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There's a number of Irifune Tamiya RC cards (about twice the size of a postcard) on eBay UK ATM, some are boxart, some are action shots that Tamiya didn't use.

I bought the Wild Willy one, which has a shot of the camo version with silver driver helmet, TBH the back is more interesting - I scanned it & got Google to translate it.

I thought Irifune was meant something like "appertaining to boats or ships", but other than that the translation seems pretty good

 

Countach CS has arrived !!
 

The body is well painted & assembled although does show tell tale signs of it's age. The chassis is very clean, if it has been run then I suspect only indoors. Electrics are far too moedrn to be original but that's no issue, I will replace with period Acoms. I will also replace the motor, it looks like a modern Chinese one to me with the steel can & stamped metal endbell, but I have a nice black plastic Mabuchi that is much more period correct. I'm sorely tempted by a blue plastic RS 540SD Endurance on Ebay, but reluctant to spend another £40 on that. 

 
 

Front tyres of course are cracked & split as expected, although the rears are remarkably good, just a little hardened by age. I'm going to buy some Stock car foam tyres & see how they are for size, although if I do fit them I will try to get new wheels & leave the originals intact as they are nicely painted.

 
 

Fantastic  Jacque. 

stingray-63 wrote:

... First attempt with gloss black is not what expected.... ...
 

Did you get anywhere with fixing this? 

Yes a clear coat fixed it. I puted clear last weekend.

After pre-ordering in February, my first Honda City Turbo finally arrived late last night 🌙 

I love this body.

My very first one, seems the timing has been such that I am behind the door when these are handed out. LOL The body was the draw for me...


Got a nice set of bearings and set of blue aluminum shocks for it, other than that looks quite adequate for a nice little driveway racer...

Heheeeee Jim it arrived. The MN78 .
All lighted and steering lights working. Openable front doors and the rear door. Aloy chassis. I love the Cherokee almost like the wrangler from the same period.