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Dec 20, 2006 22:37:42 GMT
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when i first started in RC1800 packs were the nuts, got back into it a few years ago and bought a few 3000, difference is amazing, i have 9 packs now as well as the older ones that were still ok, i usually get bored before i run out of batteries but my charger works of the mains or a car battery and will fast cahrge anyway so i can run for a whole afternoon with no bother.
thats the other thing with batteries, get a decent peak charger that senses how much and how to charge the packs and you'll see loads of difference, not at home so cant check my packs, but my old ones are nicads and the new ones are nimhs i think, much better than the old nicads, more power and last longer, go flat almost instantly rather than winding down like the old ones used to, don't write of electric RC's if you havent played with the new packs and chargers, they make a hell of a difference.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Retro Ben
Part of things
1982 VW Jetta CL
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Dec 21, 2006 10:07:17 GMT
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I have been involved with RC scene from a very early age and achieved about 15th in the BRCA championship at one point and also appeared on BBC TV on a programme called Move It. The programme was presented by Simon O’Brian (Brooky) and Fiona Lee-Frasier (Grange Hill), I came second place in the RC car race, nearly winning a Tamiya Astute. I packed it all in to study for A Levels but my dad carried on with organising meetings and running his RC Model business. He now runs the biggest RC meetings in the north at Don Valley in Sheffield and Dronfield.
Fortunately my dad took pitty on many kids who had cars that under performed and regularly took their old Tamiya’s in part ex for Schumacher’s and Kyoshos etc. He never got rid of any and we now have a fair bit of coin in used and NOS Tamiya / Kyosho / Schumacher and PB (remember them ?)
Here’s a list of what I have personally owned / raced (some of the latter I still have) roughly in order:
Tamiya Sandscorcher
Tamiya Rough Rider
Tamiya Ford Ranger
Tamiya Super Champ
Tamiya Wild Willy
Tamiya Lambourgini Cheetah
Mardave Marauder
Mardave Mini Stock
Tamiya Holiday Buggy
Tamiya Sand Rover
Tamiya Porsche 959 (12th scale)
Tamiya Toyota Celica (12th scale)
Tamiya Ferrari F1
Tamiya Wild One (Favourite!)
Tamiya Hot Shot
Tamiya Hot Shot 2
Tamiya Big Wig
Couple of 12th scale cars
A 1/8th petrol circuit car
Kyosho Ultima
Kyosho Optima
Kyosho Optima Mid
Kyosho Optima Mid Custom Special
Schumacher Cat
Schumacher Top Cat
Scumacher Boss Cat
Tamiya Clod Buster as Grave Digger
Schumacher Cougar
Schumacher Storm
Schumacher Cougar 2
Mardave Cobra
Mardave Beetle (based on mini stock)
There are probably more that I have briefly owned. And here are just a few of what I know my dad has got:
NOS Optima
NOS Hot Shot (with upgraded front shocks)
Tamiya Holiday Buggy
4x Sand Scorchers / Rough Riders
NOS Lambourghini Cheetah
Schumacher Cougar
Schumacher Cat
Schumacher Storm
The 12th scale Porsche & Toyota
Mardave Cobra
Tamiya Wild Willy
Tamiya Clod Buster (Grave Digger)
Tamiya Monster Beetle.
Loads of NOS Tamiya bits and Boddies.
Boxes and boxes of used chassis, bits and bobs up in the shed !
I will try and get some pictures !
Ben
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1971 VW Beetle (scrapped)
1971 VW Beetle (sold)
1984 VW Polo mk2 (scrapped)
1979 VW Type 2 “Viking”(sold)
1982 Golf Driver mk1 (sold)
1979 VW Scirocco mk1 GLS (sold)
1981 VW Scirocco mk1 GLS (sold)
1980 VW Type 25 “Devon” (for sale)
2007 VW Jetta SE
1982 VW Jetta mk1 CL
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filmidget
East Midlands
Mostly Lurking
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Dec 21, 2006 10:34:23 GMT
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...and PB (remember them ?) Yeah, I do - I ended up building a mates 'cos it was beyond him - what a piece of junk... |
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'79 MG Midget 1500 - Still patiently awaiting attention
'02 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Elegance(!) - Better than you might think
'03 Mazda MX5 - All new and shiny looking (thanks to Antony at Rust Republic)
'09 Renault Clio - Needs to go.
