Just thought id say hello as im a newcomer round here. got started with rc about 18 months ago when i bought 2 ftx carnages's for me and my lad to bash around. about 2 months later i bumped into an old friend who was bashing an old mini rc car car around outside his house and we got chatting and in the end i ended up buying 4 boxes and 3 bags of random tamiya bits he had found in the loft that had belonged to his step dad. i had no idea what there was in there but there was a few chassis's hiding in there so i though i might be able to build somethng out of the rubble. any how after a bit of research and a full weekend sorting through the junk i found that i had stumbled on quite a few early models.
i realised that they were incomplete and so i set out trying to find the missing parts by buying a few more boxes of "scrap" and joblots of tamiya "junk" and now i have managed to build myself a
clodbuster
monster beetle
falcon
ta-02
manta ray
tl-01
hobao hyper 10 touring car
kyosho outrage
most of these are 100% complete (need decent bodyshells) but others just need a few parts and this week ive finally managed to source bodies for the clod and beetle.
i have also got probably 90% of another ta-02 and a falcon and a tonne of motors,random other tamiya spares etc etc
i would class all of the above as ongoing projects but the one im on now is another manta ray/dirt thrasher. in a box of ta-01/02 parts i bought i found what i think is a RW racing FRP chassis and top plate,with uprated steering,cvd driveshafts and aluminium shock towers. ive ordered a new prop shaft and motor mount and now i need some parts to secure a battery (the chassis seems to be designed for 2 stubby packs?) and some shocks.
ive well and truly been bitten and find myself having to just shut it all away out of sight or else i will just keep spending! have a bit of a splurge now as i want to have some stuff complete and ready to run for when the weather gets better!
hooper
