R/C 2002 Turbo

I think a RC retro rides is a good idea for a thread, provided they are interesting/modified/retro cars i think they'd still fit in on here?



















And here are a few crummy shots of mine: ;D

I got mine about ten years ago, it was originally a Tamiya r34 skyline gtr. All I've done is put drift tyres on it, a silly camber kit and a new body. It's great fun. I reckon I've spent £200 all in over the years what with paint and wheel whoring etc. but if you get a second hand 4wd tamiya TL-01 off ebay you could build something really nice for less than a ton with spare wheels. There are loads of them out there sitting in kids' cupboards that parents stick on ebay for cheap
To get one of the new, built for drifting kits you can spend silly money. These days they're all carbon fibre and parts are extortionate - they do break if you drive them hard, but if you get an old tamiya like mine you can get parts for next to nothing and they are pretty strong to begin with.
Google rc drift videos, I don't want to clutter this thread with them but it's a whole scaled down world of dariftoo madness and is getting massive, I only use mine once every 6 months in a car park and it costs me nothing, but in Japan and the US people take it very seriously.

There are loads of retro car bodies available for the Mardave 1/12 oval race car kits from Kamtec,
www.kamtec.co.uk. They do a fair bit of 1/10 as well.

And check out some of the stuff you can get in 1/10 from ABC Hobby (there are other suppliers as well) in Japan!

OK. How can I convince my wife that this is an appropriate baby toy?

Hmm. Now I want the 2002, the mkI Escort, the mkI Golf, the AE86 and the 510. This could get expensive.

I may have mentioned it before, but I've a few retro RCs. After seeing this on Twitter earlier, I started looking for pics of my collection.
The original :



The Muck Warrior:


Two motors, Four Wheel drive. Quite a handful!

I'm still working on this one, next job is to cut the rear an mount an engine guard, and exhaust: Since this pic I've added a pair of dummy spotlamps on the bonnet, and trimmed the arches so the wheels don't fould the arches.


Looking on modelsport, you'd pick up a radio/receiver/servo combo for £50, and a batter and charger for as little as £20.

I've got that Merc Cossie body at home, I never got around to doing anything with it.
I've also got those 4 spoke Revolution wheels, or at least, the red aluminium versions that Tamiya made. Found 'em in a hobby shop in Nice on our honeymoon 5 years ago.

Discs and Calipers on the RSR? <wibble>