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slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
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Classic RC Carsslater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
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Dec 21, 2006 10:35:45 GMT
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Nitro all tyhe way!, apart from that fact electric cars are just bloody boring to work on. You can use them for as long as you want. With a battery car to have to have loads of batteries to use them for more than an hour or so any batterys take years to charge properly as oppose to 10seconds to fill the tank on a nitro car, if you good you can do it wharlst its still running aswell..
with the battery cars ive used they take about 10 hours to charge and you get about 10min use out of them!
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Dec 21, 2006 14:30:21 GMT
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Then had saved enough pennies to purchase this beauty as soon as it came out:  OMG! the Mid along with the Schumacher Cat were the cars to have when I started racing - I remember there were loads of updated variants of the mid, the last one being called the Optima Mid Custom Special Pro SE or something similarly long winded ;D Before they ran out of describing words & brought out the ZXR Isn't the glow fuel a mixture of Caster oil, Methanol & Nitro? I must admit the I.C powered cars are good fun but the engines can be tempermental - electric cars are cleaner, can be just as fast & with the new high capacity cells and a decent quick charger can run for as long in between charge ups/re-fills. For a beginner who wants instant plug & play action I would recommend an electric car. |
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Dec 21, 2006 14:50:53 GMT
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Electric cars are so much easier on the ear as well..  Roccoben I may well have to have words with you about the Retro Rides show r/c stuff... For the record I had a Tamiya Supershot, but really wanted a Kyosho Ultima |
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Dec 21, 2006 16:51:18 GMT
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Electric cars are so much easier on the ear as well.. I concur - one I.C car in the park is ok, but a gaggle of them racing is the nearest thing to Chinese torture - I once helped run a 1/10 I.C truck national meeting.... ooooo never again  ;D |
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spud
Part of things
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Dec 22, 2006 14:16:48 GMT
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Didnt think a RC thread would have been so populer. All this talk of rc cars made me want to race again, so i went and put a deposit down on a car will get it at the end of January and join my nearest 1:5 scale club.  |
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Dec 22, 2006 16:17:12 GMT
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RC Oooooooof!!! ^^^^
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Dec 22, 2006 16:56:33 GMT
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I'm thinking about puting a nitro car after christmas, and selling my TL-01. if anyones lookeing for a simple beginners car PM me. although I have no idea what nitro car I'm looking for if anyone can suggest some good ones to look at i'd appreciate it. has to be some sort of saloon/rally car though! and also, i found this in my wardrobe, my uncle got it me for christmas when i was about 5 or something!  |
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filmidget
East Midlands
Mostly Lurking
Posts: 1,652
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Dec 22, 2006 18:43:57 GMT
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That's it, it's all too much - I am going to have to hit the 'bay for a couple of cars for my boys after Christmas... The fact that they are both only nearly 3 years old means I will have to sort the cars out and look after them for a while before letting the boys loose with the cars  What's a good site for learn about all the new fangled stuff since I gave it all up 15 years ago? |
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'79 MG Midget 1500 - Still patiently awaiting attention
'02 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Elegance(!) - Better than you might think
'03 Mazda MX5 - All new and shiny looking (thanks to Antony at Rust Republic)
'09 Renault Clio - Needs to go.
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Dec 22, 2006 21:04:01 GMT
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best thing to do i found out was to go into your local model shop and find out what they stock spares for, nothin more anoying than buying an RC and then having to wait a week for bits everytime you break it!!
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Smiler
Posted a lot
I no longer own anything FWD! Or with less than 6 cylinders, or 2.5ltrs! :)
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Dec 22, 2006 21:41:28 GMT
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Mt mate had a Tamiya Hornet which was later replaced with a Kyosho Optima Mid Custom Special. I wanted a Tamiya Avante for ages (they later brought out a new version which was similar but some of the alloy parts had been remade in glass reinforced plastic (I think).
I presently own both a Mardave Ministock and a mighty Mardave Marauder! The later is indestructable, unstopable and thanks to no diff (as standard) is undriveable on hard surfaces. Very crude, very agricultural, very tough and very much fun (on grass). I can't bare to part with it. Though it could do with a new engine.
