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04-06-2021 | 11:23 AM
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,351
From: Arizona
Also, as a side note, a body nobody talks about that meets the more standard sports car list is the McAllister Jaguar XKR. That is an excellent body.
04-06-2021 | 11:50 AM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,698
From: Tampa Bay FL
We race on mondays during a car meet ... at least until corona shut it down. To encourage real bodies that the public recognises on the track we run min weight based on body choice ... RC-Spec Class Rules
04-06-2021 | 12:38 PM
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From: Columbus, OH
04-06-2021 | 01:26 PM
Why must it be “too late”.
If enough people want to get together to run 1990’s shoe boxes, put together a rule set and go right ahead. Nothing is preventing you from that. Try it and see what the market will bear.
Allowing the supercar and supercar-esk body’s is what has allowed the class to keep going, especially with the demise of HPI a few years ago. Yes it’s “back” but the licensing isn’t and good luck getting your hands on one of those bodies. Even Tamiya bodies have little to no stock, or are priced to the moon. A handful of companies stepped in to fill a void with some exotics instead of a 1997 Lexus IS300 or even a 2015 Subi. Why??? Because 🤮 that’s why.
If you ran only the bodies that are reasonably available, priced, AND real/licensed, you’d really only be running one of 3 PF bodies (guess what, one is a supercar, another is dang close), and a couple other randoms here and there to include Tamiya.
If enough people want to get together to run 1990’s shoe boxes, put together a rule set and go right ahead. Nothing is preventing you from that. Try it and see what the market will bear.
Allowing the supercar and supercar-esk body’s is what has allowed the class to keep going, especially with the demise of HPI a few years ago. Yes it’s “back” but the licensing isn’t and good luck getting your hands on one of those bodies. Even Tamiya bodies have little to no stock, or are priced to the moon. A handful of companies stepped in to fill a void with some exotics instead of a 1997 Lexus IS300 or even a 2015 Subi. Why??? Because 🤮 that’s why.
If you ran only the bodies that are reasonably available, priced, AND real/licensed, you’d really only be running one of 3 PF bodies (guess what, one is a supercar, another is dang close), and a couple other randoms here and there to include Tamiya.
Additionally Tamiyas body sets at full retail cost $50 hardly to the moon. Most shops sell them at 20-30% off retail, which places them at $35-40. So if you’re paying $50 / full retail, you need to work on finding better deals 😉
Tamiya body sets also include highly detailed decal sponsorship and high quality window mask, ABS moulded mirrors and wing. All of which are licenced.
I recently picked up a Montech RSGT3 for $40 and a PF 69 Camaro $35. while the PF Camaro is licensed, the Montech is not. So $40 is priced to the moon for a knockoff. Their decal sheets graphic are absolute crap, no window trim details. So I’m designing my own which costs more $.. but that’s my choice
Here are prices of some other look alike bodies
1. Bitty Design 720 $33
2. Exotek J zero $32
3. Venom $29
4. Montech EB1 and Super Trofeo $34
So were talking about a difference of $3-$8 for a fully licensed body that comes with a decal sheet designed using high quality vector graphics, ABS parts tree versus bodies that looks like a road going car, with a graphic sheet drawn by a 10 year old.
Last edited by Raman; 04-06-2021 at 07:43 PM.
04-07-2021 | 04:19 AM
Looks like a NEW NSX body will be on the tracks soon.
https://www.redrc.net/2021/04/mon-te...-gt-bodyshell/
https://www.redrc.net/2021/04/mon-te...-gt-bodyshell/
04-07-2021 | 07:05 AM
Looks like a NEW NSX body will be on the tracks soon.
https://www.redrc.net/2021/04/mon-te...-gt-bodyshell/
https://www.redrc.net/2021/04/mon-te...-gt-bodyshell/
04-15-2021 | 12:43 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 93
Hey everyone, new to on-road and am looking to get into the USGT class. I have found a used TC7.2 but I am a little wary of buying it because AE pulled out of on-road...
Would this be a terrible idea? Can you still find parts for these at all???
Would this be a terrible idea? Can you still find parts for these at all???
04-15-2021 | 08:52 PM
