Revell RPMZ

[rody]

I was in my local Wal-Mart the other day, and saw an interesting car there. They were Revell RPMZ. Looked like a Nascar body with some hop ups that come with the car. I didn't see the price, but it looked promising. It was roughly the size of the Xmods, maybe a little bigger. Has anyone tried one yet? Curious to see if they're worth it. I may go back and see how much the cost.

[rody]

Went to Walmart at lunch to take a better look at it. They run about $60.00. They come with a faster engine, two sets of tires (slicks and treaded), different springs for the suspension, which is not a bad deal. They're made for Revell by Auldey. I'm not too familiar with that brand, but I remember seeing some cars by Auldey at a hobby shop. Looks to be digital proportional steering with throttle and steering trim buttons similar to the Xmods trim buttons. It requires 12 AA batteries! The Walmart I went to had two models, a GM Monte Carlo, and a Ford (not sure what model). They're supposed to be Nascar licensed, but they don't appear to be any particular racers, just generic Nascar cars.

I was tempted to buy one, but at 60 bucks, it's only 20.00 less than a Micro-T, and 20.00 more than a new Xmods now. I think I'll just work on building up my current Xmods now. But if anyone is thinking about it, it looks like a good deal with the hop ups included. I just don't know about the performance of these things. If anyone can shed a little light, I'd appreciate it.

[arch2b]

i saw these at walmart as well and they look rather cheap if you ask me. i know they are supossed to be licensed cars but the graphics are jsut toyish looking. i would rather spend the extra $30 and get a licensed replica body from kyosho.
the 1:24 scale also does not fit with any of the other small scale rc's i have so they look a bit odd with my other cars.

[rody]

From what I hear though, because they are 1/24, a lot of the Revell models will mount on the chassis fairly easily. So you could could conceivably get some really cool bodies on that chassis. I can't confirm that though.

[tk-768]

I got the Ford Taurus. Revell went back to the old school and took Tamiya's Tamtech 1/24 and converted it to a mini z style chassis. It is a true 1/24 scale racer, but uses alot of the same components used on mini-z's and x-mods. Awesome little car. I've already played around with different motors from my mini z real cool. This car flys right out of the box. Last night figured out that mini z bearings fit most of this car. Mini z performance, X mod price, and you can adapt 1/24 scale model bodies and acceories to it. I'm already playing around with aftermarket model parts I.E. tires and wings. Awesome car especially for the price. You wont be dissapointed.

[tk-768]

It also looks great sitting on the shelf with all of my die-cast cars, such as Jada and Action. I experimented with a die cast body "1 Badd Mustang" a little to heavy but still faster than most store bought r/c's.