TAMIYA E30 M3

[thesharkfactor]

heres one i made earlier..



its nearly 1metre long! 1/5 scale 4x4 26cc petrol engined MCD rally car, nearly 7bhp.. cost me over £2500 to build! i custom made the body, with working lights and all details. you wont see another like it.. the body was produced circa 1990's used on 1/5 scale FG modellsport touring cars.. out of production many years ago..
i pestered FG in germany for a shell.. it took months, but they eventually got the mould out and pressed me an m3 shell! i spent months making it. the shell came in 3 pieces, clear unpainted lexan plastic.. NO decals or lights..nothing. its all my own work.





















heres how i made the lights.. all my own work!
http://www.mcdrc.com/forum/index.php?topic=501.0

and the lengthy building process..
http://www.mcdrc.com/forum/index.php?topic=477.0

this was my pride and joy.. now sold

it was real good fun.. i started off with a tamiya tt-01 and it led to this, lol! all said and done, thousands spent, the wee 4x4 tamiya drives exactly the same and is just as much fun!.

[Rav335uk]

Awesome

[thesharkfactor]

forgot to link..many more pics here..along with the lancia shell i made too!

http://buchananmotors.com/gallery/mcd/

[shazE30]

thesharkfactor mate that is one awesome RC hats off to ya dude seriously cool

[SUMPCRACKER]

I bought an original Tamia one in about 93? i think its in my mums loft, was great fun- you could remove the 4wd bar to make it rwd

Did mine silver and the graphix kit is probably still in the box.

[Rav335uk]

I bought an original Tamia one in about 93? i think its in my mums loft, was great fun- you could remove the 4wd bar to make it rwd

Did mine silver and the graphix kit is probably still in the box.

If its the first run on the batch, sounds like it could be, and in excellent condition, it could be worth up to £300 now if not more.
If you have the Driver in there too you'll be looking at £500, but that's in "MINT" condition.
Let us know

[sweep]

Im building mine to look standard but putting a uprated motor in.

[Rich_W]

lol, i had a hornet the first time round too. my first proper RC car. always wanted a lunchbox, but my mate over the road got one and it handled like a turd so i went for the hornet.

keep meaning to get a rereleased one of those too just to bring back the memories

I had a Lunchbox! Ended up modified despite there being virtually feck all parts for them!

Bought a re-release M3 kit in 05. Never built it.

Here is mine, not really anything standard on mine either ! It's great fun in my warehouse

Cool! That's more or less what I plan to do with mine

[nlr]

my mate had the lunchbox I had the blackfoot moved on to buggys then tl01's , then a schumacher nitro buggy 2wd which is just nut's lol

[Rav335uk]

Here some pics of mine, finally

[img][img]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/2059 ... 001yx2.jpg[/img][/img]

[img][img]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3330/m31l.th.jpg[/img][/img]

[img][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4885/m32b.th.jpg[/img][/img]

[img][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8061/m33qdx.th.jpg[/img][/img]

[img][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4505/m34k.th.jpg[/img][/img]

[mr_dink]

Here's a TT-01 chassis kit, no radio, battery or speed controller though -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0324754394

Think they must still make them in China or Hong Kong.

I also used to have a TA-01 with a 155 bodyshell, I think the TT-01 is pretty similar. Good but let down by plastic suspention components, friction shocks etc. You can upgraded bits if you want though.

[Rav335uk]

Thats the one i've got and upgraded

[mr_dink]

Thats the one i've got and upgraded

Yeah I kind of realised that after I posted!



Must learn to read the whole thing before replying.

Good example of the mods I was on about though, all ali suspension arms and all that. What motor you got in there?

[Rav335uk]

Can't remember, check in the morning for you

[sweep]

Mine arrived today,ive just had a hour on it,once you get into it there not bad

[Rav335uk]

It's easy to put together.
Have you done one b4?
I ask as you have to cut out the body and there is a way to do it rather than cutting with scissors.
If you have any problems on this, give me a shout.
Last thing is you don't want to fook up the body

[sweep]

I have done a hornet and midnight pumpkin,how do you cut the bodyshell?

[Rav335uk]

I have done a hornet and midnight pumpkin,how do you cut the bodyshell?

CAREFULLY!!!!!!

You'll need a new craft knife with blade.
On the body, you'll see the outline of the wheelarch, body etc.
What you need to do is SCORE the knife along that edge all the way round without deviating from the outline.
If you slip and score of the line, don't worry, come back to that point from the opposite direction.
When you've scored the body, cut upto one line with scissors, then start to peel along the line.

Practice abit first on the bottom part of the body which is going to be discarded, and you'll see what i mean.

Then paint it.
Best to buy the rattle cans from a model shop as they "Etch" into the plastic and won't peel.

HTH

[e30topless]

Pete you big kid,

stop playing with toy cars and pay some attention to your lovely Girlfreind ....


oh and if you want I will build it for you

look forward to seeing this finished

[hennared323i]

Pete you big kid,

stop playing with toy cars and pay some attention to your lovely Girlfreind ....


oh and if you want I will build it for you

look forward to seeing this finished

I have an orinial rough rider!

Lexan shells - pah, airfix will teach you

[A1BMW325iSport]

Check out www.rc-racing.org.uk if your into rc cars

A couple of people I know have these Tamiya E30's

[cypriot_boy_2k7]

where can i get just the shell?

[A1BMW325iSport]

where can i get just the shell?

they come up on ebay now and again

[E30Gheko]

heres one i made earlier..



its nearly 1metre long! 1/5 scale 4x4 26cc petrol engined MCD rally car, nearly 7bhp.. cost me over £2500 to build! i custom made the body, with working lights and all details. you wont see another like it.. the body was produced circa 1990's used on 1/5 scale FG modellsport touring cars.. out of production many years ago..
i pestered FG in germany for a shell.. it took months, but they eventually got the mould out and pressed me an m3 shell! i spent months making it. the shell came in 3 pieces, clear unpainted lexan plastic.. NO decals or lights..nothing. its all my own work.





















heres how i made the lights.. all my own work!
http://www.mcdrc.com/forum/index.php?topic=501.0

and the lengthy building process..
http://www.mcdrc.com/forum/index.php?topic=477.0

this was my pride and joy.. now sold

it was real good fun.. i started off with a tamiya tt-01 and it led to this, lol! all said and done, thousands spent, the wee 4x4 tamiya drives exactly the same and is just as much fun!.

That is totally amazing. I love it! It's gotta be the biggest RC car I've ever seen too!

Do us a favour mate, get a clip of it driving on youtube and lets have a gander!

[Rav335uk]

where can i get just the shell?

Here you go

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tamiya-BMW-M3-Sch ... 7C294%3A50