Old School Maisto RC VW Bus

Post by **Diggley** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:22 pm

I know it's not officially "hobby grade", but I love the Tamiya level of detail. I see an old school (red & white) tu-tone paint job, roof rack, and a couple of long boards in it's future...

Post by **6_shot_wobble** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:18 pm

the bus is tight especially when you bump your i pod

Post by **shodog** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:30 am

That body would look killer on top of a tamiya M chassis with the vw wheels

Post by **Diggley** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:22 pm

6_shot_wobble wrote:the bus is tight especially when you bump your i pod

You bet!

Post by **Diggley** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:25 pm

shodog wrote:That body would look killer on top of a tamiya M chassis with the vw wheels

I'm still considering a chassis swap.

I've got the left over VW wheels from my Tamiya Bug.

That new HPI chassis looks awesome too.

I'd love to find a set of scale BRM's for it.

Post by **aconsola** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:40 pm

Raise it up!

Post by **Diggley** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:47 pm

aconsola wrote:Raise it up!

Now THAT's awsome!!

Perfect beach bomber!

Take 2 surfboards, one roof rack, & just add salt water!

Post by **Kcal** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:41 pm

Well while they might not win any drag races they sure do both look great and y'all should be proud, I also think accessorizing (surf boards, extc.) would only add to the look.

Post by **purpletimbo** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:43 am

ABC hobby do awesome boards to go on there datsun pick up, you can get them separately

Post by **vwjuice** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:00 am

In the 90's hpi made a combi bus for their rs4 mini that was pretty nice. It was a lexan body though and came with a surfboard and if iremember right you could have it as a bus or a single cab pickup.

Tamiya makes surfboards for the new toyota hilux pickup I beleive you can buy them separate or on eBay.

Post by **purpletimbo** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:16 pm

I have a HPI shell on a Tamiya M-03 with Kyosho beetle chromeworks

Post by **vwjuice** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:32 pm

That's awesome mine was blue and white. Very cool

Post by **Diggley** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:40 pm

purpletimbo wrote:I have a HPI shell on a Tamiya M-03 with Kyosho beetle chromeworks

Too cool.

I remember this body.

I wanted one back in the day, but didn't want to take off the Bug body I had at the time. If I remember right, it fit the Tamiya Bug chassis pretty well.

Post by **Diggley** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:41 pm

purpletimbo wrote:ABC hobby do awesome boards to go on there datsun pick up, you can get them separately

Sweet!

Do they come like this, or do you have to paint them?

Post by **Diggley** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:44 pm

[email protected] wrote:In the 90's hpi made a combi bus for their rs4 mini that was pretty nice. It was a lexan body though and came with a surfboard and if iremember right you could have it as a bus or a single cab pickup.

Tamiya makes surfboards for the new toyota hilux pickup I beleive you can buy them separate or on eBay.

I remember seeing that body years ago, it was pretty cool. I liked the pickup option. I think it fit Tamiya's M Chassis too at the time.

I think it's against the law to have an old school Bus without surfboards...I'm gonna get on that ASAP though.

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