Beginner Kits

[andy110m]

Happy new year all.

Over Christmas my 5 year old has been talking about coming racing with me and wanting his own car for his Birthday in Feb. He seems keen so I'm considering this but I've had a look and apart from competition kits everything else is RTR.

I want to get him a kit we can build together so he learns this is something more than just a toy and gets an understanding of how it works. When I started it took my Dad and I a week doing an hour a night to put together a Mardave Meteor. It was that time, doing stuff like filling the shocks with engine oil, which really immersed me in this hobby.

Back then all RC cars came as kits. I'm sure if I'd have taken my first car out the box and driven it within minutes, the first time I broke it or something went wrong I'd have pushed it in a cupboard and that would have been the end of RC for me.

So what is the point of all this rambling? I want to buy a complete starter deal, around £250ish, like you get in an RTR package but with a kit to build. I'm thinking 10th off road, 2wd, electric.

Is there anything on the market that fits this?