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I'm actually a bit surprised that Tamiya didn't make the 956 their first body for the group C chassis. I think the 956/962 was the most widely used privateer car during the Group C era. It looks incredible and opens up so many livery options so better late than never!

I only two things I would want to improve upon is the limited gearing and somehow upgrade it to a drag link steering system.

To me, as the cars whiz by at 20mph, and I'm takin' the jumps and turns, the drivers all look like gold! LOL

Projects like this are always interesting to see. I also hate the limited gearing on the DT02/03 especially since it was designed after the turn of the century. I'll have to take inspiration from (copy) your solution.

Totally agree! A money grab would be the Holiday Buggy. The Hornet Evo looks to be well thought out with vintage parts from the original along with "newish" re engineered parts from another long time favorite car.

You'll quickly realize that it's a Hornet/Dt02 hybrid... In today's RC world, that's probably a good thing and a nice addition to your vintage Hornet.

Thanks for sharing that. I didn't notice at first that the front suspension has been upgraded to a typical C-hub and upper camber link setup.

I hope they do an updated Grasshopper as well. It will be more accurate to the original box art that had rear independent suspension.

Very Nice!!! More pics please, if you have them.

That looks so wild! What does it for me are the wide wheels and the RX-7 wing. Good job taking the City turbo to the next level.

If you want to see a more correct power train layout check out this MF-01x Porsche RSR conversion. The coolest part of Jul's conversion is that he installed a one way bearing into the front differential backwards so the front wheels aren't powered. His car is now RWD only but when you brake, all four wheels brake so it's stable like in a real car.

These are all great choices for low profile bodies! In my opinion, the TC01 chassis is perfect for sports prototype bodies like the Porsche GT1-98, Toyota GT-one, Audi r8 or even a Porsche 962. All these bodies were previously available from Tamiya but only for pan car chassis so the dimensions would need to be reworked for the TC01

To me, this is a static model of an RC car....I have a lot of shelf queens, but I CHOOSE not to run them. With this you really have no choice but to put it on the shelf. It is cool but I'll stick with my RC10 classic and Worlds.

Also glad to see the lower profile cage!

So for Kyosho's 60th anniversary, they're releasing a replica of a 36 year old prototype car...Sign me up! Joel was a 1/12 scale specialist so he was surprised to win a world championship in 1/10 off road.