I stumbled across RC10talk and found it to be full of great information compared to some of the other sites. My search started as I got this bug of wanting a RC10 from my childhood. The infamous gold tub. I remember great times with that car. At the time there were not weekly races, more like monthly races. This was when the tracks were outside. My parents would drive me to the track almost daily to practice for that big monthly race as I was only 14yrs old at the time. I remember having to water the track myself and rake it. Then run one or two batteries, go home and wait for the next day. I did this all summer long. Great times. Now I have been watching ebay for both a runner car and a display car. I have a car on the way that I think will become my runner. I feel like a kid again, just waiting for the car to arrive.
My first real R/C was a Tamiya Hotshot that was a driveway racer. Then came the RC10 and many more. I am planning on getting the re-released Hotshot along with a couple of Yokomo's I used to have. RPS SE and Super Dog Fighter. So the hunt begins with a smile on my face. Only if I was able to see the future would I have hung on to all my toys.
As soon as the RC10 arrives, I will share the pics with everyone as I might need so guidance.
It has arrived. Yep that's right, my childhood RC10, well one that resembles it anyway. In decent condition so it looks. It needs a through gone through as it's been sitting a while with no attention.
Also in the box was a old Andy's RC Monster Truck conversion kit. This will be going up on the bay, unless there is a member that would be interested first. I am looking for Yokomo 834b parts that I would be willing to trade this kit for.
Yes, another of those middle aged guys with an itch to have some fun from his youth again. My parents shipped my my old box of RC stuff. I still remember the excitement when I got this baby back in 1986. 25 years later I'm probably just as excited....
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It looks great!! Nice color on the body too... :D :D
Red: Metalic red from Pactra. I applied it heavier in the front than the back. That way when I backed it with black the red gets darker towards the back for a subtle color effect).
White:...
I was just committing on another thread,and i started thinking about all the races (other than club races) i have been to and the things that i have seen,from cars being set on fire and seeing how many laps the could do tell they melted, to seeing...
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:lol: We used Aquanet! I have video on VHS somewhere of some of it. Those were our bashing days before all the xxxmain videos came out :?
I remember getting my only ever boxed, brand new Schumacher, the Top Cat, after the numerous cloaked ads that appeared in magazines like Radio Race Car and Radio Control Model Cars (IIRC)! What's this.....? No front shocks??? Or so we thought....!...
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If you look again at the picture there's one of the spur adapters there too (the red thing)
They were made by RW Racing (Also known as SRM)
RW and SRM are not the same.
RW made (and still makes) special parts for several cars, sold by them but...
I got this Grasshopper II at a yard sale for $2. Slapped a spektrum receiver and a fresh Nimh pack in it and I was off and running. These old plastic tamiya cars bring back memories of Grasshoppers, Hornets, Sears Lobos, and Tyco turbo Hoppers. :D...
I am a 41 year old living in Raleigh, North Carolina, who has just gotten the RC bug again. My first hobby grade RC car was a Tamiya Hotshot in 1986. In 1987 I got an RC10 from Tower Hobbies in NYC. Which I still have in the...
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Welcome!!!
I'm a Toys R Us kid... 'cause I don't wanna grow up...
Thought I’d share a picture to the group of a Mini Mustang I had as a kid back in roughly 1989 I reckon, body was a bit different.
I bought the car as a kid secondhand from a local bloke who had bought but not gotten on to well. I stripped and...
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As has been mentioned above... use a modern sponge insert to reduce or remove the flat spot.... unless it is for the shelf, in which case, it is only flat on the bottom!!!
The Dynamite tyres were overlooked in the UK a little i think, which is...
I have this faint recollection of an old video we used to play at the hobby shop I worked at , had to be around 1989 - 1990, that had a cool clip of Losi and his NSX. I think we only had 2 VHS tapes we played, well I did. The owner was a train guy...
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I don't remember the Video, but I do remember seeing his NSX in the Ranch Pit Shop's parking lot.
Pretty sure it had a Personalized License Plate, maybe LOSI :?:
Can't remember....
I am going to do my first build third with pics as I go. This is going to be a replica of the Hornet I used to race in my teeny years, as best as I can remember it. I have a couple of old photos that I need to scan and I also have some video I need...
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alright, i'm gonna let you slide on this one. have fun reliving your younger years. :)