Tamiya Aero Avante (Giant Mini 4WD Project) 2015

[tankuroded]

(I don't know if I title this right, especially for the title...)

Starting out as a Mini 4WD car (popular in Asia and popularized by various manga and anime, such as Dash! Yonkuro and Let's and Go!!) in Tamiya's then-new Mini 4WD REV line, the Aero Avante (which also had a RC equivalent, although the Mini 4WD version unusually came out first) was selected for Tamiya's Giant Mini 4WD Project - the attempt to make a 1/1 (full size), drivable replica. The car was developed from a buggy chassis, and was displayed in MEGA WEB center in Odaiba, Tokyo - it will be shown in 2015 Tamiya Fair on November 21-22, 2015, in Shizuoka, Japan.

This was not Tamiya's first 1/1 scale replica of a Mini 4WD car - Tamiya earlier also made a 1/1 replica of Gun Bluster XTO to promote the movie of Let's and Go!! WGP.

Specifications:
Length: 4650mm
Width: 2800mm
Height: 1440mm
Engine: 1.6L horizontally opposed four-cylinder OHV (power/torque ratings not available)
Transmission: 4-speed manual

Website: http://tamiya-sp.com/

 

[JKgo]

... I want this. Really, really waaaaaaannnnnttt it!!



Ahem, let me compose myself here.

Ah, that's better.

 

[tankuroded]

One year later, it lives, racing against Tyrrell 019!

 

[Taegon Lewis]

Now, if only we had a remote control for this specific car...