Wow some sweet drifter there chaps. Will post some more of my rides.

Here's my drifter with foam tyres.  I find that the foam tyres heave heaps more grip and last heaps longer than rubber.  They're also perfect for using at my work where they have tons of grip out on the road and in the carpark, and slide beautifully on the smooth floor inside the warehouse.


 

 

 
Sorry for the explanation being so long.

 The body: came with the car and was painted very poorly in the 'panda' scheme.  I stripped it using oven cleaner and then just a touch of thinners on a rag to get the last bits out of the corners.  This was my first attempt to paint a body with panel lines around the doors, bonnet, and boot.  The cables to hold the pins are made from wire and little silver rings bought from a bead/craft shop, tied together on the inside held with tape.  Saves looking for the clips just when you're ready to run...   They give a bit more to hold onto and I tried to have the same look as 'actual' bonnet pins

The chassis: It is a HSP item.  It's far from a racing chassis but for drifting it is pretty good.  The first thing I did was to replace the shocks oil and put in diff oil.  This stopped it bouncing around all over the place.  The fan on the motor was part of the motor heatsink but the magnets from the standard 540 motor cancelled it out and it wouldn't run.  So, I spaced it out with a bit of a 'Tia Maria' lid to spacce it away from the motor and to duct the air onto the heatsink.  I bought an Orion Method R 15 turn double wind motor off Ebay for AU$6 (the standard ESC says it will handle down to a 13 turn motor)   This new motor is excellent!  Now I find the motor barely even gets warm but the ESC gets very toasty so one-day I'll move the fan over the ESC.  I swapped the brass bushes for actual bearings that hold the axles which frees it up heaps.  I am using a 4600mah Venom battery which lasts well over 1/2hr running flat-out.  I used cables on the clips which hold the battery down so I don't lose them too.

This is my Hpi Racing Sprint 2 Drift RTR

@ DR SNUGGLES

That black car you have is very unique[sm=spinnyeyes.gif] I like the subaru WRX with WALLE beside it[sm=thumbs_up.gif]

New Cyclone World championship Edition and a new shell.

Couple of mine (not sure if they are a re-post)


Gold HPI R-34 on my TT-01


R-34 Skyline shell originally done for my E10 which now sits on my sprint 2 since the E10 was stripped and binned.


Ev0 6 Lancer on my Sprint 2.. Dual Flip paint job so the front fades from Gold to green while the rear fades blue to green.


Stock E10 R32 Skyline shell sitting on my HPI Sprint 2...

Nice.

Hheheheheh some nice shells there chaps.The black mustang or {MUSTPRANG} That is my version of a DEATH RACE car. Check the movie 'Death race"Hhehehehhehe its an old Boss shell.I got a 57 chevy as my next project and a 67 corvett stingray. OLD SCHOOL.The rest is under the [SA Drifter} thread.

Here's my first attempt at flames.  It's a HPI Pantera.  *note unfinished, have mirrors and stickers for the front indicators to go on.  I used a transparent blue in a light coat and while it was still wet sprinkled some purple glitter on, then blue again, then some more glitter.  Did this 3 or 4 times.  Sprayed a little bit of black to make them stand out then did the rest of the body with more transparent blue and backed the lot with black.  The 3rd photo shows the colours better.
4th photo is a dodgy one but shows the bigger foams I use on my Ofna OB4.  I think I'll go some HPI 'Vintage' wheels though.

 

 
 

 
 
 
 The spots and dust are from being near the budgie cage...  Didn't notice until now.

Looks . Dig the flames.
My first attempt at flames was on my ride on mower...
Whahahhahahaha check it. {Sorry if its not RC.........Well for now.}

Ha Ha! Sweet!

I've always wanted a remote control lawn mower[sm=idea.gif]

I recorded this with my cell phone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RolGzPT7tqQ

here are a few from the old stash!

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Vic Nyce, how did you make picture 24? Was it down by taking 2 pictures, one without the car and one with the car then overlapping both pictures?

ahhhh. for this picture, the exposure was 4 seconds, i throttled the car out of the frame after 2 seconds or so. the method you mentioned would have worked too, but i used that technique in a photo below. number 13.

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Sweet.Looking good there.

Istalled the New HPI LP series wheels and tires. Wheels are the LM-R29's in front and 32's in back. Tires are the potenzas. Tested today, very smooth. Tires are easy to install on the rims

ZOMG i need those wheels in my life

I'm really awful at painting bodies . . . the first one is for bashing . . . the second one is for if I ever get any good, and I want to impress somebody:

[X(] i've been away for such a long time!!!
you guys got some very sweet rides!!!
i'll be posting pictures soon of my newest rx-7 shell

hope to be posting mine when i pick it up later this week

looks sweet. so how does the brushless setup hold up on the e10?</p>

im diggin those yellow rims. what kind are they and where did you get those?</p>