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06-08-2013, 08:55 AM
#3991
LOVE the Snoopy body. That's a hoot!
I finished this one last night for a guy in Dallas, Tx who races VTA. Unfortunately, HPI had discontinued the Cuda body, so we had to use the next closest, a 1970 Challenger, to do a #42. Still, it looks good on that body too. I used Faskolor paints all straight from the bottle. The only decal is the "Dodge" which would be "Plymouth" if it was true to scale.
I finished this one last night for a guy in Dallas, Tx who races VTA. Unfortunately, HPI had discontinued the Cuda body, so we had to use the next closest, a 1970 Challenger, to do a #42. Still, it looks good on that body too. I used Faskolor paints all straight from the bottle. The only decal is the "Dodge" which would be "Plymouth" if it was true to scale.
06-08-2013, 02:54 PM
#3994
Well, here's HPI's page on it: http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/17510/
They say its "unavailable."
Tower Hobbies says it is "Discontinued" and my knowledgable buddy at our HobbyTown USA said they are discontinued too. I've not found any on eBay. You CAN still by the per-painted ones. I think they are green.
They say its "unavailable."
Tower Hobbies says it is "Discontinued" and my knowledgable buddy at our HobbyTown USA said they are discontinued too. I've not found any on eBay. You CAN still by the per-painted ones. I think they are green.
06-08-2013, 06:31 PM
#3995
Tech Addict
Well, here's HPI's page on it: http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/17510/
They say its "unavailable."
Tower Hobbies says it is "Discontinued" and my knowledgable buddy at our HobbyTown USA said they are discontinued too. I've not found any on eBay. You CAN still by the per-painted ones. I think they are green.
They say its "unavailable."
Tower Hobbies says it is "Discontinued" and my knowledgable buddy at our HobbyTown USA said they are discontinued too. I've not found any on eBay. You CAN still by the per-painted ones. I think they are green.
06-08-2013, 06:55 PM
#3996
I got an email from Great Plains saying the HPI cuda body is discontinued since now that they are the Only Distributor for HPI I guess it's true. I was told they move the entire warehouse to the Great Plains facility.
06-08-2013, 07:13 PM
#3997
Tech Regular
yeah, you can't buy directly off hpi.com anymore since Hobbico took over HPI. that's why their website says "buy hpi closed" or "buy hpi currently unavailible". if towerhobbies shows it as discontinued, 99.9% chance it's discontinued. If great planes says its discontinued, then it is.
06-08-2013, 07:21 PM
#3998
Just bought a cuda body at Hobbytown today i guess thats one of the last of them
06-08-2013, 07:36 PM
#3999
Do you guys paint the numbers on or do you use decals
06-08-2013, 07:45 PM
#4000
Tower has a habit of saying "discontinued" when they decide to no longer carry a product. Meaning other vendors domestic or foreign may still carry it. Unfortunately, in this case since Tower has taken over HPI USA and the North America market is the main market for this body, this is bad news. Maybe someone will make a "splash" of this body.
06-10-2013, 02:35 PM
#4002
I'm going to pick up a couple. I have a couple different schemes I want to paint.
