Im looking at getting the boy an electric one for xmas, but i dont have a clue about them.

seen some decent tamiya ones for about £80 im considering.
other makes will also be considered

i basically want an easy to use one as he will be 4 in two weeks, off road buggy type that will take some abuse from crashing etc. a spare battery and fast charger.

is it beter to go for a 4x4 one over 2wd for a beginner?

any help, info, where to buy etc will be appreciated.

cheers all

 

My first electric rc car was the tamiya vanessa's lunchbox, awesome little machine that was, get him one of those

 

I had the blackfoot same running gear but with a black ford pickup shell was ace

 

something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HPI-Maveri...item4ab0eabbf4

 

seen those ones lads, i take it they are fairly tough?

cheers

 

The midnight pumpkin was a nice looking one aswell based on the same chassis

 

highly recomend a tamiya hornet, simple to build and will piss over anything his mates av got!

 

fantastic piece of kit,
i had the original one way back in the early 90's
I bought my son the newer version. its a great robust kit good for begginers.

it now comes with an electric speed controller.

it does wheelies aswell.

Id deffinately consider this

 

bullhead here! amazing, could pull me along on a skateboard as a kid.

 

Anyone remember that massive tamiya one, was it the clodbuster?, that thing was huge, well seemed it when i was 11 to the op, get a hornet or lunchbox you wont go far wrong with that and lets be honest all kids will love a monster truck.

 

one of the best Tamiya kits I owned as kid was the Clodbuster,
I still have the wheels somewhere but not much else

 

most popular beginers rc car gotta be a hornet, are you sure your geting everything for £80??? you might have to buy radio gear etc on top of that, try www.modelsport.co.uk

 

cheers guys

 

ah fuck, didnt notice you had to get all the other stuff aswell. was looking at that site earlier lol

 

want to spend about £100 max really.

the missus wants to get him some £40 nikko peice of shit, so ive already told her no to that one. but £180 is a bit too steep for something i will probably use more than him

 

I may well have some spare radio gear at my dads in melksham which I may be able to donate or sell for a small fee, id need to have a look next down I visit him

 

probly be paying well other £100 for a complete bundle, if you look on ebay, modelsportuk sale everything you will need as a one complete kit at a better price,

 

The best tamiya is the FWD mini, I've got a couple in bits in the shed, one I use every now and then and a brand new shelf queen. Only can be used on smooth surfaces but are great bits of kit IMO.

 

dont forget the ff-01 mondeo

 

was that the blue and white one?

 

aye, the only one tamiya did i think

 

pretty certain they did a later rapid fit one also.

 

that was made by hpi i think, although they are a direct swap for a tamiya chassis, nowhere near as much detail as a tamiya shell, i could be wrong tho

 

whe i had my old tamiya escos it came with driver and co pilot that we painted up, it looked mint

 

be worth a bit if you still had it in good cond. dont make em like that now do they,you dont even get window masks anymore, stickers go right over the whole window

 

tempted to change up the colours!

 

I got a wee RC car from Toys'r'Us one christmas when I was a kid but I burnt the motor out within a couple of hours.. so that got taken back and was replaced with:



...which was absolutely ace. Took 8 rechargeable AA batteries, so always had a spare 8 ready-charged batteries ready and a charger with another 8 batteries on the go while I was playing with it. But that went almost everywhere from memory, down the stairs, over the garden wall, into numerous obstacles.

Got it in the attic somewhere, might look it out.


Cheers,
Grant

 

That's a tamiya monster beetle. Runs on a 7.2v battery pack.

Something that runs on AA cells sounds like a pre built non tamiya 'toy shop' car.

 

Have an ask here fella http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/ Good bunch.

As for cars off road is cool but limited imop due to decent places.

Treat him to this if off roads your pref http://www.modelsport.co.uk/maverick...products/39569

Ive got this http://www.modelsport.co.uk/maverick...products/38126 with the above brushless motor conversion in it,,Shifts

Parts for both above are ten a penny and cheap as chips as Maverick are an HPI sideline.

Tamiya/Schumacher speak for them selfs. But can be pricey...

Thought about Nitro??

Good Luck

 

Tamiya Grasshopper for me ... also had the old Tamiya Truck aswell with extra petrol tanker! believe there worth loads now..

have a look on apex models (if there still about)

 

if its for a 4 year old i'd recomemend one of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8FFmSyEI40

only £34 posted of the bay,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOMY-71706-GX-Buggy-Red-/330643165507?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&ha sh=item4cfbde5143.

it's unlikely you'll buy a tamiya or other 10th scale for under £100 new.

loads of information on racing and buying 10th scale buggys here:

http://www.oople.com/rc/

 

I've just bought myself a nitro truck :-D should b great lil toy for winter

 

I must have had one of the original Monster Beetles then, because it definitely a Tamiya original that runs on AA batteries!! Remember, I got this a looooong time ago mate.

Went up to the attic to find it earlier and took some pics:








Cheers,
Grant

 

Ahh, That's a 'quick drive' one. An off the shelf pre built 1/14 scale (iirc) version. The one in the pic you posted is a 1/10 scale kit monster beetle. The original monster beetle was released in mid 80's, don't know when the quick drive appeared.

Get yourself some Sanyo eneloops and fire it back up

 

thats the mini version of the orginal,
I also had the monster beetle. I was really into Tamiya kits when I was younger.

the original monster beetle had a red chassis with gold wheels,
it used a stick type battery, 7.2volt I think

 

had a monster beetle yeeeeeaaars ago! hd gold wheels though, not yellow

It got chucked can you still buy them? It came as a kit

 

you can but they are not cheap,
there is an orginal unbuilt 1980's kit on ebay now for £399

 

I got a reproduction lunchbox a couple of years back, painted it like the mystery machine, would definitely recommend as a starter car, but not for a 4 year old as the controls are massive!

 

I got a lovely 1/18th scale Nitro Buggy that would suit him a treat lol

 

I used to own Tamiya Thunder Dragon, awesome & first RC I owned. Very disappointed that I sold it off to someone years ago when I should have kept it!!