DarkSonic

Since Tuesday it's the new Asso RC10 Brian Kinwald edition. Such a nice car. But in the end I will be to thrifty to buy it only for the showroom.

I have 3 items in my collection. First one is a Kyosho On-Road with all boxes. Sadly I run it in one race in my youth. The other one is a really special ESC. An HEL2000 /GM Digital 2000. This ESC was sold by GM Racing in the early days. Very special with the keyboard. As far as I know with the optional yellow case. The last one an WWS Pro 1:24 Build by Wilfried Wiebe here in Germany. Everything was build by him, including the body's. Build with FRP Plates and moulded parts. So really a series production with small numbers. I bought mine new in 1998

Got some rare parts for my M02 straight from Japan. These are the missing parts to reactivate my runner after 20 years. Don't know what to do with the moss green parts. Maybe a shelf queen. Also some TL01 parts, but I didn't know what's to do with them. Seems I have to buy a TL01 or FF02

Great project and outcome! I really love the Pan Car/ Pro10 Chassis. I have several old BoLink Chassis since I worked at the importer for Germany. Since there is no track near me and a parking lot is far from optimal for these cars they dusting in the attic. But now you have refreshed the will to build my own chassis like yours! Thank you!! 😁

By accident I found some new factory team and spare parts for my Associated TC3. Seems I have to put the old and used TC3 a bit higher of the priority list. But anyways, parts are hard to find for these cars here in Europe. Especially factory team. So if you know somebody with parts, feel free 😁

After some test fitting and different test mounts I finally convertednmy Juggernaut 2 to servo on axle. Really like the look and the ability to steer the front and read separately. I also changed the league springs to a softer setting from the high lift models.

The last parts for my Juggernaut 2 recommissioning. After 20 years in the attic it will return with new springs and one servo per axle.

After over 3 years I finally managed to finish the DF01/DB01 Frankenstein Top Force. What a great day and very satisfying to complete such a long project.

Right before Christmas and after 6 months without any RC work, I did myself a present. Normaly I'm a LRP guy, but couldn't resist... Castle creations brushless combo Build quality is absolutely top. Now with the parts from Christmas, I can complete my DF01/DB02 Frankenstein

Excuse the delay. I have to work harder than normal in my second occupation. Life is getting more expensive, so there is not so much money left for the Tamiyas (second cheaper hobby). @BuggyGuy @kontemaxunfortunately not. I still have to order the tires and paint the body. Also the RC components are missing. I will switch over to 2.4 GHz, so I search for a used Sanwa M12 or MT

Perfect hop uped TA02. Especially with these rare parts like the bumper and the stabilizer

Manta Ray should be gray.

Took some pictures of my 90% ready DF01/DB01 Hybrid long time project.

Since the last update I've done severall tiny steps. Everytime I found some minutes I worked on the car, so there were no step by step updates. But here we are. The DF01 now is 90% complete. Yesterday I had some time to take some better pictures. So I let the pictures talk. I really love the look of the chassis. It's so much work and it would look nice on the shelf, but I have to run it. The next steps will be to address some small refinements on the chassis (e.g. change Diff outdrives and glue them in etc.), order and install the electronic components, order some tires (think I go oldschool with TF Tires) and one big point: Paint the TF Body. Currently I don't know which colors I will choose. The rims are fluorescent yellow.

It's a normal progress in all vintage scenes. The people began to collect pieces of their youth. But they getting older and ,at the end, die. The next generation didn't have interest in these pieces, because they are not of their youth. A good example is the real car market. Cars from the 80s and 90s are on a high they never seen. Cars before WW2 or short after are getting cheaper, because the potential buyers are dieing out. Only a small amount of "younger" people like the cars. So it is with the vintage RC Scene. I'm 37 and startet with the agebof 12 with RC Cars. My first car was a Super Hornet. So I have to admit a Frog, Boomerang or something older isn't that desireable for me as a Top Force Evolution or a Dyna Storm. Just because these cars were old when I was young. So think the scene will life again, but the cars will change.