Sorry its late guys - we had visitors til just now !
Here are some pics of some of my cars and trucks - I don't have photos of all of them, and some are still in storage following our recent house move and will probably stay there due to a lack of shelf space ! These are all the cars I have out on the shelves as seen in the "Workshop/Office " photo !
Both the Audi and Lancia 037 bodyshells are made by Chevron Models of China - difficult to get hold of due to them not speaking english and only dealing with people who speak chinese ! I happen to have a contact in Hong Kong who got them for me !
The Lancia Stratos Stradale ( street version ) is made - or was made - by ABC models - they no longer make it so is now quite collectable !
The Lancia Integrale is a Tamiya body originally released in the mid '90's, the re-releases a couple of years ago - this is the re-re version which was supplied factory finished - the original was unpainted and seperate sticker sheet. This is a firm favourite of mine as I used to own one - best fun I ever had on four wheels !
The two Martini Lancias and the Audi I plan to "Super Detail" once I get the bits - spotlights, real mesh for the grilles, cockpit interiors which I am making myself - I have made a mould for vacforming the parts for the interiors, just gotta get them made !
The Mercedes CLK is also a Tamiya body - is still in production so is easily available, this is the body I normally race with on sundays due to its ease of replacement and the fact that the chassis I use just seems to handle best with this body on for some reason - maybe due to aerodynamics, but, who can tell at this scale ! It doesn't look this good any more - somewhat battered now and due for replacement !
The TVR Tuscan Speed Six is made by HPI - an american firm who make some incredibly hard-wearing bodyshells. I also use this on sundays sometimes, hence the damage, but, it does not handle anywhere near as nicely as the Merc !
All the cars above are sitting on either Tamiya TT-01 chassis - the most basic of the Tamiya chassis - as for the most part they are only for display. The race chassis is a carbon/graphite twin-deck version of the TT-01 chassi made by a company called 3Racing - and costs not much more than a basic genuine TT-01, but is far lighter and superior - better suited to racing ! The moste expensive body was the Lancia 037 which I ended up paying £55 for inc shipping, the others vary between £20 and £30 each. None of the cars have cost more than £150 each.
The orange Jeep is a custom rockcrawler job - Tamiya TLT-1 Rockbuster axles and centre gearbox, 4:1 reduction unit on the motor, Jungfac 1/10th scale conversion chassis kit, RC4WD CNC machined alloy beadlock wheels 2.2inch size ( they were expensive from the states - £70 just for the rims ! ) HPI Geolander tyres and 1/8th scale HPI Jeep Wrangler/Renegade bodyshell - this thing walks up walls, and a standard 3300 7.2v nimh pack lasts about 40 mins ! !Total cost so far is around £350
The Mercedes truck is a 6wd conversion of the Tamiya 1/14th scale Mercedes 1838 single axle tractor unit - extended chassis ( not in the pics ) twin rear axle conversion , custom made transfer case to supply drive to the Tamiya TLT-1 front axle , currently has the standard three speed gearbox, but it runs a little too fast so will be fitting a RC4WD inline 2:1 reduction unit to slow it down a bit and up the torque and duration. This is an ongoing project that will eventually be a Dakar type Rally Raid truck - should be fun ! Total cost so far is something in the order of £300 and the original truck was second hand off Ebay.
And, of course, the faithful old Tamiya Sand Scorcher ! I always wanted one of these as a kid, but never got one - so now I am slowly but surely scouring Ebay for the bits to build one - nearly got everything I need, just waiting for a few minor hard to find peices. God knws how much this has cost to build - a New-In-Box one, unbuilt, would fetch something in the region of £700-£900 on Ebay !
Pheeeww ! That took some time !
Regards
Andi
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