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I immediately had to think of the Lotus 102B.

Maybe building a kit is a good idea (though the LHS disagreed), but I won't try a Team Associated kit just yet after reading that other topic. Besides I want to stick with touring or rally cars, this one doesn't appeal to me. I realize now I didn't point that out.

Over here, there are two train sets of the same type (Mat 54) and among railroad enthousiasts there is even a discussion which one is restored in the proper shade of green. Turquoise on the other hand was a colour used on passenger coaches and electric locomotives some 10 years before, but even in their active service that colour was so terrible to keep its original shade and got dirty with all the steam trains still going around, that anything that vaguely represents that colour would be historically correct on the model railway. Besides, paint tends to look different when it's used at a smaller scale. I compared a 1:50 NZG model of one of our cranes with my own, which should have the same shade (same paint used as the crane that model was made from). But it seems just a bit darker. As for RC I don't like the cab forward buggies and Tupperware race blobs, but I wouldn't mind adding some of the more unrealistic buggies to my collection. Would like to get the Lancia 037, and when on display would remove that ugly bumper, but I'm not surprised if that thing turns out not to be on scale either.

I think this is the first gen C-class, the 190 replacement. Speaking of which: I have a brand new XV01 Long Damper Spec that I'm willing to trade for your 190. That's pretty rare too. 😄 Just kidding, but I love the 190. My old neighbor has a former Rijkspolitie example, but if I ever win the lottery I want the same type as you have.

I tried to paint my Lancer Evo VII body. At first I was happy that there wasn't a lot of paint bleed, the white part turned out pretty well. Only after removing all the tape and window masks I saw that the red didn't cover enough around the rear licence plate. Just the edges, no part that's covered by stickers of course.

Thanks but I made up my mind. I'm not asking whether or not to start with nitro, I'm asking with which car to start with nitro. Just as I posted: there are cars available, some of them still in production (HPI, Serpent, and I wonder which others). They're not THAT hard to get hold of. I discovered that HPI will release the WR8 3.0 soon with a Ford Escort body so that's more interesting than the Impreza for me, but the odd scale and lack of two-speed remains.

Thanks. I love that Mercedes body, but it may be wise to look for another chassis. That made me think: I do like the idea of a slightly larger car, so 1/8, but are there any alternative RTR's, preferably long wheelbase? I thought about the Serpent SRX (I think), but that one is short wheelbase and even if I buy a body of an actual car it still might look silly.

This makes me wonder: are spares of this chassis still reasonable to get, does this share parts with other chassis? I'm a bit leaning towards one of the Kyoshos, partly because I like the idea of a two-speed, partly because of the odd scale of the HPI and I already have a couple of Imprezas, and I like the bodies on the Kyoshos. If I'm going to get one nitro I might as well go for an 1:8 (undecided yet due to the difference in price) but that one seems discontinued. If spares are hard to get I might go for one of the other two options.

Thanks for the suggestions. The Kyosho GT2 happens to be the most expensive of the three I had in mind unfortunately, and then I begin to wonder if I should then just spend the extra euro's to get a petrol car so I can run less expensive petrol. Those things are huge though. I might be inexperienced, but the mechanical stuff has my interest. Tractor pulling, motorsports, and guns instead of missiles in the military. More modern stuff might be more efficient, but often lacks the emotion. I've driven a BMW I4, very fast and impressive, but it didn't put the grin on my face a few less fast cars with combustion engines did. As for patience: I have a son of six months who doesn't know the difference between day and night yet and I'm not yet insane, I think I have a bit of patience.

Thanks for the tips. I don't know anyone with experience though. The LHS, but I don't know how willing they are to help if I got my car from somewhere else. The nitro brands that they offer don't appeal to me.

I visited my LHS last saturday, and after that went to a hobby shop which has a webshop, a bit further away. My LHS: small, many model kits stacked to cram as much stuff in there as possible. Owner friendly, helpful and enthousiast as usual (as is the rest of the personnel). That other shop though? I went there mainly because they have much larger stock and different brands. Shop looks opposite to my LHS, with wide corridors to walk, everything looks neat. The personnel is also the opposite unfortunately, at least that's what I experienced. Nobody greeted me, asked if I needed any help or even looked at me. It was a waste of my time and fuel, what a disappointment.

It looks like I'm starting with nitro, for bashing mainly, later this year if budget allows it. For now I'm looking mainly at RTR onroad models, and because they're quite expensive it's possible that I'll only stick to one car. With that in mind, I saw three possibilities: the Kyosho FW06 with Alpine body, the HPI WR8 3.0 with Impreza body, or the Kyosho Inferno GT2 with Mercedes body, from least to most expensive. -I checked the manuals of the FW06 and HPI, and the break-in procedure of the HPI seems easy to follow, the Kyosho I find confusing (and I assume the same procedure is used for the big one). That being said, I've read somewhere else that you can use every break-in procedure for every nitro engine. -From what I understand is that both Kyoshos have a two-speed transmission. Sounds interesting to me. -I've read that the HPI servos aren't very good, getting a few better ones would add to the cost. How about the Kyosho servos? -the FW06 is 1/10, the other two are called 1/8. That sounds less common to me if I ever need a new body set? Is there a standard for 1/8 like there is for 1/10, and would both larger cars fit those standard body sets? I've read that the HPI is a bit of an oddity scale-wise. -Both Kyosho models seem to no longer be in production? What do you guys recommend?

Like I said in the other topic I'm considering starting with nitro. One thing that worries me is the fuel. As I understand it it's best to keep it at a dark, cool place. I don't have a basement and rather not keep it in our house itself, but in the summer temperatures can rise quite a bit in our shed, the only place left. Rather not bother with nitro at all? I do keep paint et cetera over there, don't know how dangerous it is or if it will screw up the fuel.

Guilty as charged In my defense those were the wires from the ESC to the switch after I cut the switch off, and couldn't (yet) bother to properly solder them.

Sorry for the topic kick, but I think it's dealing with the same subject so no reason to open a new topic I'd say. After some thought about tinkering with rebuildable brushed motors I'm now considering starting with nitro. If I don't want a carefree chassis anyway, why not go for the full experience of a combustion engine? With the noise (music) there are not a lot of offroad places where I wouldn't get into trouble, so I think onroad would be my best bet. Most buggies look boring IMO anyway. HPI is about the only nitro brand I'm interested in supported by the LHS (the Losi 8ight looks decent to me, that brand is supported by a slightly less local hobby shop), and thought about getting a WR8. I would've liked to build a kit, but I wonder if I should start with a RTR, and one supported by a LHS at that so I could get back to them if I run into difficulties. If local support isn't important, I could order a Kyosho, I have to read a bit more into those to decide which one. 1/8 is more for buggies? Do 1/10 onroad nitros fit standard 1/10 bodies? That's what worries me a bit about that HPI, which seems like an oddball to me dimensions-wise. Last but not least: should I start with an RTR if it's my first nitro, or would a kit be no problem?