My name is shinchu, and im a driftaholic.
I had this big thing all typed up but, eh.
To summarize, i lived in japan from 2005 to 2008. Did lots of 1:1 and rc drifting.
Today i went to my storage unit and got one of my rubbermaid tubbs with my cars and brought it home. I have been inspired by everyones recent posts about TT02 and tc4.
Blah blah blah...
PICS!!!!!!!
my pride and joy, TT01R built on a budget and brought to USA for a drift comp where i lost horribly hahaha
Replica body of my 1:1 s14 silvia. Its all they had until 2 years later yokomo finally released a kouki s14. I bought one right before i left japan, but still havent painted it. Here is the old... i think its an abc body? Wheels are wrong but all my wheels and scale goodies are in another box for later...
And a really terrible s15 silvia body i got for cheap just for a drift comp since i knew it would get thrashed. And it did haha but i had a blast with the guys from groovydrift.com and i did awful but they were good sports about it since i came all the way from japan to the comp in orange county, ca.
The fugliest s15 ever to place 16th lol
So then my wife wanted in. Scored a used associated tc3 from a member on groovydrift. Arrived rtr and i painted a beautiful hpi s15 body in lame flake purple with chrome hpi wheels.
The flake is there but i didnt even dust these off. Will take better pics later in the sun.
And then there is this monster. In a Quinten Terantino-esque flashback jumbled story, this thing was my first rc drift rig. Well, aside from a kyosho mini z but thats another story.
This hpi nitro rs4 came out right before the actual nitro rs4 drift version. I made due with what i had. Locked the diffs with epoxy, same as i did later with the tt01, bought drift tires, broke in the engine and slid like a madman at like 40mph! Super fun but, huge pita like everyone on groovydrift said it would be.
I last ran it in 2008, and didnt use post run to clean it so the engine is gummed and probably completely ruined. Anyway, here it is...
And with the first shell i ever owned, it used to be red like my first 1:1 ae86, but i repainted it... with plastidip! To look like my flat black second 1:1 ae86.
Then i put everything i had into painting this ae86 levin shell.
Its smoked champange with plastidipped bumpers. Tailights are painted with each section colored correctly, also smoked. Its not done yet and hasnt been mounted. I have plans for this guy soon...
I just remembered, painted tailights is kinda my standard. I hate the stickers and the only car that has tailight decals is the black trueno. None have buckets but this levin will get the full treatment. Maybe even removable bumpers with underpanels.
So there you have it. Shinchu. Drifter.
I might tinker with the tt01 and tc3 to update electronics, maybe give the tt01 to my son and try rwd converting the tc3 and tossing a scion frs body on it.
Big plans for the levin. Trying to as scale as possible, even with solid rear axle. I have a tamiya chassis in mind, and might try tossing a rc4wd yota axle under it.
So, where to start?
I think i need to decide on batteries? Maybe 2s for both? Yes. Going to need esc for both, brushless for the tc3 but sticking to brushed for the tt01. Then see what they need from there. Trying to stay cheap, these 2 are just for fun, like in the 1:1 drift lingo, "missile car" means like practice basher.
Thanks for reading! Will update here when i make progress... eventually.
I had this big thing all typed up but, eh.
To summarize, i lived in japan from 2005 to 2008. Did lots of 1:1 and rc drifting.
Today i went to my storage unit and got one of my rubbermaid tubbs with my cars and brought it home. I have been inspired by everyones recent posts about TT02 and tc4.
Blah blah blah...
PICS!!!!!!!
my pride and joy, TT01R built on a budget and brought to USA for a drift comp where i lost horribly hahaha
Replica body of my 1:1 s14 silvia. Its all they had until 2 years later yokomo finally released a kouki s14. I bought one right before i left japan, but still havent painted it. Here is the old... i think its an abc body? Wheels are wrong but all my wheels and scale goodies are in another box for later...
And a really terrible s15 silvia body i got for cheap just for a drift comp since i knew it would get thrashed. And it did haha but i had a blast with the guys from groovydrift.com and i did awful but they were good sports about it since i came all the way from japan to the comp in orange county, ca.
The fugliest s15 ever to place 16th lol
So then my wife wanted in. Scored a used associated tc3 from a member on groovydrift. Arrived rtr and i painted a beautiful hpi s15 body in lame flake purple with chrome hpi wheels.
The flake is there but i didnt even dust these off. Will take better pics later in the sun.
And then there is this monster. In a Quinten Terantino-esque flashback jumbled story, this thing was my first rc drift rig. Well, aside from a kyosho mini z but thats another story.
This hpi nitro rs4 came out right before the actual nitro rs4 drift version. I made due with what i had. Locked the diffs with epoxy, same as i did later with the tt01, bought drift tires, broke in the engine and slid like a madman at like 40mph! Super fun but, huge pita like everyone on groovydrift said it would be.
I last ran it in 2008, and didnt use post run to clean it so the engine is gummed and probably completely ruined. Anyway, here it is...
And with the first shell i ever owned, it used to be red like my first 1:1 ae86, but i repainted it... with plastidip! To look like my flat black second 1:1 ae86.
Then i put everything i had into painting this ae86 levin shell.
Its smoked champange with plastidipped bumpers. Tailights are painted with each section colored correctly, also smoked. Its not done yet and hasnt been mounted. I have plans for this guy soon...
I just remembered, painted tailights is kinda my standard. I hate the stickers and the only car that has tailight decals is the black trueno. None have buckets but this levin will get the full treatment. Maybe even removable bumpers with underpanels.
So there you have it. Shinchu. Drifter.
I might tinker with the tt01 and tc3 to update electronics, maybe give the tt01 to my son and try rwd converting the tc3 and tossing a scion frs body on it.
Big plans for the levin. Trying to as scale as possible, even with solid rear axle. I have a tamiya chassis in mind, and might try tossing a rc4wd yota axle under it.
So, where to start?
I think i need to decide on batteries? Maybe 2s for both? Yes. Going to need esc for both, brushless for the tc3 but sticking to brushed for the tt01. Then see what they need from there. Trying to stay cheap, these 2 are just for fun, like in the 1:1 drift lingo, "missile car" means like practice basher.
Thanks for reading! Will update here when i make progress... eventually.
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