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 12 Dec 2011, 15:57
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 DT  
Group: Members Posts: 5,195 Joined: 15-September 03 From: France Member No.: 2  |
 MRRC-Cheetah Slot Car RTR #27 MC11132 Model with fully detailed body and interior including painted driver figure. Technical specification includes Sebring Series chassis (Inline configuration), Universal guide, SportFix braid, SlimLine 21k motor, ClipFit chassis magnet (can be moved to 2 alternative positions or removed), detailed wheels and authentic rubber tires Now in stock      MRRC-Kellison Slot Car RTR #90 – Silver MC11141 Model with fully detailed body and interior including painted driver figure. Technical specification includes Sebring Series chassis (Inline configuration), Universal guide, SportFix braid, SlimLine 21k motor, ClipFit chassis magnet (can be moved to 2 alternative positions or removed), detailed wheels and authentic rubber tires Now in stock  MRRC-Kellison Slot Car RTR #12 – Orange MC11142 Model with fully detailed body and interior including painted driver figure. Technical specification includes Sebring Series chassis (Inline configuration), Universal guide, SportFix braid, SlimLine 21k motor, ClipFit chassis magnet (can be moved to 2 alternative positions or removed), detailed wheels and authentic rubber tires Now in stock  MRRC-911 Slot Car RTR #4 – Silver MC11081 Model with fully detailed body and interior including painted driver figure. Technical specification includes Sebring Series chassis (Inline configuration), Universal guide, SportFix braid, SlimLine 21k motor, ClipFit chassis magnet (can be moved to 2 alternative positions or removed), detailed wheels and authentic rubber tires. Due for release: January 2012  MRRC-911 Slot Car RTR #35 - White/Black MC11082 Model with fully detailed body and interior including painted driver figure. Technical specification includes Sebring Series chassis (Inline configuration), Universal guide, SportFix braid, SlimLine 21k motor, ClipFit chassis magnet (can be moved to 2 alternative positions or removed), detailed wheels and authentic rubber tires. Due for release: January 2012 
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12 Dec 2011, 16:40
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 Sir Slotalot 
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 2,170 Joined: 16-March 09 Member No.: 11,736 |
I've never seen the second version of the Cheetah before. I quite like it. The original shape is an ugly SOB in my opinion. The Porsche of course looks really well executed.
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12 Dec 2011, 17:57
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Slot God
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 5,475 Joined: 8-January 07 From: Wearside Member No.: 5,809 |
Lovely cars Doug.
I think the silver Cheetah is the pick of the bunch. Cheers Kev. -------------------- " KISS MY JOUEF!"
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12 Dec 2011, 18:09
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Tea Boy Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 23-July 09 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 12,635 |
I thought the orange & silver cars were Kellisons, not a Cheeta
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12 Dec 2011, 18:14
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Top Tuner
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 361 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Seattle, Washington Member No.: 656 |
HI
It is great to see MRRC up and running at full tilt! I am looking forward to future releases for 2012. And they are also coming out with a full range of spares. Cannot ask for anything more!! all my very best, Charles |
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12 Dec 2011, 18:29
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Horlicks Hero Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 17-December 09 From: Knaresborough, UK Member No.: 13,835 |
QUOTE (Doug @ 12 Dec 2011, 17:57)  I really like the look of that. It's simple and elegant. I hope the reviews will be a bit more positive than certain other recent MRRC reviews on here. It'd be a shame if such a downright pleasant looking model really sucked on the track. -------------------- I like to use my track for fundraising events - http://www.slotcartimeattack.com
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12 Dec 2011, 19:17
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 Racer Dude
Group: Members Posts: 270 Joined: 15-January 06 Member No.: 3,475 |
After what seems like a years-long wait (I suppose that's because it has been!) for the Cheetah I'm hating myself for even thinking this but...I'm not sure it's been worth it. Of course photos are nothing like seeing something in the flesh but the finish isn't inspiring me at all. I hope it is just the lighting but the panel lines could be a lot sharper, a little more laquer/sheen/gloss would be appreciated and the headlamp covers look a bit thrown on. Overall this has a toylike quality that I'm disappointed by. I haven't looked for any scale mistakes (I'm not enslaved to scale accuracy so I probably won't anyway) but I'm sure this could have been made to look more like the real thing. I really hoped to be proven wrong when I see one for myself.
