the excellent work!

[@DC_Cha_Cha_Cha]

Another brilliant video! Your passion for this kit is intoxicating, but I fear my wallet as a result! 😂😂 Really amazing video production quality, can’t wait to see what’s next! Avante? 👀

[@RCKickschannel]

Not sure what's next as the Patreon RCKicks supporters get to vote on the next kit being built but it looks like it could well be the Avante Mk2.

[@patricksadler3587]

If you think that’s nice I’ve just finished building the turbo scorpion now there getting hard to get too that is a lovely car. Great video love the ramps we’re did you get them from many thanks 👍

[@davidzahra4209]

Another great video gavin im a tamiya fan like you aswell put i have thinking getting a rere kyosho. I like the look of the kyosho scorpion.I agree aluminum up grade parts look great . I have just got a aluminum front gage for my reresandscocher. I can not wait for the nxt vid.

[@RCKickschannel]

Thanks David 👍

[@richardholmes7549]

Did you end up getting the metal cage and hop up bits you were thinking of? Any links or best place to go for mine please 🙏

[@RCKickschannel]

Yep the rear metal motor cage off eBay

[@mnmvuk]

Nice build! I'm between this and the Scorpion for my next vintage build. Quick question I wasn't able to see during the video. How are the black inner area of the wheels accomplished? I'm assuming they as stickers as the insides of the hole remain silver......????? Thx.....

[@davidzahra4209]

Another great Gavin keep up the good work. I hope the motors & ESC where any good for you.

[@SVOCRAZY]

Gavin/Rebecca you all have out done yourself on this video, fantastic editing, and cinematography. The Tomahawk looks absolutely fantastic, I'm in awe! I am curious what you are using for the white background on the still shots, there so clean and crisp. Thanks again for sharing such and awesome review, build, and drive!!!

[@RCKickschannel]

I have a Amazon basic large white box £120. I would like a bigger one but these get expensive once you go over the normal product white box size so I have to edit out the edges on some full car shots. I film the shots with my iPhone, edit the white balance up 32 counts and then smooth out the footage in the editing software by 30%. I also speed up the footage by 30% to make it flow better. I wish I could get a smooth camera mount as that would help me make super smooth pans. One day when I have some free $$$ I'll get some more studio kit but first on the list is a new DSLR video camera. Current priority is to put all the RCKicks budget into RC car kit to make video content.

[@blazenec]

I just got mine today but the diff does not work. After opening up I found one gear missing (one of the bigger gears inside). How can I get this gear? And how to contact Kyosho for replacement?

[@arnoldapplewhite3149]

Awesome Gav

[@klausknudsen106]

What a nice build, i almost bought this one, but instead i went with the scorpion, its on order atm, and i ordered a castle sidewinder sv3 to go in it aswell, but i'm excited to get started. Thanks for a nice video, cheers :)

[@michaeldack4930]

Think I should try a kyosho, next build, looks good 👍 good video.

[@RCKickschannel]

Go for it Michael!

[@lj03oem]

Hi Gavin,where did you find the alloy rear cage at that price? got mine in the stash waiting to be built.

[@RCKickschannel]

Picked it up off eBay. 👍🏻

[@aspectcarl]

Gorgeous, I'm stuck between the Tomohawk and Turbo Scorpion 👍

[@RCKickschannel]

Not much in it so just go with what you like the look of most. For me that’s the TH

[@markreynolds1280]

Hi great video, I've just ordered one of these amazing looking cars. Where did you get the metal bars at the rear?

[@muddfoot69]

This is a rere correct? Looks great Wouldn’t it be fun to race box stock vintage buggies!?

[@RCKickschannel]

Yes it's the 2015 rere Tomahawk.

[@klausknudsen106]

There are races like that. :)

[@jennyetherington3326]

Another epic build Gavin 👍 you should be proud of yourself. You & your beautiful wife have created a wonderful channel and Facebook group. This Build is a good one, the engineering in the parts is unbelievable. I would personally try a Kyosho build even though i love Tamiya. Looking forward to seeing this channel grow into what your dream is 🙏 P. S let me know when you roll out the Polo's, i want a XL one

[@skagerstrom]

Wow :P Looks much better "IRL" than on the box :P

[@Kieren2742]

I noticed that your tires do not have the factory white writing on them and the box art is the same, interesting. My kit is a 2016 brought in Australia. Love the video.

[@philmoffett366]

All the kyosho re-release kits are fantastic to build👍 but the Achilles heel with kyosho is they are so expensive for spares or hop-ups😟

[@toddbertram6556]

I'd of love to see that trans housing machined from billet rather than cast. Bit the car is beautiful. I may have to get one just for the quirky design.

[@stephenmanley4097]

Very nice buggy & good build. 👍

[@alfredyost7972]

This car looks like it builds just the the Kyosho Scorpion. I had the original Cox/Kyosho Scorpion back in the day. I sold it to someone in the UK years ago. I do have the re-release Scorpion and I love it. I did buy all of the of the special parts from Kyosho. I really hate the bottom loading dampers. I got top loading dampers and also LEDs too for my Kyosho Scorpion. I am now building a re-release Kyosho Ultima kit. I am having the very same problem. The bottom loading dampers are terrible. I have ordered top loading dampers from Kyosho. They are gold in color. Your thoughts on this?

