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Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:28 pm
by The Hybrid
Forgot to add I'm Subzero...Or Am I Master Chief? I think I'm having an identity crises...lol

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:13 am
by FasterLouder
Brendan
Auckland,New Zealand
Born on leap day (Feb 29) 1976
I build Ford Windsor V8 engines for a crust...And the odd Mazda Rotary.
First RC car was in 1988-A Tamiya Clodbuster

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Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:06 pm
by vintage AE
My name is Anthony, I'm 31, from Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I work in western Canada (AB & BC) as a well-site geologist, therefore I spend 1/2 my time home and 1/2 on oil rigs.

I got a beautiful wife who probably would like it if I didn't post her picture, in fact I'm not going to attempt it. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats that make up for not having kids yet.

My first RC car was a RC10 goldpan which I am currently restoring. I've owned a Taymia Hornet, Kyosho Hi-Rider and Radier, and a RC10 graphite (is on this site under "Project Graphite")...the goldpan is coming soon.

Other interest include photography, I have at least a dozen vintage cameras, and off roading.
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Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:53 am
by slotcarrod
Hi! My name is Rod, I am 39 but I think I'm 12. I have a lovely wife (Married 19 years) and two kids 17 (girl) 14 (boy). I live in the fantastic city of Calgary. I am a manager at the largest hobbyshop in Canada (top 5 in North America). I have been in the hobby for a very long time. My first "good" rc car was a 1984-85 RC10. I have 2 ROAR national titles. I am into all forms of motor sports. My son races MX and most my extra time is spent racing or wrenching.

I collect vintage slotcars (Aurora). Just started collecting vintage RC. My love is Associated as they are the ones that got me in this mess. lol! I collect pre independence Jamaican stamps (first post office in the western hemisphere even before the good old USA or Canada). I am into all forms of RC and have, crawlers, trailrigs, buggies, trucks, drift, touring, Mini's (TCS), 12 scale, boats, aircraft, tanks (lots of tanks :oops: ).

I like guns, fishing, camping, riding single track and DS motorcycles, watching Flames hockey and playing PS3 with my kids. I love Toyota and will buy nothing else (hope they do better in F1)! I love Honda motorcycles and I am brand loyal to them as well. Nuff said!

This is a fantastic forum and I am happy that I found it, thanks for having me.

My mugly ug

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One of my trailrig's

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One of my tanks

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Most of my time is spent with my Son doing this

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Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:39 pm
by PBR Allstar
Just realized I never put myself on this thread, so here it is!

31 y.o. design aftermarket suspension and driveline components for Audi vehicles, prior to that managed a vintage motorsports shop and before that was a crew chief on a Toyota Atlantic team before getting burnt out on the travel. The charming vixen in the picture is my other half Alisha, we also have a 10 year old, cyrus, and a chiauaua.

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Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:37 am
by Bent
I suppose it is my turn so here you go.

My name is John, I am 27 yrs. old, I am was and will mostlikly always be in Texas, I tried to escape 4 times, I'm a officer of the state by trade but am not currently emplyed. I am not married nor do I have children aside from the 2 dogs.

My first R/C car was a electric truck, dont know what it was. It had a old blazer body it was a ugly little thing, that I got for me back in 1999ish I have been hooked since 1997, I've had all kinds of rc cars and trucks, but my first quality truck that I could race was Duratrax Max St, with a track right down the road and all the money I could make with a summer job I was always more than able to enjoy it

Fast forward a few years later, I own a RC10T dirt oval, RC10T stadium truck, RC10L, Traxxas Sledge, a losi XX kinwald graphite buggy, and a 2.2 Scale truck. I have yet to race a race other than a local every week LHS event nothing major. I have always ran dirt oval could be the dirt track racer in me. Mom raced uncles and cousins all raced, friends in school all raced, oh and I did too till...........

Well here I am im my Ex boss's IMCA/Limited modified taken a few years ago....
(Thanks Jimmy Johnson for the laps and all the help)

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Best I can do for now cant get this pos to work right


I currently own..............
RC10T dirt oval
RC10T stadium
Rc10L Mark Martin Folgers body
2.2 scale crawler
Traxxas Sledge
Kyosho stadium in pieces
xx kinwald graphite in pieces


Over the years I have owned...........
A electric truck with a blazer/suburban body dont know what it was
Associated rc10T3
2 Associated RC10L's
2 Associated RC10T's
A Associated TC3 electric. BIG POS
2 Duratrax Max ST's
2 Duratrax Max MT's
A Duratrax Overdrive ST roller
Traxxas 4 Tec nitro
Traxxas Stampede
Traxxas Sledge
HPI RS42
A Losi XXT
A Losi XXX-NT
A Tamiya Stadium Blitzer
A Tamiya Frog
A Tamiya Black Foot
Tamiya ta F-150
Kyosho Rampage nitro MT
Kyosho Raider
Kyosho stadium truck of some sort
Even a Golden Arrow lol

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:53 am
by y2kgtp
I'm Erik....36yrs old, Live in Joliet, IL 3 Boys, 1 girl

Been racing on and off since the early 80's

Started with a Tamiya Frog, then moved up to a RC10....then various renditions of the RC10....Houge A-arms chassis, MIP Trans, you know the rest.....

Got a JRX2 when it first came out, ran the 5-link for a while, then A-Arm conversion.....

Dropped RC for a bit....

got a Losi XX Buggy ran for a bit (now can't find it)

Dropped RC for a bit....

Bought a XXX-NT Drake Edition to get back into racing, and got my oldest 2 boys XXX-NT RTR's.....they had interest....in seeing who could smack the truck up first into the wall...that's about it.

Dropped RC for a bit....

Got into Nitro again for a while, 1/8th buggies, Monster Trucks, on-road cars.....got tired of all the maintenance and cleanup...

