Keen Hawk Jr.

* Keen Hawk
* CPink SP
* CPurple SP

The **Keen Hawk Junior** (Japanese: キーンホークJr., *Kīn Hōku Junia*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on May 12, 2007.

It was based on the Keen Hawk 4WD R/C buggy by the company.

## General info

The Keen Hawk featuring the open-wheel body design that was inspired by the Formula 1 race cars.

There's a roof intake and a pair of side intakes located on just behind the canopy, with a rear spoiler behind it. Fins were protruded from behind the side cowls. Due to the bodyshell being enlarged, the Keen Hawk has more resemblance to the F1 cars than its R/C buggy counterpart.

### The original Keen Hawk

The original Keen Hawk features the silver bodyshell, with blue highlight and red trims. it has the blue-colored windows.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter MS-type I wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. It was equipped with the N-02 and T-01 units for its MS Chassis. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in black.

However, it should be noted that the pre-assembled finished model was equipped with the red wheels and N-01 nose unit.

### Clear Pink Special variant

The limited Clear Pink Special variant featuring the clear orange-ish pink bodyshell.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter MS-type I wheels paired with the magenta Avante-type slick tires. It was equipped with the N-02 and T-01 units for its MS Chassis. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in white.

### Clear Purple Special

The 2018 Tamiya-event-exclusive Clear Purple Special variant features the clear purple bodyshell, with the all-new body decal designs.

It was equipped with the fluorescent yellow, small diameter low-profile 5-spoke Saber-type wheels paired with the black super-hand low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in purple and white respectively.

## About the Keen Hawk 1/10 R/C buggy

Released in 2006, the Keen Hawk is a four-wheel-drive R/C buggy made by Tamiya. It utilizes the DF-03 chassis.

The DF-03, which debuted with the Dark Impact R/C buggy, featuring the bathtub chassis frame with well-balanced layout, with a 540-size motor being placed transversely into the rear near the rear differential and a battery being placed longitudinally into the center. A steering servo was placed into the right side and both ESC and receiver were placed into the left side.

The chassis frame was supports by four-wheel, independent double-wishbone suspensions, with the high-height shock towers, lower arms and turnbuckle upper arms that are fully adjustable. By default, the Keen Hawk was equipped with the high-density spike tires and one-piece wheels.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the Keen Hawk.Boxart of the Clear Purple Special.
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Keen Hawk Jr. at Tamiya Japan
* Keen Hawk Jr. (Finished Model) at Tamiya Japan (Archived)
* Keen Hawk Jr. Clear Pink Special at Tamiya Japan
* Keen Hawk Jr. Clear Purple Special at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)

### Tamiya America

* Keen Hawk Jr. at Tamiya America
* Keen Hawk Jr. Clear Pink Special at Tamiya America
* Keen Hawk Jr. Clear Purple Special at Tamiya America

### R/C car the Mini 4WD car is based on

* 1/10 scale R/C buggy Keen Hawk at Tamiya Japan
* 1/10 scale R/C buggy Keen Hawk at Tamiya America