[@frankymal8640]

Hi Alfred, which kyosho gold shocks are you talking about? The only other gold shocks I can find for the vintage series cars is the OTW128/9 ones that come on the Turbo Optima - but these are bottom loading too?

[@alfredyost7972]

@@frankymal8640 You know what, you are right. I actually have red shocks by Kyosho that are top loading for the Scorpion. I also have the exact shocks OTW128/9 too. I got them for my Kyosho Ultima. The red shocks are available from Kyosho along with many other modified parts too. Kyosho even has LEDs for the Scorpion.

[@adrian77753]

does the kit come with HARD adjust RODS ?

[@troysmoliak4924]

I really don't like red very much but that definitely looks good for sure

[@themechanic.]

Great video and a cracking build, well done. The ramps you have look great, where did you get them?

[@davidturner2365]

Very nice 👍

[@paulus842000]

Omg, she's so beautiful

[@nickrobertson2450]

Hey Gavin, love the channel! You make me want to get some Kyosho kits they look great! I love the way you edit the vids, add in the manual & show the panning close ups of the build. But if I might make a suggestion? When you are talking to the main camera it is often hard to see the small details on the model that you are referring to (e.g. screws sticking up on chassis at 9m45s ish) & then locate them on the panning close up you add in. Thinking, if you had cameras recording close ups of your hands while you talk then you could cut to them in in the edit & we could see the bits you are referring too while you talk. I have no concept of how possible this is however. Maybe I just need a bigger tablet! Good luck with the full time move btw!

[@nickrobertson2450]

(Sorry @ 9m00s)

[@RCKickschannel]

Hi Nick, I 100% agree with you and if you go back and look at my older builds I had another close up camera that I cut to for close up work. The problem is the amount of extra editing time to blend in these video cuts is massive and adds an extra 50%. To try and keep the editing time to a workable amount I came up with the flow you now see. It's more of a compromise until the day I can get extra help editing or improve my editing software and studio hardware. This 22:43 video took me about six hours to edit and that's flat out working as fast as possible. I could spend another 2-3 hours really polishing it up.

[@mattbeach10]

I noticed at the beginning the inside of the wheels were silver and at the end they were black. Did you paint them to match the box art, or are they stickers maybe?

[@Chunky246]

They are stickers.

[@budbarlang3729]

beautiful vintage kyosho buggy. next project build a RC race track in your garden I am sure your wife will aprove

[@jecoboost1440]

I have one I liked it they make carbon fiber parts for it two.

[@keithrx3c]

*Too.

[@paulmccarter908]

that would be tight..nice and light with a small 2s? fire

[@callumbagnall4091]

Just wondering if you fitted the clear seal under the shock cap as I didn’t see you do it?

[@RCKickschannel]

Yep these are on. 👍🏻

[@markhume3503]

As a newbie is the wheel spin cheeky video work or .........

[@Patriotic327]

What the? A spare parts bag. That’s a good brand.

[@richardcorfield9926]

How does 2WD compare to 4WD to drive? I've only used the latter.

[@paulrobinson9355]

Great video. How many hours total to build and paint please? Do you prefer Kyosho over Tamiya?

[@RCKickschannel]

Hi Paul, It's hard to say as I'm normally filming while building a kit but a "normal" build time for a video like this is, one day (5-6 hours) to build the chassis and fit the electronics and another day for cutting out the body, painting it, fitting the decals and painting the driver. Editing this video takes another 5-6 hours.

[@paulrobinson9355]

@@RCKickschannel yes I can imagine the amount of time to edit.....tremendous viewing! You inspired me to order a couple of those high torque servos from the company you mentioned. Cheers RCKicks 😊

[@hondofourfivetwo9347]

I hate to say I always favored Kyosho over Tamiya cars like the Ultima just seemed to be more competitive vs the Tamiya counterparts

[@G3516dude]

Love this, I want one but seem to be hard to find at the moment.

[@milok14]

they are in stock now

[@socalju2447]

Never seen a man actually fondle tires.

[@RCKickschannel]

RCKicks is full of RC firsts ;)

[@takagtx480]

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[@innovirtua]

You're good with the camera and production, fair play. Cracking job. What editing software and camera gear do you use? ;)

[@RCKickschannel]

It's low cost stuff currently. iMovie (free) and my camera is a single GoPro Black and my iPhone. Ive just upgraded the audio but next is a DSLR video camera once I have some extra cash.

[@innovirtua]

@@RCKickschannel Impressive....Most Impressive.

[@legoproductions7286]

WOW...they are cheaper than the Tamiya supershots i bought!

[@Triggered-RC]

By the way, those Bang good 25kg servos are super slow. I bought 2 to save money and used them once, and then went with Savox.

[@NeilLB7]

The wheels and tires seemed to just be there assembled. Sometimes they are difficult to get together.

[@RCKickschannel]

Hot water can help get that job done.

[@angelpelcastre3328]

Are the wheels aluminum?

[@RCKickschannel]

Nope plastic. I think you can get some aftermarket metal sets

[@leehurst6922]

What is the music during the running section