The Official "What is it?" Thread

[morrisey0]

What is it?

[JK Racing]

Zero….

Why did my mind go ZERDA? Zero makes more sense...

[Dadio]

Zero….

Why did my mind go ZERDA? Zero makes more sense...

The Zerda came with a sealed silver can like Tamiya cars.

[dinglem]

The car was developed for one of the UK's top drivers at the time, and somebody who was heavily involved with Central Models (CML) who were the main Yokomo importers/distributors into the UK. He was racing the car at a high level UK event when this picture was taken of the car and 'ZERO?' motor, so I can only assume that it was something fairly high-end.

[AYKBOBCAT]

What is this part? I know it's Tamiya and from a while ago but I have no idea what kit it's from. Trying to clear my bin of unknown and unused parts to raise some funds for the next project... Thanks

[morrisey0]

What is it?

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Anyone? Point me in a direction? It is local to me, and I dig it overall and kinda want it, but the seller is one of these "make me an offer" peeps (which annoys the crap out of me on FB), so I threw him an honest bid for something that I like without having any idea what it is. They shot it down quickly. I am willing to go higher, but not to find out this is some no-name toy grade rig. It has a GM Racing Purple Bull motor, and a Novak (410-MS variant???), so someone liked it at some point, or they just threw some stuff they had sitting around on a POS they had sitting around.

I just know I like it and would like to know more about it! And maybe own it. Thanks

EDIT: My research is telling me maybe Traxxas 4-tec. I will update

[GoMachV]

Hpi Sprint (not the sprint 2, etc, the first one)
Here is the manual
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1320438/Hpi-Racing-Sprint.html#manual

[morrisey0]

Hpi Sprint (not the sprint 2, etc, the first one)
Here is the manual
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1320438/Hpi-Racing-Sprint.html#manual

Thanks!

Here I am looking for some crazy 2wd belt driven rig, when it is a 4wd rig with the front gizmos removed!

Now I am torn. I have a belt driven RS4 and would love to add an elder to the stable .................. but without the front bits, it is just kind of a parts car.

[GoMachV]

Hpi bits can be a chore to find as well

Might have been making a drift car, that was a popular thing around here not long ago

[Lowgear]

Sorry for never responding again after my last post on the wheels. The day after winning the auction I got sick! I just started feeling better today. What happened was this past weekend was finally the time to cleanup my mess in the basement. Basically I have four 24-in deep x 36-in wide x 72-in tall shelving units to store all my stuff on down there. Well over the years those became completely packed, and stuff started sprawling out all over the floor as a result. I needed to figure out how to get almost everything back on the shelves again. This meant going through everything to see what could be chucked to make room. I knew a bunch of it could be since a bunch were boxes I never went through after moving. Well after spending 3 days down there stirring up nearly 10 years of accumulated dust, It finally got to me.

Anyway, the wheels showed up less than 48 hours after winning them. They're really beautiful, and the tires are Schumacher. I still don't know if they fit my RC10 CE as I haven't gotten that far yet.

[Coelacanth]

Too bad you never see ingenuity like that anymore, it's all about being proprietary.

Not really. Most are hex now, and more standardized offsets are becoming common.

I was referring to a wheel design that lets you simply change out the centers to fit multiple brands of wheels...not the fact that they're hexes.

[Spannermonkey]

I recently bought the rummage box from my local model shop and these were included. I know what they’re for but does anyone know what motor they fit.

[LosiRacer1]

OK so I have a fun one.
I know the Losi Pro SE, Traxxas LS II, RC10T, RC10 Team Car...the big questions for me are the sprint cars....I don't think they're big boy toys kits the bars on the side look different? The roller dirt oval chassis I have no idea. The Puget I'm guessing a Tamiya possibly?
Just trying to see what I'm getting myself into here.


Thanks for the help!

[Burniefloyd]

Green oone has Kyosho shocks and arms. Probably the Kyosho Sideways.

[morrisey0]

The red and yellow one is a Tyco.