It just dawned on me what a sleeper of a car the Team Associated RB10 really is. Functionally, i’s in the same category as the popular retro buggies from Kyosho and G-Force: the Dirt Master and Genova. TA just put a hideous cab forward body on it and fooled us all.
Releasing it as a kit with a B4 body would be basically a parts bin affair for the brand.
Or would it?
I’ve understood the B4 was the last SAE buggy from TA and the RB10 (and Pro2, Trophy Rat, SR10, DR10…) have more in common with the B5, which used metric hardware. The B5 had a narrow chassis for the square lipo packs of its time so they changed the chassis back to the outline and stick type battery of the B4.
But this estimation is based on pictures only: I don’t know if the B4 body would actually fit the RB10. Has anyone tried this or other alternative buggy bodies on that platform?
Releasing it as a kit with a B4 body would be basically a parts bin affair for the brand.
Or would it?
I’ve understood the B4 was the last SAE buggy from TA and the RB10 (and Pro2, Trophy Rat, SR10, DR10…) have more in common with the B5, which used metric hardware. The B5 had a narrow chassis for the square lipo packs of its time so they changed the chassis back to the outline and stick type battery of the B4.
But this estimation is based on pictures only: I don’t know if the B4 body would actually fit the RB10. Has anyone tried this or other alternative buggy bodies on that platform?