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Castle Hobbies of San Jose, California
Concours
Winner!
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Page | Main Concours Page |
Qualifying | Main Events |
Thanks!
We'll just let the pictures
speak for themselves!
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of the outside of the winning Concours car - be prepared to say "is
this car real or what?" |
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Disk
brakes with calipers! The disks actually rotated with the wheels while
the brake calipers stayed in place! |
Rollbars,
driver figure, did we mention the functional wiper? The wiper actually
had a rubber band that snapped it back into place if you lifted it! |
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only did this car have lights, it had light fixtures that were made
to fit the Altezza body and coated with chrome Monokote (an r/c aircraft
covering) |
The
rear tail lights received the same treatment as the front lights -
three-dimensional light enclosures, but with the added detail of red
reflectors! |
Jack
ball! |
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yellow strip is a full-size touring car detail: when the car comes
in during the required pit stop, the yellow strip is removed so the
officials can see the car has pitted. |
Netting
for the driver, attached to the rollbars on the inner body. The netting
was real cloth, too! |
Custom-molded
vented brake disks and calipers! Can you doubt the qualifications
of this car as the winner now? There wasn't enough time to install
the braided brake lines... |
| A shot
of the inner body and its workings... |
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Our
Z3 inner body was modified to fit the longer interior of the Altezza
body, and tubing was cut and bent to fit. |
A
spy shot of the mechanicals that made the lights and wiper blade work
- we promised that this would be all that we showed! |
| And after
the weekend's racing, this is what the body looked like! |
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According
to the rules of our HPI Challenge Concours, the winning body had to
be run in at least one heat - this body was driven in every
practice and race run! |
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Who is the racer who spent all this time
working on his car? Our own RallySteve (Steve Phemister) from the R/C
Forum! He'd flown down with Rally Forum Moderator DKOV (Scott Kovalik),
who got in the top three with his Yokohama BMW body, and neither car was
completely finished when they were entered in the HPI Challenge Concours.
The man and
his legendary Toyota Altezza body!
For his hard work and all the time spent
on the car, Steve won a new Pro 2 kit and a huge HPI Challenge Concours
winning trophy! Good job, Steve!
Honorable mentions must also go to the finalists
who made our Top Three - Scott Kovalik (DKOV from our R/C Forum) and another
racer who had a very nice Castrol NSX body. The NSX was unavailable for
additional pictures, but here are some pictures of Scott's Yokohama BMW:
Click
here for the qualifying and Main Event pictures and reports!
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