Tamiya Mad Fighter Project

Page 2: Upgrades!

This is not a high performance model, but one thing I could not abide was the friction dampers. The problem is that they are blue so if you want to maintain the appearance there are no blue CVA options. I decided to make my own by using some white dampers I had left over from my DF-03 (which I replaced with aluminum) and dyeing them blue. I got some blue Rit dye at the fabric store and boiled it in water. I immersed the parts for about a minute and this is what I got.

Here you can see the old and new dampers together. I got a pretty good color match. The next problem is that the CVA springs are much too stiff so I reused the softer springs from the friction dampers. The buggy is now transformed. I drives 10x better and is actually controllable now.

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