which model to finish my collection?

[drcarlos]

Well it's my 40th later this month and despite groans from the wife she has agreed that I can have another car. This will be my last so it needs to be special. The choices are:

1. Buggy champ - this was my first rc in 1982 and having a chance to have one again is a big draw.

2. Superchamp - the pinnacle of the srb line and what we tried to turn our rough riders into bitd was a big want back then.

3. Super hotshot - wanted one since I saw it in the tamiya book and even more when a mate got one (his dad was a pilot and he had this and a 959!) And saw it flying around at our model club.

4 egress - seeing as this is about the pinnacle of early tamiya from my childhood and the fact its the same cost as the buggy champ it gets in to the list, it was the last tamiya I really wanted back then.

They are all nice cars, but as it will be my last car choice is difficult. It won't be a serious runner, that's whats what my scorcher and cougar are for although I may take it historic racing maybe but it will mostly be for looking good on my office shelf alongside the lunch box and wild one.

So what choice would you make and why?

[Wez-li]

"Last car"

I've heard that before somewhere

Egress for me out of that lot.

[XV Pilot]

Amongst my most satisfying recent Tamiya experiences have revolved around finding, restoring and hopping up my first two RCs from BITD, both to relive the memories, and to build the cars the way I wanted to back then but couldn't due to budget.

With this on mind, I would recommend the Superchamp. You would be able to relive the memories of your Buggy Champ from BITD, while also enjoying the opportunity to build what is effectively the highly hopped-up Buggy Champ that you no doubt wanted back then.

[Wooders28]

Amongst my most satisfying recent Tamiya experiences have revolved around finding, restoring and hopping up my first two RCs from BITD, both to relive the memories, and to build the cars the way I wanted to back then but couldn't due to budget.

With this on mind, I would recommend the Superchamp. You would be able to relive the memories of your Buggy Champ from BITD, while also enjoying the opportunity to build what is effectively the highly hopped-up Buggy Champ that you no doubt wanted back then.

I restored a frog which was my first car bitd, and then remembered why I got rid of it in the first place and was a bit of let down tbh.

So I would go for the re Superchamp aswell.

You get the new box build excitement,with bitd thrown in too!

[Tamiya1/10]

If is up to me, i will pick the superchamp because of the unique mono shock at the rear. The Super Hotshot would be the last pick on my list because it does not have the quality like the other 3, and is your "last" model.....right, sure, we beleive you, whatever you say, really, okay Your last model should be a good one just like ones last meal

The other way for you to choose is rid the one you least like and assign critrias like quality, value, looks , performance, etc and the one has the highest scole wins...now you know the judges for miss universe ain't easy, but someone has to do it.

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[Klausen]

Last one, bet (and hope) you will end up with them all at some point.

I am not the biggest srb fan, so they wouldn't be my choice. I really love the Super Shot, even though it doesn't live up to the same qualitystandards as the others. But I also had a blast building the Egress, so for a shelfer to look good in the office, the Egress would be my choice.

Guess you have told the wife, she can choose one last pair of shoes to buy as well

[kontemax]

A collection is for definition infinite.

Max

[fullspectrum]

I'd go with Super Champ if you already have a Scorcher. Blister Packs, vintage looks, Lots of aluminum parts, molded blue body shell, and made in Japan, gotta love it! Second would be Buggy Champ..then hotshot, then Egress IMO.

Good luck...and there is no 12 step addiction quitting method with Tamiya. Lol

[drcarlos]

I have a 2wd old skool, old skool monster thinking o

D skool 4wd might be on the cards. Will have to see what my budget is come birthday time.

[drcarlos]

Oh and my scorcher is the neo and not the sand.

[fullspectrum]

I dont have a built re-re Hotshot(still nib), but I remember from my original it was a fantastic car. Cant go wrong with a Hotshot. Cant speak much about the Egress. Im waiting for a Vanquish, kinda like an Avante but with the tub chassis.

Super Hotshot would be a good choice. Personally I need a driver in my cars Lol

[Shodog]

If it's really going to be your last then get something good like a bruiser or High Lift or one of the RC4WD trucks. You can keep going into the scale end of things and not get bored.

[drcarlos]

I won't get bored that's for sure. I have my cougar to race and the neo scorcher to trick out to see if I can get it competitive with things like yokomo bmax's. That should provide plenty to keep me entertained. Seeing nearly equal love across all the choices, which is not a bad thing. All things being equal I'd have all 4 plus a bruiser, a super astute and top force evo, but I'll settle for one of my top 4.

[drcarlos]

Never thought I would be saying this but the more I look the more I think the Egress is the one.

The thought of getting something that was so high end and futuristic from my youth (I was 14 when it can out) and in my RC prime excites me more than getting another SRB that I ultimately sold because they were not great to drive. The Super Hotshot although much better to drive I have already done the 'shot' thing with my Bigwig and having something that looks modern and competitive but designed in the 80's makes me think that the Egress is the one to have, also it might be able to hold it's own (like the RC10 worlds I saw) at my local club too.

I think budget allowing I will go for that. I have a brushed LRP motor (12x4 and 13x4) or two spare and if I go brushed will get another Hobbywing Quickrun ESC. if money allow's I may get another Turnigy Trackstar brushless setup.

[fullspectrum]

Never thought I would be saying this but the more I look the more I think the Egress is the one.

The thought of getting something that was so high end and futuristic from my youth (I was 14 when it can out) and in my RC prime excites me more than getting another SRB that I ultimately sold because they were not great to drive. The Super Hotshot although much better to drive I have already done the 'shot' thing with my Bigwig and having something that looks modern and competitive but designed in the 80's makes me think that the Egress is the one to have, also it might be able to hold it's own (like the RC10 worlds I saw) at my local club too.

I think budget allowing I will go for that. I have a brushed LRP motor (12x4 and 13x4) or two spare and if I go brushed will get another Hobbywing Quickrun ESC. if money allow's I may get another Turnigy Trackstar brushless setup.

I really like the Egress. Blister packs, high tech, made in Japan...the only thing that I dont like is no driver...lol. Really there is no bad choice here.

[waterbok]

If its going on your office shelf, go for the Egress, buy a second body and put that one on without painting the inside (or just partialy painted)

[drcarlos]

Egress should be landing today. In the end as I sold a set of retro MTB forks for decent money I had enough money to buy it, a 8.5T Brushless motor and X-Car ESC, new lipo, servo, receiver plus a few other bits and bobs.

Hopefully start building tonight, this after the build of the X1-CR Pro will be my most involved and complex as I've never built ball diffs and one ways before, the rest should be gravy being Tamiya.

It's getting a second set of 2.2 wheels and shumi mini spikes for the astro club circuit which should be interesting.

Carl.

[daverobbo5]

They are all nice cars, but as it will be my last car choice is difficult.

What is this 'last car' concept of which you speak?