spikeot

Two more from me. My XB4 race buggy with its old and new paint jobs. I love my old motorsport liveries, so will probably do JPS or Lotus Type 49 colours next season.

Here's a random shot I took at Brands Hatch just over a year ago. I'm not much of a photographer, so I haven't taken a better one since!

That Proton’s handling really was by Lotus though, and while it was a bit lacking in refinement, it was known for being a lot more fun than the Golf GTi of the time. I’d still have bought the Golf, my point is just that the handling they referred to on the naff stickers was very good. It would be nice if this was the same, but we’ll have to see. If it’s a competent cut price 1:8 race buggy then good for them. The racing crowd will have little patience for quality issues though.

Kyosho Turbo Scorpion that I have just built. Before and after a good run at the park. It's running a 4000Kv motor on 2S and it's almost frighteningly quick to me. Apart from the Lunch Box I just built for my 7 year old daughter a few weeks ago, this is my first car in almost 30 years! Brushless and LiPo performance are incredible to me as I was raised on standard 540 motors and NiCad batteries. The shocks, while good quality are far too soft for messing around/ jumping, so I'll need to get some stiffer springs and damper oil, but apart from that, it's fantastic. I bought it so that I'd have something to play with while my daughter ran the Lunch Box. Now I've been bitten by the bug again and have a brushless Mad Van following on soon. D'oh.