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Update 9 February 2010 | Some amazing news!

Hey all!

I just found this, and i gotta say, IT IS AWESOME! i just kept telling me, how amazing this is. We already have some very well known racers in the industry like Valentino Rossi. And now Hamilton. Sure, its his brother. But is as good anyway!

Hopefully this upps the sport in these economic crisis. The sport is pretty cheap if you compare it to other motorsport. And all this big faces in the sport, it just have to bring some to the sport!

Some might know That Lewis Hamilton himself have competed in Miniracing/RC when he was about 6-8 years old. And also that other big names have done it: Pedro De La Rosa, Valentino Rossi etc.

Great news and i got really excited about it actually. But we need the bigger media to cover it. Like TV or the sports pappers.

//Andre

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Update 7 February 2010 | Finally driving again!

Today i paid a visit in the nearest indoor track and that was in Växjö. I was pretty nervous that i lost everything i had learned, but that wasnt the case.

My first run was crap, but i didnt expect anything else. As many of us swedish drivers know, the track in växjö is veeery slippery. And it wasnt different today

My car was throwing everywhere and i couldnt control it very good. so after 4 runs i was able to change the car more like my drive style. It wasnt really like i wanted, but it was OK to drive. i could barely control the car. And i could predict the slide better.

I know now what i could do different, but i have to change that next time i am there.

so i am pretty happy about todays unexpected result, i did a 10.2xx laptime and i ran a 13,5 motor. The modified(Niclas Nilsson, 21st dhi cup) guys do 9,7 as fastest. so i am pretty close.

So some better tuning on my car and i will be able to do cosistent laptimes.

And today was also the debut with LiPo! I could make a 17 minute run! That was awesome! So 2 big debuts today, my first traning in 7 months and first time with lipo with my lipo modded chassies

Have a nice day!

//Andre

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Update 6 February 2010 | Some modifications for LiPo!

Hey all! I just got my car ready for LiPo and the sundays training.

Tomorrow i will try rhis simple mod and see how it works on the track. As you might already know, my chassies wasnt meant for LiPo from the begining and it was made for 5 cell NiMh.

Here it is, the red spots are the modifications.

I did make a hole for the tape. The weights are for the lipo to stay were it is. The black things are cut NiMh holders. works like the lipo isnt going back and forth.

And tomorrow i am finally going to have my first training session for a while. Long time i drove and i cant really wait any longer

And also tomorrow i will try to film a little driving from me. Hopefully i am as good as i was before haha.

Until then, See ya on the track!

//Andre

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Update 31 January 2010| ETS Series Final day and big drama!

Hey all!

ETS round 3 has ended! It might not come as a schock but Marc Rheinhard took a win again! This guy is absoloutly amazing. He have won so much the latest 2-3 years its almost crazy.

And Viktor Wilck as second! Congrats mu fellow countryman! To bad you lost your ETS series lead.

The Tamiya TRF Team had a hard time with the setup in qualifying and they got it right for the finals, as Marc taking victory in Leg 1 and 2 and winning ETS round 3. But Viktor had to wait until Leg 3 to make the top 2 in the totalt results. Juho Levanen ,also a Scandinavian, made it to the third place.

The other scandinavians ended Steen Graversen 6th and adrian Berntsen 11th place. A good day for the scandinavians with good results!

But there was a big drama this weekend! As C-Final with current 1/10 Nitro Touring World Champion Daniele Lelasi was competing in there was a big leak in the roof.

The snow was so heavy(or something like that) and it started leaking threw the roof. as the track got wet, they had to change the tracklayout and continue the race with adding some extra minutes training so the drivers could adjust to the new layout.

And in Super stock Alexander Stocker had to leave his second spot becuse his daughter got ill, and they went home. To bad tho, he had a chance to win it all.

And thats all for now. Next ETS series is 5-7 March. and before that the Euros Indoor in Finland is coming up! In February

Video Leg 1 Pro Stock: HERE

Video Leg 1 Modified : HERE

Until then, Have a nice day!

//Andre

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Update 29 January 2010| Snowbirds report by Rcracing.tv

Here is a small clip from rcracing´s visit in U.S at the Snowbirds, one of the largest events in rc. Enjoy!

//Andre

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Update 29 January 2010| ETS Series in Czech Republic

Hey all!

Day one at the 3 round of ETS Series is starting to end. They all did some practice and end the day with qualifying.

