Damn that 2CV looks amazing! I actually like it without the fenders and wheels wide out from the body.

EDIT: That guy you were referring to, his screen name was simply "2CV".

Bram are they petrol or battery ?
I Really fancy myself a battery Lexus GS or R34, but too expensive

Also i Forgot to post this, I went and sprayed my Hummer

They are both battery, and finetuned for drifting

little vid of the rx-7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNdSUvlHGj4

damn, thats a really nice H1 J_HUI, what brand is it?

DAMN Bram !! I want one even more now, but there like $Aud 400 for one , excluding the OEM Tamiya battery and charger But i have my eye on a Tamiya Pre-built lexus GS 400 seems a bit expensive, so should I look on ebay ?

EDIT: plus I see the Tamiya expert built ones for $299, how much to expect to pay for a 2 channel receiver & servo, and how much for battery / chargers??

Mark it's a 1:18 Maisto Hummer H1, $45 at my local shop, but the original is a horrid looking red, eeeek

Just buy a cheap chassis and nice looking, more expensive body and rims

Thats what i did, my first chassis was €50,- and my second €20,-
Most good bodyshells are like 50 USD so with a cheap chassis you can have a nice low-budget r/c

Haha Bram, awesome video
Curious what makes that chassis or the tuning make them drift good.

Wow Bram! Nice driving!

well chopping is very low (read having a break) (will be back 4sure) because i had lack of inspiration and usually ounce a year i stop for a month (or 2 depends)

so more time for ........modelbuilding

the hotrod was never what i expected of it ....
so i did research and just cut away all the framerails underneith to get that channeled look

i also want to make it a pick up rod

the engine i already have was made from scratch with all sorts of stuff (base was a engine with no detail)
but the i got a better idea a really detailed engine not ratty but really nice to see

i already started ripping parts out od an awsome detailed 1/12 scale ferarri f40 modelkit
i just dont like building a pre set thing anymore and basicly started on the engine to use it for the hotrod
its a v8 off course with turbo's
im just using the base and will make it more custom

here is the idea of the rod (very rough) i will spray every single part of the rod again and it will get custom framerails at the front

after some cutting i got this base idea fot the looks > lower>shorter>roofless>pick-up


basic idea


in the bodyshop


new engine


chrome baby (just used silver grey and that turns out like this)


aluminium front axle sprayed black (all the black will dry up as matte)


covers still grey plastic's


now satin black for contrast with the chrome(will also become matte black when dry)


parts drying (just sprayed)


sprayed chrome in the frame because of the tiuny size of parts (not sure what wil be used)
this was all grey plastic)


turbo's (not sure if they will be used not really fitting the style i'm thinking supercharger withcarburetors just like jimmy shine's pick up


stock steering wheel


masked and sprayed

continued today and basicly after a while i just got a crazy idea and started cutting up a 2cv
loads of cutting / grinding and work
the very rough set up is now ready

pics : a lot of them


first continued the engine the rest will be custom made / im thinking supercharger / carbs




idea for the supercharger drive thing , not ment like this





then i used parts from the modelkit even didnt look what they where just took some parts and tryed to make front rails from them




test fit engine


lower support (wil be cut to shape after drying of the glue)


good sand down


then it started , the red one is the stock floorpan the other one from the 2cv



bye bye 2cv time to get chopped





after lots of cuttong / grinding the idea took shape (rough)



here you can see the bed still needs cutting (inside stuff) so the bench can go back


i could even try this , looks a tiny bit like the jimmy shine truck style wise