paulc: good choice. i first saw a pic of this car last year when Umino just split from HPI and moved to tech. he ran it at last year's all japan nats and really caught my eye .... even ronchie's .... im sure i posted the pics beofe in the manila thread. but in case you missed it, here is the one Umino had in last year's Jap Nats .... sweeeeet!
... and the reason why the new tamiya 415 looks so close to this baby ... just read this article from rczone and you'll know why.... can you say outsourced design by tech? hehehe of cors they say its just a "rumor".
http://www.rczone.net/modules.php?na...rticle&sid=445