There is also a really big race in the U.S this week and its SnowBirds. A very big event. But i decided to report the ETS series race.

Today at the end of the day, Marc Rheinhard the World and European champion sets todays pace at qualifying, followed by Viktor Wilck(swedish) and Juho Levanen(finnish).

Seems like Viktor got his car running good again after his horrible DHI CUP 2010 race in the begining of the year.

But beware, there is a really fast guy at ETS that outpaces the world champion big time! he was only 1 second from doing the only 17 lap in 5 minutes. to bad he had a crash on lap 14.

There is also a world champs fight going on with 1:10 NT world champion Daniele Lelasi and Marc Rheinhard. I wonder how this is gonna go. maybe he is as fast as rheinhard? We will see!

We can also say shortly that the Scandinavian people is really showing of in the Modified class with Viktor Wilck in 2nd, Juho Levanen in 3rd, Adrian Berntsen 9th(norway) and Steen Graversen in 10th(denamrk).

I am proud to be Scandinavian second 2006.

Here is the big awesome track. The lap record in modified right now is at 18,460 made by Hamak Zdenek, i think he is a local driver.

More tomorrow!

//André

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Update 23 January 2010| F1 Race! Woot!?

Hey!

Today i went to Wäxjö MS to get an good impression of the track and watch some F1 Racing. Today they had a test event for a new class with F1 cars like Tamiya F109, 3Racing F1 and so on.

There where some tough racing, but also some hardcore passings hehe. Some seemed to be new to R/C but i dont really know. The class runs with LiPo and 17,5T motors. You can also have brushed motors and Nimh, but LiPo is better.

In this class there is a obligatory Pit-Stop where you have to stop within 2 minutes. If you have less then 2 minutes Pit-Stop you get a 30 second penalty thats about 3 laps on this track. Now, the rules are not set yet and we are just testing some out.The final is 20 Minutes and basically 18 minutes, becuse you stand still during the Pit Stop.

I also got some stuff from my friend including LiPo, Motor, LiPo safety bag and some spare parts for my touring car. So i am pretty much good to go. i just need my receiver, transponder and my licens now! So very soon i will put up a video of my first training session after 7 months waiting!

CANT WAIT!

Video:

I took some pictures today.

Niclas Nilsson, Winner of the day! congrats!

Håkan with his very nice looking Ferrari Replica.

This picture is taken during a Pit-Stop. They decided to charge the LiPo and hopefully they didnt run out of power.

The phone was taking the time so they wouldnt go out on the track before       2 minutes!

I had a good time and talk and just be social. So have a nice day and until next time folks!

//Andre

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Update 21 January 2010 | A really big reward!

Hey all! i saw this recently and i just say, WOW!

O’Donnell Racing has just announced what they claim is one of the biggest contingency programs ever to hit the R/C industry. Drivers will have the chance to share in up to $120,000 in total prize money by using O’Donnell Racing Fuel, and finishing ‘in the money’ in select regional and national events. And it’s a program with a twist, every payout for ‘Joe Racer’ is bigger than the one a team driver would get. There are cash prizes for the top six A-Main finishers in select national and regional races. More cash prizes for first-place finishers in R/C Pro Series A-Mains including the Intermediate, Open and Pro classes. Cash bonuses for taking TQ in every one  and more cash bonuses for winning ROAR and R/C Pro national championships.

To bad i cant join it if i understand it right. i have to race Nitro and basically live in the U.S to get the prize money. Damn “U.S only” rules

Why not IFMAR or something else? anyway, it will probalby make it way over here too i hope.

//Andre “63″

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Update 21 January 2010

Hello all!

this week the blog/website went straight up in the air! I got so many hits this week and i am glad people reads my stupid comments haha. i cant tell you exactly how many that reads, but they are MANY. So thanks to all of you and hopefully you enjoy it aswell.

at the moment in my Racing i am hopefully going to take my time and visit a F1 pancar race in Växjö. They are having a race there and i will get some new stuff from a friend.

And i am gonna check out the track i am gonna practice some on. They have changed the layout a little so i am pretty excited to see how it looks like. I also got my soldering equipment from the postman “Teddy Dude”.

So i am good to go. The only thing that really misses is my receiver and my transponder haha. Still att my dads place. WHY!? I forgot them there………

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Update 19 january 2010

Hey!

