This is the building process of a Hong Nor Speed 9.5 with all pro's and con's found.
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Intro
To start, I like to thank two Spanish persons.
Carlos Gomez from Spain one of our major supporters for the past years for the contact with Tecro
Tec and arrangement of the car.
Juan Pedro Martinez the boss of Tecro Tec who's company is distributor of Hong
Nor in Spain for supplying the kit.
You can't wait? OK so lets start.
We all know the cars that Hong Nor has produced
like the Hodr and Ultra series the past decade.
Some of these cars are also distributed under other brandnames like OFNA, YANKEE
and Protech
The cars were to be used only by entry level and club drivers, but as real
hardcore competition cars it looked like they were not suited.
Quality problems of the materials and maybe the believe that Taiwanese products
can be cheap but never good might have been the cause of that.
Without being prejudice about there former cars ( I never build or driven one) we will look at this car as this
is the first time we see and feel it.
The car is announced by Hong Nor with the following text:
The speed 9.5 is our best 1:8
scale model to date.
This model has taken over 12 months in development and testing and will please
the most discerning of drivers.
The speed 9.5 incorporates many features that other makers can only dream about.
We have spared no expense in quality materials we have used in this model to
make it stronger and lighter without sacrificing performance.
Strong words but for the moment we believe them and will see if they are true at the end.
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On the 08-02-2002 we received the car in a big carton. |
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I opened the carton and found a large square carry bag with on top of it some
Taiwanese language leaflets. I put the leaflets beside and opened the zippers of the carry bag. |
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Two big carton boxes inside of it, whow. One box was empty but has all squares inside! This to put in your tyres!! Good idea from HN. |
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The other carton was heavy and when I opened it there were two other cartons
inside. The chassis, antenna tube and all decals were supplied separate in this carton. When you finished the car you can put it in this carton for transport! |
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One carton was carrying the tires, inserts, rims and spoiler. |
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The other carton all the other parts. |
One problem however, I looked everywhere but could not find the MANUAL!!! Oohps
So I contacted Juan Pedro at Tecro Tec and explained him that there was no
manual with the car.
He was surprised as this was the first time this happened and promised to sent me one right
away.
And on 19-02-2002 when the manual arrived we could start finally.
As you know I first read the manual 3 or 4 times
before I start to unpack the parts.
You could try it your self, it really works out in the end.
The manual looks to be crisp and clear and could be a copy of ............... an other
famous
Japanese
manufacturer.
On the first pages all parts, tools and other items needed to get
the car running are mentioned.
One thing they have forgotten to mention is the thread lock you certainly need
to build the car!
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All parts are packed in bags numbered from 1 till
11. One bag has no number but contains the bearings, grease, turnbuckle wrench and hexagon tools. I do not know when writing this review if the bags are corresponding with the building steps and not all bags have to be opened to build certain steps. But we will see what happens. |
