Pablo68

badword, you out there in Kal? How does one just, 'come across' a stash of Falcon bits n bobs enough for that many cars? I've just recently stumbled across one in good nick and at a reasonable price online, and I was looking for a while. Maybe tidy up the original and retire it to the shelf then, send pics though. Yeah WCRC race 1/10 offroad and several classes of onroad too. There is some interest there in vintage, possibly a class for them, I'm not entirely sure. Sorry I don't know about 1/10 mini onroad.

You've probably mentioned it before, but I didn't realise you were coming so far to bash with us. Props mate.

Welcome to WA! ha ha ha. Yeah looks like you've been covered as far as where we like to meet up to bash, now if you want to actually do some racing there is the West Coast RC club in Ashfield down the track a bit. Fairly welcoming bunch there.

Yeah, I have a dual charger (two batts, same time) it has (what looks like) an input on the back for 12V, in XT60 form. I just can't find a cable with battery clamps on one end and and XT-60 on the other.

Very nice.

I think that 'first 150' is a good cutoff. I like the variety of different designs leading up to around this point. I think after this the confluence of design kicks in and everything moves to what works best. Myself I think racing vintage will become pointless once the Associated B4 is considered vintage. It'll have to be excluded into its own class methinks.

This will be considered sacrilege on here as it's not a Tamiya, though I'm pretty sure a direct rip off of one of their chassis. The HSP Flying Fish. It's a drifter as sold, but you can put normal wheels on it (there's heaps of cheap ones that fit for about 10 on my South sea Aussie Pesos) if you want. It comes with a 2.4ghz system and a battery (and a trow-away-able) trickle charger for around $150 (my currency again). I have one and for what it is, it's great.

It would be one of my vintage design Tamiya buggies for sure. Hard to choose. The Wild One sticks out atm because I find it so surprisingly good for what it is. I have a few racing standard buggies, none of them terribly recent but racing chassis all the same. For the majority of the driving I do, bashing really, they are pretty boring in a way, and not really robust enough for bashing. They are designed for on track abuse. I get in to the design side of things with my RC cars which is why I have as many as I do. TBH, I feel a bit guilty about that. I also enjoy restoring these things where I can and upgrading the performance a tad, e.g: and old TF-03 I got for not much that barely ran when I got it. Some TLC and new bearings and bits and bobs and it works really well now. Similar with an old Boomerang. To this day I'm still fond of driving my original Hornet too. It's just fun even though it's horrible.

Yeah I would too, and I've worked in Japan before. But I think there would be drawbacks. Not the least is the way most businesses in Japan are run along the lines of a strict hierarchy. You can't pop your head up in most Japanese workplaces to say say whether something may not work very well, or not at all, and be listened to or have anything done about it. It's the home of top down management in a sense. And nothing tends to change until something catastrophic happens. More like as not, as a foreigner you'd be working on writing for the manuals rather than any designing. Still, I wouldn't mind working there for a bit.

You make awesome stuff dude. Like your channel too.

Good thread. Yeah you're not the only one. I've tried to set myself up so that I have enough of everything, especially if I want to do a repair or a mod on the fly. Never works out that way though. Oh...I'll need some blah blahs to do that, the ones I have won't work...

Now if anybody would like to send me some Tamiya stuff accidently like I dunno....a Bruiser 4x4, that would be grate. I'll send it back honest! Ha ha, nice work being so honest OP. Actually I think I've finally reached the point where I feel like have enough RC stuff around and don't want more. (Also, I once claimed on an Ebay transaction that my purchase was lost in the post because it never got to me, so the seller sent me another. Later on, really later, the original object arrived. So I got the seller to invoice me for that one too. Fairs fair.)

Well, after all my whinging about not many Falcons being out there for sale, and the ones that are being pricey, or if me getting outbid, or all the other things I probably complained about, I managed to pick one up. It just popped up. It was cheap really (compared to what I've seen), postage was cheap too AND it was buy it now. It looks to be in good condition, will probably only need a wing, tires and bearings, a paint job and decals. Score. p.s. Mr Tamiya, it still needs to be re-re-ed.