Finally some stuff confirmed. I am gonna order some stuff for my car and hopefully i can drive again after 6 months waiting. I cant wait and i really want to start my training again so i really can become the best some day. thats my goal. with some bad luck the past seasons ive been racing, i hope those have finnaly ended. Now its serious and i have to get some good results more cosistently.

More training and more races is hopefully here very soon so i can see what i go for.

Nothing more have happend here really, just i orderd a LiPo Charger and some soldering equippment. I will also order LiPo cells, servo, motor. So be updated about that! See you!

//Andre

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Update 15 January 2010

Hello all again!

like some of you already seen there is a big hype about one new car. Here is the picture and i will let you guess.

if you know it, you are ahead of those that dont!

Yes! It´s the Schumacher Cougar SV 2wd Buggy!

I gotta say, the picture is yummy! I like it and it tells me to buy it. And i really want to!

This is the latest from Schumacher i guess and some people says it has some different solutions for the motor, servo and battery locations. i dont really know myself but thats what i heard.

I myself is very curious about the electric buggy classes and i am probably gonna buy one to race with. I know the class is growing pretty fast in Sweden(Where i live).

Here is also a convincing video about how good it might be?

Enjoy!

and come back for more blog, news and Swedish Racing News!

//Andre

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Update 12 Januari 2010.

Hej alla!

Jag ska testa med engelska igen så enjoy

I have checked out some stuff for my touring car and i came to a conclusion that i should be able to start training again late january or february YYEESSSS!!! Finally!

I will probably start my training at Wäxjö MS indoor track for the start of my precious training i need to be better then i am. I have only trained about 20 times the last 2 years so more training is the way to go here.

what i need now is: More sponsors, Lipo power, new steering servo, 5,5 motor, tire additive, my receiver that are at my fathers place in Staffanstorp :C and a little LUCK that i dont wreck my car the first training session. haha

Have a nice day!

mvh

// Andre

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Update 10 Januari 2010! DHI CUP 2010 avklarat! Swedish Translate

Ja, då var det slut för dem som deltog i det roliga. Med bra resultat från sverige sida så är vi nöjda. TommÖ Som tog andra platsen i Super Stock. visserligen tyckte jag det var fel att dem räknade tiderna bara, för annars hade tommö vunnit då han hade bättre resultat i alla 3 heaten.

Även grattis till Hagberg som tog sig till A final. tyvärr så var det ingen super snabb hagberg som kunde fightas om pallen, men det kommer fler gånger.

Viktor wilck hade en av sina sämre dagar, han hade väldans oflyt och verkar inte som bilen gick alls som han ville?

Magnus Vässmar och Niclas nilsson, måste säga det är årets bästa klättring. förra året var vässmar i B final, men han slogs inte om B final vinsten som han gjorde i år. bra jobbat! Niclas hade ett bra kval och kunde kört b finalen, men hans tid räckte precis inte till. så han hamnade i C finalen, otur Niclas. Men nästa år så borde du kunna ta åtminstone b finalen?

Grattis TommÖ för ett lyckat DHI CUP evengemang igen och hoppas bästa lycka nästa år med för dig och alla andra svenskar.

jag såg många var på hugget och kan säga vi har blivit snabbare, helt klart. men lilla oturen förföljde och det blev inte som tänkt för alla.

fr.v Christer Andersson ,mitten, Ronald Völker ,fr.h, Marc Reinhard. pallen Modified klassen.

Bild lånad av redrc.net

MvH Andre

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Update 9 Januari 2010 DHI CUP 2010! Sweidish Translate!

Då var det dags igen med en av årets höjdpunkter i el touring. som en del av mina läsare vet så deltog jag i DHI CUP 2009 med väldigt dålig erfarenhet och en kass bil. Tyvärr så kunde jag inte delta i år, men kanske nästa år.

Det var stor glädje förra året med Alexander Hagberg som kvalade etta och hamnade tvåa på pallen 2009 i modified klassen. Och TommÖ Bergfeldt som tog hem allt rakt igenom. Svensk dominans kort sagt.

Och självklart hoppas vi på en repris i år!

Det ser bra ut i år också med 2 kval gjorda i Stock klassen så ligger Tommö på tredje plats totalt. Men han sa till redrc.net att bilen understyrde och då kan man inte få tillräckligt med kurvhastighet. Alla svenskar och kompisar hoppas han lyckas få till bilen innan det är försent. GOO TOMMÖ!!!

