Minature Touring cars

Hobson · 30 Jan 2001, 18:45 (Ref:61169)

Does anybody out there have an R/C touring car?

I have a Yokomo with a Masterfit Vauxhall Vectra Body by Parma. It does around 30 mph and is 1/10 scale.

Maisie · 30 Jan 2001, 20:47 (Ref:61191)

Chris and I have a Schumacher SST and an Associated TC3 between us. One has a Vauxhall Vectra bodyshell, and one a Ford Mondeo. We have a Rapid Fit liveried Mondeo shell, signed by last year's drivers

**touringlegend** · 30 Jan 2001, 21:51 (Ref:61211)

Greetings Hobson. I have a 1/10 scale Pug 406 German Touring car that was driven by Laurent Aiello in 97' and made by Tamiya. I also have a McRae Focus WRC body shell for it too.

Hobson · 31 Jan 2001, 07:43 (Ref:61284)

My Yokomo is pretty old- it's a YR4 M2 type J.

Do you guys race nationally with your cars?
I race in the Schumacher Winter series at Worksop.
If anybody is going, it's at the Bassetlaw Sports Centre,
Worksop. The next meeting is 11th February.

Hobson · 31 Jan 2001, 07:46 (Ref:61285)

THIS JUST IN!!!!!!

See http://www.hpiracing.com for the HPI 190mm RapidFit Ford
Mondeo and HPI RS4 Pro 3.

**touringlegend** · 31 Jan 2001, 18:29 (Ref:61376)

Would that fit my car? - it has a wheel base of 257mm.

**touringlegend** · 31 Jan 2001, 20:42 (Ref:61449)

Hope you like these pictures of the Ford Mondeo. I would have it but Menu's name is on it.

**touringlegend** · 31 Jan 2001, 20:44 (Ref:61450)

Has that second one worked?

Hobson · 1 Feb 2001, 07:38 (Ref:61581)

The second pic wokrked.

It should fit your car no problem.

I think the shell is out in February.

Hobson · 9 Feb 2001, 07:57 (Ref:63577)

I've noticed that this thread hasn't had that many replies.
If anybody has any questions about R/C cars, just post a
query and I'll try to asnwer it.

**touringlegend** · 9 Feb 2001, 18:14 (Ref:63625)

Hobson, do you know of any RC Forums around?

I don't race nationally withe my car but I spent loads of time doing a bit of research last year. I think I'll be going along to my first to view this year(see if it's my cup of tea!!), and see what happens afterwards. I live in Ayrshire (Scotland for those who don't know where Ayrshire is!) so my local club is Ayrshie Radio Control Car Association.

***Chris Y*** · 9 Feb 2001, 21:55 (Ref:63698)

I did the BRCA national tour last year, along with the TORC. Like Maisie said earlier, I race a TC3, with either an Vectra bodyshell, or a Mondeo.

This year I've got a bigger touring car to race (1:1 scale), so I probably won't be doing R/C much - just local club meets (Macclesfield).

Frankly, the national r/c touring car scene has become a little tedious - the driving standards were dreadful last year, and it's all to easy to throw loads of money at it. I've been doing r/c for 15 years. I get sick of it every now and again, but I always end up coming back

Hobson · 10 Feb 2001, 12:11 (Ref:63886)

There is an R/C forum at http://www.hpiracing.com but its in
the USA.

I've only been to 2 nationals, so I'm bit of a novice but I
have been racing locally (Newark, Nottinghamshire)for around
4 years now. In both the nationals, I got into the J final!

Hobson · 23 Feb 2001, 09:35 (Ref:66204)

Has anybody got any questions about R/C cars?

Usually when I run my Yokomo in a supermarket carpark, I have a crowd of around 10-20 people, mostly children wanting to know how fast it goes, how much it costs and how it works.

C'mon guys, you must be more inqusitive than children!

**touringlegend** · 23 Feb 2001, 20:05 (Ref:66278)

I actually raced a man in a real size car that was looking at my car in my local retail park. He was coasting along at about 5mph, so I went up next to him stopped then opened the throttle.
Ever had a close encounter with a real car Hobson, I have.

Hobson · 24 Feb 2001, 11:34 (Ref:66430)

Ihave raced a car in supermarket. What turn motor do you have? I have a 10x3 Team Orion motor and it kept up with the car up to around 25MPH!

**touringlegend** · 26 Feb 2001, 19:02 (Ref:66844)

Motor - No Idea.
Here's a pic of my Tamiya TL01 chassis with a Protoform Focus WRC body.
PS - Tell me if these work as I am unsure how to get pics from my computer to this forum.
[IMG]C:\My Documents\My Pictures\wrc1[/IMG][IMG]C:\My Documents\My Pictures\wrc2[/IMG][IMG]C:\My Documents\My Pictures\wrc3[/IMG]

janetcampbell · 26 Feb 2001, 19:29 (Ref:66845)

Touring Legend - So - there's not just me in this area then!

We're in East Kilbride - not too far from you!

My husband is into Model Helicopters and Model Cars. Let me know where they meet - who knows we may take a trip down sometime - it would be good to get to know other people in our area who enjoy full size touring cars as well and meet up at Knockhill etc....leave details!

Hobson · 27 Feb 2001, 07:44 (Ref:66949)

Those pics didn't work.
I've just bought a new shell last week- a HPI Subaru Impreza. It's blue with a gold sparkle underneath and fluorescent yellow wheels.

Hobson · 1 Mar 2001, 16:30 (Ref:67391)

Check out the gallery on http://www.hpiracing.com to see a Ford Focus that Ford should build and race.

(P.S I would post the picture on here, but I don't know how!)

KC · 1 Mar 2001, 18:02 (Ref:67417)

I have an old HPI RS4 Pro 2 that I have retired in favor of a new Team Associated TC3. I have run a protoform vauxhall body this winter and am probably going to run either a Protoform Mercedes SLK DTM or maybe a Ford Focus body.

I also race a Tamiya F1 Lotus 104B Lotus body.

Hobson · 2 Mar 2001, 07:51 (Ref:67533)

How can you drive that Tamiya 'skidpan'?!?!?

I used to have the PIAA Reynard though.......

My list of bodies is impressive:
Protoform Volvo S40 (BTCC9 '98 colours)
" Vauxhall Vectra (Masterfit '98)
" Ford Focus (Purple perlescent)
" Nissan Primera x2 ('Hippy' and blue/purple thunder)
Parma vauxhall Vectra (Masterfit '96)
HPI Subaru Impreza WRC (555/blue/gold)
Protoform Alfa 156 (TTech Mitcham style)
HPI Chevrolet Astro Van (local model shop colours)
Tamiya Mitsubishi Lancer EVO V (orange)

Pretty good huh?

**touringlegend** · 2 Mar 2001, 18:28 (Ref:67639)

Ooooooooo! Fancy!

**touringlegend** · 2 Mar 2001, 18:31 (Ref:67641)

PS - Why don't we start a thread titled R/C Cars-Ask questions here.

**touringlegend** · 3 Mar 2001, 08:56 (Ref:67748)

Finnaly, I can manage to upload pics from my computer. Great idea Mr Antill.

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