YOUR FIRST R/C CAR!
12-15-2010, 02:43 AM
#46
Defiantly some memorys here
Jet hopper was my very first car drove it to death made a track out the back and every thing, Then found a Tamiya Frog under the tree one christmas 23 years ago then it went on from there.... The lad now does the wheel work and i drag him around OZ and still love it RC is a big part of our family. Still have my original frog working today....
Jet hopper was my very first car drove it to death made a track out the back and every thing, Then found a Tamiya Frog under the tree one christmas 23 years ago then it went on from there.... The lad now does the wheel work and i drag him around OZ and still love it RC is a big part of our family. Still have my original frog working today....
12-15-2010, 02:45 AM
#48
Metro 4wd Bullet
12-15-2010, 02:58 AM
#50
Marui Hunter. Wanted a Frog just like my neighbor @ the time, but this was just as good as long as you could keep idler gears in it. Will get another for my collection one day. Little hard to find though.
12-15-2010, 03:19 AM
#53
Ray,
I too have one of these.... still in my pit box, and still functional... such a great unit, just because you could build it yourself. Not sure anyone ever built one for 540 though..... straight to the hi-spec version! I really need to make use of it somewhere..... onroad, though, I think
Oh, and my first car was a Porsche 959, second hand, from ABC Hobbies when they had a branch in Boronia.... buggers sold it to me with no prop shaft, and when I went back to say so, they gave me one from (I think) a Hotshot..... as a noob, no idea.
First new car (built from a kit) was a little after that, a Tamiya VW Golf Racing Master... ran like a cut cat with the Technigold from the 959 in it!!!
Alex
I too have one of these.... still in my pit box, and still functional... such a great unit, just because you could build it yourself. Not sure anyone ever built one for 540 though..... straight to the hi-spec version! I really need to make use of it somewhere..... onroad, though, I think
Oh, and my first car was a Porsche 959, second hand, from ABC Hobbies when they had a branch in Boronia.... buggers sold it to me with no prop shaft, and when I went back to say so, they gave me one from (I think) a Hotshot..... as a noob, no idea.
First new car (built from a kit) was a little after that, a Tamiya VW Golf Racing Master... ran like a cut cat with the Technigold from the 959 in it!!!
Alex
12-15-2010, 03:34 AM
#54
My First Rc Car was A grass hopper 
And i won it off aggros Cartoon connection lol
And i won it off aggros Cartoon connection lol
12-15-2010, 04:13 AM
#55
hahahaha - 
Young whippersnapper!! 
My first were "12e" and early AYK and ABC on roaders that I used to "race" with Dad on the RAAF bases with apprentices (they had nothing else to spend their money on!!).
I was always either "borrowing" or using shops cars to race off road with the scorchers and scorpions and ayk's. The first "real" off roader that I personaly owned was a Tamiya Sand Rover.
ahhhh - the good old days.
Cheers
Darryn
Young whippersnapper!! My first were "12e" and early AYK and ABC on roaders that I used to "race" with Dad on the RAAF bases with apprentices (they had nothing else to spend their money on!!).
I was always either "borrowing" or using shops cars to race off road with the scorchers and scorpions and ayk's. The first "real" off roader that I personaly owned was a Tamiya Sand Rover.
ahhhh - the good old days.
Cheers
Darryn
Last edited by RETRO R/C; 12-15-2010 at 04:23 AM.
12-15-2010, 04:24 AM
#56
Ah my first car was an FF01 the little clio body looked killer and i had to have 1. Went along to St Ives for a looksie and the mini class was kicking off bought an M01 and a TA02 from a guy in the trading post. Was all set to go racing when girls took over. Still have all the cars though.
12-15-2010, 04:29 AM
#57
My First car was a Tamiya FROG. once built, i took it for my first run, rechargable batteries , well they werent charged ! haha it took off after 2 mins, and used a curb as a jump, down a 6ft driveway into some ones garage door !
hahaha, 10 years old, and a trip to the shop for some spares.
hahaha, 10 years old, and a trip to the shop for some spares.
12-15-2010, 04:32 AM
#58
1983 Tamiya Rough Rider
1984 turned it into a Taipan.
1985 Hirobo Zerda with Mark Mason mods
1986 Kyosho Optima
1986 RCL Incident
1987 Schumacher CAT................
Still got the Taipan
1984 turned it into a Taipan.
1985 Hirobo Zerda with Mark Mason mods
1986 Kyosho Optima
1986 RCL Incident
1987 Schumacher CAT................
Still got the Taipan
12-15-2010, 04:56 AM
#59
Great Thread Shifty
In Order:
Metro Jet Hopper (the black one)- Dont know what happened to it
Tamiya Fox - Still got it, running
Marui Big Bear - Still got it, nearly running
Schumacher CAT XLS - Still got it, nearly running
Serpent Quattro 1/8 onroad - stolen
PB Phoenix 1/8 onroad - stolen
Big gap, went motocross racing etc......
Kyosho Inferno ST US Sports - gone
Kyosho Inferno 777 ST-R - gone
Team Losi LST2 - Still got it
Kyosho Inferno 777 ST-RR - Still got it
Kyosho V-One RRR Evo WC Team - Still got it
Team Losi Micro-T - Still got it
Kyosho Inferno MP9 - Still got it
Kyosho Optima chain drive - needs resto
Team Associated SC10 - Still got it
Kyosho Laser ZX5 SP - Still got it
Phew, I think that's it
Metro Jet Hopper (the black one)- Dont know what happened to it
Tamiya Fox - Still got it, running
Marui Big Bear - Still got it, nearly running
Schumacher CAT XLS - Still got it, nearly running
Serpent Quattro 1/8 onroad - stolen
PB Phoenix 1/8 onroad - stolen
Big gap, went motocross racing etc......
Kyosho Inferno ST US Sports - gone
Kyosho Inferno 777 ST-R - gone
Team Losi LST2 - Still got it
Kyosho Inferno 777 ST-RR - Still got it
Kyosho V-One RRR Evo WC Team - Still got it
Team Losi Micro-T - Still got it
Kyosho Inferno MP9 - Still got it
Kyosho Optima chain drive - needs resto
Team Associated SC10 - Still got it
Kyosho Laser ZX5 SP - Still got it
Phew, I think that's it
12-15-2010, 05:05 AM
#60
Tech Initiate
Back in 1986 my first R/C was a tamiya falcon that as parts broke or wore out my oldman would build custom parts,love that car wish i still had it as some lowlife stole it.
My first gas car was a mugen athlete which i still have to this day.
Great thread by the way brings back alot of good memory`s.
My first gas car was a mugen athlete which i still have to this day.
Great thread by the way brings back alot of good memory`s.