Vi har även andra duktiga svenskar i topp i stock som Carl Rönnbäck(min rival), Per Erik Nordman och Ola Westholm som jobbar för få till ett super kval då han inte ligger så bra till just nu.

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Efter 2 kval i modified har vi bra med svenskar också. Vi har Alexander Hagberg, Viktor Wilck, Magnus Vässmar och Niclas Nilsson följt av andra snabba svenskar som är verkligen på hugget.

Alexander Hagberg 7:a, Viktor Wilck 6:a, Magnus Vässmar 10:a, Niclas Nilsson 17. Mycket bra gjort grabbar och göra topp 17 efter 2 kval. Imponerande!

Jag och många andra hoppas på många svenskar i A final, det vore ultimat. Jag kommer ihåg förra årets jubel på läktarna när Hagberg och TommÖ Vann final heat!

Mer har jag inte att skriva just nu. Så återkommer säkert med mer senare idag eller imorgon!

Bild lånad från Redrc.net

MvH RC Skrivaren //

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Update 5 januari 2010!Swedish Translate!

Ja! Då var första inlägget för 2010 gjort!

Och som lovat skulle jag komma med lite mer info angående min fortsatta inomhus körning. Och ja! Det kommer bli så fort jag lagt en order på LiPo utrustning!

Jag hoppas kunna delta i SSIC finalen i Malmö. Det är den enda jag prickat in än sålänge. dem andra vet jag inte om jag kan köra.

Se kolla in snart igen på bloggen så kommer det skrivas lite!

MvH Andre// Spöket……………………….BUH!

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Update 17 December 2009!Swedish Translate!

Hej alla! Eftersom jag tänkte starta bloggen lite mer igen efter dåligt med göra. Så tänkte jag kunde skriva om lite andra händelser.
Forza Motorsport 3. Jag kör en liten serie kallat RTCC. Det ska likna STCC i reglementet. Jag körde detta och det var kul. vi är ca 20 man i serien vid första tävlingen.

Körde första deltävling förra veckan på torsdagen. Jag kvalade både etta och vann heaten. full seger.

Ikväll är det deltävling 2 och jag hoppas jag kan vinna den med. Jag kör detta medans jag väntar på få köra med min touring bil. det ger bra träning både för nerver, tävlingslusten och koncentrationen.

Lusse racet gick i helgen och grattis till Alex Hagberg som vann, med Niclas Nilsson efter sig. inte minst Daniel Carlsson som kämpat på bra och tagit sig till toppen i SSIC.

Här är en liten filmsnutt från Mod A-Final.

//MvH Andre Ö

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Update 8 May 2009| Valentino Rossi Find his way to RC!

Yes! Finally have one of the best drivers and talents in motosport found this great sport,  Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi.

I found this unbelivable surprising news on Redrc.ne. Great news!

Rossi have visited a track called Riccione Raceway in Italy. According to the news he have visited this track before and tryed out some RC. And now he´s back to pay another visit at the track after his great win in Spain on Jerez Race track. That he also won with a big smile on his face.

thats what you expect of a master like him Those that dont know, Rossi is a MotoGP racer and have won 9 Worlds Championships in his international career!

Valentino Rossi

What makes me exicted is that he have got his bodyshell painted like his legendary helmet art. To bad you cant steal his design on that thing, i wouldn´t say no. hehe.

No one knows at the moment if he is going to continue with this sport or not. But he got really boog help and suipport, the former European winner and vice World Champion is by his side!

Seems like Valentino is having a great time and he look interested to continue the racing.

As long it´s fun, But if he continues later or sooner the little racing monster will grow out of him and he will do races and maybe bigger races?

A real legend is looking for something new?

MvH André Östlund

More about Rossi´s driving, pictures and videos can be found Here.

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Dont forget the guestbook before you leave!

This is the extra box of 1:24 Honda Jazz.
Please pick it up from Pauline!

Still owe you the promised last part of the VW Beetle project. I created a timelapse video covering several hours of kit assembly in less than 10minutes.

Complete, except for electronics – which I probably won’t do until the summertime. So I guess it really isn’t complete haha!

Such an old chassis – but so much fun! Look at that out-dated suspension go!!!

