Show us your Vega :)

[SuperSparkSteve]

Are you using the Cougar under tray with the Phat Bodies shell?

[grelland]

yes I do

[rcpower]

here she is, shell was done by Jon Miller

[Adam F]

Just finished bolting mine together... very impressed with the quality of the machining and how smooth the gearbox is..

Just waiting for my shell and its ready to go

[metalmickey0]

Originally Posted by grelland

Since I have my own opinion on the vega shell, I tried a phat bodies shell for the cougar, and it did not turn out too bad (apart from my 2 min paint-job, that is...):

I totally agree with you. Wanted to see what a Vega was and the kit shell is so vile i dont wanna look at it, the Phat shell is waayyy better Still not gunna change my B4 into one tho. Happy as it is

[InsideLineModels]

Looks good Adam! Bet you cant wait to give it a blast now!

[Adam F]

Too right!

Just hope I do it justice

[Gayo]

Originally Posted by rcpower

here she is, shell was done by Jon Miller

Wow, Crisp tyres! Crazy rare

[budgio]

Originally Posted by Gayo

Wow, Crisp tyres! Crazy rare

Whatever happened to Crisp tyres ? (nice Vega btw)

[Gayo]

They were made by Medial Pro around 2000, when they tried to enter the 1/10th market. They were not the easiest tyres to work with as, for ultimate performance, you had to cut each pin (that's 1600 for a 4wd, trust me ), glue them in a special way, add tape to the inside... Pit nightmare
They had several compounds, so you could use their tyres on all surfaces, from wet astro to loose dirt, or indoors.

Medial Pro was the maker of some of the best 1/8th rallycross tyres of the 90's, like the Pulsar, the Whoops, the Turbo... They won numerous Euro and World titles.

Medial Pro was forced to stop production a few years back when they couldn't afford local (french) production costs Vs chinese manufacturing. That's how our world goes nowadays...

Sorry for such an off topic post

[goldy]

Originally Posted by metalmickey0

I totally agree with you. Wanted to see what a Vega was and the kit shell is so vile i dont wanna look at it, the Phat shell is waayyy better Still not gunna change my B4 into one tho. Happy as it is

so why did you come on here and waste your time making a comment on somthing that doesnt relate to you and to be honest I think most people are probably quite bored with the 'nice shell not nice shell' debate, if the look of a bodyshell really does feature that much in someones decision to buy a car then i would hate to think what their thoughts would be on whats underneath. I do own a vega and couldnt give a toss if it had a coke bottle strapped to it, all i care about is that it has made me progress with my driving skills

[Adam F]

Ready for the weekend! Paint by Janos...

Crap Iphone photo's dont do it justice!!!!

[AndyG]

Just about got mine ready in time for tomorrow....

[RudeTony]

Looks real nice there Andy but bare in mind when running a brass bulkhead it can slow the reaction of the car. Looks good though!!!

[AndyG]

hmm interesting ... thought the theory was to get weight over the front to help the steering?

[andys]

Looks great Andy.
I like the shell too.

Hopefully I might see it running tomorrow.

Hopefully coming over, I'll probably have to leave early though... So save me a space in Grason towers

Found those cells too I'd lost too !

[RudeTony]

Originally Posted by AndyG

hmm interesting ... thought the theory was to get weight over the front to help the steering?

Any weight over the axle will slow the reaction time for sure.
The B4.1 may be different but certainly for the Kyosho Vega, none of us use weight over the front axle. We do run weight under the Servo, Speedo and under the Lipos and adjust for different conditions.
Hope this helps you a little.
I still think it looks good - LOL

[andys]

Originally Posted by RudeTony

Looks real nice there Andy but bare in mind when running a brass bulkhead it can slow the reaction of the car. Looks good though!!!

Anything that slows the reaction time for the car down is good news for Andy

[trf14]

TRFM201,
Here's my new toy ...... next week first run in Kampenhout..
RUdi

[reg]

look lovely without the shell on