My first RC car
 

I remembered that it was a Hunter, but couldn't remember the make.


It was something that was irritating me but I've found it here: http://www.vintagercweb.com/hunter_runner.html


There are some great pics of a restored optima too, brings back memories...
http://www.vintagercweb.com/optima_runner.html

Nice work, that site is awesome.

Managed to find my first RC car on there too - Kyosho Rocky

http://www.vintagercweb.com/rocky.html



Think I might still have it somewhere

I thankfully got rid of my Hunter. I remember it had an idler gear that would wear out in after a few weeks of racing and make a nasty grating sound as you went round the track. If things got really bad, you had to drive in reverse to get any power!

Changed if for a tufnel/brass replacement eventually, but the car wasn't great , I don't hold any emotions for it. My Optima however... Still in the cupboard. Looking at the Optima restoration makes me want to make mine all clean and shiny again.

I badly wanted one of these:

http://www.vintagercweb.com/ads/samurai_ad1.jpg

until the optima was released.

hahaha - cool, check out the predator rear suspension on that thing :D

my first buggy was a schumacher cougher team, that was ace lol

Garry D.

Mine was a Mardave Meteor. I bought it and all the electrics second hand from the model shop in Crossgates, Leeds. I had loads of fun with it then went 4WD with an Optima Mid Custom and then my beloved ProCat.

my first car shows that i havnt been racing long, as it was B3, then a b4 as soon as it was released

First car was a Tamiya Super Sabre.

Raced it at the local club "Canterbury Burners". Remember I had the spectacular option parts of Tamiya Pin Spike Tyres and a Parma Cyclone Stock motor in it.

Also remember going through several million plastic steering uprights and replacing them with some alloy ones. When I lost a steering arm I replaced it with some chicken wire I found in the field.

Don't think I was especially fast but loved racing from day one!

But what I am still unable to work is is how come I left the car in the garage fully assembled and when I went to find it 15 years later almost nothing was left apart from the rear gearbox? Are there alien mice that eat RC parts if they are left unsupervised?

Mine was a Tamiya Falcon. Broke on the first run on the driveway, so wasnt the best.

my first woz a Losi XX

broke a wishbone on the first corner of my first race, flat out off the line and str8 into the wall.

i woz gutted:( :rolleyes:

Nothing changes.:D :D :D

my first car was a tamiya holiday buggy,
it came with a 380 motor no diff and ran off a 6volt pack, you could upgrade to a 540 and then run off a 7.2v pack.but at the time couldnt afford it,
how things have changed

trekkker

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Originally Posted by NeilD (Post 49845) Nothing changes.:D :D :D

lolololololololololololololololololololololol :D


a cant beleive you run ur x-6 3 wheeler the other night at york lol that was funny andy lol !

my first car was a tt-01 and soon after i got another tamiya cant remember the model it was a rear wheel drive mx5, i used to put them on the speakers in the living room and garry was about 7 or 8 then and i would say "Dont touch them" still got to say it to him now :D :D :D :D :D

My first was an AYK RX2000 1/12th scale, still got it. Buggies didn't exist back then. First buggy was a Sand Scorcher and still got it. First buggy for racing was a Frog, I wish I still had it as it was extensively upgraded but sold it to pay for a Scorpion. First 4wd was a Hotshot which was quickly dropped for the Optima.

My first rc car was the Tamiya Frog...had it for awhile and saw my friend's Tamiya Hotshot and i wanted a 4wd...so i got myself a Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid Special....my favourite 4wd buggy i ever had was the Schumacher CAT XLS...I still love Schumacher buggies best..and i hope they'll have a new buggy out soon...oopss sorry mates...i got carried away.... ;)

it woz actually surprisingly good :p i recommend you try it :rolleyes: ;)

atleast he finishes the race :D

My first was a Tamiya Manta Ray.

But before i bought that I realy wanted one of these-
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/910...0100660zy7.jpg

Nice.;)

My first was a Tamiya Manta Ray.

But before i bought that I realy wanted one of these-
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/910...0100660zy7.jpg

Nice.;)

The ninja was me first r/c ever and what made me fall in love with this sport/hobby. Would love to get my hands on another one.

