February 2003

Week Three

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Racer's Gallery index

How the HPI Racer Gallery contest works: Each week, we will update the Racer Gallery with our most recent submissions, in the order we receive them. We will choose one submission each week (which can consist of multiple pictures of multiple cars) to be our Pick of the Week. You may enter the contest as many times as you wish (using different pictures and cars), however you may be Pick of the Week only once per year.

At the end of each month we will choose from the Pick of the Week our Pick of the Month. At the end of the year, we will choose from our Picks of the Month the Racer Gallery Pick of the Year! The owner of our Racer Gallery Pick of the Year will receive a free HPI kit for their efforts! Pick of the Year winners will be contacted by email. To be eligible for the 2003 Pick of the Year we must have your entry by December 1, 2003.

Please note that although your Racer Gallery submissions may not appear in the Racer Gallery immediately, be prepared to wait 2-4 weeks, depending on the amount of entries we receive. For hints and suggestions on how to make your car or truck look its best, see our R/C Photography Tips!

 

HI,

My name is Miguel Díaz from Caracas Venezuela and this is my first RC truck. Since I saw the first announcement of savage 21 I knew that I had to buy it, and I was not mistaken. I have not handled any another model but I think that it will be dificult to improve this incredible truck.

It was a great pleasure to take photos of this incredible machine.

Thanks, Miguel

 

Here are some pictures of my micro RS4 and RS4 pro. They are both heavily upgraded with aluminium and titanium parts. Continue your great work and keep the upgrades coming! Never had more fun than racing against my brother in the driveway thanks to the micro RS4.

Francis Nault
Longueuil
Canada

 

HPI,

It has been ten years since I have built an R/C car, and this is my first nitro! My hat is off to you guys for creating a great truck. The instructions were great and it has been a true joy to build and drive this truck! I'm hooked on R/C again and HPI will be my kit of choice in the future. Hope you like the pictures! Cheers,

Douglas Claybourn

Vancouver, WA

 


 

Its snow time and the savage has to get air , this truck absolutely ROCKS and flies….


Best regards,
Oleg Zakharenkov, Kiev, Ukraine

 

 

Here is my HPI RS4 Racer 2
Major mods include my:
Novarosi RS12-T Turbo Motor
The car really rips!

Luke

 


you will find some pics of my RS4 Rally.
The Impreza has always been one of my favorite cars. For the fourth year my friends and I are organising a series of contests for the rallycars. If you want to keep in touch with the series have a look on:

http://www.rcrallycup.com

Maybe it's a cool site for HPI's link section. The races are backed by the Dutch HPI dealer: Merit Racing and Tamiya.

The other pictures are from the BMW GTR. We raced that body on a combined chassis of my Pro 2 and Rally.
This car was entered in the legendary HFCC 4hour race in wich it got second.

Futhermore I got an other site for the link section: http://www.dmrcp.com This is a site wich features everything my friends and I like about motorsport. RC, trackdays, motorshows, cartests and soon the 24 hour races from the Nurburgring, Le Mans and Franchorchamps.

With kind regards,

Mathieu van den Oever

Zoetermeer, Holland

 


Hello,

Here are a few pictures of my micro RS4 with the CLK body. The car is stock.
The micro is a very nice car !

Frederik
Quebec, Canada.

This is a custom body i painted. It is on a Pro 3, which is an AWESOME car, thank you so much for the quality products you make. The car is stock because of the specific races i participate in at the local track. If you're wondering, yes, that tiger is real, it happens that my brother is a lion tamer, and he allowed me to take the picture in his cage. It took me about 2 weeks to completely finish and fix up, but well worth the outcome. Thanks again HPI!

David Kalikhman


My Name is Mike T. from Chicago,
And This is my "Show Civic" entry
for the Racers Gallery.

2000 "BLITZ" Honda Civic:
*Pactra Bright Red & Indy Silver Paint
*All Hand Cut vinyl logos and striping
*Custom Made Rear Wing & Exhaust

HPI Pro2 chassis
MultiRate Springs F/R
ProLine Wheels / HPI Tires
P2k-2 stock motor
2-Speed Tranny
Graphite Diff Hubs
Hitec Micro Reciever
Novak Dually ESC
JR Racing XR2 Computer Radio
Sayno 1700-2400 Cells

Thanks!

 


From Ivan

Hello HPI.
My name is Billy Cao.
I live in Milpitas California
I purchased a micro rs4 a year ago and i bought your porsche body.

Hi. I'm David from Patterson, Louisiana. This is my first body that i ever painted. It has a clear spoiler and windows with a Pearl Grape paint job. Please place this ride on your site. Thanks again. P.S.



Hello

Here are some more pictures from me. It shows my RS4 Micro “Tomb Raider Edition”

Mit freundlichen Grüssen / kind regards

Rene Habrik
Muellheim
Switzerland


 


HI HPI
This is my loaded HPI Pro 2 that I will be running at this years 2003 SNOWBIRDS Race in Orlando Florida. I will be running in the 4wd oval class.. Wish me Luck!!!

