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Nice work. Looks clean.

Thanks. The TA02 is classic, I also want an FF01 too. I'm sure Tamiya will get around to Re-releasing some soon, I hope. The gearboxes are from the Hummer kit. They are readily available on the Bay. I kinda put this build on the backburner to work on other builds, but should have it finished and run...

Nice action shots. The little dirtbikes look good in the bed.

US only, still no easy way this side of the pond to get one :( Try ebay. I think theres a store on there, JR-RC (in Japan) and they usually have a couple ABC Hobby bodies available. I order from him to I get my stuff in 4 days all the way from Japan. :D I would like to know why his stuff comes from...

purpletimbo wrote:US only, still no easy way this side of the pond to get one

Try ebay. I think theres a store on there, JR-RC (in Japan) and they usually have a couple ABC Hobby bodies available.

FasterLouder wrote:Here's what an ABC Hobby 240Z can look like
190mm chassis,210mm body,32mm,10mm offset wheels

Seen that, think I will get that one next. I have an old Kyosho Spider that's 200mm that would look right with that body.

Thanks fellas. I'm going to use a combination of these, http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/Simpson75/DSC02764.jpg to make lights in the grill like this: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/Simpson75/DSC02801.jpg Still need to add the rest of the decals and maybe a driver figure. I started...

Before this turns into a HPI thread... My goal was to make a privateer, club rally racer. I found quite a few old school Datsun rally cars online. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/Simpson75/240zrally.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/Simpson75/240zrally2.jpg After some black paint...

bearrickster wrote:

mrlexan wrote:Coming soon from HPI (probably were the folks contracted to do the car for ABC Hobby anyway).

What is ABC hobby?

ABC Hobby is a Japanese RC company.

I just checked on that HPI and it's a kit called "cup racer" It's about the size of a Tamiya mini chassis.

That HPI body is nice! From the side view it looks more scale than the ABC Hobby. Will have to get one for an on road version.
You can find the ABC Hobby body on Ebay, think I found mine at RCmart.

I started this project with a pile of old TA02 parts originally from a Promarkt Mercedes Benz C class. I then collected some new bearings, Hummer parts, which are exactly the same except they come in black, and replaced a few worn parts, so I now have basically a new car. I had a couple hop up parts...

Nice action pics.

Nice work. Like all that gold and chrome.

Sweet site. Got a lot of new ideas for scale trucks. They're killing me with all those copyrights through the pics though.

I'd get at least 1. Could use the body on a scale truck. Tamiya is bringing back a model with every release it seems. I see the Boomerang is coming back.