tamiya

for some reason i have been looking at model cars and obviously sooner or later i would end up here 😀

by the gods i was like a kid in a sweet shop when i was looking at some of their models (a kid at primary school had a one of these i was not jealous of him at all) he even lent me the instruction book which i drooled over (the diagrams were awesome). every time i went to the toy shop in town i drooled over those lovely tamiya boxes (they were like crack to me 😳

i ended up getting one of these many years later unfortunately i never used it much 🙁 and it was sold.

even though i wouldn’t use it (have nowhere i could use it/am now 38) i still started lusting after the models again as soon as i saw the pictures of them on the tamiya site (the boxes must be made of msg i reckon).

ah whist full thinking back to my childhood.

what model(s) did you own?

A mate has one of these. http://www.team-durango.com/race-cars/dex410v3/

All carbon fibre, adjustable diffs, camber/castor blah blah. It’s a stunning bit of engineering and it’ll do 70kmh off road.

Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTW-syZVBvc

Oh and I had a Hornet but lusted after that 1 1/2th 959 in the centre.

Number 55.

Boomerang.

Bumper broke circa 10 seconds into first ever Christmas day usage. Gutted.

I have similar cravings. For my wee nephews of course………

I used to love building Tamiya models.

I started with the Subaru ‘Brat’ which is number 37 on the picture; mine was bright red though.

I then ended up with a Boomerang which is 55 before finally moving to Schumacher and running a ‘Cat.’

I always wanted a ‘Willy’ jeep though, my friend had one and it was great; wheelied everywhere 😀

Saved forever to get a Grasshopper, the cheapest and most basic they did, bloody loved it! Even if I did take it out in my works van to play with (like I said, took a long time to save for/justify 🙂 )

JCL – wow that was intense ❗

Tamiya Frog, can’t find it on that photo, sure it must be in there somewhere.

Indeed! Bonkers skill the way they adjust the angle of the cars in the air.

41,43,45,47 and 57.Then Schumachers after that.

I had several but ended up racing a modified Falcon – iirc it had quad magnet(?) Demon motor and updated battery.

Subaru Brat here also …in white ….hours of fun

edlong – Member
Tamiya Frog, can’t find it on that photo, sure it must be in there somewhere.

I think the frog is 41.

I seem to recall Tamiya trying to get serious with their buggies, but at the time; Schumacher, Team Losi and Associated were the daddies.

for you edlong 😉

edit that race was bloomin awesome 😀

That race was epic! Had a Blackfoot when young. On weds evening I’m off to the local club who have loan cars for some tarmac racing, should be fun

75, still have it somewhere .

The Hornet was my first RC car, then after a lot of saving I brought a Manta Ray. The best bit for me was always the assembly.

Always wanted an avante but never got one.
After quite a few tamiyas I went for a Lossi xxx4 graphite and a Marder 1/5th scale 29cc petrol.

Still love the old tamiyas and tempted to buy another just to build

“Wild One”, no.50 here!

(Followed by a “Samurai” 4WD thing but that was by Marui not Tamiya 😉 )

A Hotshot (47) for me. Loved it. It’s still in the loft for when blobby jr is old enough to appreciate it 🙂

No. 68 – Super Sabre. Still at my Mum’s I think, definitely due for resurrection! Do modern batteries allow them to run for more than 15 minutes?

I must admit to having a look at Schuacher Cats the other month to see how much they’d moved on. I was very nearly tempted with the current model, but then realised that I’d never actually use it.

I can now see a downside to not having kids.

My Mis-spent youth!

I had a Tamiya Hornet which I ran into the ground. Then had a Kyosho Lazer ZX.

Then after I’d more or less killed that I had a Kyosho Ultima Pro XL.

Then I discovered real cars….

amplebrew that is a BADASS! car 8)

Lancia Beta. Number 40 up there. Same as the Grasshopper with an even heavier, more breakable plastic body. Completely uncontrollable with a fully charged 7.2v battery and the ubiquitous demon ’27 single’.
Looked like this for all of 10 minutes until the first, inevitable car/kerb interface.

i had a brat, loved it.
had a 12 turn motor in it so it was rapid, but battery life in those days was like 3-4 minutes!
modern batteries are a world away from that, as well as bodies being lexan and a lot lighter.
i recently bought a schumacher mission rolling chassis off ebay, 4 sets of wheels and tyres and a somewhat battered body, but i only paid £25 for it.
fitted some old radio gear i had lying around, and a 9 turn brushless motor also off ebay, a LOT faster than anything ive had before.
top fun for about £130 all in.
brilliant fun with drift tyres.

@ racefaceec90

It does look amazing, especially in Matt black.

The detailing on the chassis and running gear is fantastic.

Subaru Brat Mud Blaster, think my parents threw it out the loft 🙁

google suggests they started making the Frog again. Hmmm

See a few of us had the ‘Brat.’

I’m sure mine came with half a man to simulate the driver.

The top half obviously 8)

45, 43, 92 and 96 (with an escort cosworth shell)

Still got them in the man cave 🙂

Ooooh, has an escort cossie that I spent a fair few quid hopping up.
Loved that car, was awesome!

@ edlong

Looks like they still make quite a few of the old classics.

The Land Cruiser is nice. Very similar to one that Richard Hammond drove on a TG special.

In fact, it might have been that exact vehicle 😆

Had a Vanessa’s lunch box , a monster beetle and a kyosho raider ,i used to race at pendle model club and got a trophy in 2 wheel drive class(they were the hardtail of the rc car world )i wanted one again but could not justify it to the wife and she bought me leather gloves for christmas that year,great hobby that ?

I had a few of the small Tamiya monster trucks Midnight pumpkin, Toyota HI LUX and the like. They just had an on/off switch and ran in straight lines but had stunt gear for wheelies and running on 2 wheels. Also had buggies possibly Super Astue?

Propper RC stuff I had and still have some

Tamiya Mini Cooper
Tamiya TL01 Imprezza
Tamiya Juggernaut 2
HPI RS4 pro2
HPI RS4 pro3
HPI Mini Pro
Schumacher cat 2
And a Carson 1/8 nitro focus wrc

ahhh brings back so many good memories. i had a Boomerang and used to race it with my fellow school mate Greg’s hornet – i had so much traction!

Dear Santa…

Never had a Tamiya – started racing with a Mardave Meteor, then raced Schumacher CAT’s – did indoor and outdoor races with Worksop Radio Car Club and loads of regionals for about 10 years.

the more i’m looking at pictures of rc cars (tamiya/other brands) the more my mind is trying to get me to save up for one even though i have
1. not so much as 2 pennies to rub together
2. wouldn’t use it very much
3. places to use it are too far for me (have a bike).

still the temptation is there though 😉

p.s don’t google any of the classic r/c cars like alfa romeo e.t.c they are lush 😳

i have used these guys s couple of times mail order, no problems at all.
i have also visited the shop in stevenage, very helpful guys who know their stuff.
clicky

Always wanted an Avante. Realised that was way outside the realms of possibility, so settled on wanting a Boomerang or a Super Sabre.
This was also outside the realms of possibility too it would appear….

Never got a ‘proper’ r/c car. A mate of mine had a Kyosho Optima Mid that was really nice.
Tempted to buy a Boomerang a while back seeing as they re-released them, but they are even more expensive now & I think you could get a better buggy for the money….

If I bought one, I think it would be mainly about the assembly and it wouldn’t really get used after a few weeks of playing…