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Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:34 pm
by Phin
Masami's 1989 Reedy Invitational car.
Highlights:
-Custom graphite chassis with 3 forward and 4 rear battery slots.
-MIP SP1 transmission
-Andy's suspension arms (3 white + 1 black
)
-Yoke shocks in the rear Deltas laid down up front
-Custom shock towers and battery strap (rear tower looks like it's actually mounted to the back of the bulkhead
)
Way beyond my level of commitment but too cool a project car to not see replicated.
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:13 am
by tiger1
wonder how it worked in 1989....
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:39 am
by minimini
more pictures please
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:47 am
by RichieRich
Interesting optima-like laydown front shocks. Wonder how it handled.
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:52 am
by minimini
the front camber is quite huge
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:17 am
by Phin
tiger1 wrote:wonder how it worked in 1989....
He came in 3rd.
Here are the scans of the articles that the pics were pulled from (second is in French):
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=22021
http://www.retromodelisme.com/page_magazine/17566/auto-8-43-mar-1989-page-40.html
Unfortunately no pics of the body used on the car. I couldn't even spot it anywhere in those pics of Masami in his collection of cars.
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:40 am
by fredswain
Masami would have still finished on the podium with an RC10L. That guy can drive!
Re: Someone should take on this Masami replica.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:56 am
by Phin
Found some more pics on The Hirosaka R/C Legends site:
http://hirosaka.jp/story24.html
Looks like a different version of the car...chassis is narrower, all 4 arms are white, wheels and wings are changed, and it's got a Yoke under tray. The couple of body on pics don't show enough detail but it doesn't look like it's using Masami's typical paint scheme.