primesera
26-06-2013, 12:42 PM
Hi new to the forum and only found out about it after looking for vintage Schumachers which I used to race as a youngster in the late 80's and early 90's.
I raced a freshly built Topcat which eventually was converted to a Cougar which I raced for some time. The last car I had back then was when I converted to 4WD which was a second hand Yokomo Dogfighter (one before YZ10) which I loved but when I grew out of racing I sold the Yokomo for very little money. A year or so back I got chatting to a fellow sprint racer (1:1 scale) and suggested we bought some old RC cars and set them up for doing some car park drifting for fun. He bought Tamiya TA 01 type chassis and I bought two second hand cars, one being a HPI sprint and the other a short wheelbase Yokomo YR4 II which was not complete
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/82c4b615.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/82c4b615.jpg.html)
This was the two cars, the Yokomo being the one behing. It was missing the top deck, bumper and a few other things too. I sourced lots of parts on ebay and managed to get it like this
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/2440912f.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/2440912f.jpg.html)
The car was taking shape with a period (ish) receiver and Novak ESC, I already had my old Attack R from my old racing days and a few servos.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/13ce046804206cf5a4168858729184e8.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/13ce046804206cf5a4168858729184e8.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/540bbff8f603912c6ed6beb333d311a4.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/540bbff8f603912c6ed6beb333d311a4.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/e799c8bb53d1403045d2849f78b1a8e3_zps16268b05.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/e799c8bb53d1403045d2849f78b1a8e3_zps16268b05.jpg.h tml)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/fc0ac821733b1645d4ecc6bd31e5a91c_zpsefab0c91.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/fc0ac821733b1645d4ecc6bd31e5a91c_zpsefab0c91.jpg.h tml)
Something I was missing was a body for it, nothing was available that directly fit so after asking around I was told the M chassis Tamiya bodies fitted so I chose the RX7 FB
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/f7dfbc501b6fb8ee3d9f8082ebd91a08.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/f7dfbc501b6fb8ee3d9f8082ebd91a08.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/e992361a07c1f4db73714e28f5868bea.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/e992361a07c1f4db73714e28f5868bea.jpg.html)
I wanted to paint it like a famous 1:1 scale car from America
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/72b8f9e9c92d4f38efc5448e59081b7b.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/72b8f9e9c92d4f38efc5448e59081b7b.jpg.html)
And with all stickers on
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/770db75d880c1df68c9cdfbd82cfee72.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/770db75d880c1df68c9cdfbd82cfee72.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/b78fd0c87d61f43604c800107b513c89.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/b78fd0c87d61f43604c800107b513c89.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/d8647b9a1cb96397c1d9bfa1d7e779f0.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/d8647b9a1cb96397c1d9bfa1d7e779f0.jpg.html)
I then aquired a long wheelbase version which I plan to drift properly once it's finished
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/48a625405e667d4cd31a569071d30479.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/48a625405e667d4cd31a569071d30479.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/7cbde99ebab2262b901232e96110d3ad.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/7cbde99ebab2262b901232e96110d3ad.jpg.html)
And also by the same person, got a brand new YR4 compact, in the box with just some steering links missing.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/8083fab2ee658284d0de28bf3087357b.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/8083fab2ee658284d0de28bf3087357b.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/2f93f5649a2d6835f24cb9f99203a1ba.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/2f93f5649a2d6835f24cb9f99203a1ba.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/491f0bffd952fe14924352c25cce3e89.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/491f0bffd952fe14924352c25cce3e89.jpg.html)
The car is built now so I will get some pictures taken and put up here ASAP.
I hope you like and I plan to linger around here as I am going to get a vintage Cougar 1/2 from my brother and re-live some RC racing at my local track very soon
Cheers
I raced a freshly built Topcat which eventually was converted to a Cougar which I raced for some time. The last car I had back then was when I converted to 4WD which was a second hand Yokomo Dogfighter (one before YZ10) which I loved but when I grew out of racing I sold the Yokomo for very little money. A year or so back I got chatting to a fellow sprint racer (1:1 scale) and suggested we bought some old RC cars and set them up for doing some car park drifting for fun. He bought Tamiya TA 01 type chassis and I bought two second hand cars, one being a HPI sprint and the other a short wheelbase Yokomo YR4 II which was not complete
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/82c4b615.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/82c4b615.jpg.html)
This was the two cars, the Yokomo being the one behing. It was missing the top deck, bumper and a few other things too. I sourced lots of parts on ebay and managed to get it like this
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/2440912f.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/2440912f.jpg.html)
The car was taking shape with a period (ish) receiver and Novak ESC, I already had my old Attack R from my old racing days and a few servos.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/13ce046804206cf5a4168858729184e8.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/13ce046804206cf5a4168858729184e8.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/540bbff8f603912c6ed6beb333d311a4.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/540bbff8f603912c6ed6beb333d311a4.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/e799c8bb53d1403045d2849f78b1a8e3_zps16268b05.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/e799c8bb53d1403045d2849f78b1a8e3_zps16268b05.jpg.h tml)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/fc0ac821733b1645d4ecc6bd31e5a91c_zpsefab0c91.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/fc0ac821733b1645d4ecc6bd31e5a91c_zpsefab0c91.jpg.h tml)
Something I was missing was a body for it, nothing was available that directly fit so after asking around I was told the M chassis Tamiya bodies fitted so I chose the RX7 FB
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/f7dfbc501b6fb8ee3d9f8082ebd91a08.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/f7dfbc501b6fb8ee3d9f8082ebd91a08.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/e992361a07c1f4db73714e28f5868bea.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/e992361a07c1f4db73714e28f5868bea.jpg.html)
I wanted to paint it like a famous 1:1 scale car from America
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/72b8f9e9c92d4f38efc5448e59081b7b.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/72b8f9e9c92d4f38efc5448e59081b7b.jpg.html)
And with all stickers on
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/770db75d880c1df68c9cdfbd82cfee72.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/770db75d880c1df68c9cdfbd82cfee72.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/b78fd0c87d61f43604c800107b513c89.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/b78fd0c87d61f43604c800107b513c89.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/d8647b9a1cb96397c1d9bfa1d7e779f0.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/d8647b9a1cb96397c1d9bfa1d7e779f0.jpg.html)
I then aquired a long wheelbase version which I plan to drift properly once it's finished
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/48a625405e667d4cd31a569071d30479.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/48a625405e667d4cd31a569071d30479.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/7cbde99ebab2262b901232e96110d3ad.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/7cbde99ebab2262b901232e96110d3ad.jpg.html)
And also by the same person, got a brand new YR4 compact, in the box with just some steering links missing.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/8083fab2ee658284d0de28bf3087357b.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/8083fab2ee658284d0de28bf3087357b.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/2f93f5649a2d6835f24cb9f99203a1ba.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/2f93f5649a2d6835f24cb9f99203a1ba.jpg.html)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/primesera/491f0bffd952fe14924352c25cce3e89.jpg (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/primesera/media/491f0bffd952fe14924352c25cce3e89.jpg.html)
The car is built now so I will get some pictures taken and put up here ASAP.
I hope you like and I plan to linger around here as I am going to get a vintage Cougar 1/2 from my brother and re-live some RC racing at my local track very soon
Cheers