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Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis

VWBus01.jpg Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis
VWBus02.jpg Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis
VWBus03.jpg Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis
Busbrace-Front.STL Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis
Busbrace-Rear.STL Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis
Busbrace-Side.STL Tamiya VW Bus Body Post Braces for The M-05 Chassis
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Publication date 2021-05-08 at 20:09
Design number 422248
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When I built my Tamiya VW Bus I was disappointed in how Tamiya designed their body mount. What were they thinking? It's Tamiya I guess. The posts are far too elastic to support the body well and it flops around while driving so I designed a better solution than the silly white kit pieces.

Use 2mm diameter screws to secure the side braces to the posts and install them as shown in the third photo on an M-05 chassis. The posts shoul dbe cut according to the M-05 Bus instructions for this kit to fit directly. I used the kit supplied screws that were intended for LED holders. Total weight of the printed parts will be ~20-25 g. They are not very strong individually but make a strong truss frame when installed.

It's specially designed for the M-05 chassis but should fit other M-chassis as well by using the front and rear brace parts differently if needed. There are oval slots in the sides of the front and rear parts so that they can be secured with 2mm screws if they do not fit clamped in place like they do on the M-05 chassis.

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Two perimeters, 5 top and 5 bottom layers and 20% infill is fine.

Use strong cooling for the front and rear parts because of overhang.

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