Vintage Series 2011/2012 ??????

[Paul Field]

Hi We have a vintage class at our xmas meeting.
We also allow re-released vintage Tamiya's. If i came up to race could i race my re-released Frog?

Cheers

Paul

[Dyna]

Yes !!

Re-re's are fine as long as its almost based on the original ( Re-re Holiday Buggy for instance.. not exactly vintage that one ), a Frog running would be ace !!

Pugboy ( Chris isnt it ? I brought your old Sanwa receivers off you a couple of years back... ) try these guys on Ebay -

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Nowinghobby...=p4634.c0.m322

I cant remember what pitch your belts are, but most rubber belts are still available somewhere in the world in various lengths - if they are slightly too long just add in a discreet belt tensioner

Find out the belt pitch for me and ill do some digging for you if you cant find them

[peetbee]

Originally Posted by Paul Field

If i came up to race could i race my re-released Frog?

Hi Paul, yes re-releases are more than welcome although as Matt, says only real ones, the Holiday Buggy is most definitely not a proper rerelease!
Also welcome would be Hotshot, Boomerang, fast attack vehicle & Buggy Champ!

[Dyna]

It would be great to see a Hotshot or Supershot running in the series

It was one car i always wanted as a kid but never had... even now i dont have one in my collection...

[JACKOR33]

Mat,
got any setup tips for my Manta ray please?

Cheers

Dave

[Dyna]

Ill dig out the old TRF Top Force set ups i used for the last couple of years Dave - if you remember the old Top Force ran quite well even in my hands

I remember springs i changed to use standard Top Force rears, with Silver Associated fronts - i couldnt track down a Short Hi-Cap tuning set so was forced to use Associateds, which luckily fit fine

One thing you really should get though, and i use - the alloy motor mount ( increases much needed motor cooling and allows an extra small pinion to be used ) and the 5 degree optional front hubs ( alloy again ) to gain some extra steering.

It is a very forgiving car to drive though, you'll love it

[pugboy]

Originally Posted by Dyna

Yes !!

Re-re's are fine as long as its almost based on the original ( Re-re Holiday Buggy for instance.. not exactly vintage that one ), a Frog running would be ace !!

Pugboy ( Chris isnt it ? I brought your old Sanwa receivers off you a couple of years back... ) try these guys on Ebay -

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Nowinghobby...=p4634.c0.m322

I cant remember what pitch your belts are, but most rubber belts are still available somewhere in the world in various lengths - if they are slightly too long just add in a discreet belt tensioner

Find out the belt pitch for me and ill do some digging for you if you cant find them

Oh yeah I remember that, cheers for the advice, I'll try and find out the pitch and length and see if there is something out there. The layout and pitch/pulley size looks similar to a yokomo yz 870c that I had before the tomy but would have to check to be sure.

Cheers

Chris

[liam]

Ill enter afew dates with either my Cougar 2 Team (watch out Pete!) or my Tamiya Monster Racer

I dont own any other cars so my choice is kinda limited these days!

[brian s]

who is running in the vintage this year and with what car,would be good to know what cars will be racing.
i`ll be 2wd with a Losi jrx pro se.
martyn`s running 2wd with a Losi xx

[peetbee]

Originally Posted by brian s

who is running in the vintage this year and with what car,would be good to know what cars will be racing.
i`ll be 2wd with a Losi jrx pro se.
martyn`s running 2wd with a Losi xx

me with a Lazer zx

[Caine]

Well i'm running my RC10 Worlds Thingy and my XX for a couple of rounds when i get a few bits

[JACKOR33]

Originally Posted by brian s

who is running in the vintage this year and with what car,would be good to know what cars will be racing.
i`ll be 2wd with a Losi jrx pro se.
martyn`s running 2wd with a Losi xx

I'm running another top level vintage buggy this year...... a tamiya manta ray

[Belsten]

I will be running a few different cars, mid, xls & yoke for sure

[peetbee]

So, in total we have:

Matt L - Egress/Top Force (when Egress breaks?!)
Dave J - Manta Ray
Pete B - Lazer ZX
Bryan - Jrx Pro Se
Martyn - Losi XX
Dave B - Optima Mid/Cat xls/Yokomo Dogfighter/???
Paul K - RC10
Mike B - RC10
Liam - Cougar 2
Phil C - RC10/Losi XX
Rich - Cat xls/PB Mustang (both parts dependent!)
Chris - ???
Paul F - Frog
Maggsy - Jrx Pro

In that list are:
2 x Kyosho
3 x Schumacher
1 x PB (how cool would that be)
3 x Associated
4 x Losi
4 x Tamiya
1 x Yokomo

Interesting

[Dyna]

That's a nice mix tbh - with respect to all our cars, the PB Mustang is definitely the pick of the bunch for me ! To see one of those running again would be ace

I thought Dave B had a Mustang as well though... are you going to run that Dave or is it too mint ?

[Belsten]

I thought about it but I dont really want to run any of the pb's for fear of breaking something

[GRIFF55]

Softy!
When would this be?? Might have to get building...........

[Dyna]

Naaa thats fair enough Dave, parts arent exactly easy to come by for PB minters !

These are the dates Pete's come up with for the vintage series -

4th November
2nd December
6th January
3rd February
2nd March
6th April

Plenty of time for you to get one of your collection going Andy !

Ill be running the Egress, Top Force and possibly the Super Astute - it means i can keep changing wheels from car to the other to save on tyres !

[GRIFF55]

Wouldn't a heat of re re sand scorchers or fav's look awesome!
I can't believe there is a tamiya not in your collection

[Dyna]

Ohhhh Mr Griff you are mistaken.... i DO have a original Rough Rider in my collection.... and a few other cars ive forgotton about

I did think about running it for about 3 seconds, then decided i couldnt be arsed rebuilding it to do so