Found this in the old toy stash last night.  I love these things.  They were my stepping stone to RC cars and then real cars.  I remember drilling holes and lightening the chassis until they were as fragile as eggshells. My brothers had some really crazy ones, maybe one day we’ll find them in a box somewhere.

It has been a fairly annoying week in all honesty. As if stress at work was not enough, my hobby life has taken a turn for the worse too. As regular readers are aware, I found Chua Churam for a price within my budget, the seller was very quick to take the money and messages was pretty consistent, I paid for EMS etc and by my accounts all things were settled. What I did find interesting is that this seller did have some negative feedback about lost items, with the excuse being “EMS not selected not our responsibility” so I am glad that I do have email verification of EMS selection should the time come for Paypal help. Perhaps I am being impatient but I am a little weary of people who take up to a week to post, it’s usually the first sign that the item advertised was never in possession in the first place.

"Make of this picture what you will..."

However 5 days have passed and my item has still not been shipped, I have sent an email to him regarding this at what would be 5:00pm Japan time and while this could be considered close of business, being a ebay seller he/she probably checks emails consistently. It is ironic that this should happen after my post on the dangers of buying on ebay! As per normal if this escalates I will be sure to post the seller’s name to warn fellow collectors.

"When is a box not a box? When Tamiya make it"

The second subject of my woes is more comical however. I spent most of last night setting up my photo rig, a lengthy affair due to Tamiya’s ability to make a box a transformer. It took me almost two hours to get the rig set up as I was playing with background positions etc and positions for the new halogen lamp I am using. It is safe to say that the light is powerful and I still get partially blinded when I turn it on for the first time. After playing with the cameras ISO settings and shutter speeds, I was finally in a place where I had a setup I was happy with. I clicked the trigger on my camera and…

"Turns up in the least likely of places..."

Ok the above is a lie as I use a Mac, but the feeling was the same, error notifications kept popping up when I tried to take photos. It turns out that the SD card I normally use had been “borrowed” and replaced with a 64mb SD card. So alas after 3 hours of setting up a box and getting my lights sorted I had zero photos to show for, instead I will be popping down to the nearest store and buying some 2gb SD cards.

And to top off this mid week life tantrum, Queen’s Blade Nanaiel broke off her stand.

My fingers are crossed for a relatively peaceful remaining week (especially for my birthday this Friday!) and as a result photo practice will have to wait for next week. I am hoping by that point Chua Churam will have turned up and I can post somewhat happier reports for the end of the month.

It’s all good clean fun really…

Thanks for reading

DiStudios

I need to finish painting the barge boards, side mirrors, and helmet. There are still a few decals left to put on, but after that (with the exception of Marlboro markings) this kit will be complete!

The chassis was a piece of cake to put together – very simple by comparison to the F104 Pro since it doesn’t contain all the hop-ups the Pro version has. The body, on the other hand, is probably the most difficult I ever worked on. The body definitely isn’t for beginner modelers. The lexan requires quite a bit of skill to cut without damaging the finish. Not only was it difficult to cut, it comes in 4 major pieces! So if you don’t cut them properly, it will look like junk when put together. The decals are also very large and require application on many different types of contours. Again, my experience building over a dozen kits has really helped! I have yet to receive the special edition Ferrari red paint for the lexan body. But I finished the wheels, brake fairings, tires, and the front and rear wings. Electronics are in (which was a pain to squeeze in the limited space.) Here are the pics:

*DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a racing fan. At all. Ever. Uh-uh.

BUT… I gotta give it to the vintage decals. Who knew?

All images above graciously borrowed from Vintage RC Web, discovered via Ministry of Type.

Alex生日, 終於係十二月𢯊希心肝齊一架1:24 Jazz 比佢…
咁送得比人, 就更係要加倍用心機砌…其實砌模型最難唔係砌…係上色最考功夫
今次就一於試下用polishing compound…

一開始, 我貪方便用左真車 3M 隻 rubbing compound….結果…就更係太勁, 要重新噴過…
跟住就痛定思過…把心一橫買晒 Tamiya 三支 compound, coarse, fine, 同埋支 finishing compound…用埋Terry cloth 慢慢捽慢慢捽慢慢捽慢慢捽…

最後就更係效果驚人啦…又試多一樣野…攪到我又心郁郁想砌一系列自己鍾意既collection!!

