Following on from Panza's post I thought I would take a quick piccie of my cabinet in the front room, form top to bottom we have Hornet, Sand Scorcher, Wild willy (yeah seriously) and Super Champ, I have about 8 more old tamiya's but there in various states of rebuild, none of em work except the SS but there just pure nostalgia for me
Enjoy
and yeah they are lethal money now, well the good ones are anyway
Cheers Glyn
Nice one - I started off with a Tamiya Falcon
My brother rebuilt it last year using bits from e-bay - I'll have to get him to send me some pics !
I briefly got into racing rc cars with a british built heavy weight I had. The absolute ultimate car to have then was... (the name escapes me) but it was 4x4 and 4 wheel sterring and used to get a handicap cause it was that good. Any ideas what it was called...? The box showed a green car I think.
was that 4ws car a kyosho....er the one before the first optima.
Duplex the old skool Tamiya number 1 was the Click here for a bit of nostalgia
I used to run the TA01 chassis I think. It was the Escort Cosworth. I spent a mint on that.
Todd, your right it was a kyosho car. very high build quality compared to my Mardave Apache.
Nice 1 m8I used to have a hornet and my m8 had a super champ with the metal chassis, he couldn't get spares for it back then so imagine the price it would go for complete on Ebay!
kyosho was the best make back then, when the optima came out it thrashed all hotshots and supershots, then the optima mid did the same a couple of years later. Shumacher cat was the next beast but still didnt have the quality of kyosho.
cheers For the comments peeps, I have an optima turbo waiting to be done, an also an original team associated RC 10 (gold tub) which was THE car to have when I was about 12I prefer the old tamiya stuff though, the ones in the cabinet have all been rebuilt the ss is as new apart from i still need to get round to doing the original blue/white colour scheme and putting on the original decals (I have a full brand new old stock set) then I just need to do my rough rider and ford ranger to keep the ss company, this is as well as my full size mexico, supersport and RD 350 LC projects
Cheers Glyn
I used to have a Tamiya Holiday Buggy way back-pure class. Wild Willy wheelies
I started of with a Baja Bug
MogsMex, you legend! I thought I was the only one who had a Tamiya Rough Rider. Geez, I bought that in the early 80's! Heavy bugger though! All I had to replace was the front suspension and tyres. I'm hoping to do a full resto soon, just got to find a willing fitter and turner to make some stuff for it. I also have an Associated RC12e, just try to find parts for either of these two today!
CheeRS.
Quality!
I used to have a Frog, Super sabre, Lancia Rally car of some sort, Boomerang, and probably a couple of others I can't remember. Those were the days!!!
I used to have a frog too...man that thing was rapid
I recognise the Puma gear knob in front of the Sand Scorcher
yeah - the frog was good, but my boomerang had some superfly red demon motor in it... disconnected the front gearbox & driveshafts and had hours of fun!!!!
Why oh why did Beatties in Croydon haev to close down?
Yeah, I got it off some dodgy geezer down the pubI recognise the Puma gear knob in front of the Sand Scorcher
Cheers Glyn
Tell me about it!!! That place was like heavenWhy oh why did Beatties in Croydon haev to close down?much as i like the hmv thats now there as i buy most of my vinyl there...id still have beaties back! You ever been up to spec racing in shirley but the PTA garage??? Thats a decent shop...but a bit pricey so i remember!
spec racing? no mate - never heard of them... might take a drive up there this weekedn, time allowing!
HMV can bite me - Virgin all the way!!!
Mark if you do its addiscombe side of the PTA garage near the shirley library, towards the crown, and its got a black shop front which says "budget trophies" and then under says "s.p.e.c. racing" you should spot it a mile off tho lol
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