Any one have a shelf queen?

[magnum57]

Clubin,


nice collection. ur haven way to much FUN.....

 

[C-Mac]

The only shelf queen I have is my Ferrari F430 and that's due to the crappy weather

 

[kryptonite]

all my rigs are shelf queens. we all enjoy diffrent aspects of the hobby and as i run the snot out of my rigs i also spend 3 times as much effort into keeping them spotless. having and mantianing 4 large scales, 2 nitro's and a brushless is expensive with my self employed income. i take pride in keeping a "model" as clean and well kept as possible with still enjoying the action part. MAGNUM, you have a stunning collection! hands down. the huricane trailing the boat brought a tear to my eye. i'll post some pics soon

 

[Kaz the Minotaur]

I have an old Tamiya Blackfoot to remind me where I started back in the 80's.

 

[magnum57]

I hear ya Bro; I spend a lot of time cleaning these rigs. As I said I like em in perfect shape. I run the hell out of em and then clean em up. I don’t know who posted the Simple green and a compressor way to clean. But Man it’s the only way I have found to get in the tight spots. I see a lot of RC’s in pix and videos that could use a good cleaning. It just makes since to keep em looking new. So I guess all mine are Queens too.


HAPPY NEW YEAR RC BRO’S

 

[kryptonite]

I have an old Tamiya Blackfoot to remind me where I started back in the 80's.

hey kaz, thats awsome. ive been thinking about picking up a tamiya lunch as a little cheap project as it was the first hobby grade rc i had. everytime im ready to do it, something else will come up like a nice shiny pipe or a new set of wheels. one day

 

[Kaz the Minotaur]

There are several nice Lunch Boxs on Ebay right now. I had several of those and a Clodbuster.

 

[mooman007uk]

I started off in the early 80's with one of these

 

[Clubin]

I started off in the early 80's with one of these

That's kinda cute mooman, what is it?

 

[mooman007uk]

It's a tamiya monster beetle, same chassis as the blackfoot. My buddy back then bought one too...we had a blast...best part was it came as a kit so you had to builld it first.

 

[kryptonite]

ya that was back when ALL models came as a kit. what fun memories. whe use to run foam tires and race on indoor carpet tracks. kept me out of alot of trouble as a kid.

 

[cable97526]

My First RC was a Tamiya Monster Beetle also, I remember buying the Super Stock can motor from tamiya and stripping those little hex shafts and burning up resistor's on the mechanical speed control. AAAhhhh memories.

 

[Kaz the Minotaur]

Good times.

 

[cable97526]

Remember this? Hey guy's look! I just got my new 1100 Mah battery it'll last forever! and it only takes 2hrs to charge!

 

[Clubin]

Remember this? Hey guy's look! I just got my new 1100 Mah battery it'll last forever! and it only takes 2hrs to charge!

So?.......................... lol WoW things sure have changed eh?

 

[Kaz the Minotaur]

...and the ProTec 702 charger with the twist nob thing that started the charge.


...or the Aristocraft Challenger 250 stick radio


...or the incredibly advanced Futaba Magnum Jr. radio


...and last but not least...Dan's Bananna lube. Anyone remember that?

 

[mooman007uk]

This was my first nitro..a 1/8 mardave marauder so sophisticated it came with springs on the front with no shocks Mr bouncy....and you needed a starter for a plane with a rubber wheel to turn the flywheel to get it started as did the kyosho landjump 4x4 chain drive which was my 2nd nitro with an os motor. the mardave had a .25 irvine which was a pig to start...before the days of the pullstart. crap i'm getting old


I'll add that these are not pics of my mardave just something i scabbed off the interweb

check out the F1 steering setup

 

[Kaz the Minotaur]

Thats ancient. Looks like piano wire connecting the steering servo to the bellcrank.

 

[mooman007uk]

the wire wasn't even that good and nor was the aluminum chassis it was a whhopping 2mm thick

 

[Kaz the Minotaur]

I've never even heard of that model. When did it come out?