This Kit started out as a right hand drive Tamiya Toyota Hiace Van. I converted the steering over to left hand drive by cutting the dash in half, and rebuilding it. I also changed out the mirrors added them from the Open Road camper kit. The interior from the seat back id all scratch built. There is a ton of cab junk so take a look. Toyota Hiace Caterpillar Service Van

A quick-and-dirty video of the snow action with the Tamiya Stadium Raider.

The first kit I finished back home in Germany over the Christmas break. The Tamiya Stadium Raider is a TL-01 chassis based 4WD. Here some pictures from the ice and snow action during the first outing. Quite good performance out-of-the-box, I build it up with the default engine, I already ordered the hop-up engine and pinion gear plus ball bearings.

Tamiya Stadium Raider (right from the assembly desk)

Tamiya Stadium Raider

Tamiya Stadium Raider

Tamiya Stadium Raider (after few minutes skidding on ice and snow)

Tamiya Stadium Raider (snow filled)

vip dreams..!~.. all cars are in 1:24 scale..

1. Fujimi suzuki wagon r…

2. Tamiya Mitsubishi Pajero..

3. Aoshima Toyota Alphard

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convoy…

happy VIPing..
cheers…

I’m finally over my 8-week long illness. No more sore throat. No more runny nose. I have been sick since the Manny Pacquiao fight (mid-November!) I know it’s hard to believe, but believe it. Saline nasal rinses helped me get through it all – I’m actually addicted to them LOL. I swear this is the greatest invention ever!

I converted from coffee to tea. Current flavor of choice is Vanilla Chai.

I weighed myself this morning and I gained 8 lbs from all my holiday/vacation shenanigans. Bacon breakfast. Bacon lunch. Bacon dinnner.

I got paid for 2 days of work (actually they are paid holidays) in the past 2 weeks. (I’ll receive unemployment for the other 8 days that our office was closed.)

I’m a Lieutenant General III (level 64) in Modern Warfare 2. I finally figured out my weapon of choice – M16A4.

I’m working on two RC cars, a true racer (TRF 415) and an F1 car (F104 Ferrari F60.)

I’m totally stoked about Michael Schumacher signing with Mercedes Petronas F1 Team! Every year, F1 manages to keep me hooked!

Time to get serious, unpacking ceremony of one of the more sophisticated Tamiya models, the Ford F350 High-Lift (link). Coming with more parts, metal stuff, 3 gear speed transmission and a hop-up electronic set with plenty of light and sound effects. Keep you updated with the progress.

Ford F-350 High-Lift

Ford F-350 High-Lift

MFC-02

MFC-02

For all the Tamiya kits I assembled so far I used the parts that came out-of-the-box. But recently I got a cheap hop-up motor from Ebay for a few dollars and that sparked off some basic interest in tuning the models. It seems there are 2 categories, tuning the look (changing plastic parts for bluish aluminum parts), that dont have an impact on the performance or speed (but on your wallet) and the performance tuning (changing engines, pinion gears and gear-sets) with significant increase of performance. I decide to do basic engine tuning that is financially still reasonable (means the tuning set costs are below the main kit).

The Golf GTI is the first model that I refurbish (means take apart again) ,the recently built Stadium Racer I built from scratch and used a different engine and pinion gear.

Tuning:

• The Tamiya motor RS-540 Sport Tuned
  This motor does not require a new speed controller, you can stick to the one from the kit, and comes at  a decent price (around 30.- SGD). I know, some folks will say, this is not serious enough, but I am not in the brushless class yet.
• Pinion Gear 23T and Gear 58T
• Full metal ball bearing

Total cost less than 50.- SGD

On top of that I decided to change the body, still Golf GTI but in a black street look, other than the out-of-the-box race-look. I will add additional fog lights, the second set of front and rear lights and knight-rider styled effect at the back.

Golf GTI Body

Tuning Set (ball bearing missing)

Tuning in process

Tip: Check the manual of your model, if and what tuning engines, pinion gears are available and recommended. To share the technical data of the RS-540 Sport Tuned motor with you, here the back of the box (some in japanese).

RS-540 Sport Tuned (c) by Tamiya

Here’s ‘Macky’ Steinhoff’s Bf109E-3 ride during the Battle of Britain, circa September 1940, in dedication to the memory of Tom Meyers:

Finally dragged this one out of the ‘nearly there’ pile kicking and screaming to nudge it through to the flight line: