tafferMember since:10-January-2004
I saw my first Tamiya around 1984, a Subaru Brat in an Argos/Littlewoods catalogue.
It wasn't until approx 1986 that my cousin got a Boomerang for his birthday that opened my eyes to how superior a hobby grade kit was.
My first kit was a Hornet which eventually got trashed but now because of Tamiyaclub and auction sites, I have a bit more cash to collect kits (and look after them more!)
UPDATE 01/08/2024
I have after all this time all but sold off my Tamiya collection and migrated to specific types of cars I have enjoyed running. Influenced in part by various YT'ers I now focus on the following.
1/8 scale - perfect combination of power, speed and strength.
Speed running - every car I have will be speed tested for personal bests and I've started with 1/10 speed run specific cars as well
Trying different manufacturers, finding the right balance for me in whatever scale of fun, not to be hindered any longer by one manufacturer and delays of waiting for a model to come to market.
Members that I have had successful trades/sales etc. with are
huffmeister, quincey, manuspain, addicted2blue, neo, mattc, bloodclod, tamiyabigstuff, slayer (aka tammy girl), wldnas, scollins, joelvardy, super gripper, devilsome, Rusty-Tamiya, Crash Cramer, moosey, netsmith, morpheus , Ferretti, nigeninja, Biggus Ditchus, The Buggy Man, Fruzzmeister, tylerdurden, nokemaster, scalamon, stickerbod, vanpeebles, Mad Ax, Biscuit, tamiyamad, 53HRA, ryanboard, wrecked, jonny retro, mad maz, pat*1, Carrera, jeffy, zulu69, Kingpin, tamiya_runner, gr2fltp, wandy, markwhittaker, Zakspeed, Cossie P100, Madinventor, JWeston, trismagic, TamiyaWizard, Hornetracer1971, Mad Ax, Leethal Driver, Sunnyjai, regressing!, Mad maz, Spice and others...
My user name is taken from the PC game,
Thief: the dark project