Matt,
the two regular racers from Cheltenham, AdamU and I, both run Kyosho so if you wanted help with spares, setups and all the related stuff I would say it's a no brainer.
AdamU was in your position last year and as far as I can tell is still loving racing and the Kyosho cars (well we spent a total of about 16 hours at the track together this weekend, didn't see too upset).
Come to the shiny red K ... you know you want to