The decision making process

A good friend of mine has a Caterham R300 which I've driven plenty of times and thoroughly enjoyed driving... Whilst being a little undecided on the looks of a Caterham, I was always keen to get an occasional use car of some sort.  I'd always been keen on the KTM X-Bow, and the Lotus 2-11 as they have more futuristic / up to date in looks than a Caterham, but as much as I searched I struggled to find anything that has been review or received as well by motoring journalists as a Caterham.

Remembering that the winter last year (2013) was a fairly quiet time especially after Christmas I thought about building a remote control car.  I've built quite a few, my favourite being an HPI Baja 5B SS, loved building something sizeable and I really enjoyed putting it all together...


Hpi Baja 5B SS Kit

Hpi Baja 5B SS in use

Having said that, I couldn't find anything of interest that had the large enough scale to satisfy my needs of building something massive...  So... To cut a long story short, back in September (2013) and after a few beers down the pub my arm got twisted into agreeing that I really should build a kit car...