Toyota Mountain Rider
I have been enjoying trailing with my Mitsubishi Pajero CC-01 for some time now, and I am still enjoying upgrading it from time to time. On day, during a scale run with my friend Laurent, we spoke about the iconic Tamiya 3Speed chassis, both the modernized and original or re-released versions. By coincidence, Laurent shared the link of a classified a few days later: that's how this Toyota Mountain Rider came in.
- Details
Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide
This article is the sequel, but mostly a complement, to the one about my LandFreeder. Here, we'll detail the evolution of my LandFreeder into a Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide, but also for the most part, this is a general experience feed back about the CC-01 chassis and several upgrades after a few runs.
- Details
Read more: Tamiya 58132 49490 Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide - CC-01
LandFreeder
Until recently, the trail category was not among my favorites, and the crawler was even a definite dislike. Yet, I already had the chance to give a try to my friend's Laurent58 CR-01 and to admire the modern 3Speed from my friend David from RC 4 Old Nuts. These experiences taught my two things: no crawler for me because I found them not realistic enough to my taste, and no scale trail either because it desperately lacks speed (also to my taste).
- Details
XR311 Combat Support Vehicle
This is a second hand model I bought from a member on Vintage-RC forum. Given its age and crazy prices for new in box XR311s, it could only be a second hand despite of the limited re-release Tamiya did in 2000.
- Details