The failsafes are a little module that plugs in between the radio receiver in the car and throttle/brake.. if the throttle detects a lack of reception or power (ie the batteries going low) it puts the brake on.. instead of the throttle being stuck open and you having now way of controlling the car flying off full speed into the distance

 

Nice truck Is that the later one with uprated engine?

This is one of my favourites, my old tamiya with mint shell. Probably getting rare now






And one of our 50mph mardave

 

That Mardave looks like a right sleeper

That porsche has loads of detail

 

Thats the idea, the guy at the model shop gave us the paint because he couldnt shift it for about 10 years

 

Paul Ripley
Thanks for telling me what it is and i will definately buy a failsafe when i get my r/c car

 

heres my wrc escort



1 owner from new

0.00001 miles

shelf queen ever since

carl

 

Carl thats the only one I need to complete my Tamiya Cosworth collection

TT01 Chassis?

 

Yes, nooo! fusion as a first car maybe afew yrs where you start to see yourself not bumping into everythink thats higher than the tarmac

Get a cheapy sh!t thing off ebay

 

Im just going to look on ebay for some as said above for nitro r/c cars

 

nwa please stay away from the Cheap ''buy it now'' RC nitro cars on ebay, never had one but they will be a Cunt to get parts for as ive never heard of the company

 

Thanks for the advice mate, im only gonna get a named brand that i have heard of

 

is this gonna be your first Nitro powered car? Im on my 7 or 8 Nitro car, i just got a savage X like Pauls ^^^^, ive had a few dozen Electric cars too but i went straight to Nitro & i would recommand fo you to go to your local RC car club & get my info on them etc & see what advice they can give you & you can see for yourself that they dont always go right

 

Yeah this is going to be my first nitro car, might go have a look around dont think there is a rc club in wolverhampton though

 

go to your local Model shop & they will point you in the right direction


remember there not a simple out of the box & off you go, you gotta run it in etc

 

Oh rite, i will go to my local model shop soon and see what advice they give me, thanks alot for the advice sidewayz

 

Are Escort cossie shells readily available for Rc cars or e-bay my best option? I fancy a HPI Nitro with an ESCOS shell but cant find the ESCORT shell anywhere, anybody help? Although the Porker911 more than makes up for it

 

I got my escort shell of ebay, I need to get mine setup becouse its not running right
Heres my potential 70+Mph track slag Cen CT4-S Escos

 

The cosworth shells stoped production a long time ago, about 6yrs+ in guessing. Recently though they started making them again due to popular demand but I'm not sure if they still are in production.

Heres a vid I just uploaded of our little sleeper
http://media.putfile.com/Mardave-V12-speed-runs

 

Here my Focus Rs Shell




Was just a cheap shell i got of ebay so i could use my R/C car but gonna get some decent shell's soon


Brian

 

Bufty Wish mine looked that tidy

 

yes paul, love it.

just gets admired lol,

took it for one spin once for bout 5 mins ( was far too frightened of wreckign it)

and has never been used since

PMSL @ bufty

carl

 

Some really nice models on here iv got a INFERNO with an OS RG MAX 21 engine on board 4wd and goes like shit off a stick

all four tyres need replacing @ the mo and they where brand new only 2 weeks ago lol, Pushing the car hard you can do about 6 * 20 min runs and your down to foam but the grips amazing and you have great fun doing it.

 

Cars are cool, but i have much more fun with my Cen truck

Car



HPI Savage



Cen Genesis







Cen next to savage

 

love em robs

 

does anyone know a website were i can get a cossie shell for my tamiya chassis i cant find anyone who sells em!!

 

As above, I don't think you can get them anymore. They must have just brought them back for a limited time. I probably have an old catologue around which dates them back to about 8+ years ago

 

omg this thread has just bought back my love for rc cars! off to local model shop later to see whats in my budget. thanks guys!

some awsome rc cars here

 

Let us know what you get

 

Not the best ones but i love em, they are not made any more, can only be bought ready built and painted on a diff chassis,



The old shed (spare parts)



The new play car (RWD)




The minter



The RWD chassis with arb's, quick release batt, uprated springs fully ball raced (stronger fwd steering arm shown)

 

i fail safe wont work if you batts fall out

use a throttle return spring

 

what?

 

The whale tail cossie shell is long gone and its an ebay jobbie, there are vintage tamiya sellers etc I bought all three from ebay

The WRC shell is plentyful on ebay aswell.. not that i've bought one yet

I recon I've gotta find another Respol whale tail kit now as there where two decals sets for no 4 and no 5

 

heres a few shells i have had









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i had a whale tale shell, painted in paifica blue

sold it on ebay

 

i got the same one, and has never been outside.

BUT

you have painted the rear wing the wrong colour, it should ALL be blue.

sorry, i have my anorak coat on

 

Love the minis there well cool

 

Ta

Also got a HPI chassis, its a electric 4wd but i had to make it rwd for more fun, just looking for a nice shell for it, eather a escort cossie/wrc, skyline r32 gtr or a m3 e30, see what comes up when i have some cash,

 

SPIKY

yes i no it shoud be blue

i have the 1/18 ut models and have enough pics of the real car everywhere lol


the is good reason that it wasnt painted blue

mine has been outside the once lol

 

I wana truck now

Bored with the fusion!

 

Not fast enough?