Wanted to do this for a while, this is the Tamiya XR311 also known as the GI Hot Rod. This was an experimental fast attack prototype that was the beginning of the range of Airportable recon vehicles such as the FAV ( Fast Attack vehicle, Light strike and eventually the Humvee) Interestingly Lamborgini tried to muscle into the act and copied the chassis and called it the Cheetah, only to fail in the contact bid and get their arses sued by the designer of the XR311 in the process.
This is what it should end up looking like...
Anyway this is a 70's original with really odd and very unreliable torsion bar suspension which always snapped. Sadly that wasnt the only thing, the whole body was snapped in two when I got it so out come the platicard....cue A team music!
Updates to follow.
