Well while I have been waiting for the rest of the parts to arrive so I can start working on a motor, I decided to start working on something I been putting off for 4 years. My coworkers gave me the drive to finally bring out my HPI Nitro RS4 2 out of mothball for a friendly competition amongst coworkers.

Body was shot and I had a extra body laying around I never got to paint.
So I cleaned the frame and body with the help of my son.
Cut up the unpainted body and masked it off.
Painted the body same gray my car is getting painted and
even got it some decent wheels with a more aggressive offset.

Here are the pictures.






Ordered some replacement belts also since they are dry rotted but I should still be able to run it a bit before they go.
I will cut up the post so they don't stand out so much tomorrow

 

I have one that's been sitting around for a few years, did your motor start up right away? I've been wanting to sart it up again

 

I have one that has been sitting for a super long time.

 

nice color.

 

I took off the glo plug and dropped some gas in there to lubricate the motor and crank it a few times and then let it sit overnight.

Thanks Woady

The color is Gunmetal from Tomiya

 

Needs more low!

 

how fast does it go?

 

that is sick... What size motor is in it. My neighbor has a silver porsche rc car with a 3.3 motor in it. does well over 60mph i know that

 

35mph or so says the brochure
The model is a Nitro RS4 2


This one has a 1.5cc this is more than 6yrs old and I haven't ran it in 4yrs.
I might upgrade and give this one to my kids.

Breaking them in slowly so next spring I can pick up a newer one with a bigger motor and 2 speed tranny.

 

My son's Skyline body just finished painting it

You can see the flakes in the paint mostly in this pic



Here are some more





All together at once

 

Nice I have several electric ones that are "tuned up". How old is your son? I have two girls so no passing down all my toys, although my oldest girl 3yrs shows interest in cars so maybe she will be into cars

 

My oldest is 15
Middle one is 10
Little one is 6

All boys

The middle one is the one that will be getting it.

Here are some pics with the stickers and what not.
You can see my little one sleeping in the background







I didn't do such a clean job on the window cutouts but it will do for now

 

im going to be purchasing my first rc car and was going to go electric just to mess around and drift with, but after watching this nitro one ( ), im on the edge about which one to get. although the nitro one would be nice, i think an electric one would be just fine.

 

damn it ~ I don't know if I should be pissed or relieved

I read the topic and expected to see a modified Porsche... a track car or something... I was jealous before the first post opened... then I saw a toy

 

this is not just no toy... this will hit 60mph before you even hit 30mph