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Old 03-06-2018
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Hi,

I came upon this buggy and can't quite place it. The arms seem somewhat flimsy while the rest of the car is rather sturdy. The shell is very badly painted and I don't know if it is the original or made to fit.

All electronics seem to be Graupner parts. I thought it was a Kyosho but if so I can't place the front and rear arms.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers, Jakob
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Old 04-06-2018
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Looks like a Schumacher xls or Procat with a varity of bits from other cars added.
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Old 04-06-2018
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I might be wrong but it looks like a TAG Geronimo. There is one in this Tamiya Club link


https://tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=14703


I think they may have been avaiable under another name but I cannot remember at the moment
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Its a PB Mini Mustang , pretty sure
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I might be wrong but it looks like a TAG Geronimo. There is one in this Tamiya Club link


https://tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=14703


I think they may have been avaiable under another name but I cannot remember at the moment
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Wow, on the ball with this, i never knew it existed. Looks like it especially wishbones, wheels, rear end.
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Old 04-06-2018
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Just remembered it was also sold as the Robbe Geronimo. If you search Google for that there are loads more on other sites.



I think, but might be wrong Tag was the brand in Italy (possibly the manufacturer as well) and it was rebranded Robbe in Germany and other parts of Europe


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Yeah have seen it before looks funny like an PBCAT

schumacher drive train and pb suspension ....

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I think the Geronimo was in a similar design to the MRC MRX/Santana range having Schumacher Cat style chassis and vertical metal gearbox plates together with PB Mustang/Maxima style wishbones. Interestingly the Geronimo also used the same red wheels as all the PB Off road cars-Mustang, Maxima and Ace.

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Old 05-06-2018
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Wish bones are similar but different to the PB, the Geronimo uses the same wishbones as the sg coyote with was also in partnership with tag on several projects
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The SG Coyote is the other car I could not remember the name of!! That would also make sense as I think another car made by Tag called the Pro-10 is visually very similar to the SG Coyote

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Yup, same wishbones as my Coyote.
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Yup, same wishbones as my Coyote.
Love that coyote of yours almost put up a link to your build to show the arms myself
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Hi all,

And thanks! Great to get it sorted. And impressive for so many to find the lineage right off the bat. From what I read in here I did a google and came upon a couple of guys in tamiyaclub who has or had one, and one of those seem to know his TAG cars. If interested you can read his take here - but I guess you have covered most of it in here already. Impressive indeed.

https://tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=14703

At first I was a bit let down on it not being a more known model. Also, the body is clearly not the original. But it is a rather fun car to own and I have to try and get that crappy paint off it and see if I can't do better myself. And then to find a bumper...
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Yeh definitely not the right body it looks to be a cat 2000 shell. You should be able to get a new reproduction shell for it, pretty sure I’ve seen 1 recently online. I’ll have a hunt and post on here if I find the link for you
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Old 07-06-2018
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Hi, that's greatly appreciated. As is all the other help I had in here of course.
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