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do any of you guys still have your first r/c kit? if ya do, post them up.

here's my midnight pumpkin. i got this in early '88. it's still pretty much original, except for an esc, a joel johnson stock motor, hpi wheels, and a set of proline mashers.

it spends alot of time riding on the rear bumper with the mashers on it.

Cool scr8p this is mine a 1978 Tamiya Cheetah in mint condition still in it's box

Still got mine, an AYK RX2000.

My first Frog is long gone. Here is a vintage picture of it with a rear cage I made in my high school welding shop



When I graduated high school I gave my brother several cars and trucks. I did however keep a Hilux chassis and a Tamiya Fox. The Fox eventually got sold off but the hilux chassis was transformed into this truck

I no longer have this, but I do have pics of it. It is a graphite w/ bearings that I bought in 1989. I bought it from Tower Hobbies and it showed up the non bearing version, with the box opened and an AE bearing kit (retail packaging) put in the box. Kinda weird.

I think I took these pics in 1991.

shodog wrote:

Man that's just too nice retro/modern way cool.

i like the lux lift.

or, is that a jugg body?

It's a Juggernaut body on a Hilux chassis. I built this truck about 3 years ago. I put quite a bit of effort in it then Tamiya goes and releases the High Lift with my paint scheme no less.

BTW scr8p, the pumpkin and Lunch Box are one of my favorites. I have a few of them. Below are the built ones but I have probably enough parts and bodies for another 3 of them.

Pumpkins
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=22927&id=34
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=55153&id=34
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=8706&id=34
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=37787&id=34

Lunch Box's
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=7253&id=34
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=31766&id=34


Jim

Mine was/is a Tamiya Fox. It's in the original box, looking something like Ferretti's Cheetah.

I want to put it back together, but I don't want to "restore" it. I know it needs a couple parts, but not much. I'd like to get it together to throw on the shelf in the condition I last used it in. I think it would be a cool survivor and be good for memories. It's last incarnation had an RC10 Sidewinder body on it, which I also still have.

shodog - that mgd lb is freakin sweet.

on that green mp, is that a blower setup from one of those american muscle diecast cars?

for quite a while, i had one of the those parma bigfoot shuttle aerostar bodies on mine. i still have it floating around here somewhere.

edit: it think it's muscle machines, not american muscle

My first kit was a Tamiya Blackfoot, great while it lasted. And then I spent way to much money on it, just to keep it running.

my first kit was a Frog. That morphed into my Hot Trick rc10/frog car years later.

This isn't my first kit, but it is my first RC10. A 1994 black tub Team Car. Sadly sold some years ago! *d-oh*

My first kit was a Futaba FX-10, only the coolest car ever made. LOL. It's long gone though. I would like to get another someday one just for the heck of it.

justinspeed79 wrote:My first kit was a Futaba FX-10, only the coolest car ever made. LOL. It's long gone though. I would like to get another someday one just for the heck of it.

That"s funny, I used to work in a hobby shop in that time... That was one of our best seller! Much like the Tamiya Striker but not the same (I think)