Tamiya

Right, that does it. I'm ordering an M3.

Have I stumbled into the 'I Got Bullied & Couldn't Get Girls At School Thread'?

No G, you stumbled upon the "There's no football on and I'm buggered if I'm doing my homework thread."

shit... looking on ebay. the catagories:
Electric (1,696)
Nitro (111)
Petrol (4)

...nitro?!? ...whut?

This thread is fucking amazing! I need an F40 in my life. Immediately!

I love tamiya artwork, and am currently learning to do similar myself.

If you can get hand render to the same level, I take my hat off to you. That is art.

Nitro is an RC specific fuel. It's different to petrol. [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_fuel[/ame] for more info. Oh, and fuck off pisti.

This thread is fucking amazing! I need an F40 in my life. Immediately!

same man, I want the first issue of it, not the prepainted reissue

I've got a Blackfoot, thinking about putting an old Monsterbeetle shell I have on it but haven't got round to getting the shell mounts.

A couple of my mates got a bit obsessed by the whole RC thing for a while and we ended up building a track in the woods. Its great fun to race around.

Anyone fancy a race?

def man

Oh, and fuck off pisti.

OI! Watch it or I'll get DJ onto you!

def man

He said...

"I'VE GOT A BLACKFOOT, THINKING ABOUT PUTTING AN OLD MONSTERBEETLE SHELL I HAVE ON IT BUT HAVEN'T GOT ROUND TO GETTING THE SHELL MOUNTS.

A COUPLE OF MY MATES GOT A BIT OBSESSED BY THE WHOLE RC THING FOR A WHILE AND WE ENDED UP BUILDING A TRACK IN THE WOODS. ITS GREAT FUN TO RACE AROUND.

ANYONE FANCY A RACE?"

I was waiting for someone to crack that one!

No 83 is bugging me.

the manual

SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY? Really? :-x

(even though there were better motors out there) there is something about the name and the associated factory spec of models having "DYNA TECH" motors out of the box that feels like a Dura Ace grooming technique...

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Just remember I had this Audi second hand second hand. I think it was one of the early Aluminium models....Absolute GASH.

YouTube - Vintage Tamiya promotional video for the 58036 Audi Quattro and 58037 Opel Ascona Rally
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This thread is fucking amazing! I need an F40 in my life. Immediately!

This thing is the best. XR311. Re-released recently. Had one in 1979. Have one now. Sad. But true.

You recon any of this talk could get you laid?...with a lass?

Thread closed.

I've still got my Nitro car somewhere. A HPI dodge viper gts-r. It gets to about 40 mph bloody quickly, but the carburettor is very temperamental with the temperature. Great fun.

One of my neighbours can spend a whole weekend racing RC cars in the car park behind my house.
I'm being forced to take drugs rinsed down with Polish vodka to ease the sufferation from that blasted drone.

ps. If there's a BMW E30 for grabs, then I'm in.

Yeah 9,000 rpm is pretty loud.

don't mean to make you jealous but i have one of these (with an upgraded motor!) on my desk.

http://www.gizmo-guru.com/bitcharg/bitchar-g.htm

Top marks! That's the difference between someone like Tamiya and Schumacher. The attention to detail and replica scale. Schumacher may have made better chassis but Tamiya killed it with style.

Hopped up version of no.100 on the list.

Took my car out last night, burnt through the tire which I have only raced about 6 times, chipped the spoiler. I need to stop racing it drunk!!! Who is up for a bit of a race, Iwould like to arrange a meet up!

i have my dirt thrasher from about 1996 still on my shelf. id use it but i reckon the batteries have well had it by now. what you reckon? i bet the modern ones charge very quick in comparison.

i remember removing the 4WD becuase it was faster on road, but i always envied my friends better handling grasshoppers

Is it a 7.2v stick pack?

...I need to stop racing it drunk!!! Who is up for a bit of a race, Iwould like to arrange a meet up!

how about the crystal palace track? i think you have to be a 'member' to use the track but last time i was there, there was a hole in the fence. maybe go there when its quiet.

or how about brockwell park bmx track its pretty cool in the dry but during last winter my mates kept getting their cars wet driving through puddles and messing up their electrics!

we made a track in the woods near my house its not really wide enough for racing, we used to do time trials. needs to be cleared up a bit as the nettles have started growing back.

i need to have a fiddle with my car as the last time i used it something went wrong and i haven't bothered to to fix it yet.