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Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:22 pm
by Diggley
I know it's not officially "hobby grade", but I love the Tamiya level of detail. I see an old school (red & white) tu-tone paint job, roof rack, and a couple of long boards in it's future...
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:18 pm
by 6_shot_wobble
the bus is tight especially when you bump your i pod
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:30 am
by shodog
That body would look killer on top of a tamiya M chassis with the vw wheels
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:22 pm
by Diggley
6_shot_wobble wrote:the bus is tight especially when you bump your i pod
You bet!
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:25 pm
by Diggley
shodog wrote:That body would look killer on top of a tamiya M chassis with the vw wheels
I'm still considering a chassis swap.
I've got the left over VW wheels from my Tamiya Bug.
That new HPI chassis looks awesome too.
I'd love to find a set of scale BRM's for it.
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:40 pm
by aconsola
Raise it up!
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:47 pm
by Diggley
aconsola wrote:Raise it up!
Now THAT's awsome!!
Perfect beach bomber!
Take 2 surfboards, one roof rack, & just add salt water!
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:41 pm
by Kcal
Well while they might not win any drag races they sure do both look great and y'all should be proud, I also think accessorizing (surf boards, extc.) would only add to the look.
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:43 am
by purpletimbo
ABC hobby do awesome boards to go on there datsun pick up, you can get them separately
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:00 am
by vwjuice
In the 90's hpi made a combi bus for their rs4 mini that was pretty nice. It was a lexan body though and came with a surfboard and if iremember right you could have it as a bus or a single cab pickup.
Tamiya makes surfboards for the new toyota hilux pickup I beleive you can buy them separate or on eBay.
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:16 pm
by purpletimbo
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:32 pm
by vwjuice
That's awesome mine was blue and white. Very cool
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:40 pm
by Diggley
Too cool.
I remember this body.
I wanted one back in the day, but didn't want to take off the Bug body I had at the time. If I remember right, it fit the Tamiya Bug chassis pretty well.
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:41 pm
by Diggley
purpletimbo wrote:ABC hobby do awesome boards to go on there datsun pick up, you can get them separately
Sweet!
Do they come like this, or do you have to paint them?
Re: Old School Maisto RC VW Bus
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:44 pm
by Diggley
[email protected] wrote:In the 90's hpi made a combi bus for their rs4 mini that was pretty nice. It was a lexan body though and came with a surfboard and if iremember right you could have it as a bus or a single cab pickup.
Tamiya makes surfboards for the new toyota hilux pickup I beleive you can buy them separate or on eBay.
I remember seeing that body years ago, it was pretty cool. I liked the pickup option. I think it fit Tamiya's M Chassis too at the time.
I think it's against the law to have an old school Bus without surfboards...I'm gonna get on that ASAP though.
