Retro rules!

Yep, the 17th works for me at this stage.

I can't do this Sunday as we have a family thing with the in-laws. I don't see anything on the calendar for the following Sunday though.

It's up to you guys. Certainly don't put off an on-road meet on my behalf. I'll have to pull out the old drift car and revive it at some point. Happy to do Boondall as well.

I was thinking maybe Thorneside as it's been a few years. I don't have much to run on tarmac - only the FAV as it has the kit tyres and an old drift car which is in pieces and has no electrics. Happy to probs sit this one out if you guys want to do an on-road meetup though.

Hey guys, thanks for the catchup today. Here's a few pics:

Yep, fine with me. Doesn't appear to be any MTB events on Saturday arvo so we should be good.

Yep, I can do Saturday the 14th in the arvo. Does 2pm work for everyone?

No probs. Are you thinking around 2ish?

Maybe Sunday 15th September for our next run?

I'm away on the weekend of Aug 18th but anything else should be good.

Yeah definitely. Maybe another run in a few weeks? Happy to work in with your availability and Hollywood's needs and wants!

Thanks for today guys - it was nice running the old cars again. Here's a few pics:

Perfect, I'll aim for 10.

I have 3 children- you can't give me anything they won't give me eventually so I'm cool if come along with a cold. Did we settle on a time? I thought around 10 or 11? And did we settle on Underwood Park?

Yeah, its still sealed but given electronics are way different now, I think it shouldn't be much of a pain hopefully. Yeah, I don't really have the room for many more kits considering I also keep the boxes!

Yeah, I hear plenty of good things about them. Got it from a guy at Kuraby who sells kits on Ebay and FB Marketplace - RC One. Has kits and a few other things. Nice to have a local seller again since Vintage RC Speed Supplies moved north!

Picked this up today: Won't be ready for this weekend but hopefully the next one. Never owned or driven a Fox before so this is a new experience for me and looking forward to building a kit again as it's been a few years.

Let's give Underwood Park a go. It's also closer for me. I think Peter was also keen on Underwood Park as well. No forecast of rain for the week so we should be all good.

Nice selection of runners Johann! Just love the look of the Scorpion. I'll have to finally bite the bullet and run this at some stage soon: I'll bring the Losi DB, a few Tamiya goodies including this Baja King which I got a while ago: I've chucked some better electronics in it and it's ready to go. I'm not fussed on where we go. The carpark at the top end of Underwood park isn't very big so just beware in case there are a bunch of people mountain biking it could be a bit tight for parking. From my experience, that area doesn't get a heap of use unless there is a training event on which there isn't anything listed. I'll bring my camera along as well.

If Mark can make it on the 21st would Thorneside be closer than Underwood park? I can't see any future events booked by the mountain bike people who do courses on the skills track: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/rats-cycling-club-15613052647 Last one was in May this year.

There's a decent sized grass area to the left of the jumps and dirt area so plenty of room even if its full of mountain bikers. To be honest, most riders go off into the trails. There's a mob that do the occasional skills training meets there but other than that, it's pretty deserted. Yep, definitely keen to meet up more than once every 5 years! Happy to work in with everyone's availability. Now that the kids are getting older, life is getting a little easier in terms of freedom for old hobbies.

Ooh, a Scorpion will be nice to watch in action. I have a (not so) new built Javelin that I'm too chicken to run. I may have found another potential place to run in the future. This is the backend of Underwood Park where the MTB skills track is. I remember seeing it a a couple of years ago when I was there on a ride and thinking that it would be a good spot to run cars. Ducked over there this morning with the DB to check it out and have a quick blast. Very vintage friendly.

That would be awesome if you can make it on the 21st. I think at this stage we are for around 10ish at Thornside.

Well hello stranger! Been a long time. Glad to hear you kept some cars as well. A run at Boondall sounds good. Not really sure what condition the track is in these days as I don't see alot of activtiy on the FB page. I chat to Ian occassionally via Messenger so I'll have to ask him if he still goes. A beach run would be fun too.

I saw something that mentioned they were going to be building a dedicated track and there was an aerial shot of the current track and a section next to it that said 'under construction'.