Back to basic roadster!
There has been a long silence around my projects and showroom, but I decided I wanted to share this one with the greater public. :) It's a M-04M Alfa (fitted with a lot of hop-ups parts from Tamiya, HPI, Cross, etc., as well as some home-made)
I fitted a Eunos Roadster body to it, I have decalled it as the Mazda MX-5 though. The black hardtop roof is to accentuate the roadster look, I decided not the make a softtop as the molding is not correct for one. It has been made yellow as there were no yellow ones yet, it accentuates the cheerfull caracter of the car, and it is perhaps a referal to Lotus and the British roadsters, which were the spiritual fathers of the MX-5.
Tamiya
TA-03 Low Friction damper set
TA-03 Ball Differential
Mini Cooper Monte Carlo ’94 Chrome plated wheel (x2)
Hi-torque servo saver (black)
Super Stock Type T motor
M-04 Motor mount heat sink
5mm aluminium ball connector (red)
5mm aluminium ball nut (red)
TL-01 Stainless steel suspension shafts
3mm shim set (suspension shafts)
5mm shim set (wheel axles)
32mm titanium turnbuckle shaft (steering rods)
TA-04 Pro ball heads (steering rods)
Mazda MX5 body + decals + mirrors
HPI
Mini Shaped tire inserts (x2)
Belted X-pattern mini tires (x2)
Cross
M-03 M-04 reinforced suspension arms
Futaba
Servo S3003
S3003 ball bearing conversion (S3004)
GPM
Alu C-hub (incl. bearings)
Others
M-04 Ball Bearing set
Carbon gearshafts
3mm ceramic diff balls
Enjoy the pics, soon it is to be ran, it sure will be very fast with my improvements. The Alfa body is to be continued, so watch this space. :)
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Some outside picstures
Comments
toymkr73
very nice m chassis!!! the yellow really suits the cars
RUDERAT
Nice Mazda mate.... long list of hop-ups....great job...Grtzz
supergreg
Nice! I already wanted to ask in the forums where Sjoerd is...
SJoerD
Ahh... you people missed me? How heartwarming. It's good to have a break once in a while though!
The hop-ups aren't the greatest effort though, to be honest anyone can install them as long as you have money to buy them.
mr_pushrod
I think the yellow was a good call, this looks great!
dunebuggy71
Fantastic ! Nothing can beat the look of a tuned M-chassis. The Monte wheels look great in combination with the yellow Mazda body.
ChrisB
Very nice job. It looks like on of the 'California' limited edition MX-5's - they were the only special edition in that colour I think. As you can tell I'm a bit of an addict having had the !:1 version
SJoerD
Thank you for your kindest comments people. Now don't you even dare to copy me though, even if you claim that is the most honest way of flattering, lol. Just to be correct, I must add though; there is another yellow Roadster in TC, but it is a different color and scheme.
Petrolhead
Nice MAZDA Eunos
espescially in the yellow which really suits it!
amigamad
Looks great the yellow suits this car, and in my opinion looks better than red wich most are painted .
DJTheo
Sweet canarin!
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