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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Classic RC CarsDeleted
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Ah this thread brings back some memories I started out back in about '87/88 with a Hornet which I constantly broke, it ended up with loads of metal bits that me and my dad had made but it was great fun that car. I then moved on to a Ministock with a custom wide arched bodyshell which I still have today. I changed it over to 7.2V with a tamiya hump back battery that fitted underneath the wider body. Went like stink. Than came along an Optima mid custom which I saved for ages for. That was an awesome car with loads of carbon fibre bits. I remember the front suspension being a bit weak and I replaced it with metal bits that I thn kept bending. I sold that to pay for a Kyosho nitro Corvette which to be frank was curse word. It was slow and had curse word handling and the body used to make it fly off the track. The engines used to break rods and I replaced it with a slightly bigger engine that never quite fitted properly. That engine ended up mounted sideways in an ultra wide Ministock when I was about 15. Went like a drag car in a straight line but was uncontrollable. Tried loading up the front with weight to mae it steer but it was no use... Bought myself another Ministock when I was working at 17 and made a stretched chassis and ran it under an A Team van body sprayed up with what looked like cool graphics at the time. Still got that too. I ran that with a 7.2V humpback as well but this time a 17-turn double motor with wet magnets and timing control. That was soooooo fast it was uncontrollable but with a leccy speed controller it made it easier. Swapped those bits into a Tamiya Grasshopper I picked up cheap and put on a huge VW beetle body. It was a riot of a drive and would pick up the front wheels but couldn't steer very well without rolling over Ultimately the gearbox just sheared into bits and chewed up all the gears. I don't think it was meant to handle the power! I'd have another one of them, I notice the Hornet is being rereleased... |
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Dec 23, 2006 12:10:59 GMT
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Its funny that this thread was here as only a week or so ago I bought a tamiya Midnight Pumpkin for the young lad's christmas. I see that Tamiya have released new versions of some of the classics (Lunch Box, Grasshopper etc). Its pretty cool and I'll bet i'm up as early as he is on Christmas morning raring to get going building it, I already have the battery packs charged up.
"Back in the day" I had a Tamiya Bigwig, it was the business, I got hacked off with constant battery charges and went Nitro and bought myself a 1/8 scale monster Truck, The Mean Muddere its called and although the original bodyshell is trashed, I still have it in the garage. I also have a RC10GT in there too but it needs a new chassis plate and front bracing due to a work colleague going headfirst into a wall at full pelt.
They too are on my long list of things to do but at present appear after the Triumph estate and the Evo 2.
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Triumph Estate to do list:
1. Remove Rover V8 - done
2. chop, weld, spray - ongoing, need motivation
3. drop in RB25
4. burn rubber
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Dec 23, 2006 14:20:08 GMT
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After reading this i've got the bug for some electric fun again but i need some help i've had a long list of cars some tamyia and lots of Losi stuff but for club use i had a toring car that had all inboard suspension, they also used to make an off road 4wd buggy. It was a right pain to setup at first but when done was one of the best cars i owned any out there know who made them i cant remeber.
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macca
Part of things
Posts: 290
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Dec 23, 2006 16:39:53 GMT
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After reading this i've got the bug for some electric fun again but I need some help i've had a long list of cars some tamyia and lots of Losi stuff but for club use I had a toring car that had all inboard suspension, they also used to make an off road 4wd buggy. It was a right pain to setup at first but when done was one of the best cars I owned any out there know who made them I cant remeber. That will be a Tenth Technology (Ttech) Predator DTM or Streetwise. |
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Dec 23, 2006 21:26:02 GMT
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I always wanted a TamTech 1/24 scale car,.. but I guess they don't sell them any more anywhere!!
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
Posts: 15,538
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Dec 23, 2006 22:02:56 GMT
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::)This thread  I only meant to take a quick peek and now you've had me scavenging on Ebay and scanning old photos. My first RC car was a Tamiya Thundershot (I think you guessed right on Wednesday Dan?) I tinkered wiht that a while and then got a Schumacher Top Cat - the one with the laid down shocks. I got into racing this a bit and it ended up converted to traditional Cougar shocks, slipper drive, etc. I once won a B final at a the club I went to adn was pretty chuffed! I stull haev teh trophy but then I got into "big" cars andf the RC stuff got put away. It's still all over at my mums though I'm getting pretty tempted by the banger race/ministock things though - it'd take less work to get driving a diddy replica of my Oxford around than it would get the real thing going again  Me, aged 16 3/4   Why I rarely won: I was too busy driving like this and having fun  |
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Dec 23, 2006 22:37:54 GMT
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After reading this i've got the bug for some electric fun again but I need some help i've had a long list of cars some tamyia and lots of Losi stuff but for club use I had a toring car that had all inboard suspension, they also used to make an off road 4wd buggy. It was a right pain to setup at first but when done was one of the best cars I owned any out there know who made them I cant remeber. That will be a Tenth Technology (Ttech) Predator DTM or Streetwise. Indeed it was mate been doing some searching today it was a dtm that i had now all i want to do is find one forsale have found a couple of preadtors for sale and found the TTech web site but they no longer sell a Touring car  The hunt begins BTW if any of you rc guys find one for sale please let me know. |
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