Dropped RC for a bit....

Just got in again with a Losi Speed-T I'm converting to a Mid Motor, to run stadium truck at my local track (eventually). I have
been parting out Losi RTR's and other vehicles on eBay to help pay for this round of my hobby, and suddenly decided I really
wanted some of my first vehicles back again.....RC10 & Jrx2.....I also would like a Tamiya Frog, but those are new at Tower Hobbies
as a re-release, so I'm not too much in a hurry to drop 150$ on a Frog right now :lol:

I'd still like to find a Marui Samurai as well, as I had that as a kid in Jr High.

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:28 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Yaehelloooo, my name is Ken. I live in Evansville, Indiana. 34 and job title is "Planner".
Basically put together trips for a large van line. Love it to be honest. It's like working a puzzle. :)
Been in R/C for 25 yrs off and on. My first good r/c was a Tyco Indy Car(it really was a nice car!)
My first "hobby car" was a Tamiya Hornet. Bought it from a friend for $20/month paper route money. Went thru a few Tamiyas then got a TQ10 at 12 or 13 maybe? Blew me away. Still have it and it is by far my favorite car. It has been thru every conversion imaginable. My freinds and I all bought nothing but Associated while we had a track here(indoor asphalt oval). Burned down TWICE! Then closed. Now I mostly just stare at my cars and occasionally run them. I like working on them better than driving them. I have a 4 year old daughter and I can't wait to let her start breaking them! My daughter and my wife are everything to me. Although, I do love a good vintage piece of r/c. And one last thing, I have all my thumbs, but started the user id a long time ago and stuck with it. No disrespect intended...

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:45 pm
by -zapper-
Name :: Cyle
Age :: 19
Where? :: Oak Harbor, WA
Occupation :: Aviation Electronics Technician, USN
Years in R/C :: 8.5
First R/C :: Duratrax Evader ST
RC Lineup :: CRT Pro / Hellfire SS / (3) T-maxxes / Nitro Blizzard / Violator 9.5 / RC10 / RC10GT / Mardave / Nitro 4-tec / Sg Mantua 1/8 Nitro F1 / Delphi Indy Car / Vendetta St / RC18MT / Evader EXT
Previously Owned RC's :: Evader St / E-maxx / Delphi Indy Car / Lightning St

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Me playing on a Can-am Spyder at the 2007 Unadilla MX Nationals, New Berlin, NY, "BRAAAP!"

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:21 pm
by LowClassCC
well here goes.

Name :: Joe
Age :: 33
Sex :: Yes Please
Where? :: Mauckport, IN
Relationship Status :: Married
Family :: 1 Son Age 4 (One of the reasons I'm getting back into rc.)
First R/C :: Associated RC10 CE
RC Lineup :: Listed in sig
Previously Owned RC's :: RC10 CE / RC10 Full Custom / RC10L / RC10T

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:01 pm
by Four
Hey oh!

Name :: Aaron
Age :: 28
Sex :: 2-3 times a week or whenever:)
Where? :: Rochester NY
Relationship Status :: In a long term relationship, but not married.. yet
Family :: Yes I have a family, but no kiddies of my own
First R/C :: Nikko Porsche racer
RC Lineup :: Only 1, an RC10 Worlds car - own since it was NIP, and now putting it back together.
Previously Owned RC's :: Futaba FX10, RC10 Graphite

The one with the Swimmies on.. :lol:
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I am also pretty big into cars. I have a 2006 Subaru STI that is modded by me and running about 300whp and a daily driver/work car, which is a 2008 Ford Focus.

Most recent shot of of the STI, putting the summer rubber and rims back on.
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And with the winter wheels on
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Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:55 pm
by schmacher
hi, my name is marco and i'm from melrose park,il
i'm 35
currently trying to restore a kyosho turbo optima,kyosho triumph and a losi jrx2

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:09 pm
by kenooze
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Cedric 34 years old, I'm French and leave near Paris.
It's me yesterday at a French national ...

Evrybody's love this so vintage look, especially the Reedy Pink Hat :P

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:17 pm
by RedScampi
I guess it's about time I showed my ugly mug. My name is Gary and I'm 48 going on 3. I do my best not to act like a child but it's a struggle every day! I've been married to my first wife for 25 years this August. (Where did all that time go?) We have two kids, a daughter that is 23 and a son, 19. Oh and a 6 month old chocolate lab that is much like taking care of a baby. I work in aircraft manufacturing in Seattle, care to guess who for? :lol: I got into rc first in 1987, then got out a few years later - too expensive for me at the time. I had a Super Champ, sadly I thought it was a turd and sold it about the time i bought my RC10. I just recently got back into rc and I'm glad i found this group! I'm not into rtr stuff much, I like the satisfaction of building my own. Anyway, here is me and my family in Arches National Park last year. I'm the dork in the white shirt. The goofy guy on the right is my little brother.
Hobbies besides RC are classic cars and building paper models (I know, not very manly but it's relaxing and amazing what you can make from paper!) I also am an avid computer gamer along with my son.

Re: == Who the Heck Are You? ==

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 10:55 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Reggie Hammer, 32 (now i'm getting old) Dirtoval specialist by trade, or at least used to be-
Professional Carny and Sign & Graphics shop owner, collector of
1) Old paper money
2) Old cars & 1 Jeep
3) as many RC vehicles as my shop will hold
4) as many NIP old stock parts as my bins will hold

Don't race as much as I like to, Built a medium sized off road track in the side yard for my sons 4yr old B-day
and he ran his 10t for 8 hrs a day,---for all of two days, then decided he'd rather wait until he is 5
and have a 200' medium bank carolina clay oval in the other side for testing & development since the "local"
track is 3 hrs away, and of course my picture