** Build of the Month Contest - January 2023 ** - Winner - Steve71

[LoboNYC]

My vote went for Steve71's MONSTER BUILD...

[Steve71]

My vote went to Frankentruck. Mainly because I have a huge soft spot for the Hornet. Back in the mid 80's when I was 15yrs old, I saved up the $90 it cost to get one back then from cutting grass so I could buy it. That was my very first hobby grade rc

[LoboNYC]

My vote went to Frankentruck. Mainly because I have a huge soft spot for the Hornet. Back in the mid 80's when I was 15yrs old, I saved up the $90 it cost to get one back then from cutting grass so I could buy it. That was my very first hobby grade rc

I have a soft spot for huge tires and monster trucks. And whats funny is that i dont own one. The only one i ever had was the Associated MGT, which i gave away when i moved.

[Frankentruck]

I wish my Hornet could do the jumps and flips that sweet monster truck can do.

[juicedcoupe]

I wish my Hornet could do the jumps and flips that sweet monster truck can do.

It can, once.

[Steve71]

I wish my Hornet could do the jumps and flips that sweet monster truck can do.

All kiddin' aside. I have such memories of the Hornet. I remember buying it and then building it. Then after I got it done I remember going to "Alcove hobbies" which was a shop on Woodward about 5 miles from my house and buying some blue anodized nerf bars for it, as well as some foam tires for it. Not that it needed foam street tires, back then a stock 540 motor and 6 cell pack couldn't spin the tires if they wanted too But it was cool to have them. Cool to see a Hornet done up again....one of these days I need to buy one and restore.

[Dadio]

I wish my Hornet could do the jumps and flips that sweet monster truck can do.

All kiddin' aside. I have such memories of the Hornet. I remember buying it and then building it. Then after I got it done I remember going to "Alcove hobbies" which was a shop on Woodward about 5 miles from my house and buying some blue anodized nerf bars for it, as well as some foam tires for it. Not that it needed foam street tires, back then a stock 540 motor and 6 cell pack couldn't spin the tires if they wanted too But it was cool to have them. Cool to see a Hornet done up again....one of these days I need to buy one and restore.

It's the stories and memories that are most valuable on here really .

[LoboNYC]

It can, once.

[JosephS]

one of these days I need to buy one and restore.

That's the weird thing about Tamiya stuff. You can just buy one, new, without having to spend months sourcing parts to make it work.

I was thinking of trying that out but it would get in the way of my current hobby of buying parts off ebay and immediately re-boxing it in a storage box and forgetting about it.

[scr8p]

Congrats on the win Steve71!

[romulus22]

Good stuff!! Congrats on the win!!

[Frankentruck]

Congrats! Great to start off the year with a beast like that as the winner!

[LoboNYC]

Congrats Steve71!!! That is a bad ass truck!

[Dadio]

Well done Steve , very worthy win

[radioactivity]

Way to go Steve, congrats.
Very nice work.

Chuck