Realistic & Retro Machined-Metal Muscle Machine

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The photos of the extraordinary RC rendition of a classic American muscle car you see on these pages came to us from a pretty unlikely place: Malaysia. It is the brainchild of Rengan Krishna Iyer, who embarked on a five-year odyssey to scratch-build an RC car that not only looks but also functions like an authentic muscle car. Chassis layout, driveline orientation, suspension configuration—Rengan discarded traditional RC car conventions to redesign virtually every major structural...

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