This is a 1/10 Tamiya Escort Cosworth vintage model which I found on ebay. Different to the modern kits, Vintage means the shell has to be cut from the mould, the windows have to be hand masked with pieces of tape tape and spray painted (7 coats). The other git is having to freehand cut the decals as they weren't precut back in the day
It came with Tiger stripes decal sheet but I wanted a standard looking car.
Also got a set of my favorite Monte Oz Racing wheels which are scaled to 19"
Just waiting on my Chassis to come back with it's new Nitro engine







Got pics of other shells if any ones interested?

 

Looks ace mate

Post your others up mate, i'll get a couple of pics of mine later.

Got a blue WRC escort but no stickered up fully. Plus a couple of others

 

My chassis


Scooby WRC


R32



Focus WRC



Focus WRC RS

 

look gd mate nice one

 

Stunning Paul, mine is in dire (sp) need of a re-shell, at the moment it's a Subaru P1, but has got abit battered after a few races with my mates Alfa, you should see his though!

 

Take the front drive shafts out


and have some fun doing BIG drifts.... Bloody hard mind, I done it about 4 years ago when i had a Pug 206 rally car, big open Parade Square @ RAF St.Athan... = Lots of fun

 

These Nitro's do great 4wd drifts at 30mph

 

I never actually tried, i just wanted a RWD R/C car

 

A mate of mine races the 1/5th scale trucks with the strimmer engines absolutely amazing they are but expensive does teh big f1 stuff aswell bout Ł5k each full carbon bodys an chassis awesome bits of kit

 

nice one, where you get these from and how much are they?

 

fiesta_nut
The shell was off ebay the car came from www.modelsinmotion.co.uk

 

Yeah big up models in motion, i spent nuff cash in that shop years ago!

 

And i had an escort coosie shell in the repsol colours!

 

Been on the hunt for a Repsol kit for a while

 

sweet mate..i used to race small mardave carpets RC cars indoors and..i think i should get a real good one and race properly!

 

looks really nice mate, i use to have a cossie shell, i got a mini at the mo, il post a pic later, gonna put top coat on my rims now

 

look's really smart mate

 

my Mini, which is for SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That mini looks wicked

 

Paul Ripley

I've got that same tamiya , came with the focus shell & oz mags. i've sold it since, getting a 1:8 scale now best shell i've found so far is the Porsche GT3.

told myself i wouldn't spend any real money on em' just can't help it lol

 

cheeRS

 

Paul Ripley

I've got an original new in box repsol shell with decals, wings etc all plastic parts which i'm thinking of selling.

Cost a few quid to get a year ago!!!!

 

oooooo! HOW MUCH HOW MUCH!

 

Ive done quite a few, but this is the only one ive got digital pictures of, will see if i can dig out any more

 

Thats different! must have taken ages!

 

It takes a long time to come up with the design and make it 'fit' the shell, also masking it all off takes a lot of time, but the actual painting only takes about a day to do once you're prepped (including drying time between coats).

As you say its different, was painted to appear in r/c concours competitions where you need eye catching design rather than authenticity.

 

r/c concours

bit keen

 

I thought I'd kick up this old thread as I was bored last night and decided to put the livery on the shell.. quite happy with the result actually bloody tiger stripes took ages

Also got me a brand new Respol kit and Michelin kit to make up aswell

 

Thats well nice like that, must be getting my hands on a cossie shell

 

that brings back memories,12 years ago i got the zebra striped 1 then got new shell painted it black and got new wheels and painted them black 2,uprated the cogs n shit as well!!!!!

 

Nice shell, Tamiya one is that?

edit: just seen you said tamiya, they're the best for their attention to detail


Just finshed rebuilding a custom made mardave with a mate and with testing we got to do over 50mph

 

Im looking at getting a r/c car soon (petrol) one
Which is a good starter for nitro cars??
i want a on road one btw

 

Where do you intend on running it? For on road you need quite a flat surface free from debris to beable to run it. Stones etc. get under the chassis and can cause havok

 

Was thinking the road but i will not be able to from just hearing that.

 

You can still have a car with an on road shell but you need one with a decent ground height which will clear stones etc

Most ready sets will be ok if you want something to start on, basically you dont want anything designed for track use

 

Depends on the quailty & build of the car i got a schumacher fusion & i take it every on road places without probs, well reason of that cos its the best road car! & very very foooking fast

 

Thanks for the advice MB7201
I am going to get one soon, i will make sure it has enough ground clearance first

 

I wouldn't recommend a fusion though if your just starting into it as it will be wrote off very quickly That reminds me, when you get one buy a fail safe aswell

 

I use mine on very flat tarmac and as fun as it is... nothing compares to this for having RC fun



Savage X with a Plymouth Hemi Cuda shell I made for it





I also have an old skool Super Clod Buster just needs paint.. I always wanted one as a kid but couldn't afford one its proper lame compared to the Savage but still looks like a 'proper' monster truck as I remembered them





Oh! and fail safes are a MUST! my bro bought a HPI RS4 nitro started it up and after about 5mins of use it shot off at full speed (about 30-40mph) into the distance.. we couldn't even see it

Found it smashed to pieces managed to fix it thou

 

Thanks for hte advice people
what are those fail safes?