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Mini Cooper German Police Car – Polizei

February 1, 2016 by justin Leave a Comment

After buying a secondhand TC5 chassis for VTA racing, I had a leftover HPI RS4. Rather than letting it collect dust, I asked Jules if he’d like to invite his cousin Reese to go racing with us, of course the answer was yes. We had an extra unpainted Mini Cooper body and I was able to load up the unused chassis with super-cheap electronics like a silver-can motor for $4 and brushed ESC for $10.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric On-Road Tagged With: brushed, budget racing, Duratrax paint, ESC, HPI, kids, Mini, rally, RS4, training

Vintage Trans-Am Go Green Envy Challenger

October 26, 2015 by justin 7 Comments

In the spirit of Crawl, Walk, Run, after racing twice in the USGT class and doing nothing much but crashing and annoying lapping traffic, I decided it was time to slow down. I repurposed my HPI RS4 for US Vintage Trans-Am, commonly known as VTA.

Go Green with Envy

I wanted to drive a great looking muscle car, something I could see myself driving in real life. One image that was stuck in my mind was this Challenger:

1970-ta-challenger

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric On-Road Tagged With: 200mm, AE, budget racing, Duratrax paint, HPI, RS4, TC5, TC6, Team Associated, USGT, USVTA

Mega Mini

June 22, 2015 by justin 3 Comments

My son Jules has really taken to R/C driving – and crashing. My formerly pristine Subaru WRX body has officially been put through the ringer:

So I asked Jules what sort of body he would like – hoping that I could save the Subie body from further destruction. But he has a hard time getting past the fact that lexan bodies are clear and can be painted in any color scheme, so he’s often influenced by the presentation color rather than the shape. Unable to get him to commit to something, I made an educated guess.

Mighty Mini

When we race at the Twin City On-Road Club in Cottage Grove during the winter, he usually winds up running in the Tamiya Mini B-main if there’s not enough people for a novice class. We even discussed getting him a Tamiya Mini at one point.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: Duratrax paint, HPI, kids, Mini, rally, RS4

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