New member (addict) saying hi.

[hooper]

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

[KEV THE REV]

Welcome to the club Hooper . If you have stuff to trade / swap /sell ,and also any 'wants' - put up a list on the sales / wanted , Sounds like you have got the bug BIG time just like the rest of us - post up some pics of your cars

[zomboided]

Pictures! I like half finished projects

[hooper]

yup will get some pics asap. wish i taken pics when i first got the initial boxes as it was frightening how much stuff there was. i would say 60% has gone in the bin as it was damaged or butchered. the beetle rear end was actually screwed a falcon tub to make some sort of frankenwagon and there 2 or 3 lunchbox chassis that had been chopped up and butchered too. its now mostly all sorted into parts bins but ive still got 2 or 3 bags of undamaged/new but as yet unidentified parts and a couple bags of wheels/tyres of which most seem to be schumacher buggy. the wheels are 14mm hex so not much use for the tamiya stuff.

[Meakz1973]

Welcome! Come in, make yourself comfortable and leave your wallet at the door!

[ukfox]

Welcome to the club hopper.

Be warned that this forum is evil ,

as it makes you want to buy more car/ parts

Nice collection of cars you have.

Have you thought about getting your own showroom?

We all love pictures, even of cars that have been badly neglected

[mongoose1983]

Welcome aboard, Hooper!

I hope you'll share some pictures of your cars with us

[hooper]

i will try and get some pics up tomorrow depending on what time i wake up! not lazy working nights honest! postie woke up me 2day twice delivering shell for the beetle and some slipper clutches for the carnages. he might be waking me up twice 2moro if the clod shell and manta ray hop ups turn up!

[Indetrucks]

Very cool! Nice find

I started the same way here... pulled out my old cars from when I was 12 and gradually started restoring them. Lots of fun!

[hooper]

some pics.

kyosho outrage. just needs some better steering arms ,wheels and electrics.

monster beetle. has esc and sport tuned motor. just missing rear bumper and rear body mount crossmember. pictured with current audi tt runner body shell and madbull wheels? i have made some little steel supports for the rear shocks because the plastic ones keep breaking.

new ebay purchase. pink body shell!! was gonna repaint it but now its arrived i quite like it and its not a bad standard so im gonna leave it. just need to paint nose cone but not sure what colour yet.

and i found these in a bag of wheels which helped sway me.

Clodbuster. pretty sure its complete other than bodyshell and front bumper. uprated steering servo. got a new bright bodyshell at the moment but ive won a proper shell on ebay and i have all the proper mounts.

Manta Ray. complete standard runner with badly painted shell.

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TL 01 runs just need just needs a shell.

[hooper]

some more pics!!

Ta-02 runner but last time out melted the fitted kyosho motor while running lipo's. new pinion needed i think. motor may be salvageable. box of spares...pretty sure ive got a full cars worth. ignore the dodgy tyres..my lad has a thing about changing the wheels all the time!!

Falcon and spares. runs just needs some tlc.

Hobao Hyper 10. cant find out a lot about this but its fast. running a technigold motor andand it flies. it takes a beating and never seems to give up. not sure its together 100% as ive no manual but it works.

FTX carnage. got 2 of these for bashing. really take a beating to be fair. me and the lad have jumped these off ramps at the local skate park and some huge snow drifts last winter.run them in anything whatever the weather and they just keep going. breaks a few body mounts and bumpers and mine just needs a new shell and rear shocks fitting after it flipped jumping off huge snow over a bunker at the local golf course. bits are cheap too! brushed on lipos.

Manta Ray project. pretty sure is a RW racing chassis. has aluminium shock towers. ballraced,front cvd driveshafts. uprated steering with ball raced pillars. ive got hop up prop and joints and motor mount on the way. just need some shocks and a way to mount a lipo battery and then electrics.

need a good shell for it as i currently only have this dirt thrasher shell and a badly damaged manta ray shell for it.

and thats it other than loads of random screws,gears and other parts. have quite a bit of radio gear to go with it but being old the range is poor. also got a syma helicopter in one of the boxes that works too!!

as you can see no shelf queens here!! could all do with a bit more tlc but ive been concentrating on getting them all together and running!!

[zomboided]

Wow, I thought I had a lot of projects!

[stevepi]

Welcome Hooper.

Tamiya is great fun if you can rebuild from used parts you will generally save a fortune as the part sellers in eBay are slowly creeping price up between them and in some cases trying their arm. they put sky high prices on parts for older models and see if someone pays it which then sets a level for others to follow. :-) rant over

The best thing about TC is the wanted ads for parts someone can usually assist with a lost or broken bit :-)

All the best

Steve

[hooper]

steve i would agree prices are creeping up. i try to buy joblots of assorted stuff to try and get what i want but its getting harder and it can be a pain scouring pictures to try and identify certain parts. ive hit the point where ive got to pay decent money for the bits i need. i.e body shells to complete models. i do have to just stop and forget about the stuff ive got as i would just spend too much. proper addict. get hooked for a couple of months and then i have to go cold turkey so i can afford the bills!!

[stevepi]

Yes me too! Spent a fortune mate..!

[z00ter]

welcome to Tamiya Club mate seems you have been bitten indeed, will be interested to see updates mate !

[ukfox]

That's quite a collection.

Will keep you busy for a while