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Thanks for that hedge. I can see it will get addictive and I've already got a 2nd hand Schumacher Mission with spare parts for cheap off Ebay. I'll smack the TT01 around a bit first before letting rip with anything else. bakaguyjean to view the offending item please look in my TC Photos album here - http://www.tcphotos.com/showroom_model.asp...cid=1091&t= Cheers Chris

I made no other changes other than a tyre change, but it made all the difference. After the pinion fiasco I set it back to how it was in the begining. A number of guys there had said theres not much point in having a fast car if it's off on every bend. It's like the 1:1 car world, if it handles good to start with then theres something to build on - Trouble was mine did neither to start ! I will get some photos up over the weekend.

There were parts i'd never seen or heard before. One which was getting alot of attention were Lipo Batteries? The only Lipo I new of was Lipo-Suction!! I learned loads in 4 hours and what really became apparent was people WILL come over and help and chat. I think overall I initiated 2 maybe 3 conversations but the rest were people approaching me. The feeling I got was that everyone wanted to be a mentor. Everyone has to start somewhere so when a newbie walks in the last person before me is now no longer a newbie and all of a sudden they have knowledge I haven't so they relish the chance to come and tell you a few tips. They get a boost and a sense of pride for passing on info your morale goes up and you get the much needed advice - it's a win, win.

Hi Tim, If I was I'd gladly meet up. Trust me you will have a laugh. Judging by most of the conversations the majority started up when they were over 30 coming from our era of pre-playstation 'get out there and have some RC fun'. The younger ones seemed to have relatives there also who were enjoying it and I can't belive that I've left it so long. No need to worry about what you have as there were guys with every part imaginable, then there were guys with carrier bags and a biscuit tins full of parts. I hoped that by putting this up showing my nerves and sharing the fun would get others into it so I hope you do. My wife's had her ear bent this last two days about it.... though I haven't told her about my Ebay purchases ready for next week!! Yahoo, it feels like the summer of '87 all over again. All the best Chris

Hi Guys, I hope by posting this others will follow and go and enjoy their cars if you have otherwise been shy about going to a club night. At the tender age of 33 I have been thrashing about with RC Cars for over 20 years in the street, on the beach, down the woods, anywhere really. As nobody else I know is into them I've always been shy at going to a club no knowing what to expect. Last week I did a recce. Got there early whilst they were setting up so I could talk in a less pressurised environment, got to know the basics, lingo etc., etc. then decided this week I would go....... What a baptism of fire! I prepped the best car I could out of various cars and built a new TT01 with hop-ups galore, all by Yeah Racing which is the biggest pile of pants I have ever bought (see below). I know it isn't the best chassis even before I went there, confirmed later!, but I'd rather smack that car around to see if I enjoy it before I start spending. So how did it go? Firstly on setting up I was welcomed by the previous weeks nice approachable gents who were my age ranging to mid 40's and promptly they set a table up next to them to help me through the night - a real welcoming touch which made all the difference. By the end of the night everyone had spoken and laughed along with me at some point. The younger lads opposite me duly began to unload what looked like a million pounds worth of gear and set up tyre warmers!!! 'What the heck'!! This was serious. I duly went with my new comrade to sign in as a newbie when my first laugh of the night came. My biggest worry was frequencies and over this last week bought a budget lot of 27mhz crystals. Rather pleased with myself I asked "what frequency will I be racing on?" to which I got a raised eyebrow "Frequency...What have you got?" said the guy signing drivers on. 'huh' I thought, now sporting a rather smug face "I have them all". "Use whatever mate, nobody uses them anymore".... Through my slowly filling red face I felt a laugh brewing inside me as it turns out you all use some flash piece of kit that scans for unused frequencies now. As kids we all got our heads together and bought different crystals as they seemed like gold dust back in 1987! Learning curve number 1. Heat 1 - After mounting the transponder I was set for my first race. To say the car sounded like an angle grinder was an understatement, as I saw everyone's head pop up from behind their cars they were eagerly preparing for their heats. A tyre flew past a marshall at a 100mph when I realised I hadn't glued them! - learning curve number 2. After 2 minutes, the time taken for the marshall to kindly put it's shoes back on, I then realised the use of this tyre carpet gripper solution I saw everyone using at the start of the night. I thought again this was a gimmick for the serious RC boys. NO - my car was now acting like a drift car - learning curve number 3. With me gaining some sort of control I eventually and inevitably hammered it into the track edging a bent every piece of alloy upgrade on it. Being a relatively low impact I now think that Yeah Racing parts are rubbish as it was nothing more than a glance in the same direction, hardly a frontal or sideways impact. They seem as useless as cardboard and quickly finished my opening race. Heat 2 - Following the first outing and the rather large screaming noise of the TT01 fighting for grip I eagerly began doing my first bit of pit work by changing the pinion, thinking I had mounted the motor to the wrong mount for the gearing making it all too tight. A quick check and everything seemed to move OK and sounded much quieter. My next turn comes around. I place my car down, turned it all on and give it full throttle. 'Yeah that sounds much quieter' I think looking ahead of me expecting to see my Mondeo BTCC rep shell scooting up the floor in front of me? 'Mmmmm' ... I look down and see she's still sat there with the motor merrily buzzing away at top pelt!. The pinon was now not touching the spur at all and going anywhere - LOL! Head now sinking well and truly into my shoulders I sheepishly walked past race control, now looking around me to see if anyone has spotted me, telling them I'd sit this one out. Learning curve number 4. Heat 3 - After many laughs between heat 2 & 3, some guys had now donated a set of wheels and tyres they no longer needed, exchanged light hearted banter and gave me invaluable tips. Still sounding like a bag of nails the car managed to finish a race! Yes I finished! The other racers in my heat were all driving like pro's and were inch perfect having a cracking race but laughing uncontrollably. This I don't know if it was because of me being a moving obstacle, or that they were bumpin' and grindin' with each other all the way round. They apologized every time they hit me but as I thought it made my car go twice as fast, as their super fandango'd brushless systems walloped the car from behind, I began laughing madly with them. 'It was 50points to those who clipped the Touring Car Replica now!' Although the race was much better and I can at least steer the car correctly it still struggled for grip! I finished that was the main thing. Heat 4 - During the pit session that preceded this race I was offered some of this tyre gripper stuff and WOW what a difference. It now steered everywhere I wanted it to go and went like the clappers... for about minute. In my excitement of finishing and making new friends I'd not changed the battery over - Learning curve number 5. After another clip of the barrier, and it was a clip as it was going practically 5mph, it now broke the lower wishbone! Yeah Racing - Yeah Right! Then came the biggest laugh of the night for me. As it was now going 3mph with a wheel tucked up well and truly in the arch the bodyshell was catching the carpet making the car judder and shake it's way round. For those that have seen Disney Pixars 'Cars' when Mack the truck keeps falling asleep then waking himself up - that's exactly what it looked like. I had visions of me and my son at home laughing out loud to it. That summed the night up really. A massive learning curve and a massive laugh. OK there were serious guys with expensive kit who were brilliant yet all made me welcome with my box of bits. Nobody laughed AT me but plenty laughed WITH me and it was great. Free parts, free advice and now I'm able to go and enjoy this with like minded individuals, something I've never shared any of my hobbies of Cars, Motorbikes, Mountain Bikes and RC's with. Don't be shy go and have some fun you'll love it! Chris