Eagerly awaiting to have scorn thrown at me by the bucket load! |
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12 Dec 2011, 19:40
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 Racer Dude
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 248 Joined: 7-February 10 From: Norway,southeast Member No.: 14,476 |
Finaly, they are here. Must have. good looking.
The sebring chassis is ok, the only thing a HATE are the motor with no brakes. When are sombody gonna make a decent ff motor?? Have heard a rumor that Pioner is gonna release a motor? -------------------- I pity those who take authority as the truth, not the truth as authority.Benjamin Franklin
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12 Dec 2011, 21:15
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 Peter Rondel
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 5,439 Joined: 4-May 05 From: @ your screen Member No.: 2,345 |
if I was a kid, I wanted these on my track! this is what slotcars are about. cool ugly and mean looking cars
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12 Dec 2011, 22:03
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 Team Owner 
Group: Moderators Posts: 1,165 Joined: 31-July 04 From: Sedona, AZ Member No.: 1,168 |
Regarding the comment questioning sheen/fit&finish (and I acknowledge you mentioned it's tricky with a photograph, to which I agree), my assessment (based on sitting here looking at my new Porsche 911) is that MRRC has set a new standard in finish that it looks quite realistic instead of that super-shiny acrylic fake toy look.
About the shut lines...comparing a (glossy!) Scalex MGB to the Porsche, clearly the whole approach is different. The Scalex lines are narrow and tight, with virtually no radius at the intersection/transition to flat. The MRRC has wider lines and more of a progressive "roundover" at the transition. I think it's all in the eye of the beholder, both work for me. It's easier to miss the MGB's lines altogether, whereas with the Porsche you tend to notice them in any light. Hope this helps, John |
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12 Dec 2011, 23:49
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 Slot Guru
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 3,422 Joined: 17-September 03 From: Woodstock environs, Oxfordshire, UK Member No.: 10 |
That Cheetah, the 1:1, is a real love-it-or-loath-it Marmite car.
To me, it's the ugliest thing on four wheels. Looking like something a twelve year old obsessed with 70s Hot Wheels drew on the back of a school book. The MRRC model will surely please many, mind. Oh, I like Marmite. -------------------- Establish whether the fault lies with the car, controller, or powerbase input. Or the concept of Digital slot racing....
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16 Dec 2011, 18:57
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 Nobby Berkshire
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This is only a photoshopped picture, it's not what the model actually looks like. C'mon guys, don't react to a superfical 2-dimensional image. It's not the real model!
The real thing looks much better and it represents the 1:1 car pretty well. It's just a pity that Sebring chassis dominates all MRRC production at the moment. It has so much potential, but MRRC have never developed their ideas to reach the potential. The guide only sits 3mm in the slot, the tyres are rock hard and almost no-grip. My chassis snapped after removing the rear axle and popping it back in again, and the gearing is not the right ratio to encourage braking dynamics. Worst of all is that hardly anyone stocks any pinions and axlegears for the offset Sebring chassis. If anything break the whole car is useless. Looks 10/10 Chassis and running gear 5/10 |
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16 Dec 2011, 22:31
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 Sir Slotalot Group: Members Posts: 2,226 Joined: 1-April 04 From: Everett, WA, USA Member No.: 800 |
Shimming the guide is easy and to run a normal crown, you just need to shim the rear of the motor up a mm. And MRRC's slim can seems to be the best of the bunch IMO.
-------------------- Pete
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20 Dec 2011, 21:03
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Racer Dude
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 248 Joined: 7-February 10 From: Norway,southeast Member No.: 14,476 |
Got my Cheetah today. Have to buy one moore to race.
-------------------- I pity those who take authority as the truth, not the truth as authority.Benjamin Franklin
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21 Dec 2011, 03:08
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 Top Tuner
Group: Members Posts: 415 Joined: 26-December 05 From: Ottawa, Canada (Wales originally) Member No.: 3,301 |
Any chance of some photos, or maybe tell us what it runs like?
Cheers, Tom. |
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