TonTon Land, vintage meeting (Japan 27 april 2008)

[Mr. ED]

Let the pictures talk:

1. Aku, or Kustomizerz with his first-prize heavily modded scorcher

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2. Tanaka-sensei form time-tunnel inspecting Aku's big-wheeler, with 2 of his own buggies in the front

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3. Lots of different cars and styles

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4. from very classic tamiyas

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5. to very original designs, TonTon Land is open to everyone wanting to join in the fun

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6. Theme of this forum, well-dressed

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7. Wow. cool chaindrive

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8. and here 's what the chain runs through

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9. another chain-drive, aku's yokomo and son in the back

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Have to pass the keyboard to my misses. More pics later.

[mrlexan]

Great stuff Erik! Now we know what Tak looks like.

[Mr. ED]

back with more pics:

10. Aku likes his stuff a bit, or a lot different

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11. under the bolink shell hides a Mip chaindrive rc10 with traoiling arms, graphite chassis and saddle-pack configuration

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12. Yes, you CAN drive an AYK

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13. anodizing service for a gold-edition Ultima

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14. First one I 've ever seen in real life, and a runner as well

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15. Inspired by the black and white pics? There were 2 of these with this lay-out.

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16. 4 brats in 1 event (if you count the subaru also). Popular? Not really: 3 of them were from the same owner. This one looked the best to me.

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17. 1 of the 3 cars I got dirty

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[bearrickster]

In picture number 5 is that a 4WD grasshopper???

[MOmo]

:jawdrop:

WOW! Those look amazing!



MOmo

[mrlexan]

Different is good.

[Dr. Robotnik]

So, so cool.

[terry.sc]

In picture number 5 is that a 4WD grasshopper???

Yep, TA01 gearboxes and looks like TA04 suspension arms. If you like that you'll love this http://pmmc.hp.infoseek.co.jp/frog/frog2.html

Great to see these car being run properly, and love the updates on them. I guess the Gallop isn't running the one ways then. Chrome wheels seem to be very popular

[carloco8]

I love that there are always so many pics to document the vintage r/c events in japan. Also looks like one better not show up without a highly detailed body. Concourse runners are sexy.

[Bormac]

Japan is the pinnacle of vintage racers for sure. They look so damn sexy!

[a01butal]

Wow! What an assortment of strange and wonderful machines. In pic 10 and 11 the RC10 is an amazing piece and I wonder if he dreamed that up himself or was that some design that was in existence in the early 90's. I see it has a MIP 4wd system but what is the front shock treatment. Is that an aftermarket part that was available back then? Great pics of this vintage event, truly amazing.

[Mr. ED]

To start with the last question: Aku said the laid-down shock was just for 'surprise'. It is home-made and refers somewhat of his favourite chaindrive yok's.

the frog in terry's link and the TA01 grashopper (hornet actually?) are no stand-alone examples. Those re-re's are a cheapish base for many conversions. There was a hornet with belt 4wd from the same owner also.

I don't know if the chrome wheels are really so popular it's just a matter of what was left in stock at the hobby-shops.
Another favorite are the tamiya wheels of ... gravelhound ? not sure. The main reason for using these is the newer wheels have smaller offsets.

Glad you guys enjoy the pics, sorry there's not more action pics: I was tooling on- and running my own cars

[mrlexan]

Erik, Something that I have always wondered..... just at there are a lot of AE and Losi parts on the shelves of the LHSs in the US, is the situation the same in Japan with Kyosho and Tamiya products? I assuming so due to the number of vintage cars being actively run over there.

[Mr. ED]

Jay, there are many parts on the shelves, but never the ones you need.
The shop I usually go to is part of a chian and they have a section with old and 2nd hand parts. But these parts are for so many different cars, going from real vintage to just yesterdays model touringcar.
I still have to see the first scorpion parts on a shelf here , but you see so many at the events.

My best guess is that a lot of what you see in the meetings comes through the yahoo auctions site.

[adam lancia]

Could someone be kind enough to clue me into what car is in picture #14? Thanks!