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Well, thanks to neverfollow's very nice TL-01 Audi project beating me to the punch on mine (and crushing my fleeting hopes of having the only Carisma Audi shell in the States ), I thought I'd go ahead and post some pics of my 99% finished M-04 fitted with a 1/12 Audi Quattro Coupe body. To make this body fit, the M-04L body spacer has to be removed, making an M-04M with a wheelbase of 225mm. Because I wanted this to be as clean/scale as possible, I didn't want to drill body holes for posts. I tried the R2 Hobbies Aluminum Stealth Mounts, and they worked OK, as discussed here: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=67544 These pics are of the finished body on the original stealth mounts...I have not had time to lower/adjust the mounts as much as I would like to, so the body sits a litte higher than optimal. I also just got some of the newer R2 Hobbies magnetic post mounts, so I may try those later, too. Because this is such an 80s icon, I've tried some 80s-era excess gold Kawada wheels, in addition to the more stock-looking Tamiya 18-spokers. Feel free to vote on your favorite...I'm leaning toward the bling. The side decals were supposed to emulate the vanishing rings decals on the original Coupes, but I couldn't find any small ones that matched. I settled on some brake caliper decals that are OK, but not great. A few other decals ordered, a few salvaged from other kits, and a few I made round out the detailing. I am also happy with the effect I got on the taillamps by painting the shell silver underneath, and then using a red and orange Sharpie to color the exterior of the lexan...gave a very realistic effect. Anyway, here she is, in all her imperfect glory...sorry for the iPhone quality pics. Oh, and the asterisk in the title, of course, refers to the irony that this is supposed to be a "Quattro", but it's functionally a RWD...don't tell anyone.
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hi all , i have long wanted a 1/10 RWD rally car or more specifically a MK1 ford escort , i was planning on building a chassis from scratch using the gearbox from a 2WD buggy and a carbon chassis plate but, that's still in the works, in the mean time i came across a modified M04 chassis on a forum somewhere , it looked real easy and cheap to do so i thought what the hang lets give it a go, i ordered some TL01 suspension arms and set too, its an easy mod ,you will also need two lots of the chassis extenders, i had some in the box of muchness , i had some 42mm dogbones laying around in the bitz boxes too , they should be 39mm with 'o'rings but the 42's are fine if you leave the 'o'rings out of the drive cups , one small issue i came across were the front shock lower spring cup was fowling wishbones , i used some longer shock rod ends to overcome the issue , no biggy, i may have to adjust the wheelbase slightly but that will have to wait until the shell gets here , i haven't run it yet as i am waiting for the ESC and RX to arrive . i will update this thread as i get the parts and time to bring it all together and tune the handling to get it to drift as realistically as i can