Re: 1:18 scale Audi Avus

[Eddi Jew <jew@rysa.dtc.hp.com>]

 > Richard  Davis writes:
 > > Ti, 
 > > Come on now, anyone can buy a prebuilt buggy!  For my money, the  model is
 > > the Tamiya TQC Euro version.  Building a replica of my car as we speak. 
 > 
 > Actually, I have three of the Tamiya 1:24 scale plastic models.
 > Two of these are the Euro early TQCs, and one is the rally
 > car (Michele Mouton/Fabrizia Pons's world championship car).
 > I also have an Audi 90Q 1:24 model from Fujimi.

OK, I have to ask- know of any with a motor in 'em? I used to do 1/10th
(electric) off-road R/C racing, so maybe I can't afford the experience to 
race a real TQC, but there is a challenge in driving without the seat-of-
your-pants feel- and with the car heading towards you (although these days, 
a small CCD camera is fairly obtainable). It was fun doing the double-
jump on those two, mondo hills. And just after it rained, you'd pick the
right tire and gearing to take advantage of the boggy traction, and
just begin to "dump" the 1.5 amp/hr NiCad as you finish the four-minute 
race.

Hmmm, find a 1/10th TQC polycarb shell, modify the RC-10 for 4WD- two
samarium-cobalt motors, w/ load-sensing torque control. Yeah, only a 
couple hundred hours to it.

Gee, all this talk of scale models... feel like dusting off my Tamiya
Toyo-(oops) atoyoT Bruiser (with a working, 4spd (w/rev), 4WD tranny!) 
and take it for a spin, "... just to show our son, honey". 

[slap] [slap] Oh, sorry, just day-dreaming.

 > These I built myself, and proudly shares the display case with
 > the Avus.

[Sigh] No display case here. Couldn't bear to make mine look nice. 
Wouldn't last. It does look BAD, though.

-- Eddi

 > -Ti
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