25.07.2009 - Radio Controlled

After a friend winded me up I had to get me some new toys. I already have two nice Tamiya cars but they are both in need of a wee restoration. I decided to re-enter the hobby the cheapest possible way. I searched for cheap 4WD RTR cars. I choosed two cars from China-based HBX. First there is the Max Buggy which is a direct knock-off of the Tamiya TL-01B chassis. The second car I bought was the Surge Truggy XT. The cars arrived in the mail some days ago.

Out of the box....

...both cars seemed quite nice. The Max Buggy looked like a rugged buggy, although it's said the HBX knock-off is quite brittle compeared to the original Tamiya chassis. The radio felt "plasticy"...

Quite nice design on the body, although a bit "girly" colour...

Still clean and in one piece.

Heatsinked motor.

Adjustable tie rods.

The Surge Truggy XT also looked good out of the box, but here as well did the radio look like a plastic box. The Truggy has a different design and I was quite thrilled about testing it.

I don't really like the design of this body....

Lots of nicely coloured bits'n'bobs.

Heatsinked motor.

Lots of adjustments on the suspension.

Nice purple aluminium chassis.