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Dan405 - 24 Jun 2004 00:22 GMT

Don't know much about road cars, thinking about the Thunder Tiger TS4N Pro,
i don't want a Cen because my friend had one and it was no end of trouble.
What other brands make nice on roaders? 1/10th or 1/8th scale, no bigger,
no smaller. Can you tell i've only ever been into buggies ;) ? Looking for
more of a touring car style/rally car style one as well. What are the
Kyosho Alpha 3 GP's like?

Cheers guys

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Norfolk and Chance - 24 Jun 2004 00:33 GMT

Dan,

There are loads of Schumacher Fusions on Ebay right now going for the £150
ish mark - fast as hell and llok to be well made - I was looking at one of
those before I decided on the Menace .21.

Andy

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Dan405 - 24 Jun 2004 11:55 GMT

> Dan,
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> Andy

Yea i do quite like the look of the Fusion, i have a vid of one doing silly
speeds somewhere :)

Hmmm - decisions decisions - i also found i could get ali rear wing mounts
and suspension arms today....

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mike - 24 Jun 2004 06:57 GMT

Unless you are willing to invest tons of time and money I would not
personally go for a 1/8th on road car.

Like the other respondent I think the Fusion would be a fun car, only thing
is that as far as I know there is no category for racing should you decide
to go that way.

Lots of guys seem to like the HPI NT cars as well.

If you're not into racing, a Fusion would be awesome.

Mike

> Don't know much about road cars, thinking about the Thunder Tiger TS4N Pro,
> i don't want a Cen because my friend had one and it was no end of trouble.
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> Cheers guys

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Frater Mus - 25 Jun 2004 04:35 GMT

> Don't know much about road cars, thinking about the Thunder Tiger TS4N Pro,
> i don't want a Cen because my friend had one and it was no end of trouble.
> What other brands make nice on roaders? 1/10th or 1/8th scale, no bigger,

It'd be worth a gander to see if Schumacher has anything you might be
interested in.

Maybe Kyosho for 1/8th scale.

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Jonathan Hodgson - 25 Jun 2004 09:38 GMT

>> Don't know much about road cars, thinking about the Thunder Tiger TS4N Pro,
>> i don't want a Cen because my friend had one and it was no end of trouble.
>> What other brands make nice on roaders? 1/10th or 1/8th scale, no bigger,
>
> It'd be worth a gander to see if Schumacher has anything you might be
> interested in.

There are quite a few 1/10th IC touring cars now... HPI (Nitro RS4 /
R40) have already been mentioned; Traxxas Nitro 4-Tec if it's still
going; Associated N-TC3 I think; Team Magic G4 <flicking through a
magazine now>; Tamiya do some 1/10th and 1/8th (XBG?) IC cars; and I'm
sure Serpent do a 190/200mm tourer.

Plenty to choose from!

HTH,
Jonny

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