vintage meeting in Japan "Ahiru" Aug. 11 2008 new pics added

[Mr. ED]

The "Ahiru" or "Duck" event is pretty well known by the japanese rc'ers and has some years of history already.
You can find a video on you-tube of the event in 2004 even.

Once a year, vintage lovers and scratchbuilders meet to run their creations in a very amical ambience.
And I had the pleasure of seeing the event take place close to my home this year, so subscribed, and here goes the report:

(lots of pics, so multiple posts will follow as I get ready scaling and uploading )

First of the group picture:

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Some remarkable 1/10 cars:

My own special for the event:

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A new addition to the 'wanted' list ; a french Yankee

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Most surprising Cosmo Shooter; woow superb handling and speed

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What would Japan be without its shoguns?

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belt-drive optima wearing its years-old battle scars with pride

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My good buddy Yaji with his exttremely modded super hornet and beautifull super astute

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More here: http://flickr.com/photos/9904645@N07/tags/yaji/

Yaji's combining a kyosho front, tamiya tub and losi rear-end on his mix-and-match super hornet; bottom view

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[Dr. Robotnik]

Excellent pictures as always. Thanks a lot.

[Bormac]

EXCELLENT PICS ERIC!!

[RETRO R/C]

Nice one Eric - some truly sweet rides in that main pic for sure!

People always laugh at me when I say the pegasus series of car from Kyosho were one of the very best beginner cars ever made.......now I am glad others have seen how good they go.

Do they hold the event the same time every year ?

Cheers

Darryn

[Bormac]

Do they hold the event the same time every year ?

Yeah me and the Dazzler want to come over there and race with all you guys!

[SMOKE-DOG]

Nice pics. Waiting for more.

[Mr. ED]

Thanks guys.
I'll put up the link to the organisers site later: there will be an announcement for the next event plenty in time.
The site also has picture-rich reports of the past years and an interesting blog ( which unfortunately babelfish won't translate).
The next series of pics will be some amazing tam-tech conversions, I know; not really rc10talk stuff you think, but oh-so wrong You'll have to wait till tomorrow though: midnight here.

For those who can't wait: there was an M-chassis rally class also: I've posted some action pics in Minimini's mini thread:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6578

[YZ-10]

cool photos

[skunk.werkz]

Japanese guys always know how to throw down in R/C

[Mr. ED]

Forget those mini-T's, RC18T's, vendettas and mini infernos. They may be popular bases for wild mods all over the world, but here in Japan Tam-tech's rule again.

While Tamiya mainly chose to recreate some of its popular old buggy looks, the fans are less loyal.
How do you like these:

T-T Kyosho Ultima:

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T-T Kyosho Optima:

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T-T Kyosho Gallop: with functional 4wds and trailing arms in the rear!

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T-T AYK Viper: trailing arms front and back and functional in-board shocks

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Scoop?
T-T Tamiya Fast Attack Vehicle:

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Even in almost stock form the T-T's are lookers

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with different dress

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[JetTech101]

T-T Kyosho Ultima and Optima.
Are these new reproductions or have they been out for awhile? Whats the story on T-T making Ultimas, I didnt know anything about that. I think I want a couple , I know that much.

[jasen]

how good are the viper and gallop !

[mrlexan]

Very Cool Stuff..... Ingenius ideas. I think the Optima is just a buggy champ body on a TT Hotshot chassis, I believe. Not sure about the rest, but I love it. Thanks for sharing Erik.

[Mr. ED]

folks, all of these specials are custom built models using the T-T's as starting point.
Works of fans with simple tools and lots of ideas.
No way Tamiya would ever make these themselves , except maybe that FAV.

If you want one, you 'll have to build it yourself

Hint: the ultima body uses a frog body: who wants to try this in 1/10?
Optima ; lex got it right: side pods are added for better resemblance.

[mrlexan]

Do you happen to have a side shot of the Ultima? I would like to see the wheels.... they look like they are close to the Kyosho wheels, I know they are custom, but would like to see them better.