Hi guys, Some of you may not know and it may have already been talked about but have you seen the new Lancia Delta Considering the state-of-the-art previous models and history, pedigree etc., etc., this is one ugly mother! Chris

I'm with you all the way on this one Brother!! Although Kyosho did the RS500 it was a bit squat looking and not upto Tamiya's scaling. A 4x4 Sapphire in Q8 livery would be nice too.... oh to dream

The 300dpi's will be great thanks. I'll PM you my email so i can get cracking on them. All the best

Hi WillyChang, I will vector them in Illustrator and gladly let you have a copy if I could have some high res scans. It will take a week or two but be worth the wait. Thanks for the response

Hi guys Can anyone supply a high-res image(s) of the Lancia Integrale decals please. I have got a 1/8th shell for my nitro car and want to replicate this livery. Any help would be gratefully received.

I know how you feel. It's funny how when your into your, ahem 30's, you can make a little Chrstmas for yourself everyday. I mean, I know I've just paid for a NIB bodyset, I know it's coming, but when I get a phone call off the wife to say a parcel has arrived you can't help but tip the scales and boot it home! You know it's the bodyset, as it's the only thing you've bought recently, but you can't wait to get the box open and start building, playing, mucking about. For a none smoker and a virtually none drinker, can't help a glass or three of Port now and again!, Theses little pleasures in life aren't that expensive. Enjoy your Bruiser.

Nice one Ryanbored I was only searching for these yesterday.

Seems I'm not alone with the solitarty RC bashing. A- None of my mates are into them and seems like they have grown up! (we're all 32 years old +!! LOL) B- I have brought cheap and cheerful ones in the past for my Nephew to get into and funnily enough I saw it strapped to the roof of his Mum's boyfriends off-roader at the weekend when they went to an off-road club. Sort of a mini-me strapped to the roof rack C- The last (big) Kid to ask for a go was my Father-In-Law about a month ago on Conway Beach (Awesome flat bashers paradise with basic dunes but a little gem thats always empty!!!!) where he got control of my Kyosho Inferno. 3 tanks of fuel later I still hadn't had a go and there was no fuel left ! Didn't even get a go !! D- The only group of kids to ask for a go was a few years back and after the usual questions like the ones already mentioned in the thread I told them that it was 20 years old and over double there age (Boomerang) and if they could beat it to the bottom of the road they could have ago if not I won they're bike...... By the time they had got half way down the Boomerang was back and they kept riding thinking I was going to have their bikes LOL and finally.... E- My 18 month old son keeps helping himself to the cars but the best thing is he picks up the shells and wear's them on his head with his eye's looking through the windscreen... He thinks they're helmets like my real bike helmets ha, ha...

