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by duckhead
Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: What was your first RC experience?
Replies: 32
Views: 1685

Re: What was your first RC experience?

So I had an interesting introduction to RC... I was probably around 11-12'ish and was watching TV and came across an episode of Punky Brewster where they were racing RC cars on a track and was instantly hooked. Begged my Dad to take me to a hobby shop to look at the cars and pleaded my case as to wh...
by duckhead
Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:41 pm
Forum: Tamiya Forum
Topic: The Fox.....low budget runner resto....
Replies: 17
Views: 2926

Re: The Fox.....low budget runner resto....

Nice find, that definitely brings back some memories. We had a guy who used to clean up at our club races with a pretty heavily modified Fox. I believe he had a Thorp ball diff / dogbones with aftermarket suspension arms, Technacraft rims, turnbuckles, etc. I wish I could remember the exact manufact...
by duckhead
Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Getting back into RC, When did everything become RTR?
Replies: 40
Views: 4917

Re: Getting back into RC, When did everything become RTR?

People have gotten lazy. No one teaches their kids how to wrench on stuff or fix anything. It is a disposable world. I hardly ever go into my local hobby shop because it is all crap, but when I do it amazes me how many people are in there getting simple things fixed. Good money for the repair shop ...
by duckhead
Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:08 pm
Forum: RC10Talk Welcome Center
Topic: Hello from Minooka, IL!
Replies: 1
Views: 527

Hello from Minooka, IL!

Just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and say hello! I am recently back to the hobby after just shy of a 20 year break. Seems to be a common story, but life happened and I got away from it for what seemed like a blink of the eye and well, here I am. My son and I were in the attic and stum...

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