1/18th scale model 928?!?!?!
12-09-2004, 10:51 AM
#16
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Originally Posted by gruffalo
I think a 1/18 928 body would fit over a Kyosho mini-z chassis. That would make a nice winter project
12-09-2004, 11:18 AM
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Thise bodies are way too heavy for any really fun rc stuff but I agree it would be a first and it would be very pretty. Better than the nothing we currently have eh? 
I've often considered doing this. I look with great drool at "Mythbusters" (the only show other than the news I watch anymore since Jesse got even more egocentric ... who knew this was even possible) .... I digress .... Anyway I drool over their plastic mould-shaping machine. Should be the easiest thing for you Dave or anyone else with a good replica, to have one made or a hundered made ... and that plastic is hard as nails and feather light too.
Make me one and you shall have dollars the same day.
I've often considered doing this. I look with great drool at "Mythbusters" (the only show other than the news I watch anymore since Jesse got even more egocentric ... who knew this was even possible) .... I digress .... Anyway I drool over their plastic mould-shaping machine. Should be the easiest thing for you Dave or anyone else with a good replica, to have one made or a hundered made ... and that plastic is hard as nails and feather light too.Make me one and you shall have dollars the same day.
12-09-2004, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by heinrich
Thise bodies are way too heavy for any really fun rc stuff but I agree it would be a first and it would be very pretty. Better than the nothing we currently have eh? I've often considered doing this. I look with great drool at "Mythbusters" (the only show other than the news I watch anymore since Jesse got even more egocentric ... who knew this was even possible) .... I digress .... Anyway I drool over their plastic mould-shaping machine. Should be the easiest thing for you Dave or anyone else with a good replica, to have one made or a hundered made ... and that plastic is hard as nails and feather light too.
Make me one and you shall have dollars the same day.
I've often considered doing this. I look with great drool at "Mythbusters" (the only show other than the news I watch anymore since Jesse got even more egocentric ... who knew this was even possible) .... I digress .... Anyway I drool over their plastic mould-shaping machine. Should be the easiest thing for you Dave or anyone else with a good replica, to have one made or a hundered made ... and that plastic is hard as nails and feather light too.Make me one and you shall have dollars the same day.
12-09-2004, 01:01 PM
#19
gruffalo...
The Kyosho Mini Z is 1/28th scale. The 1/16 body is too heavy and too large (even with modifications). What works really well is the HPI micro RS4 (1/18 scale). The body is still a bit large, but with some modifications to the micro, it can be fitted.
I have a couple of X-mods (also 1/28 scale). The first thing I did was modify a 1/24th scale body to fit the x-mods chassis. Unfortunately, it's too heavy. I'd like to vacuform a body out of lexan, but I do not have the means nor the time.
Roger
The Kyosho Mini Z is 1/28th scale. The 1/16 body is too heavy and too large (even with modifications). What works really well is the HPI micro RS4 (1/18 scale). The body is still a bit large, but with some modifications to the micro, it can be fitted.
I have a couple of X-mods (also 1/28 scale). The first thing I did was modify a 1/24th scale body to fit the x-mods chassis. Unfortunately, it's too heavy. I'd like to vacuform a body out of lexan, but I do not have the means nor the time.
Roger
12-09-2004, 04:17 PM
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opps, it was a long shot, I browsed through a mini-z catalog before I posted, but it said nothing about scale...
Are there smaller 928 bodies that will fit mini z?
Are there smaller 928 bodies that will fit mini z?
12-09-2004, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Roger
gruffalo...
The Kyosho Mini Z is 1/28th scale. The 1/16 body is too heavy and too large (even with modifications). What works really well is the HPI micro RS4 (1/18 scale). The body is still a bit large, but with some modifications to the micro, it can be fitted.
I have a couple of X-mods (also 1/28 scale). The first thing I did was modify a 1/24th scale body to fit the x-mods chassis. Unfortunately, it's too heavy. I'd like to vacuform a body out of lexan, but I do not have the means nor the time.
Roger
The Kyosho Mini Z is 1/28th scale. The 1/16 body is too heavy and too large (even with modifications). What works really well is the HPI micro RS4 (1/18 scale). The body is still a bit large, but with some modifications to the micro, it can be fitted.
I have a couple of X-mods (also 1/28 scale). The first thing I did was modify a 1/24th scale body to fit the x-mods chassis. Unfortunately, it's too heavy. I'd like to vacuform a body out of lexan, but I do not have the means nor the time.
Roger
What am I thinking??? I have an engine to rebuild.