See Ya
Greg Blankenship
Beaver, WV


My name is Tim and this is my HPI Micro RS4 with my racing Corvette body. I wanted something simple but bright so I could see it at my local track. Its got a homemade custom wing. Its done with an airbrush if you wanted to know. Well I hope that you all enjoy. THX
TIM (No Limits)
Colorado


First off, I would like to say that HPI bodies and R/C's are awsome. I own a HPI Nitro MT, but I don't have any pictures to submit of it yet. The pictures that I'm submitting are of my Traxxas 4-Tec 4wd car with an HPI Honda Civic Si body. As you will see, some of the pictures, the body posts were not drilled yet, I just didn't have the heart to put anything through the body. The body was painted with Pactra True Blue Pearl and backed with Pactra Indy Silver. The wheels are from a Traxxas Nitro 4-Tec.


Sincerely,

Russell Lovrin
Little Falls, NY



Hi Guys,

Thanks for getting me back into the hobby with your HPI Challenges. We really need some tracks in North Jersey.

It all started with one Rs4-SS... then I built one for my brother... then one for his friend. You know how it goes. Hpi has the most realistic bodies that are easy to detail with the beautiful stickers and convenient window maskings. I am also a big fan of the anodized aluminum; without the color I feel as if I am back in days of Kyosho (yuk). I bought the SS also because I like building kits and I couldn't wait to get my hands on that 2 speed transmission. Next thing you know I have a Racer MT and RS4-2 (wanted to build something with belts for fun) and finally my prize Proceed.

I hope you like my photos as much as I do.

-Jonathan L. Karp
Summit, NJ


Hi to all at HPI,
Here are a few photos of my PRO 2 with a 190mm SUBARU WRX shell.
It is painted with TVR flip paint,which are made just around the corner of my house in BLACKPOOL.

Thanks for showing my photos,

MARTIN JONES
BLACKPOOL,
LANCS,
U.K

Here's some pictures of my Nitro and Super Nitro RS4's. Both powered by HPI
Pro Nitro Star .12's Both rides are all aluminum with 2 speeds and tuned pipes.
Jeff Steigerwald
Upstate New York

Well heres my savage, its my second truck from HPI my first was the MT. As you can see Ive changed the body and it also now has a cvec exhaust (not in
pic). It has been a blast in the snow and as you can see my daughter likes it to. Thanks HPI.

Eric Aboshar
Salem, NH


Hi!

Here are some pics of - in my opinion- one of the greatest bodies ever: the HPI Ford Mondeo! I painted it with LRP Metallic Red/LRP Silver and the silver painted HPI BBS wheels gives the body a realistic and very fine look. The chassis is a full optioned HPI RS4 Pro3.

So long,
Christian Lauer
Germany
Team Psycho Racing


Hi,this is my HPI PRO 3 car with the Nissan Skyline GT/R bodie painted in mettalic bleu with Mesh weels(super- size).the parts are:a new aluminium spur gear hub set;aluminium rear brace 2 mm;heatsink motor plate;aluminium MIP CVDs. i hope you enjoy the pictures.

Bart 14
Arendonk
Belgium



Here are a couple of pictures of my rs4 rally with the suzuki escudo body. the body has some cool lights on it! they appera dim in the pic but they are really very bright! It also has a d3.5 12 turn motor and an atom esc.this car rips!The whole you think you see in the front actually has some window screen over it to make a realistic grill effect.

Chris Layton

 


Unfortunately there is snow every where and i cannot race or jump, but here are some photos from last year.The ramps are 5' high x 16' long and the transition is pretty steep. i am transfering across the middle grind box to the flat bank & i am pretty much going full throttle due to the tight tranny. the length of the ramp to ramp is ~16' long. Oh Ya. this is my first hpi mt and it is a RTR & i just got the saleen SS.keep up the good workand designs, Peace!

 


My name is Marcello and I live in New York. I just picked up a RS4-3 Type SS and painted two hot bodies. I did a few light mechanical upgrades but I love to work on new bodies and styles.

When I became interested in rc cars, my girlfriend complained that I spent too much time with them and not enough with her. Then she decided to start helping me with them.... So she came up with a design and hand-painted the body.Here is the result. Whatdya think?
Chris in Madison, Tn.

 


This is some photos of my Nitro MT ;)

My name Is Etienne Chenard and i'm From Saint Eustache, Quebec (canada of course)



The Saleen is a Nitro RS4 and has every mod to make it go faster and pretty much everything in it is aluminized purple except a few of them which i am getting to it.


Paul Swanson
Staten Island, NYC, USA


Hi my name is Joe Kearns from Perth Western Australia.
This is my first Nitro R/C that i have built from scratch.
Its all stock Nitro MT Racer kit. My engine is a Novarossi CX12.


Hello. My name is Martin and I am submitting on behalf of my friend Gil Than. He designed these HPI bodies to be similar to actual Touring Cars; hence the large amount of sponsor decals. The cars are a Dodge Stratus and a Peugeot 406 Coupe. Both bodies are placed on a Tamiya chassis.

 


HI HPI and enthusiasts!

