Tamiya Radio Control Guide Book from 1985...

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

I've just won this on Ebay. Excited, much?! Oh yes!

As many of you of a certain age may remember, if you were into Tamiya R/C cars in the 1980's, these guide books were like the dream bibles for all us teenage kids. I remember looking through my copy incessantly.

Sadly, my original copy was long since lost, so I was delighted to win this, albeit at a ridiculous price. Still - nostalgia costs, right?!

If anyone is interested / wants me to, I can scan and post some of the pages...

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

sutts said:

Well played Sir. I had that edition and spent many an hour poring over it aged 10/11. There is something incredibly powerful about the vintage Tamiya models and the feelings of nostalgia they evoke.

The feeling has never quite gone away, and is responsible for the recent purchase and build of a Hornet, restoration of my original Monster Beetle and the fact that I have a wheelie-chassis Unimog on route to me at the moment. The future purchase of my first Tamiya RC in 1986 (Subaru Brat) as a re-release is inevitable.

Ah thank you so much! And yes, you and I aren't a million miles away in age, I was 13 in 1985. I was fortunate enough that Christmas to receive a Hotshot - which gave me years of happiness. That first R/C car was sold to a friend, but it led to me racing at club level with things like Optima mids and Schumacher pro-cats. Great days! Sadly I have none of those original cars left, I got rid of them all once I became interested in motorbikes...

In 2011 I bought a re-re Sand Scorcher though, which has also been brilliant - it's no shelf queen. I have to say though, that even buying that re-re model at 40 years old, with a load of vehicle engineering behind me, I could still appreciate - perhaps more so - the engineering and quality that went into all these Tamiya models.

Anyway - pics of yours please!

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

pete said:

I had that exact book! Weirdly never had a Tamiya though. A Kyosho Progress (insanely fragile and complex 4WD and 4 wheel steering), then an Associated RC10, and finally a Schumacher Cat XL. Now I’m going back in time to build a Lunchbox with my 6 year old to get him hooked early :-)

Nice

Those RC10's were the absolute nuts back in the day, weren't they?!

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

It's here! Squeeee! 13 years old again

Aside from the 'pron' pages displaying the cars themselves, there are many, many pages on technical stuff that I had forgotten about - it really was an informative magazine. Oh, and there are tanks too - I didn't remember that either!

I'm really fortunate to have found this copy - it's almost immaculate, you could have picked it up from Beatties yesterday...

I'll scan some pages and post them up - who does photo hosting now that Photobucket won't do it anymore?

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

dr_gn said:

There are some here:

https://tamiyabase.com/index.php?option=com_joodb&...

Turns out I had the 1984 version. I remember I lent it to a pal of mine who was in hospital, never gave it back.

Now I’m trawling EBay for one; damn this forum.

1984 you say? Here you go!

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

wjb said:

This is more my era

Nice! Did you just buy that or have you always had it?