Tamiya Ford Escort MK2
Discussion
72twink said:
The arches are wrong too!
Certainly for that car on that event they are, but on the plus side so many aftermarket livery possibilities will be more “correct”.As I mentioned on another thread it’s a strange chassis choice but, by leaving the front and centre transmission parts out you can still do RWD from the kit. It needs a “live” rear axle really, maybe this body on a fiddled-with CC-01?
johnpsanderson said:
Has anyone got one pre-ordered? Hoping Mrs S has taken the hint / direct request - but might be getting online to get one ordered on Christmas Day if not...
They don't land until late Jan/Feb anyway, so you'd be very lucky to get one for Christmas!I'm getting a body shell as I already have the chassis, the kit version comes pre-painted white...
As for 4wd, it makes sense for a rally car. Try drifting a regular rwd RC car, the dynamics are very different at 1/10 scale. Special rwd drift cars exist, but rely on extreme (unrealistic) steering geometry and gyroscopes to emulate a drift. 4wd makes sliding action accessible to anyone...
r159 said:
I’ve tried disconnecting the front end on a 4wd rc chassis and it doesn’t work...lots of wheel spin and that’s about it.
However having never driven an Escort of that era, it may be quite realistic...
It might be a few years since mine was on the road, but I can confirm that it probably was quite realistic. However having never driven an Escort of that era, it may be quite realistic...
I'm sure the last Tamiya I built was 2 wheel drive, but it was about 1981 and it was a Baja Bug that belonged to a younger friend of the family, so I got tasked with helping him build it. I remember it went pretty fast, but battery life was short, so we spent more time waiting for it to charge back up than actually playing with it.
OldSkoolRS said:
r159 said:
I’ve tried disconnecting the front end on a 4wd rc chassis and it doesn’t work...lots of wheel spin and that’s about it.
However having never driven an Escort of that era, it may be quite realistic...
It might be a few years since mine was on the road, but I can confirm that it probably was quite realistic. However having never driven an Escort of that era, it may be quite realistic...
I'm sure the last Tamiya I built was 2 wheel drive, but it was about 1981 and it was a Baja Bug that belonged to a younger friend of the family, so I got tasked with helping him build it. I remember it went pretty fast, but battery life was short, so we spent more time waiting for it to charge back up than actually playing with it.
r159 said:
OldSkoolRS said:
r159 said:
I’ve tried disconnecting the front end on a 4wd rc chassis and it doesn’t work...lots of wheel spin and that’s about it.
However having never driven an Escort of that era, it may be quite realistic...
It might be a few years since mine was on the road, but I can confirm that it probably was quite realistic. However having never driven an Escort of that era, it may be quite realistic...
I'm sure the last Tamiya I built was 2 wheel drive, but it was about 1981 and it was a Baja Bug that belonged to a younger friend of the family, so I got tasked with helping him build it. I remember it went pretty fast, but battery life was short, so we spent more time waiting for it to charge back up than actually playing with it.
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