These are great stories guys, keep them coming
There seems to be loads of us who have recently returned to the rc world, does anyone remember the old Tamiya adverts on the tv? this is how i became interested, saw the advert for the tamiya fox & immediately wanted it, after 6 months of visits to Beaties to lust after it & constant "please dad can i have one" my parents relented & got me one for christmas
Started racing at the cottonmill club in st albans a few months later & was instantly hooked, the fox wasn't up for much & i was regually whiped by the other tamiyas, my dad used to race with me & had a hotshot, he quickly upgraded to the supershot & gave me the hotshot which compared to the fox was amazing, as i got more into it my dad said if i could beat him he would give me the supershot, i tried my butt off but couldn't beat him, 1 day i was sitting in my workshop/shed & thought i would lighten the car so it would go faster, i set about the chassis with my dads drill & soon it looked like swiss cheese, i was sure this would give me the edge over him
Race day arrived & my dad set a great time with the supershot, i was in heat 2 & the hotshot flew off the line, i was thinking this is good, went round the first corner & over the big jump, as i landed the front half of the car seperated from the rear & went flying into the bush!!!
the rear stopped about 10ft from where my old man was marshalling, he just picked it up & gave me that look that said i was for it
lol he wasn't happy with me but once he realised i was just trying to beat him he took pity on me & gave me the supershot
Went through a few more cars with the xls, optima mid, top cat etc until the lure of motocross got the better of me & swapped my cars for my first bike the kx125, i quickly realised i was hopeless at this & before i killed myself decided to buy my first real car, beer, women, holidays & kids followed but now the kids are old enough to start their rc journey i have been back for a couple of years now & love the modern tech we have, just not having to take the motor out to clean it after each heat is a god send in itself
This is the ad that got me hooked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66OygXbxfFw