Super Rajicon.

Super Rajicon in Akihabara, Japan have this track upstairs from their shop.

I'll be heading back next week hopefully.

Russ.

Double Up

2650 yen gets you one of these. Pretty cheap.

I really can't justify the Lipo direction.

The only way I'd upgrade would be to go the whole hog.

Yokomo D-MAX twin lipo packs, new ESC and Brushless engine.

The only thing I am considering at the moment is a new Handle. 2.4Ghz FHSS systems are getting cheap.

Bye bye crystals. Even Yokomo are bringing one out. KOPropo has one that interfaces with MiniZ. cool.

But for now, I'm satisfied with my setup.

HPI RE30 F+3 R+6

I finally got around to getting the new body sorted out.

The old FAT at the back and skinny up front HPI FD3s is 200 at the rear and 19X up front.

So I got some skinny versions for the front. 6mm offset 32mm wide with T-Drift RE-11 and 3mm offset 29mm T-Drift RE-11 up front.

Test time on Sunday.

HPI FD3s Drift Video

Went out in the sun for a test. Check it out. I'll try out the other rims somewhere smoother than my front footpath.

New ESC works well. Happy! I have reverse again! Woohoo.

http://vimeo.com/8961353

FD3s and wheels.

Hpi 200mm FD3s and Hpi Rays Volk Racing RE30 +3F +6R

zoom in for Bling

Yokomo WORK CRKai.

Yokomo RAYS Volk Racing CE28N

Advan RS

TE37

Rays GTV

And finally

Work XC8

Size Matters

Here is a demo of the difference between HPI and yokomo drift rims.

The standard 1/10 RC rim gives the impression of 17" or sometimes 18.

But the HPI size seems like 19 or 20.

So lets call them 17.5 and 19.5

This really could be a real drift style. Grip on the front and slide on the rear.

Cool.

BUT

The problem with the Hpi 200mm body is that the front is less than 200. 195ish. The rear is 200mm.

So when I chose the 6mm offsets for the car. I assumed they's fit the front and the back. It's setup for different offsets.

Ohwell.

Just have to purchase more rims... hehe.! Perfect fit is about 6mm rear 3mm front.

Hpi FD almost ready

RE-Xtreme RC Hpi 200 FD. Coming together. Lights are in

HPI 200mm FD - Sneak Peek.

YAAAA! Awesome. Getting there.

Finally got around to painting up the Shell.

A splash of translucent Silver and then White. Makes a nice pearl.

Black Panda bonnet.
I blacked out underneath for a strong finish. Forgot to do the rear buckets in my rush. doh!

But I salvaged that.

Light buckets are looking cool!.

Here's some tips.

1. HPI Stupidly put the protective film on the wrong side of the rear wing.
Lucky I'm not going to use it, but I painted it anyway. Be careful. I should have checked

2. For masking. Photocopy the decals then cut them out of the remaining window mask film. Small front lights and rear lights can be masked easily.

Yokomo @ Tokyo Auto Salon

RE-Amemiya D1 M7 with Toyo Tyres.

Needs hedlight cups.

Side is OK, but I'm an FD purist so this is just OK for me.

On the awesome scale though is the new BN sports D1 FC.

Although it's painted too dark of a shade of blue it still looks good.

ESC Install and Setup

Got around to installing the Yokomo ESC today. I finally have reverse. It was too cold to go outside to test, so I'll do that soon. But for now it's looking pretty.

I had to adjust my friend's translation slightly, from "hold" to "press" in some situations. It's all good.

I'll check it again later under real test mode.