I'm using the PRO 3 chassis, with a PEAK-Racing 17turn stock motor and a tomahawk speed controler.I normaly race against my freinds in the street .Its my first attempt on spraying a R/C body, hope you enjoy it!
My name is Marco Marziani , age 17 and I'm from cape town, SOUTH AFRICA.

 


PICS OF MY GREEN SLIVERADO SLAMMED OM WIRES IM FROM DOTHAN AL MY NAME IS MARIO

Hi there! This is my HPI Nitro MT Racer. I put a Picco 0.15 engine on it.
This car really flies! Thanks HPI!

Greets
Jan from Belgium


Here is my HPI NMT. This thing is a beast, goes anywhere! Its my favorite because it can take much more abuse than my other HPIs (RS4, Sport 2, F1). This car was featured in the June 2001 issue of "Radio Control Car Action" magazine; page 48. All painting was done using only spray cans, I do not have an airbrush or anything like that. Thanks

Jesse Brotje
Tallmadge, Oh


Hi everybody,my name is Andrey,i'm from Rivne,Ukraine(former USSR-if you didn't know:))i'm a rally car driver,my car is '96 Ford Escort Cosworth 4x4,2.0 turbo,215-220 hp,and this is the pictures of my toy,this is the rally version of Peugeot 206,Nitro HPI RTR3 , this car handles like a real rally car,it has 2 speed tranny,15 fe engine,and it is fast:)I race it everywhere,even on a real rally track before racing,and now i'm visiting my father in San Francisco,CA and i brought my car with me,because i heard i can race it here in San Jose.Thank you that HPI exists and making great products.Bless you.

N.Arts Rally.Rivne.Ukraine.

Andrey Dotsenko.



You will see these in the up coming hpi challenge race in texes. I have been racing HPI car's now for 4yrs and I Love Them. I race at many HPI challenge races including the world finals in Japan. I have a pro2, ralley, micro, rs4 racer2 (x2), rtr3 (2), and a super rs4. I race now with my 5 yr old son, Ivan.

timm wooley
west palm beach, fl


Hi hpi!

here are pics of my Rs4 pro! Yes i kno its ancient but its tough! It's an
acura RSX body. it has a custom wing mount i made for it, and hpi belted X
pattern tires with HPI chrome 26mm 3mm off set Y spoke rims. it has a p2k
pro motor a stock esc of soem sort, with sanyo 3000 nimh HV.

I live in Vancouver BC Canada
Veasna Toch
thanks


Hi my name is Andre:
Newburgh, NY
I am submitting my pictures of an Eclipse with custom projection lights,
wheels, shocks, and more...


My name is Willie Colon and i live in Lowell, Massachusetts and i just
wanted to send you some pics of my HPI RS4 3 cars.. They both were done by
me....Thanks for the support and hopefully they make it to the gallery... Thanks Willie

 


Salut!!

Je vous envoie la photo de ma voiture HPI avec pour carosserie, la 206 WRC!!!

espérant rentrer dans la galerie de votre site, je vous fais un grand coucou de france!!

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Hello!! I send to you the photograph of my HPI car with body, the 206 WRC!!!



THIS IS MY RS4 RTR

I HAVE UPGRADE EVERYTHING I HOPE YOU LIKE IT

Hi

Here are some pictures of my Pro 3 with Mercedes dtm body

I`ve used paintmasks by XXX main.

Frans Jansen

Netherlands


John's HPI Racer 2
Northern VA
First got involved with HPI for a school project and then turned into a hobby. This is my first Nitro.

Thanks,
John

 


For these bodies I chose the Honda Spoon Sports Theme mainly seen in Japan. Both the Honda Civic Hatchback and the Honda S2000 features HPI LED kits. It was a long process to complete these cars and boat because the decals are hand cut. I'm too poor to afford a sticker machine. I would like to thank my girlfriend for doing the masking and the decals for me. SHES AWESOME! Hope you guys enjoy!

Cuong Pham - Portland, OR USA


Here’s some shots of my Micro RS4 Porsche; simple, yet very effective. We plan to use this as a “team paint scheme” (with different colored stripes) for an upcoming team event.

Mark Gollihur / “SixAndEightStringer”
Southern NJ

SixFootTiger Race Team



My name is Mike from Va Beach. This is my HPI Savage. Most of the truck is stock, however I have upgraded the engine to a RB .21 S7. Now this truck is so bad that it will actually flip onto it's back. It's gone up against some good trucks like the new T-MAXX and the Thunder Tiger and has just blown them away. This is a great smash-mouth monster truck.

The photograph I have included this time is also from team DMRCP. It's a Subaru Impreza in CastrolRacing spec. This body has been made by Mik Hoogwerf who lives in Rotterdam, Holland and it can also be seen on http://www.dmrcp.com

Holland


I hope you enjoy these!

Mark Anzalone, Malden, Massachusetts



My name is chris cook, this is my R2 has most of the upgrades, 2 speed, one way heavy duty out drives, belt tensioners, powered by OS TR-12.

The truck is stock the first generation RS4

Racing area Dallas, TX


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February 2003

Week Three

go to: week 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Racer's Gallery index