Meeting Monday
Take4Mickey treated us with an old meeting video from 1993 in Nabeta. Now only which Nabeta did he refer to?
I’ve fallen for the tail-light-less Skyline C10: somehow it looks so right! I only wonder how legal it would actually be…
And also note the hoodfins on the Soarer around 2:30: they are so big they look like they came from the batmobile! And after that it gets more crazy then you would expect!
Direct link to the video: ??’??
by banpei with no comments yetPicture of the week: Pigsbutt and Japan
I was doubting if I should post this picture under part swaps or as a picture of the week. Because of the butaketsu Laurel SGX parked in front of the Skyline Japan it became the latter…
Yesterday I already featured a very nice scale model buildup of a pigsbutt Laurel SGX but in real life it looks much better, especially if it also features a Hiro spoiler on the boot lid. The Skyline features a set of (badly copied) Celica banana tail lights. (‘A`)?
Also if I’m not mistaken these two cars are the two main cars of Ultra Heaven.
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by banpei with 3 commentsScale model: almost real Nissan Laurel SGX
I just love miniaturized kaido racers: their creators tend to put that little extra effort in them to make them appear to be real.
That description also reflects this butaketsu Laurel SGX: it is scary how real it is!
Even the Carrozzeria speakers look real! Scary!
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by banpei with 1 commentMeeting Monday
This week we have part two of the meeting video by Shakotanbugi. Another mashup of all 2011 meetings.
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RC Zokusha: roof chopped Toyota Mark II GX71
Last Thursday I was reading one of the RC car features on Speedhunters. This feature was about a roofchopped Toyota Soarer by Tijs Lochbaum crafted with the most tiny details. It reminded me of another RC car that was sent in by one of my readers: a roofchopped Mark II GX71 with the same level of details as the Soarer. Could it be???
Yes indeed: almost two months ago the very same Tijs approached me with the picture above and just look at all those tiny details!
At a glance you immediately spot the oil cooler, blistered fenders, hood fins, victory exhaust pipes, JDM license plate, headlight covers and the bosozoku driver inside!
The Mark II was built for the WK RC drifing match held at the end of August and it became second in the best of show competition. (more…)
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