My first Tamiya
This is my first Tamiya. My daddy bought it for my third birthday. We built it together and I have put some of my own stickers on it. I have left it standard with the 380 motor in it and a Tamiya T101-bk esc, although daddy did ballrace it. I have run it at 2 or three northwest nutter bashes and its ready or a tidy up. Me and daddy bought some red paint (my favourite colour) and we are going to rebuild it again and do it in Lightning Mc queen colours.
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SRB Bloke
You've got me thinking now, my sons 1, I'd love to think at 3 we could build a car together... I love the idea of a lightning McQueen car...
mor10retro
Congrats! I gave my 4 year old a Hornet last year. I bet it would look nice in red.
sgt.barnes
He genuinely enjoyed doing it too. He did most of the build with me just showing him with dry runs. I just tightened the harder screws and did the diff. I highly recommend doing this with your kids although I think 3 is probably the earliest he could cope. I know adults who struggle more with kit builds
HOPPIN MAD 74
Hi Jim really nice hopper you got there, look forward to seeing it painted. Top job young man!!!
Sideways-King
Cpl.Jim & Sgt.Barnes - great build together and thumbs up for the lightening McQueen scheme. My 3 year old still hasn't got past wearing the bodyshells as helmets yet LOL! He does though put my cars on the back of his 'Mack' from 'Cars' truck and take the wheels on and off for me!
chewball
He has better grammer than me. Great job!!! my boy is almost 4 It's about time we build a car together.
BiggusDitchus
Great car Jim, suppose I best get my grandkids some cars for when they are a little older, maybe you can help them build one.
tamiyaonebay
That's awesome! My daughter is 4 yr old. We ran RC's last summer but she still needed my assistance. I hope this summer she'll be able to do it on her own. She's still kind of scared by the speeds the RC's reach...
keven64
Jim - there's only ONE thing to say...
Ka-Chow...
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tamiyaonebay,
With a mechanical speed controller, you can put the wire link in a servo arm hole closer to the shaft - and effectively make the model only two speeds forward and reverse !
Toykid
Mine too! but mine came with a mechanical speedo and no radio
mad maz
We love are children so much and its so nice for them to get into a hobby like this its very good bonding and to see them smile after the build has finished and enjoy them selfs when running what thay have built is fantastic. My son is almost 5 now and every weekend we are out with are cars if not bashing in the garden we out and about looking for new places to race
... It was my son i need to thank as his love for cars that got me in my loft looking for my hornet i has as a kid and it still worked now as you know the collection has grown
lammac
Great job Jim, maybe next time I race you I might get to win.
Look out folks there's a new kid on the block, and he's out to take the prizes....
Well done the two of you, Pipistrell help me with my Skyline, or should I say she basically buit it for me....
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