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    ABC, but not simple as 1,2, 3....

    in Other makes

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    Well I know this car is from ABC Hobby in Japan, and the 'instructions' call it the 'Royal Sports' series. It says 1/24th, but the box it came in says 1/30th.

    I suspect there was a longer version of the chassis (as shown in the instructions) that was 1/24th but this particular one is more likely 1/30th. Apart from that I know very little about the car.

    Anyone else seen one or know anything about it?

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    Wanted - M03 Special Edition 'clear' parts

    in Trade Archive

    Posted

    Does anyone anywhere have a transparent chassis set for an M03? I know they exist for I have pictures of them, but I also know that they were made in very limited quantities. I even have a full transparent TL01 chassis (assembled) that I'd be willing to deal with. Being a bit of a Mini specialist (nutcase) this is one item I'd really like to try and find...

    Tony

    A Serpent WHAT?!!!!

    in Other makes

    Posted

    I have an email from Pieter Bervoets (head man at Serpent) and they have very little 'history' stuff at all, and indeed he gave me the impression they wanted to forget about the Tenforce completely.

    A Serpent WHAT?!!!!

    in Other makes

    Posted

    Terry I'd love a scanned copy of the review. I did have all those old magazines but stupidly got rid of them all a few years ago and now when I need stuff.....

    They're certainly a rare car and it's taken me about 6 years to find one. I cant help wondering what a newer/narrower version would go like now?

    A Serpent WHAT?!!!!

    in Other makes

    Posted

    OK guys, here's a hard one for you. Ever heard of a Serpent Tenforce? Few people have I can tell you, and even a google search won't bring up much on the web apart from a couple of outdated Dutch links that go nowhere.

    As it happens I already have one complete car and 95% of another but I'd like some more cars/bits, and also any printed info I can find.

    So....anyone have, or know of any?

    what happens to Car Action magazine?

    in General discussions

    Posted

    There's a simple answer to why the manufacturers are mainly interested in promoting Touring Cars and enormous Monster Trucks. They're what sells! Like it or not, monster trucks are the buggies of the day now and they're what most Off-Road stuff will be from now on. The 80's/early 90's heyday of Off-Road is gone and people who want to play in the dirt have gone to trucks or race on a serious level. The days when loads of people bought entry-level off-roaders have gone and those people now buy Touring Cars instead.

    Why? Well I'm not entirely sure but I'd suggest that having an 'association' with a real life car has something to do with it. Most buggies look like..umm.. nothing that really exists and so dont have anywhere near the pulling power that a Scale Touring Car shell (i.e. anything not made by Protoform) does.

    what happens to Car Action magazine?

    in General discussions

    Posted

    As a current r/c magazine editor of some many years I can tell you now that ALL magazines are ruled exclusively by revenue (i.e advertising). You can say what you like about selling more issues by putting in such and such a story, but I can assure you that the profits made by a magazine are virtually all made on sales of advertisingand the cover price is a very small component of the overall revenue.

    So...if the manufacturer/distributor wants to push trucks/TC's/buggies etc etc, then that's what is tested and reviewed.

    Thats the way it's always been and always will be, simple as that. I'm not saying it's right but it's a fact of life.

    5th April - MELBOURNE Australia

    in Meetings & Events

    Posted

    And by the time I found out about all this it had been and gone.....

    You just didnt want to have to drive against ME in Mini's because you know you were dead meat boys.

    And the Evo3 and 04-TRF would have been icing on the cake! Maybe even my optioned TA02 might have come off the shelf!

    FB

    FF02 chassis questions

    in General discussions

    Posted

    OK, essentially everything made for an M03 fits an FF02. But....this doesnt answer your question does it!

    Eagle Racing make a speedtuned gear set for the M03 which will fit, and Tobee Craft do a selection of spur gears from 36 right down to 34 which will give you more top end. Getting hold of them is another question altogether!

    I know that Jet Hobby in Hong Kong have them but that's the only place that I know of online

    TG

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