Let's Build RC: The Tamiya MF-01X Beetle Rally Car #9 - Painting and Detailing the Body!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Follow along as we build the Tamiya MF-01X Beetle Rally Car! This video details the mounting and detailing of the body!
In our Let's Build series, we show you EVERY step of the kit build process, so you know what to expect at every build step, what tools you will need and what to watch out for! We'll even show you what mistakes we made along the way, so you can learn what NOT to do!
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Wow! Great project
Thank you for help me finish my first rc
I never finish it without this video
Wow what a beauty 😍
Awesome Video💪 I subscribed
Excellent, thank you!
Brilliant job. That car deserves driver figures...👍😀
Thanks for falling into Tamiya's traps for us. Nice build a good looking car out of the box.
Thanks very much! Sometimes these hobby traps can be fun ;)
cool dude
you got a new sub man
Thanks for the sub!
Great series watched them all
It was the Polo "Harlekin" ! Looks great on the Beatle !!!
Nice ! A Orgie of tapework
Thank you for this series, i will be getting one tomorrow and this will be a great help!
Great job Frank! Looks great
+TheHeadling thanks dude! :)
That is really nice. Hope you have more videos coming up (Tamiya, HPI Venture, etc.)
I think it was a VW Polo that had these colours.
Looks good bet it runs good
That is one COOL Paint Job!!! 👏👏👏😎 Really creative.
...i really wish that Tamiya didn't pre drill their Bodies. 😖 I've never owned a RTR (which is not a Kit), and really dislike body posts...
Once you finished the stickers, she really looks great 👍👍!
Just needs an interior. Thanks for a fun series!
Carmine 🚂🚙
Thanks very much! Glad you like it :) the pre-drilled holes can be a pain if you don't install them on Tamiya mini chassis, but most cars allow you to use the standard holes in most cases
I just don't like Body Pins sticking through... I only use stealth mounting with Magnets, Velcro or Screws.
I wish that the holes weren't there at all.
Maybe aftermarket...
GREAT BUILD!!! Thanks For Sharing
Thanks very much for the super nice comment! :)
Thanks very much! Had a lot of fun doing this build :)
that came out really nice! 👍😊👍
+Shen RC thanks very much! Hope you enjoyed the build series :)
Very nice work. Whats the make and model of those metric drill bits? I love the case.
I love Tamiya RCs and I have built a lot of them but I never liked the way the bodies are mounted. I either use magnets or velcro for all my RCs. Im building a Sand Scorcher right now and Im filling in the hood mounting hole and Im going to use velcro. But I love your paint scheme. It gave me an idea for my scorcher. Im going for Silver blue and gold.
I wanna try to duplicate your body~! lol love the color scheme.
Bro... you good? I have been going to this build for reference as I build mine. I watched this, and you finished with talk of a run vid... I go to your channel and this was your last video... sad face. Hope all is well! Stay safe!
Hey man its been four months, come back!😄
Thanks! Wow I love that body. Where did you get those snippers to cut your trees?
Those are Xuron hobby snips, the best ones you can get. Lots of copycat versions are available but these are the best quality! Thanks for watching :)
I’ve never built an RC Kit would this be a good starter kit?
Nice Car ! A had a 1996 VW POLO HARLEKIN in that Colour schemeDid you use White before the Black ?Cheers from Germany
+willi19671 hello! Thanks for the comment :) I did use white underneath, the body is clear and painted from underneath :)
Love the colour, great series. Did using the Tamiya screw drivers make it better?
Thanks! They did help, yes
I just watched your whole build one video after another today just finished. Thanks for the awesome videos! Have you played with it yet? What do you think of it? I just bought one yesterday 10/24/18
I will hopefully have it Saturday. Do you honestly think it is worth the money? Do you like it?
I think this is a great little car, even better that it's 4WD, it's the only one that is (in the Tamiya range, anyway).
Hey I'm curious I haven't found any but I thought I'd ask does Tamiya make metal gears in case I want to go brushless on my MF 01 build
I think a mild brushless motor would be fine considering the size of the gears, but a really high end racing brushless motor would probably not be good long-term. For what the car is designed for a mid-range brushed or low-end brushless motor would be fine I'm sure.
What is the best battery for the beetle?
You don't need anything special, so a budget to mid-range battery will be fine. Just make sure it will fit in the chassis and has the matching plug for your speed controller :)
@@polepositionrc9860 thanks! One more thing though. So i can use nimh or lipo battery? As long as its 7.2v? Thanks again.
@@ericdeguzman9001 A 2S LiPo battery will be 7.4V and a standard 6-cell NiMH battery will be 7.2V, you can use either, just make sure the speed controller you use can use the type of battery you choose. All of my batteries are LiPo so I just make sure my speed controllers are set to the correct type of LiPo: 2S or 3S for example.
@@polepositionrc9860 thanks!
Cool you put a personal paint job on it great project, a suggestion for a driver figure tho this video is 2 years ago the Tamiya Sand Scorcher has an interior kit, I just subscribed and started following you on Instagram I'm (rcintheworks) my profile pic is a Tamiya Formula E race car thanks for sharing your hobby 😎👍
anybody know if the Wild Willy jeep body will fit this chassis?
So.. Tamiya made marks on the bumper to line up the lights?! ... Japanese are truly authistic..
Did you have any issues getting the front diff to work after closing the two left and right chassis halves together? Mine stops working when I join the two halves, and certainly not over-tightening. Any thoughts?
Sorry, just saw your comment! Hopefully you've sorted out the gears, but I didn't have a problem with the gears after joining everything together. You just have to be patient and if you have to get a little help when putting it all together.
Show,,,,,,,
I know that you are competent, but watching you drill made me whince...
Great series watched them all
Thank you!