It had to happen - mid-life crisis!

[Magnox 0]

Well, instead of buying a Porsche or exchanging the wife for a younger re-re wife, I found this place and bought the first Tamiya kit I ever had when I was 8 years old. Somewhere in Japan, a now slightly wealthier individual is sending me a 58011 Ferrari 312 which will replace the one I found in my loft and started me on this road again. Pun intended.

For over 30 years I had forgotten about my Tamiya cars until I pulled out a dusty box in the attic and wondered what was in it. A very loved, battered, and utterly un-salvageable 312T3 emerged, a loved, battered and, happily, quite salvageable, Ligier as well as a Ford Ranger, a Rough Rider and a Countach. The Ferrari still has the original Tamiya battery pack and Acoms servos in it; it also looks like an 8 year old built it, which I did My parents were not wealthy and I suspect they gave up a lot to indulge me in a hobby which lasted well until my early teens when the allure of ZX Spectrums, Amigas et.al. started to take over.

That find prompted me to hit Google, I found this site and before I even posted my first message I had bought something from a member. And when my wife sees the bill for the 58011, I may need that re-re wife after all! Time to read through all the posts and figure out the best way to restore some models which gave me so much pleasure when I was growing up. Love this place. It's going to bankrupt me!

[94eg! 839]

Welcome.... BACK!

You'll find that even though these things are a lot less money than 1:1 scale, your funds for projects will be just as low. Extremely addictive stuff here. Unfortunately for me, I'm into both 1:10 and 1:1..

Good luck!

[Champ85 625]

Haha, awesome! Welcome to TC! I think you will enjoy it here.

[taliesin 262]

"exchanging the wife for a younger re-re wife"

Just be careful if you start buying parts to restore the older model, or worse yet, late night internet shopping for a re-re. Either way is dangerous, so R/C cars might be the safest thing you can do.

[bromvw 744]

Welcome back . Sounds like a very very familiar story . Be warned you'll be addicted soon , skint and loving it .

[njmlondon 820]

That made me laugh!

A very common story... my only tip would be to never let your wife know about your paypal account!

[BennySRB 0]

That made me laugh!

A very common story... my only tip would be to never let your wife know about your paypal account!

Now this makes me laugh because its spot on!

I sell a few bits on ebay and tell myself I'll pay off some of my credit card bill, but before I know it my paypal balance has disappeared. If the wife found out I'd be in big trouble...

Welcome Magnox.

Ben

[simondo 0]

Welcome.... BACK!

You'll find that even though these things are a lot less money than 1:1 scale, your funds for projects will be just as low. Extremely addictive stuff here. Unfortunately for me, I'm into both 1:10 and 1:1..

Good luck!

^^^ Me too! 1:1 car restoring/ modifying/breaking makes 1/10 R/C car modifying/restoring breaking seem like a bargain. To be honest, I`ve lost interest in my 1:1 resto lately `cos I get so much better value for my cash with old Tamiyas.

If the other half ever has a gripe about how much is spent on R/C "toys"........Just threaten to get 1:1 Real car project......

.....................I`ve gotta get some trim pieces and a badge or two for my 1:1 project .....comes in at about £500 .I could have black special Avante for that money

[Magnox 0]

Thanks for the welcome! I got the full-size car bug out of my system a long time ago, after having spent far too much money on American classics, so I'll stick with the smaller ones for now. Besides which, if another 60s or 70s land yacht ever again appeared on our drive, Tamiya collecting would be the least of my worries...

Pics from the loft finds to come soon, after I've trawled the forums to find out how to restore them

[eriknyg 2]

Welcome to the forum, and congrats with your mid-life crisis and new hobby!

I guess it was around 1995 I laid away my RC gear. Then rediscovered the hobby for almost two years ago, after I moved (and found all the cars). Soon I discovered Tamiyaclub. Since then I've spent more money than I should, but I regret nothing.