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I think it looks great. It took some digging to find out what it was. Do you have a picture of yours? Feel free tot post it here!

@@wns_RC_racing I don't sadly. I had about three different cars in the late eighties as a kid. The second hand Hornet with that body shell. Then a new stock Hornet and then a Subaru Brat that I ball raced fully and put that same body shell on as you have and I had on my Hornet. It was a new one though that time and I think the shell cost £12.95. This would have been 1987 also. Then I got back into the hobby in 2003. Left it again in 2006 and sold about ten cars. Got back into it again in 2022 and now have about 25 cars.

Just follow what you see here and it will go fairly easy

@@wns_RC_racing Thanks. It did go together extremely easy. I then asked a friend at a local hobby shop and he said it will vary from tyre to tyre, so he reckons there not all the same. But thankyou again. The strange thing is now that I changed my wheels over to some Louise phantom wheels and tyre with foams to preserve the original Tamiya Hornet tyres. I didn't really like the Tamiya tyres because they have a quite large vent hole around 2.5 almost 3 mm diameter and it kind of makes the tyre flat like I can feel the wheel through the tyre. I realise the tyre will puff up upon use but it just didn't feel right to me. Plus those spikes were not going to last with a faster motor, not even a regular silver can standard 540 Tamiya motor. I was looking to get a sport tuned Tamiya motor but the shop was waiting for it to arrive so intended up getting a core RC 15 turn and I don't think that was a good idea. It isn't a Tamiya and doesn't have the nice sticker and it might be too much for a Hornet. Plus it looks too plain like a silver can with no markings. I may return that motor.the Louise phantom tyres and wheels are awesome, I have some on my Super Hot Shot. The only need some serrated wheel nuts because they've got a different wheel offset and the nylon insert Tamiya wheelnuts don't grip with this wheel and they eliminate the need to use the plastic hub adaptor behind the wheel by only using the drive pins. The adaptor is built into the Louise phantom wheel. Awesome.and they're quite fat and sticky too 👍👌

You're welcome!

Glad to comfort you!

47 seconds is our registered record :) . Some say heating the tire in hot water seems to help. th-cam.com/video/x80vd73yYQs/w-d-xo.html

Tnx, we'll do some research on that Academy/Graupner Cyclone-Roadrunner!

The rears are indeed somewhat Boomerangish or like those of the Wild One

you're welcome

thanks for that advice! As soon as we need to switch tires again we'll give it a try!

Good call, but you don't even need a 2nd person. Set the wheel on a table and stretch the tire from each side with 2 fingers and push it down over the wheel.

We'll give that a try.

Indeed Yengore so I'm told. Warm water should do the trick; Although pushing the rim in at the right angle and clearing the job in 48 seconds is already an improvement over spending an hour (or more) in despair :)

@@wns_RC_racing it certainly is. took me a good 40 minutes to do my grasshopper tyres lol

You're welcome! Quite a challenge isn't it?

Thanks John for your comment. Indeed those tires are no match with hard surfaces or roads. But in loose dirt they are fine

The rims on the grasshopper I are the same, the Grasshopper tires are much easier to get on compared to the Hornet ones. Check our vid (part 2) to see how. First push the part R3 into the wheel at an angle of 90°. Once in there turn the rim.

Grow some muscles