a.w.k. 665 Posted January 15, 2019 The TL-01 also qualifies as 90s touring chassis, afaik it was run together with the FF-01 in the Tamiya Cup as beginner class and i think its a perfect beginners car, easy to build, maintain and to set up. This is my loaner car that i take with me for people new to the hobby who would like to try it out and have a spin. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redzone 212 Posted January 17, 2019 Oh man this thread is up my alley. I'm a group A touring car nut, as I crew on a mate's group A Starion in Heritage Touring Cars here in Australia, he's restoring a group A RS500 at the moment too. I also own a group A Isuzu Gemini, which is the aussie version of the Opel Kadett C. I have 2 of those M chassis Carson Kadett shells, and a 1:1 Gemini coupe. Racers Paradise in Germany has done a very good 1:10 touring car version of the Kadett C coupe. I'll post some pics of my group A Tamiya soon, I have 2x R32 GTR Calsonic skylines (both liveries), a Auto Tech M3 (a mate owns the actual real car), the Taisan R32 GTR (just bought it from Japan), can't wait for the rere HKS GTR kit. I also have my original Taisan Porsche, 95 Castrol Supra and Clarion R33 GTR LM. Most of my cars are TA02 derivatives, the Taisan is on a HPI longitudinal battery chassis kit. Oh and I forgot, I have a Lancer Evo obsession so I have a ABC Evo 3, Tamiya Evo 4, 5 6 and 7 aswell haha. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grotty Otty 868 Posted January 17, 2019 My FF-01 Cavalier, wished I known all about the wet placement of stickers when I did this! Still turned out pretty well plus being a runner it's going to get bashed, much like that era's full scale racers! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 17, 2019 11 hours ago, redzone said: Oh man this thread is up my alley. I'm a group A touring car nut, as I crew on a mate's group A Starion in Heritage Touring Cars here in Australia, he's restoring a group A RS500 at the moment too. I also own a group A Isuzu Gemini, which is the aussie version of the Opel Kadett C. I have 2 of those M chassis Carson Kadett shells, and a 1:1 Gemini coupe. Racers Paradise in Germany has done a very good 1:10 touring car version of the Kadett C coupe. I'll post some pics of my group A Tamiya soon, I have 2x R32 GTR Calsonic skylines (both liveries), a Auto Tech M3 (a mate owns the actual real car), the Taisan R32 GTR (just bought it from Japan), can't wait for the rere HKS GTR kit. I also have my original Taisan Porsche, 95 Castrol Supra and Clarion R33 GTR LM. Most of my cars are TA02 derivatives, the Taisan is on a HPI longitudinal battery chassis kit. Oh and I forgot, I have a Lancer Evo obsession so I have a ABC Evo 3, Tamiya Evo 4, 5 6 and 7 aswell haha. you owe us pictures of every car that you mentioned ..... including the 1:1 cars 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Grotty Otty said: My FF-01 Cavalier, wished I known all about the wet placement of stickers when I did this! Still turned out pretty well plus being a runner it's going to get bashed, much like that era's full scale racers! I do also like these 2-litre touring cars, this is pretty close racing with paint exchange and body contact...... FF-01 with Carson Vectra STW body, M-tronics ESC and Keil DTM motor FF-01 Milka Beetle, pretty rare, was a win in a sweepstake bitd 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grotty Otty 868 Posted January 17, 2019 49 minutes ago, a.w.k. said: FF-01 with Carson Vectra STW body, M-tronics ESC and Keil DTM motor FF-01 Milka Beetle, pretty rare, was a win in a sweepstake bitd Nice! Underrated chassis the FF-01 plus I always like my kits to mimic the correct drive tain of the originals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin_Mc 411 Posted January 17, 2019 That Vectra shell is lovely 😍 i’ll need to post up my FF01 John Cleland Cavalier when i finish it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted January 17, 2019 Does this count? 90's body but 2000 chassis! 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humbug 36 Posted January 17, 2019 Is that another TRF414 like mine? So glad I started this thread. Best life decision of 2019 so far Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted January 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, humbug said: Is that another TRF414 like mine? So glad I started this thread. Best life decision of 2019 so far No, its a completely hopped up TA04. TRF spec and more! I wanted the carbon chassis rather than the SSG because of the body mounting option with the carbon parts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted January 17, 2019 Are any touring car chassis allowed? I have 23 chassis all on road but the only 90's are a TL01LA, TA02, TA03R TRF and a couple of Group C's 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humbug 36 Posted January 17, 2019 I guess I have a love for very early 2000s era as well. I spent many hours browsing the Tamiya RC guide book 2004. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rich_8717 114 Posted January 18, 2019 The mondeo above looks really nice, I always wanted that model as a kid as I was big into 90's BTCC but I never got one.... I loved the Calsonic Nissan Primera body set as well but those are quite rare. Sorry for the poor quality pictures but here's my slightly different JTCC HKS Cavelier ('Vectra') I painted last year. Sat on a second hand FF01 chassis I rebuilt with some nicer parts. I think brushless is perhaps a bit OTT for the FF01 but its fun and it looks cool.... 