So cool to see this as a proper running car. Great video!

I went with a KYOSHO USA-1 battery version bout the same price. Had a few noticed your Clodbuster nice 👍

It's funny that we think the Avante has a difficult gear access now. Back then, when you had to service gears, almost all the buggies needed their gearboxes removed and completely taken apart. Imagine something like the DT-02/3 gearbox as normal.

ur cool

I like your paint scheme. I heard Tamiya used all those links for adjustability.

Nice review, how did you get the rear gearbox sorted?

Love the blue tinted cockpit ✨ Mind telling us what paint you used?

Hi. Just got mine kit 47390 and had the manual kit number 84270 is that normal.

cool video :) seems to be quite fast, what motor did you put in it? :)

Lame Flake for the win!

Are you in Korea or Japan?

Who did you order yours for to get it so cheap

Overengineered ... sure. For one, Tamiya did mean it, when it came out in '88, to compete with the Schumacher Cat and the like AFAIR, and had to go on to the Egress to compete. But still, the Avante still got a certain image and nimbus for its elegance, while the Egress looks brute and rudimentary, as if BigWig did a major diet + training, with their oversized+ugly front suspension, not to speak of the unwanted siblings Vanquish and "Avante 2001". Meanwhile, one could consider the evolved Avante 2011 (CNC parts vs die cast ones, enforced compound parts, ball diffs, joints, ...) as bragging off their japanese fine mechanics crafting, amidst the dozens of el cheapo plastic chassis * half a dozen body shells each.... that NEED the body to hide the boring, blunt drivetrain. The Avante is eyecandy, "dressed" and "naked", in each detail. Btw - I don't get warm with the ping wheels ... champagne, silver or light charcoal wheels + dampers would be a perfect contrast IMHO, but pink makes it look like a toy.