RC cars
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- SteveJobs0
- Ah yes the famous rc-10.monospaced
- +1 RC10 Gold Pan FTWprophetone
- I think I had one of these but it was probably just my friend's.monospaced
- I wanted that so bad
I still do. I almost buy once a yearerr - I am a rc guy still i guess and nerd out so i find myself on eBay looking for gold pan completes every so oftenprophetone
- Occasionally an unopened kit will pop up for big bucks and i have to talk myself off the ledge, but one day I'll have a gold pan, I'll caveprophetone
- The same year I got my Tamiya Wild One... grade 7 so about 1987ish... my best friend got this exact RC10 kit for xmas, i was super jelly!prophetone
- detritus0
Holy shit, that was the cheapie RC car I had too!
Thanks for the memory.
Obviously I wanted the Grasshopper, or Monster Beetle (I think?) But it was only the really spoilt kids who got proper Tamiya cars. Cunts.
- mekk0
I went through lots of cheap electric cars. Remember when those mini models for indoor use came out? they were cool...
Always wanted to build a gasoline model, never had the possibility when I was young. I hope I'll get a son one day :P
- prophetone0
My first RC in 80's was a Tamiya Wild One which I still have, along with some Associated 10L and 12L's for good measure.
I have been kinda lusting after the recent re-issue of this lil beast.
- prophetone0
Right now in my closet I have a built out Axial Dingo crawler kit. Was looking at cheap, super slow 55T motors last night on eBay as it still needs that and the radio gear, servo, batt, lights. The you plastidip all components to waterproof it out so it can crawl through a creek.
It has a set of RC4WD Tango Down metal beadlocks and Mud Pluggers, like this dude.
I plan on custom building either a Defender 110 body or an FJ60, out of thin steel or aluminum. Some day...
- Was watching a vid last night where a guy put 2 shotgun shells worth of pellets into each tire so his UNIMOG could crawl up +45 degree incline no prob.prophetone
- ... aka 'RC Nerding'prophetone
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- sofakingback0
Man I remember those!!! Fuck I wanted an RC car so bad when I was a kid. I remember my dads friend has a gas powered one.
Shit I just wanted anything, never got one.
I should buy one now just to fulfill that dream. :)
- SteveJobs1
Actually I did just that. About 10 years ago when I realized I had the money to buy all the crap I didn't get as a kid that gold pan RC-10 was on the list. I got a mint one on eBay that had been built but never driven with a brand new Futuba controller.
When it came in the mail I looked it over with the same coveting eyes I had as a child, drove couple laps around my apartment, carefully put it back in the box, then up in the closet, and there it sat for a year til I decided it was taking up valuable space - and back on eBay it went. Whoopee!
True story.
- capn_ron0
I've had this thing for a while. It is such a fun vehicle to rip around.
- Bennn0
omg cant believe I found the one I had when I was a kid!
> http://s222.photobucket.com/user…
(fuck photobucket! can't link pictures)