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7878 Posted January 18, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 7:39 PM, a.w.k. said: This thread is developing into a '90s touring car museum, so let's go on wide cars Kyosho Scale Car Series, 2WD Ultima based Kyosho Scale Car Series, 4WD Lazer Alpha based narrow cars Tamiyas first touring car, TA-01 Tamiya TA-03 That Ultima based rear motor looks amazing! How is it converted from the buggy? Short arms? Is it 257mm wheelbase? I am so into that. Never seen one before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 18, 2019 6 hours ago, ThunderDragonCy said: That Ultima based rear motor looks amazing! How is it converted from the buggy? Short arms? Is it 257mm wheelbase? I am so into that. Never seen one before. This is basically an Ultima buggy with buggy wheel suspension, wheelbase 273mm, width 244mm and touring car body mounts. At the beginning of the 90's there were only the wide touring cars, i.e. modified buggies, later came the narrow scale touring cars, the first were e.g. tamiya ta-01 and Yokomo YR4. The car first appeared in the 1990 Kyosho catalog. The first cars had an aluminum chassis, later cars had the so-called Kelron chassis. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 18, 2019 Here is my Peugeot 406 STW (the german BTCC) 1997, driver Jorg van Ommen car #9. I visited a race and brought the car with me to have it signed by the driver, he did so and I had a little chat with him, pretty nice guy. I remember that i painted the car the day before the race......bought the body two days before the race....and i put it on a FF-01 because the original has FWD.... And this is my Mondeo, mounted on a TA-01. The body is not Tamiya, it consists of 4 parts, main body, bumpers f+r and wing. I don't know anymore what manufacturer it was maybe someone on here has a clue? 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 20, 2019 One of my race cars bitd: TA-01, Reedy MR. M'S motor (13 turn double), Tekin 411-G2 esc, Futaba Megatech PCM radio, C-class DTM body Schumacher Nitro 10, a nitro Cougar, .15 Irvine engine 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 21, 2019 Some parts of my race equipment from BITD, Hudy lathe, Novak Digi peak+ and some motors and thanks to this thread i found an old project, unfinished since 20 years, HPI RS4 with rallye cockpit set, should be the rain car...... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusanthony 361 Posted January 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, a.w.k. said: and thanks to this thread i found an old projekt, unfinished since 20 years, HPI RS4 with rallye cockpit set, should be the rain car...... I had an RS4, with the 2 speed trans even. Regret trading it for either a Yokomo or a TC3, can't recall which. I actually forgot I had those two until I saw your post. Was the rally cockpit set an HPI part? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humbug 36 Posted January 21, 2019 love those reedy sonics. got any closeups of those motors? they look cleeean! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, a.w.k. said: Some parts of my race equipment from BITD, Hudy lathe, Novak Digi peak+ and some motors and thanks to this thread i found an old project, unfinished since 20 years, HPI RS4 with rallye cockpit set, should be the rain car...... I spy a Eurostock motor! Is it up for sale/trade? Sven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 479 Posted January 22, 2019 My BTCC Mondeo (that some wally sprayed the wrong shade of blue!) My New BTCC Mondeo Body so I can get it the correct colour My FF01 Alfa Romeo DTM Car. My TA02 RWD Touring Car (It will be a Mercedes DTM car) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scipunk 383 Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 2:40 AM, Ray_ve said: Love the cars, in the 90s a buddy I mostly drove on-road nitro. The first was a Kyosho Corvette ZR-1. Rear wheel drive. Not very fast with it's 1.5cc engine, but all that changed with an OS-Max 2.11cc CV-something CZRengine. It would howl like a wolf! After that came the 4WD Mugen Seiki Prime 12 chassis, 2.5cc and for some time the 2-speed box, with various HPI bodys on it like the Viper, McLaren F1, and last in line the Lamborgini: Doing the Calvind and Hobbs images took some time in painting to allow for drying-time, but were easy to do. It is still my personal favourite. And the car is still in line to drive again, after a stripdown, clean, and conversion to brushless. I still have a new Lamborgini Calvin and Hobbs ready-painted body, it only needs the finish overall color, which will probably be yellow again. I grew up drawing Calvin and Hobbs, this car makes me smile Did you hand paint the characters on first from then inside and then spray the yellow? Came out amazing! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray_ve 1043 Posted January 22, 2019 57 minutes ago, Scipunk said: I grew up drawing Calvin and Hobbs, this car makes me smile Did you hand paint the characters on first from then inside and then spray the yellow? Came out amazing! Thanks! Yes these are hand-painted from the inside, it is actually quite simple! Take the picture you want, and print it in reverse image on paper with the required picture size. Stick the paper on the outside of the polycarb body. With a fine pencil, trace the black lines of the picture inside the body, and allow to dry completely. Then, paint the colors in the corresponding areas inside the black lines. You can move onto a black line with the paint no problem, just do not go over the black line if antoher color is next to it. Allow to dry between colors. And presto, on the inside the figures look a bit strange and messy with all the colors on the black lines, but on the outside they come out perfect. An advantage of the polycarb body. For finish, spray the rest of the body in the desired color, you can paint over the pictures too is long as the paints are compatible. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a.w.k. 665 Posted January 22, 2019 21 hours ago, geniusanthony said: I had an RS4, with the 2 speed trans even. Regret trading it for either a Yokomo or a TC3, can't recall which. I actually forgot I had those two until I saw your post. Was the rally cockpit set an HPI part? Hi Anthony, the rally cockpit is a HPI part #7112 "Inner Body Set (RS4 Rally)" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites