renault 5 turbo re released

[Robbo]

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-r...roducts/365823
its gonna be the closest i will get to owning one

[Purple_rob]

MMM, thats really interesting as I used to collect vintage Tamiya's and had a brand new Renault 5 Turbo.

There are no details on the Tamiya Club Website on this, but when it is realeased I could probably source this at a better price if anyone is going to buy one.

You can already see what Chassis this will use though "M05RA".

I'll look forward to getting one of these

[scratcher]

I know what I want for Christmas now first time in about 15 years

[Moggy]

interesting................... as the original was 1/12 scale


mmmmmmmmm where's my xmas list toooo

[djinuk]

im interested

[r5_scotty]

o yea! all about the little five!group buy i think?

[Brigsy]

i wanted one of these when i was a boy, many moons ago

[Robbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZG-43KShs

[Purple_rob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODBZxzJpbQE

This was the same chassis as the Renault 5 Turbo. I made this video quite a few years ago now.

[scratcher]

Thread revival...

So who else got one?





A few bits to finish up like stickers and trimming the bits poking out the top.
it pays to bookmark cool stuff. Complete surprise on Christmas Day

[GTphil]

That's the coolest thing I have ever seen .........want want want

[Brizza]

o yea! all about the little five!group buy i think?

[SCHWARTZ]

That's cool, they need to make these in 1/8th with a rallycross platform and a 21 engine

[Robbo]

mine just arrived, a nice little project over easter

[scratcher]

It's good fun putting it all together.

You get some pretty savage tuck on the rear. I robbed some rear arms and stuff from an old car to get it sitting and handling better.

Before


After

[Robbo]

not sure if its gonna be a shelf queen or i might just put a brushless system in for a bit of boost

[Robbo]

scratcher, do you do a bit of model car racing? i am on with mardaves at the minute

[scratcher]

Na, it's something that's interested me but I've never looked into it. I wouldn't have the skill anyway

I just had the other tamiya cars from buying one cheap off a mate and swapping some mk1 Astra Recaros for one years ago

[Sparkie]

scratcher, do you do a bit of model car racing? i am on with mardaves at the minute

i used to have a mardave meteor - awesome back in the day..

[Tim B]

I won a british national race meeting with a mardave meteor back in the day. Still got it in the loft.

[Robbo]

check out this badboy, almost finished

[Jonny5]

check out this badboy, almost finished

That looks really good mate.

[gtmatt]

Nice that Robbo where did u get the paint from ?

[Tim B]

Looks great

[scratcher]

Wow! That looks amazing

Makes me want to go and cut the stickers out for mine. I can never be bothered with it though

[Ashy]

i used to have a mardave meteor - awesome back in the day..

I had one too but the mechanical speed controller stuck on and burned out

I then upgraded to a Kyosho Laser ZXR! Awesome! I even sand cast some front wishbones in aluminium for a school project as I was always snapping the plastic ones!!

Those were the days, it wasn't how much boost you were running it was how many turns & winds your motor had!

[Sparkie]

I then upgraded to a Kyosho Laser ZXR!

weirdly i think i did the same! it was 4wd ???

[Robbo]

Nice that Robbo where did u get the paint from ?

white and black is fastrax, yellow chrome is tamiya

[Ashy]

weirdly i think i did the same! it was 4wd ???

Yeah!

[willo3110]

scratcher, do you do a bit of model car racing? i am on with mardaves at the minute

robbo glenn hi5 used to race 1/5th think he was british champ with trucks for 3 seasons he raced off road too

[Alastair]

scratcher, do you do a bit of model car racing? i am on with mardaves at the minute

I've got a great Marauder in the garage with loads of spares, haven't used it in years!