Tamiya Lamborghini Countach Project

Page 1: Assembly

Because I have already built another GT-01, I did not record most of the build process here. For those interested in more information about the build of this chassis, a detailed build record of another GT-01 can be found on my Ferrari 288 GTO page.

This 1/12th scale model comes in a pretty small box with a lot of parts in it. The only upgrade I made is shown on the right. Like my other GT-01, I replaced the stock 370 motor with a cheap version from LaTrax which roughly doubles the speed. I paired this with a steel pinion to replace the standard push fit plastic pinion.

The rolling chassis looks pretty much just like the Ferrari except for those white clips on the side which be used to pull in the sides of the body making it slightly convex. On the right you can see a dry fit of the pre-trimmed body and the sheet of window masks which are also already cut.

Here I've applied the window masks and then several coats of bright yellow paint. I chose yellow over the box art red because I have a lot of red touring cars already and I wanted such an ostentatious car to stand out.

Now I've applied the stickers and painted and installed the driver. This may not look like many stickers, but it takes quite a long time to outline all the windows.

Since the body came with light buckets I added a cheap set of LEDs from Yeah Racing. These include 2 white and 2 red 5mm LEDs which don't require any controller, they just plug directly into the 6V from the receiver. I think they add a lot of additional realism to the model. You can see that the front lights are actually the fog lights. The main headlights have inserts behind the clear body, but no holes for LEDs.

Here's a comparison of the completed car with my other 1/12th scale Tamtech Gear kit, the Ferrari 308 GTO.

There were a lot of leftover plastic parts on the sprue for the body including air intakes, wipers, and a front bumper. At first I thought I had missed them in the instructions, but a double and triple check revealed that was not the case. It turns out this is the original body parts tree from the 58005 Countach in 1978. It was included here because the kit does use the dash and the mirrors.

Up to Index | Go to Page 2