Well my firt rc car was an on-road car, as my dad wouldn't let me get an off-roader, as i was only 10 and he didn't want me to trash it.:rolleyes: Anyway my first car was a tamiya TA01, then a Tamiya TA02, Then a Tamiya TA03, Then a Tamiya TT01 then a Tamiya TA04 Pro, Then My dad got e and my bro an old schumacher bosscat i think. Then i moved onto my b4 and now i finally have a bj4 and my b4 still.:) But somewhere along the line i managed to pick up a RC 18T and a RC12 L4.:wtf: :D

well my first car was a schumacher topcat when i came to painting the body shell i thought purple with a couple of orange strips would be good using pactra paint sprayed the purple on candy purple witch is alittle see through then sprayed the orange and it came out orange and a sorta shite brown colour where the orange had come through the purple :D
owell learn from your mistakes:rolleyes:

TopCat = Lovely.:)

yeah would like another one but you never see them anywhere i did see a decal sheet on ebay awhile back but not much good without the car !!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/schumacher-bos...QQcmdZViewItem

Thats no BossCat!

:cool: :cool: :cool: cheers mate:)

Haha, looks like a cougar to me.

got to be worth 99p though if no one else bids on it.

First RC car was a "Trial 12" made by some obscure Japanese company. Weighed the wrong side of 5lb and would break kerbstones with it's metal bumpers :o .

First proper RC car was a Hornet, which got replaced with an Optima. Since then I've had a Cat XLS which evolved into a ProCat. Then a Lazer ZXR. This eventually made way for a CAT 2000 EC, then a CAT 3000. Yokomo MX4 followed which was hastily replaced by a XX4. This eventually made way for a MR4BCS, and finally I now run a KMC ZX-5. I think I've got those in the right order.......:confused:

Along the way there's been a couple of XXX's, a Parma Pro 10, Mardave Ministock, Mardave Marauder, and now I race V12 bangers too :) .

And there you have 20 years of racing history!

Sosidge - Canterbury Burners - not so much a track, more a desolate field with a few ropes in ;)

I've still got one!!! The mighty Ninja :D I might run it in a vintage race this year if we organise one 'daaun saaarf'.

Im feeling all nostalgic now!

Mine was the legend that was the Tamiya Rough Rider!

Few others along the way that I can remember, Wild Willy, Optima, Mardave Marauder and Ministock, Hirobo Zerda (remember that one with the roll cage!), and the original Schumacher Cat. I remember at the time I was struggling to get 5 minutes out of the batteries to finish a race - hows times have changed!

Had a break for 20 years then and then got an Associated TC3 and now an Xray T2R and Yokomo MR4-BX.

Memories!

My first car at 10 was the Tamiya Madcap!

http://rc-off.com/sozai/raji/madcap.jpg

What a beast ;-) haha

Best thing was that the first day my Dad had finished building it he was trying to make sure it was ok and drove it straight into a kerb snapping the chassis!! I think that was the last time he ever held a handset, i had to show him how to do it from there on :D

It could actually look pretty pimp with some upgrades!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ge-madcap2.JPG

In at the deep end with a Cougar and some of the worst electrics available. Upgraded everything over the next two years except that car, which was damned near faultless!

My first car was a cen gx1 nitro touring car which i used to race around a car park a bit. Then i bought my tc4 which i used to race at wrexham model car club for a year. Then that christmas i was bought a mini lst. And about 3 or 4 weeks later i fell in love with offroad and i bought my b4. I then sorta raced that all year until september when i converted my tc4 into a tc4 ft which i never ran. So i ran my b4 though the winter until january when i bought chris longs mardave v12 off him and raced that a bit and raced my b4 inside. Then in march i bought my xx4 we now i just race my b4 and xx4.

A

I started attending club meetings with a Tamiya Mudblaster, I had the blackfoot and monsterbeetle shells for it too.

My first car was a 4wd, the Lazer ZX, I stuck with 4wd for a long while switching to the Procat and then when I went to 2wd bought the Cougar2 Team which I hated, I next bought a Traxxas TRX1 just before Woody won the national at Bury with one.

Chris

my first car, the Tamiya Falcon...

http://www.vintagercweb.com/falcon.html

I always remember the mabuchi 540 motor packing in on me, so i fitted a 22 turn motor into the car, bearing in mind i was still using a mechanical speed controller. Half way down the straight on the second lap, the speedo burst into flames, it looked AWESOME! bit of a mess mind....:o

First car was a Tamiya Wild One. Used it just for bashing in the park.

First race car was a tamiya Super Astute. Loved that car !

From about 1986/7ish > Tamiya Grasshopper > Tamiya Hotshot > PB Mini Mustang (great car) > Schumacher Cat XL > Optima Mid LWB > Kyosho Ultima Pro > Kyosho Lazer ZXR > Associated RC10 B2 > Yokomo YZ10. Stopped racing about 92/93. Restarted 2004 with on road Pro4 then got back to proper cars in 2006 with Associated RC10B4 > Kyosho ZX5 > JConcepts BJ4WE.