For a change I've got some new non-Tamiya Mini-4wd car kits to add to my collection. These are generally special editions that are probably based on older Tamiya releases which have passed me by before I got into the hobby. So although not genuine Tamiya's they 'do the job' at least for display purposes. This time I have 6 new cars, 3 from Da Xing and 3 from Jiepen. The Da Xing are usually pretty good quality so I have no concerns about those. My experience of Jiepen is limited to one car in the past and although I eventually did build it correctly it was when I first started the hobby and the very poor instructions you get with the Jiepen kits did hamper my ability to complete it quickly. Now I'm familiar with most of the Tamiya chassis types it should not be such a problem, but we'll have to see as the instructions have definitely not improved. Instead of a booklet like you get with any other brand I've ever had all you get are sparse instructions printed on the bottom of the box with similar for the decals printed on the bottom inside of the box. Not great, especially for beginners...
Da Xing



Jiepen



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