Toby,
If you can ger yourself to York on a Staurday evening you may be interested in running one of yout Tamiyas is the vintage series.
Check out the vintage post in the NE region section if the forum, and also,
http://www.northernracer.com/yvr
We have 1 place left before we need to extend the number of heats we take up.
The atmosphere at these meetings is really great, ideal if you if you are old-skool.
Stu.