Tamiya NSX Project
Page 1: Stock Assembly
I took very few pictures of this model during assembly because I built
it with my daughter and I was concentrating on teaching her how things
work. Still, I got a couple of good shots. Here is the
simple and small box.
Pretty much everything in this model is plastic including the gears and
drive shafts. This image shows the plastic gear differential which
cannot be locked or filled. You just add grease. The
suspension does not have any metal pins and the model uses plastic
bushings rather than bearings (which I immediately replaced). It
was fun to explain to my daughter why bearings are better than bushings
and I knew I was successful when she asked "why would anyone use plastic
bushings?".
Now we jump straight to the end and take a look at the suspension and
steering. The left hand image shows the front suspension.
The upper and lower suspension links and steering links are all fixed
length so there is no adjustability. The receiver needs to be
mounted on top of the steering servo. The Traxxas receiver you see
here was just a placeholder until I got my Spektrum. The right
hand image shows the rear suspension. The arms are basically the
same. You can see the motor mount which includes a scoop to funnel
air to the motor. The motor never gets even remotely warm
anyway. The fixed size battery compartment locks with cotter
pins. The tires look really nice but do not include foams.
The completed chassis looks pretty clean. From the bottom view you
can see the one piece bathtub that makes the whole thing so
strong. The wires are a bit of a mess since the ESC is directly
next to the motor but the wires are pretty long. I had to coil
them up. I didn't want to clip them in case I end up stealing this
brushless capable controller for a different model some day.
Finishing the body with two colors and a huge number of stickers took
longer than the build, but it sure does look nice. In fact, I was
motivated to add trim tape to add all the seams to the body which turned
out great. The wheels are also a perfect match for this
model. The model can be finished in either Acura livery for North
America or Honda livery for everywhere else. The second image
shows the model next to another NSX which I
happened to build the same week but is quite different inside.
©2017 Eric Albrecht
