[TA-02 Cossie]

Can't criticise your skills, but that shell is nasty. The Kyosho one isn't perfect but it's massively more realistic. They do crop up for sale now and again. Here's mine (bought it new in 1992) on a ZX-Sport chassis :

[CR01 Unimog build]

Love it. Big 'mog fan. Looking forward to the rest.

[The "Postman Brought Me" Thread]

Always wanted one of these...

[New member introduction]

You lot are a bad influence. This has just arrived...

[So, What Have You Done Today?]

Bought another old Tamiya that I should have bought new 20 years ago. Probably over-paid for it, and it might be disappointing, but I'm still sat by the front door waiting eagerly for the postman...

[New member introduction]

Yeah, I wanted the Monte Carlo kit but couldn't find one at the time. I've bought the Monte body bits since and bodged 'em on. We'll see what it looks like when my missus finally paints it (to match her 1:1 Cooper)...

[So, What Have You Done Today?]

I dug my 1989 Pumpkin out of the garage, stuck a battery in it, and wheelied it round the garden for the first time in at least 10 years. Even the original Tamiya headlight bulbs (no, not LED's) stil worked.

[New member introduction]

I got 'em all running today, must be at least 10 years since the Pumpkin and RS500 last ran.

[If Tamiya ever re-release the 80"s Tamiya R/C guide books, will you buy?]

I found 6 in the attic. Got the thick 2013 bilingual RC Catalog too somewhere, and half a dozen of the main Tamiya model catalogues from the 80's/90's.

[New member introduction]

[New member introduction]

Hi. This is my first post. I've managed to log in, at last. Complicated innit ? I'm a bit lost as to what I've actually joined now tbh - feels like I've got one account for the 'club' and another for the forum, each with different usernames and passwords ? Wondered if it was all just a secret interview for MI5 at one point...

(Context : I've been a full-time professional software developer for 30 years, a regular user of dozens of online forums over the last 12, designer and admin for a couple of long-running websites, and the creator and sole admin of my own forum for the last 7 years.)

Anyway, I'm in now.

RC-wise, I built a Midnight Pumpkin in 1989 and a Kyosho ZX-Sport-based RS500 a couple of years later. I've still got them, but I've not done a lot with them over the last 20 years. I built my missus a M03 Mini Cooper in 2002 (still not painted...) and I've got a brand-new CW-01 Unimog ready to start building with some upgrades and ideas. There's a couple of old Tamiya cars I'd still like to get if I can find them. But first, inspired by some of the epic builds on here, I've just bought a secondhand Wild Willy 2 that I've got some twisted plans for...