The Official "What is it?" Thread

[prp]

Hi Lonestar,

It's an Hirobo base produced by WESCOM.

Bye PRP.

[Lonestar]

Hi Lonestar,

It's an Hirobo base produced by WESCOM.

Bye PRP.

Salut Pierre

Good job !

incredibly enough, someone on that french forum has identified it before the mystery was solved here.... congrats for figuring this out anyway. This is one I have never seen before, I think I had come across the rally version, but never the offroad one...

Looks very non hirobo indeed, Hirobo was making good, breakthough stuff, whereas this is bulky, high-CG, probably poorly damped, and that steering looks terrible

a+
Paul

[tomolupus]

I,ve had this in my loft for many years, if memory serves I think I traded it for a helicopter.
There doesn,t seem to be any makers name anywhere, only made in Japan on the bottom
middle part of the chassis, wheelbase is very close to the Tamiya 595 porsche
Any idea,s
Ken

I found this little article in a swedish hobby mag, early 80:s.
It was referred to as the latest car from Grip, Retailer or maker I don´t know.
I have googled on Grip but no success.
Maybe someone here knows about the maker?

[Lowgear]

What is it that I just won?


The only thing the auction says that might give any clue is MRP. They don't seem very knowledgeable so they must have gotten that from somewhere. Maybe on the box or paperwork. I can see what looks to be blue underneath the body so it possibly is an MRP product. Some kind of promotional GP-10 maybe?

I've had it on my watch list for the past few days. Bidding was holding steady at $25 until last night it went up to $37. It was still at that this morning with less than five minutes to go so I placed a bid for $40 and ended up winning it. Cost me $51.25 shipped.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290474370931

[scr8p]

it's an mrp car. you can see the blue chassis and front suspension. i don't remember what it's called though.

[Bullfrog]

hi all

i've got this motor, any one got any info on it, by the name i would think it's for a plane, but i reckon it's too heavy and it's the some size as a 1/10 on/off road motor,

cheers Bullfrog

[a01butal]

Air Supply - Aussie soft rock group from the 70's

[Bullfrog]

that's what i got when i Google it

cheers

[GJW]

looks like a ayk to me. i have 2 car motor's with air supply written on the endbells, a wimpy & a tms mod

show us the endbell

[Bullfrog]

here's the end bell

cheers

[Toasted Coastie]

What did this start out as or look like before being cut?

[kaiser]

like this but without all the extra holes:



here's a cool hot trick link:

http://robobugs.solarbotics.net/RC10%20HOT%20TRICK.html

[Coelacanth]

like this but without all the extra holes:



here's a cool hot trick link:

http://robobugs.solarbotics.net/RC10%20HOT%20TRICK.html

I use something similar to that to grate cheese.

[prp]

Hot Trick's Chassis for RC10 ?

[AscotConversion]

hi all

i've got this motor, any one got any info on it, by the name i would think it's for a plane, but i reckon it's too heavy and it's the some size as a 1/10 on/off road motor,

cheers Bullfrog

As it was mentioned, Wimpy and notably, CAM used Air Supply teardowns. I have no idea what happened to them. You must have an early motor, as the ones I have seen are similar to the normal Yokomo/EPIC plastic endbells and metal cans. The sheet with your motor also notes that all the motors are cobalt mags except the "GP", so maybe you have a cobalt motor there?? Drag setup???