Was shooting for the KC Daylighter look, but ended up with some Cibie Super Oscar looking off road lights. They are from RAM products. The light up nice, have actual reflectors and are made of polished metal vs plastic that many lights are made of. They are not LED's but regular light bulbs. Adding to the vintage look. I have another pair, debating whether I will put all 4 on the box art body in place of the factory lights or not being these are quite large. I had working lights on my buggy as a kid, just dont remember what I used back then. Either way, they look great on the old red/white body. I would love to find something to make the white covers and letter them with the Cibie lettering. Mike
Forgot to put the pic of my antenna flag, made this on my computer/printer. Got the image from the Badlands offroad park in Attica, IN. We used to go there when I had my Jeep CJ5. I hope to own a Jeep CJ again soon.
You can't tease us with this pic without showing what it looks like when its dark!
Actually, being serious for a minute, what did you use to power them? i.e. did you use a spare port on the ESC or did you run wires and power them with a 9V battery or something? I wanna see under the shell!!
You can still get them, these were $19.99 a set from Tower Hobbies. Right now they are tied directly into the battery, so they are on anytime the battery is plugged in. I need to hit the shack and get a micro toggle switch so I can shut them off. The only spare port on my ESC is for BATT, the ESC has a BEC circuit so I am unsure what use the BATT port would have other than power the ESC off a seperate battery pack instead of the main battery. I will try to get some in the dark pics tonight after class. Mike
Now if I can find something to use as covers like the real lights have. Both Cibie and SEV Marchal had lights of this size back in teh 70's and early 80's. I do wish that Ram made these lights but a little smaller, more inline with the 6" KC Daylighters. The metal housings polish up to look like the Daylighter housings quite nicely. They are probably close to the correct size for a larger scale buggy. Mike
Nice! I love the old RAM lights. I had a set on my original Blackfoot, mounted on the rollbar. They don't stay shiny for long perched up there, I can tell you.
Oscar Mayer said they were building a “wiener rover” do deliver tasty sausage treats to the people of America and would we want some hot dogs. We said yes.
What you have here is 43-inch version of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile with a high-end R/C...
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I guess at 11 inches, mine is only 1/4 scale...
I think we need to have his ruler checked!
You have an 11 inch wiener? Impressive! :lol:
Let's just say that all my jeans have to have three legs... :wink:
Well this has been in my head for a while ( 2 yrs LOL) and over my holiday break i started it.
I was so surprised on how well the tamiya DT01 chassis went . ( Fighter buggy, Mad Bull, Rookie Rabbit) In our insect class at Boondal I lapped the field...
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see this modded hornet perform, a huge improvment as are all your fine buggies mark 8) 8) great job mate :wink:
This is my super 10 almost complete on rebuilding a stealth as its got a mip in it now . The next thing is to get the shell painted then run it .
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Got a meeting on sunday gona use this car il be racing against b4's x6 all the latest cars i think it will go well i hope. got the stealth in lookin good.
I know this is probably going to get a bit looked down on but it's one of my favourite none Associated cars. I have a mint box and instructions and they are getting a bit rear in un run condition.
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Thanks guys :D , there are a lot of Astutes around but not many in really good condition.
Thats becuase most had the snot beat out of them. It's kinda the same way with RC10's a good used one can be had for under $100, it's the new condition stuff...
I bought this car about 8 or 9 yrs ago and it's about 90% complete. The guy who sold it to me rebuilt it as a shelf queen. All of the parts are IMMACULATE, including the inside of the gearbox. The gears and shocks have never been oiled/ greased....
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Cool! Thanks for the advice. I'll be sure and use cement. I assume I can paint over it after it's fully dried and sanded?
I know this is useless without pics, I'll post them later. Too darn excited! Just got my NIB super blackfoot today! Along with some old school Parma parts for the frog, grasshopper/hornet. I already let the wife know that the dining room table will...
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Nice pick, my brother had one and it kindled my interest. Here's a interesting guide by TAZ-NZ on the tamiya forums that helps address realibilty issues.