cool looking body, good luck finding one. I wish real race cars still looked like gtp cars, I can't get too excited about the open cockpit cars too much
Mark
Aaaaahhhh crap! I'm about to get passed by that orange truck!
In my book, this is probably the most interesting design among 1/12 4wd cars. This car runs super quiet as there is no metal to metal contact in it's transmission!!!! Too back it was not popular at all and parts were impossible to find.
I don't recall where I saved the pics of this car before I took it apart :oops:
Anyway, The car I have and would like identified is 4WD with the moter behind the wheels. It has a 2 part metal lower chassis and the battery runs lengthwise.
The 2...
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That's some of the parts I was missing indeed, but the original carriers only use one bearing: not my favourite concept ;)
I'm just going to have fun and see what I can make out of this without putting much money in it for now.
(Though I have to...
I picked this up locally because it sat on craigslist for a couple of weeks. I just thought it was kind of an oddball car. What can you guys tell me about it?
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The Tomcat was an entry-level hobby-grade car, it came already assembled and RTR, and had some decent features for an entry-level car like oil-filled shocks, the suspension was at least better than it's competitors at that level, the Grasshopper &...
Pretty much a new build.
I had a lot of parts gathered up over a few years.
missing the driver (although I 'think' I could use a Kyosho or indeed AE one) and missing 1 cross piece for the cage.
my story with this car was that I went to a...
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With one of the test parts I did sanding with 500 grit sandpaper and then light brush with Acetone. Acetone will soften and bind the plastic layers together. It will also put a shine on the plastic. Don't use too much Acetone or it will soften the...
Hi fellas i have a question, i just bought a hirobo zerda the built version with the red roll cage and i was wondering has anyone tried dying the red roll cage black and if so how did it turn out. Thanks in advance
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You can successfully dye nylon a darker color, but I'm not sure you can dye ABS plastic...I'm pretty sure the roll-cage isn't nylon. Here's the thing: nylon can actually be strengthened by the boiling water in the dyeing process. That's good. ABS...
Hi. I have a new ,unbuilt and boxed hirobo rock'n'vega and I am not sure if I should build it. Or not?!
What do you think and whats your reason :-)
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A hirobo belt drive car is a very special and different thing. Its worth running even if gently and infrequently. Dont get me started! I may go on a spending spree and start going after hirobo cars.... oh no...