US brands in SG??
 

They can but its only through one shop and that shop dont stock much parts for them.

parts support r pretty bad if u ask mi...
i either get my losi parts online or from the local LHS if they have wat i'm after...

yup same here... proline is another very unsupported brand.. only touring car stuff brought in... RPM as well.

what about yokomo in singapore? any 1/12 competition


http://www.christian-keil.com/mag/b-mag/MASAMI4.JPG

http://www.christian-keil.com/mag/b-...TERSCHRIFT.JPG

is this really masami himself???!!!???...

yokomo...i think they have a dealer around thomson road.not sure abt races...

I have a yokomo gt4 and HOBBYBOOM or the shop at Sim lim has lots of parts for them well stocked. I dun know there exact addresses. I've not seen them stock the 1/12 though... not really popular in singapore

hi there, we race mostly XXX-S, Associated, Atlas and Yokomo kits. you can check out the site at www.pitshoponline.com
if you can't see what you're looking for, drop us an email.

Just my 2 cents worth here
 

Sakai: It is rather a matter of chicken and egg. At the moment, S'wan has a regular monthly shipment of Associated, so if you miss the last shipment you need to wait for the next and that's why, the wait could be either 3 to 6 weeks. S'wan do stock up well on Losi, so that is also a US brand. Business people do whatever that sells and won't do whatever that don't. We all know that Sg has a very small RC fraternity, so if you scale it that way, the amount of stuff is also supposedly small. Most people get by without much problems. Support from the local RC fraternity is also not very encouraging. With the web being so easily accessible, there are always people who don't like the LHS people and won't mind even paying SGD10 more for a mail order. The nett effect is that the LHS does not have enough volume and cannot continue to stock the items. Which brings the whole issue on a merry-go-round or chicken-and-egg situation. :nod: ;) :nod:

Masami: Whether you are the real McCoy or not, it doesn't matter, but your English is surely too good to be Masami. He doesn't speak a word of English when I met him in 1990 at the Singapore 1990 iFMAR 1/12 WC. But like I said, it doesn't matter. But I sure like the picture you posted here. ;) :D Malaysia and Singapore's distributorship of Yokomo is under the KL Subang Jaya shop. The Agent in Singapore doesn't own a shop. "Chi Long" sells Yokomo as a sub-agent at Bukit Merah - I got good services from him (purely personal opinion, you are free to differ, SO DON'T FLAME ME HERE :sweat: )

ijnet: He would be the real McCoy if he can tell me what happened during the Round 1 and 2 of the 1990 iFMAR 1/12 WC in Singapore. :D If he is real, he won't ever forget that race. ;)

Gravedigger: From the best of my knowledge, both HobbyBoon and the SimLim shop are also sub-agents like "Chi Long" for Yokomo. Similarly S'wan does stock some Yokomo too.

Paulc: Thanks for sharing the URL, I'll surely like to check that out.

I think you can get Yokomo/Mugen 1/10 cars and parts from:
1) Pacific Model (Sim Lim Square Basement)
2) Hobby Boom (Excelsior)

They also carry Mugen 1/8 (World Champion). Both are great stores offering very competitive prices.


For US brand: Associated Nitro TC3 (World Champion/TQ '02):

1) Pacific Model (Mugen/Yokomo/Serpent/NTC3)
2) HobbyLink (Mainly Serpent 1/8 & 1/10 and X-Rays EP)


There might be others that I don't know of, so fill in if you can...

Oh ya I forgot about Swan, ... that means 3 stores you can buy NTC3 cars from:
1)Swan,
2)Pacific &
3)HobbyLink....(I guess)....

As for TC3 parts, I know Pacific hobby stocks them,... I'm not sure if it is the only one,....

Go check out Swan now, just came in lots of Associated kits and parts.

Hi! I'm interested in acquiring a NTC3, but I do not know how much it costs in Sgp. Do u have a rough estimate of how much I should be looking to pay for the NTC3?

:p

tg10r, call Swan/Winnie at 62350867 for the price of NTC3. She got stock now, act fast before they're all gone...:sneaky: