Anyone into old Tamiya's?

[jonny_bravo]

I never get to run any of them,. just keep them for the childhood memories

www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom.asp?id=3662 ,the pictures are not that great,. I really must update them!

[slinky]

I'd say have a chat with ROOP..

[Gaffer]

Roop any myself are on there, I have Avante, Monster Beetle, etc. He has more than me thanks to Birthdays & Christmas's

I also went to Japan and took in the Tamiya HQ where I met Mr.Tamiya himself.

My pics are on my profile - www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=369
Roops: www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=380

Chris has done well with TC, its growing all the time.

Claire

[jonny_bravo]

Hi Claire,. I remember looking through your showroom a couple of times,.(remember seeing your Chim before).

TC does seem to be growing somewhat,. changed loads since I've been hanging around!

[vrooom]

I am there myself too but dont have a showroom yet!

owner of Tamiya Dark impact, and Tamiya M-03 Mini cooper

[roop]

Oh yes Collection is still growing...! Just finishing building a Tamiya Frog today...! Enjoy TC - it's a great resource...!

[kermitman]

i still have this 959 from around 87,88. a bit battered and bruised now!



at the time i also had a hotshot 2, midnight pumpkin, blackfoot, wild willy and willy's wheeler but when youre a lad you sell them on, regret it now as the new batch of cars and the new retro ones arent the same.

a mate had a wild willy back in the 80s as well and bought the new almost built one a year or so ago, looks the same but he said you dont get the fun out of building it.

Edited by kermitman on Friday 29th December 23:14

[kermitman]

click on roops link to see what he has, its like going back 25 years and theyre all mint too! amazing.

mine all got treated hard as lived on the edge of a new building site so every day after school we'd all go over and blast about!

those were the days

[roop]

Thanks for all the kind comments via email and in the guestbook...! Everybody has some little hobby or such that they blow all their cash on and this is mine...!

Alas, relocation to Geneva means some simply have to be sold. I am keeping a core of models but a significant thinning down has already commenced

[308mate]

Whats going and how much for?! IM me if you like.

Ta

PB

[KUB3]

Roop, your loft must be rammed solid!

I used to have these; hornet, subaru brat, optima mid, pb mustang (1/8 rallycross)

Ever since the petrol powered car arrived I felt the tamiya's rather toy like. I have fond memories although the photo's take up less room than the kits! I quite fancy getting one the the alloy 1/5 models sometime

[benzo]

kermitman said:

i still have this 959 from around 87,88. a bit battered and bruised now!



at the time i also had a hotshot 2, midnight pumpkin, blackfoot, wild willy and willy's wheeler but when youre a lad you sell them on, regret it now as the new batch of cars and the new retro ones arent the same.

a mate had a wild willy back in the 80s as well and bought the new almost built one a year or so ago, looks the same but he said you dont get the fun out of building it.

Edited by kermitman on Friday 29th December 23:14

I used to have a 959 when i was younger. Brilliant cars. Might sniff one out on ebay for a resto. Would it be possible to go brushless with the 959? Seem to remember the motor fitted odly.

thanks

[kermitman]

benzo said:

I used to have a 959 when i was younger. Brilliant cars. Might sniff one out on ebay for a resto. Would it be possible to go brushless with the 959? Seem to remember the motor fitted odly.

thanks

dont know about that but yes the motor is in the centre. ebay still have new parts for sale on there.

i really want a new polycarbonate shell but cant seem to find one.other than that mines all as it was the day i built it

stinkingly fast car still

[Monza Phil]

www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=13035

It's my worst vice at the moment apart from collecting big cars in the real world . Curse you eBay and everything you make me buy!!!

Kamtec models for all your Tamiya 959 bodyshell needs.

Edited by Monza Phil on Tuesday 2nd January 16:37

[sclayto2]

Ahh, memories...the first car I bought was a Bigwig, which I still have.

Luckily I changed Saturday jobs and started working for Beatties in Blackpool, which was a big chain selling Tamiya kits and buggys. Alas when you're 16-18 years old the staff discount was too much of a temptation. So I bought the sister to the 959, the Toyota Celica.

I found that to be quite unreliable as the uprights would wear, allowing the drive shafts to fly out. :-( SO that got sold on quite quickly.

We'd earn extra cash building the kits for customers. I used to enjoy building the first one, but hated the repetativeness of it. Oh and the arguments with my step father, when I'd converted part of the shed to a modellers spray booth.

I then got away from the buggys and bought a Parma road chassis, which I also still have. It has an old Ford body, in Candy Blue. I'm going for a rummage in the garage at lunch tomorrow...

Isn't eBay a bugger? I know of a US seller with a large stock of NIB kits I fell like blowing some cash on. Especially with such a good exchange rate at the mo.

[roop]

sclayto2 said:

Luckily I changed Saturday jobs and started working for Beatties in Blackpool

LEGANDARY...! That's where my first Tamiya came from in 1986...! The one in the Hounds Hill Centre. I still have the yellow and black Beatties bag somewhere

[sclayto2]

Yeah that was the place. It'll of been about 87-88 I started.

I still have one of those bags too. They were built better than some of the kits.

[federx]

i've got this ex runner Alpine...now i obviously don't use it

[autoart]

I guess with Tamiya starting to re-release all the old RC cars will kind of kill off the 'collectable' market for the old ones. These old ones will soon be joined by 1000s ofnew ones on the open market and I know which one I'd go for to rekindle my first RC car - the Subaru Brat

[DanRS]

i've got a Vanessa's lunchbox here somewhere, not sure if its still working! was great fun though!!