NWarty

Absolutely gorgeous TN!

The Fox is a colossal pain to work on. God forbid I have to adjust the MSC in mine

Hobbyists vs. Speculators

Let me reiterate this: I did not collect for value nor investment. I collected for passion and personal enjoyment. I took my re-re Bigwig out this past weekend and ran the snot out of it, with no fear of breaking it. It's very fast with its packaged motor and 5000mah 8.4v Nimh pack. Sure I may scuff the chassis pan, scrape a bumper and its tires will get worn, but the smile of tearing through my lawn at speed is wonderful. My sons don't share my Tamiya passion and I've finally stopped caring about breaking cars. There's only one or two cars I won't run because parts are too expensive if something breaks.

That's a beautiful color scheme and I like the fact you left the cockpit windows unpainted

Welcome back Jon!

I waited three years. Three long years of grasshopper restoration anticipation.

That body shell...

Search for 1/6 gear on ebay. TONS of stuff there. My Wild Willy 2 Korea was done up this way.

Definitely the exception and I'm kind of jealous

I haven't seen a Tamiya RC kit in a US hobby shop in 20+ years

That is one ugly POS Welcome by the way!

Ahem, that's the Hasegawa Egg Coontash

Sadly the case here also. That threadlock...the smell! Love that smell

Nice. I just got a Bones Brigade shirt several weeks ago.

PP Rat Bones and Thrasher decals. Right on

Biz, Thanks! The entire cage is metal so it looks like they're soldered on, then a thick type of paint applied. It's a bit heavy, but no too concerned since it's pretty squat. But I probably need a little dab of super glue on the screws going into the light housings.

My metal roof rack/fog bar came in today! Super duper happy! Going to cut the mounting points off, since they don't fit. But black zip ties will secure it perfectly. Need to wire it up to the Rx when I get back home this evening.

Steering servo and rods installed, some Novak and Oakley decals arrived 😊

Is it complete? There's currently a vintage Hornet festering here on Offerup. No body, sort of beat up, selling for $25 with Futaba Attack radio. That's pretty cheap/reasonable. I haven't grabbed it since I already have a Hornet.

The thing is, some bozo with a beat up Tamiya goes onto ebay and thinks their pile of poop is worth $$$$$$$$ because they filtered by "completed listings/highest price". Looking at Tamiyas in my immediate area on Craigslist and Offerup. There's a vintage M38 in which the buyer is asking $200 for, and an unfinished Bruiser asking $600. $800 King Hauler POS, and a decent F102 selling for $120. Yeah....nope.

Pfft. Here in the PNW, people think their clapped-out POS 10-year-old RC T-Extreme 3000 1/10 Fusion Nuclear buggy is worth a small fortune. I haven't seen anything realistically priced on either Craigslist or Offerup.com in the last three or four years. I search both sites daily and haven't seen anything worth a poop in ages. P.S. RCgroups and RCtech are both a joke when it comes to people and their prices. Every once in a blue moon, I'll see somewhat of a deal, but it's becoming more and more rare.

I used the FW14 MCI decals on my GHII brushless build and was SUPER happy with them!

Guise, Photobucket links seem to be working again