I love these sorts of threads "I feel very stupid asking this...." because more often than not to ask a basic question gets great responses for info you never new. I've learn't something from all that so thanks to the repsonders and to 'ArancioC5' for starting it! I always wondered why my 3000 cells lasted the same as a stock 1400 cell! Doh!!

A great thread and a difficult one for me as I have over 130 favourites spanning a variety of vehicles. My favourites though are: MINI http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...37&sid=9490 BEETLE - I love varying themes on these and this ones unique http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...239&id=5969 LANDROVER - I love scale detail and this bashed up one looks the daddy http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...8&sid=15376 BETTLE - Another one that speaks for itself really http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...03&sid=2958 In truth I could put loads down but these are my top ones.

Pete - Its a point well made about not fairing up to the 'youth' of today with gaming and techno gadgetry etc. I took my Kyosho (swearing on here I know...tut!) Nitro to the park the other night with my wife and little boy and immediately the group of 'youths' hanging around on a park bench looking rather intimidating suddenly got aroused and all of a sudden became chatty innocent lads again, took off the 'hoodies' and showed an ounce of interest. Soon as the fuel ran out and the girls came over they went back in to Kevin and Perry mode! LOL. Mind you when your knelt on the floor tugging like the clappers at a pull start to get the thing going the wife soon walks off as well.....very un cool Anyway digressing slightly - Its a shame about the shows really but you'd think the Magazines would get together and do a show of sorts, or better still what about a Tamiyaclub Show? All members could bring their rides along, a bit like a 1:1 car show and people could put names to faces. I'm sure the size of this club would get manufacturers enthused to set stands up, they'd make 50% of the annual turnover by having us all at the same venue at one time in a day anyway LOL! RCX in the USA looks pretty good, anyone been? Might look at going next April.

Does anyone know of any RC Model Exhibitions/Shows in the UK. There was a Modelex a few years back at the NEC which was OK and I've not heard or seen anything since. Is there such a thing anymore?

Trapped my finger in the car door and thusly cannot pick up a transmitter and enjoy the fruits of my labour. ****, I 've never felt pain like it!

Today - I have received a call from the wife to tell me my first ever Nitro Car has arrived and my son is trying to open the box to get in it, LOL! "Sorry did I forget to tell you I'd bought it darling" Told the builders for the 3rd time I dont want to pay extra for laying slabs after they've finished the conservatory as thats what I've paid in the price for them to do anyway "It's in black & white my friend". Now staring at 7 brand spanking new RC's in my office wondering what to start first (I had the good sense NOT to have these delivered to home!) - They are Dark Impact, RX-7 TT-01 Drift Spec, Sand Viper, Mini Cooper Racing, Lunchbox, Hotshot, Subaru Brat and it's only 10.30am! Contemplating which RC Parts to begin manufacturing first - Now theres a Tamiya Club Scoop - You guys will be the first to hear. So guys what have you done today.............

Wow - the quality of the movie footage is quite good as well and no doubt even better before you convert it to show off over the internet.

Hi Ryan, Just going through my re-release Brat instructions the Front Upright part number is: 9808036 Upright L & R Hope this helps, Chris

Nice one brother - I've also, well not personally, but we have also had a little boy which is whats kept me away for a while other than business commitments. Funny I tried to hook up the Twin Detonator to his walker and take him for a spin across the lounge floor which didn't go down to well

Hi Biggus - Hope your well fella. Copyright is for the design of the boxes and the concept/layout and is not the logos, it's a fine line but as long as it's not exact. Just the same as Box Art replica boxes being put on Mugs and TShirts etc.. The content isn't copyrightable but the concept of that onto a Mug, TShirt etc. is by the chap who did it. I've delved alot into Copyrights and Patents over the years. As with the brake discs what griped me was that I've met all good people through this club but one member wanted to know all the details on materials, how to make, sizing etc., etc as he wanted to make one himself for which I assisted as it's all good comaradery but on the final email it was 'oh by the way I'm going to actually make and sell these so keep your mouth shut'...literally in those words. Still it's what makes the world go around I suppose.

Hi Guys - It's been a long, long time since being on the site and indeed the forum with setting up my new business. Does anyone remember my little diorama boxes? http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...29&id=17920 well I have now begun printing these for sale and you can check out my ebay listing at: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT If anyone is interested please let me know and with one thing or another being away from this site for so long I must stress that with myself designing these through my business they are copyrighted. I am livid that having returned from my sabbatical to better myself another member who was showing alot of interest via email in my replica 1/10th disc brakes has actually copied the idea and begun selling them, so thats another idea canned. You know who you are !!!!

Hi Guys - It's been a long, long time since being on the site and indeed the forum with setting up my new business. Does anyone remember my little diorama boxes? http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...29&id=17920 well I have now begun printing these for sale and you can check out my ebay listing at: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT If anyone is interested please let me know and with one thing or another being away from this site for so long I must stress that with myself designing these through my business they are copyrighted. I am livid that having returned from my sabbatical to better myself another member who was showing alot of interest via email in my replica 1/10th disc brakes has actually copied the idea and begun selling them, so thats another idea canned. You know who you are !!!!