Yeah I have one of those too and you're right. I hated the screws in the main chassis plate getting unbelievably tight to the point you'd be quite lucky to get them out. Some weird binding thing going on there.

Honestly, I don't know as I haven't had every Tamiya RC there is, but I'm putting forward a nomination. The Fox. Sure, it was fun to build, it looks cool, but I just wanted to work a bit on the position of the steering servo because I used an aftermarket servo saver (Kimbrough). Jeehosephat. I have had to pull most of the car apart. I mean I've read the user reviews and such, but I didn't think it would be THAT bad. Has Tamiya released a chassis that's worse to work on?

You could fit a Brushless to it, the gearbox is all metal so it should handle it ok. If it's for your kid to drive I wouldn't get anything too powerful for it though, and an old design like that wouldn't handle a great deal of speed that well. Other than that, Kyosho make good products, so you won't lose by getting it.

It's a Kyosho Scorpion. It's a vintage design, not sure from looking quickly if it's an original or a re-re. It wouldn't qualify for a DT-01 race I wouldn't think. Different brand, very different design. I'd like one, but I'm not sure what you should do. Depends where and when you'd want to use it. It should be worth a bit more than your DT-02 (DF-02?)

Heya guys, it's been a while. Seeing as it's spring we should have another get together. More importantly, for me anyway, what kind of chargers were you guys using that last time we hung out. I don't have anything mobile for charging my batteries from. I'd also want it to be able to charge LiPo's.

Watched that video earlier today. At times they look, bouncy bouncy bouncy! Also they look like fun and I'm sure the 'cute' strategy/look will go down well in Japan. Seems a bit of a no-brainer to me. Existing chassis with a few changes, a lexan body, existing willy figure, did those wheels exist before? Anyway, not too much effort production wise and boom, there's your new product. And it's along the lines of what (some) of the customer base already want.

Oh hang on, is it actually for a Blitzer Beetle? Gah! I think my memory was playing tricks on me. Sorry about that.

Ampro Engineering, or our boy Pintopower as he is known in here, has a nifty bracing set he sell on his Shapeways store. He has a vid on it on his YT channel.

Actually I've seen this for sale elsewhere, it looks in good shape and a pretty good deal. Just saying.

Yesterday actually, but whatever. I painted up the body on my Frog. Made a bit of a dogs breakfast of it. It's going to be a runner anyway. The longer I went into the masking and painting process the more attractive the price of an expert built body was looking. Oh well. This forum needs a worst paintjob thread.

My first hobby grade RC was the Hornet. My current Hornet is a stock (cept for bearings and esc.....and servo saver and tie rods) 'Ship of Theseus'. There's parts in there from my original 86 Hornet.....dunno where though. Anyway, back then Tamiya introduced me to 1/10 off road RC. They were by far the most visible. I had no idea that Associated or Kyosho even existed. I had seen a Marui Hunter on a shelf and thought it was a Tamiya rip off or something, I didn't know any better. So for me personally, the Hornet had a much bigger impact, though I'd seen the Wild Willy (first I ever saw), the Frog and the Grasshopper around before buying a Hornet. But yeah, it's a definite apples and oranges comparison. RC10 cannot be denied as a great design and epochal moment in RC in its own right. About as big an impact as the Hornet but in a different direction for the most part. The Hornet got a lot of people into 1/10 RC cars and is fondly remembered, despite its flaws which for some are part of the charm. When you bring up the Hornet among other RC guys, even at a race track, people laugh with you, not at you. N.B. I'd like to own an RC10 one day, funds permitting, but my collection is getting silly big (relative to me).

I might expand a bit on my other post. I don't always get my ideas across clearly. Before the Re-re's your choices were Vintage in several states. Old Fixer-uppers, Miraculous Shelf Queens, and NIB's. That's my recollection anyhow. There's probably more categories than that but whatever. I've never bought an NIB, I'd constantly be at war with myself whether to broach it and build it or not. It's be like having a bar of chocolate or a bag of pistachios or something in the room. Then I'd probably regret it afterwards cause I'd just spoiled or changed what is a piece of history. The other categories have their issues too if you run them. The Re-re's a re great, buy em, build em, run em, guilt free!