Re: RC Audis...

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

rochow@pixelmagic.com wrote:

>Intrigued both by the RC Audi TT, as well as the oddity of Dickie toys
>being in stores in the US, and having just purchased a Tamiya Mini Cooper,
>I went looking for Audis on those websites...

>Tamiya US does not list an Audi TT (though they do have an A4 racer,
>and I saw the R8 mentioned somewhere, too).
>Dickie does not list the TT on their website.
>http://www.tamiya.de/  ,which lists Dickie as if it was a subsidiary, shows on
>http://www.tamiya.de/tamiya1/CarsonNeu/car-kits.htm
>a TT and an A3, in a series described as 'model kits' combining  'proven
>Tamiya RC chassis' (i.e.  "proper" RC chassis with which you'd expect a
>Lexan body) and "Carson bodies"; the pictures do look more massive
>than the regular non-'toy'-RC cars.
>There's an "Audi Quattro Rallye" shown in
>http://www.tamiya.de/tamiya/frames/Wieder-A.htm
>but I guess that's just a stationary model car.

True- Carson makes a body for the Tamiya chassis, but they also make a
combustion-engine version with their own chassis. These come
semi-assembled, a kit without servos or transmitter would set you back
about $300. Nice chassis, too. I'm not too convinced of the body, there
seems to be something wrong with the shapes (which are difficult to capture
anyway).

I've seen the A3 (now sold here in a proper Tamiya box) and it looks very
good. I doubt if it'll fit over an AWD chassis, though.
BTW Have you seen the Tamiya R8R? Wow!

Tom
Zeist, The Netherlands
1x Tamiya R/C BTCC A4 belt-drive, 1x shaft-drive