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Posted: **Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:59 am**

Radio Control Car Action always had great photography. They had the best action shots and review pics going.
Here's one of my all-time favorites. What was your favorite?

Posted: **Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:19 pm**

This is probably my all time favorite....

Posted: **Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:36 pm**

Great memories

Posted: **Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:12 pm**

Sad about poor ol Chris. I used to like his Backlot (I think) articles.

Posted: **Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:17 pm**

You actually saved me a lot of trouble on this one because I read that article so many times that my fingers bled from the page turning. Which was quite surprising as my palms were very hairy because I was about 14 at the time...

At any rate I was the proud owner of my first real R/C a Hornet when that article came out and was ready to make a move. The Marui Big Bear was the fastest if I remember correctly and I'll guess 20.9 MPH without referring to the article so I had to have it. Then... if I remember correctly switched to the Blackfoot for reasons I don't remember although I'd love to have one now actually. In the end I ended up with a Thundershot that Christmas which I would also love to have again (and will), but can't remember now how it even came into the equation.

Maybe the ultra cool and aerodynamic body. I never could afford ball bearings for it so it was ultimately a big lead sled POS that never won me a single race (my driving didn't help). Then I moved on to the TQ10, but that's a story for a different day. Love seeing that monster truck line-up pic again!

Timmahhh wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:19 pm This is probably my all time favorite....

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:47 am**

I literally read this issue until the pages fell out when i was a kid! I was about 7-8 at the time

I got another issue a few months back, so i can look up the details next time i read through. I posted about this on facebook a while back, and Steve Pond has some interesting things to say about it too. Its cool to talk about it all these years later

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:17 pm You actually saved me a lot of trouble on this one because I read that article so many times that my fingers bled from the page turning. Which was quite surprising as my palms were very hairy because I was about 14 at the time... At any rate I was the proud owner of my first real R/C a Hornet when that article came out and was ready to make a move. The Marui Big Bear was the fastest if I remember correctly and I'll guess 20.9 MPH without referring to the article so I had to have it. Then... if I remember correctly switched to the Blackfoot for reasons I don't remember although I'd love to have one now actually. In the end I ended up with a Thundershot that Christmas which I would also love to have again (and will), but can't remember now how it even came into the equation. Maybe the ultra cool and aerodynamic body. I never could afford ball bearings for it so it was ultimately a big lead sled POS that never won me a single race (my driving didn't help). Then I moved on to the TQ10, but that's a story for a different day. Love seeing that monster truck line-up pic again!

Timmahhh wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:19 pm This is probably my all time favorite....

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:04 am**

Not an easy task to choose just one picture, there were just multiple great pictures in RCCAs and I could have choose 10 pictures from different categories. I decided choose a "racing actions shot" and this was one of my favorite:

Jirka

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:54 am**

yeah, that's true.....there would have to be a favorite picture for every month.......and even then just one pic would be tough.

I have to say I love the paint job on the project yokomo in action, that's probably one of my favorites. July 1991 issue.

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:11 am**

I was and always will be a buggy guy at heart, but I always drooled over the Project Optima build. I WILL build one, some day...

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:11 am**

GoMachV wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:36 pm Great memories

We know what kind of "memories" those are

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:19 am**

jwscab wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:54 am I have to say I love the paint job on the project yokomo in action, that's probably one of my favorites. July 1991 issue.

That picture was really my second choice, but because I used to race a lot BITD, I choose a racing pic. Sorry to post a second pic in here, but I believe many likes this a lot:

Jirka

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:23 am**

Thanks Jirka! That's the one! Yeah, funny how like minds think, huh?

I think the overall 'feel' of the artwork was always satisfying. I'm not really sure how else to put it. They always combined the photos with complimentary graphics.

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:02 pm**

duckhead wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:11 am I was and always will be a buggy guy at heart, but I always drooled over the Project Optima build. I WILL build one, some day...

RCCA-1987-12-Project-Optima.png

Project optima was my second choice. I was going to post a picture of that too, but I couldn't find one in a quick search. Were there some action shots of it too?

I'd like to build one similar to that too with one of my optimas. I don't realistically see spending the kind of money that Tecnacrafts go for these days, but possibly a set of Pargu wheels for a similar look. I haven't been able to find an appropriate truck body of the same wheelbase though.

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:43 pm**

Timmahhh wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:02 pm
duckhead wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:11 am I was and always will be a buggy guy at heart, but I always drooled over the Project Optima build. I WILL build one, some day...

RCCA-1987-12-Project-Optima.png
Project optima was my second choice. I was going to post a picture of that too, but I couldn't find one in a quick search. Were there some action shots of it too?

I'd like to build one similar to that too with one of my optimas. I don't realistically see spending the kind of money that Tecnacrafts go for these days, but possibly a set of Pargu wheels for a similar look. I haven't been able to find an appropriate truck body of the same wheelbase though.