MightyMonty
Status: Runner
Date: 21-Oct-2011
Comments: 15
There has been many changes in my life of lately and it's been a while since I've posted a feature on TC, so I thought that now would be as good a time as any.
I think that everyone, from beginners to seasoned racers and even the off-road guys should own a Mini. They are a blast to drive, very forgiving and only reward you with a load of laughs and smiles. This one started life as a plain jane NIB M03 which I assembled with Yeah Racing alloy suspension arms all round, 3Racing shock absorbers and foam tyres. I built it mainly for playing with and the occasional race meeting and therefore the electronics are pretty standard with the Tamiya TEU-101BK ESC and Johnson Silver Can motor. Instructions from my M11 transmitter are taken by a Spectrum receiver and a bearing cased 3003 Futaba servo.
The bodies however do take a pounding hence me fitting the prepainted Monte Carlo body when I became too slack to paint one myself. Apart from the opaque windows, after a bit of additional detailing I am pretty happy with how it has turned out.
Nothing particularly special, but for the smiles and laughs and an annoyance to Mr Fluff, my cat.
The pics have been taken at various times so please excuse the protruding body posts but these have long since been corrected.
It's All the Little things in life that make the Big difference ;)
MightyMonty now happily lives in my dear friend MAD-BEE's collection.
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Kyosho Crash^tima
Comments
Mr duke
WOW!!! love the mini gives me some ideas for mine thanks Grreeeaaattt!!!
Tamiyamandan
Very Nice, I have 3 minis and love em all !!!!
tonysmini
These Monte Minis always look gorgeous, I love the white wheels on yours too. It looks race ready.
I need to find myself one of these.
RACECRAFTERS
Thank you for your kind comments Mr duke, Tamiyamandan and Tonysmini.
Yes, the white wheels look pretty good but I have a few sets in black as well which makes it look a bit more aggressive ..to my cat at least
Dante77
Lovely Mini there, Mallo! Cheers
Singleseven
I like it! Please can you put the black wheels on and take some photos next to your cat? I wanna see the FEAR in Mr Fluff's eyes
mr alan
Great looking Mini! Would love to see it in action! Cheers
BeetleOne
What a beautiful mini!!
Wyoming
Great car and I could not agree more, I live in a land of ungainly automatic tranny land yachts which are not fun to drive so I always love the smaller cars and seeing them always makes me smile I need to get my mini out and go for drive
MAD-BEE
Thats one sweet mini buddy!!!
Your work is very precise! you are very good at the attention to detail side of things!
I hope the changes in your life are for the good and nothing sad?
All the best my friend cheers MAD-BEE.
Great job!
RACECRAFTERS
Thank you for kind comments Dante77, Singleseven, mr alan, BeetleOne, Wyoming and MAD-BEE.
Yes, I've had a series of events that comes with relocating to a new country, but life always has a tendency to work out. I just wish that I had more time to tinker with and drive my cars.
@ Singleseven - I don't actually ever frighten or hurt Mr Fluff, but rather just annoy the blazers out of him.
def4x4
That Mini looks great, and also your other cars. Love to see him out for a drive.
alfettalimo
Very nice mini! I have a restoring project and your pictures may give me some good ideas. Cheers Stefano
RACECRAFTERS
Thank you def4x4 and alfettalimo for your comments.
Sheng
Great mini ...thumbs up
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