The "Ahiru" or "Duck" event is pretty well known by the japanese rc'ers and has some years of history already.
You can find a video on you-tube of the event in 2004 even.
Once a year, vintage lovers and scratchbuilders meet to run their creations in a very amical ambience.
And I had the pleasure of seeing the event take place close to my home this year, so subscribed, and here goes the report:
(lots of pics, so multiple posts will follow as I get ready scaling and uploading
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First of the group picture:
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Some remarkable 1/10 cars:
My own special for the event:
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A new addition to the 'wanted' list ; a french Yankee
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Most surprising Cosmo Shooter; woow superb handling and speed
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What would Japan be without its shoguns?
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belt-drive optima wearing its years-old battle scars with pride
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My good buddy Yaji with his exttremely modded super hornet and beautifull super astute
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More here:
http://flickr.com/photos/9904645@N07/tags/yaji/
Yaji's combining a kyosho front, tamiya tub and losi rear-end on his mix-and-match super hornet; bottom view
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