English subtitles are available. This is a complete build from start to finish of Tamiya's Lunchbox radio control van. This is truly a complete build in which you get to see the both the construction and painting.
The energy you emit is contagious and reminds me of all the fun and learning experiences I had as a kid growing up uniting with other kids building and enjoying the fantastic world of RC electric and IC cars. Grass hoper 2,Vanessa's Lunch box, thunder cat, mardave maruder, carson, traxxis. I still have most of them as an adult! As a dyslexic child it helped me to explore a world out side of a system that didn't acknowledge my gift to be different. Rc kit cars helped occupy my inquisitive and curious mind. I drive my parents mad by taking things apart to understand how they worked and RC kits cars were one of their solutions.
Bought a Lunchbox back in 92 after getting my first job and I just took it out of storage and replaced the old speed controller with an electronic one. Love the video, I forgot how much fun it was putting together.
Thank you for this video. I just bought my first and when I was kid same thing. So all these years later I found Tamiya by accident and had to buy the Lunch Box. A kid at church let me try his for few minutes back in the 80s and I knew some day I had to have one. So thankful for Tamiya. I will buy other cars too now lol. I can’t believe you got the same 1060 ESC I bought extra too. Very helpful video.
this reminds me of the tamiya rc kits I built and raced in my youth .....the vw beetle "sand scorcher", the "grasshopper" buggy, the "wild one" and the lancia delta integrale. good memories . great video, have fun with your new monster truck ;)
I never owned this kit because as the chap in this video said back in 1987 these kits were not cheap and it was not something I felt comfortable asking my parents for. These RC cars were nonetheless a big part of my childhood. My friend Craig was lucky to have this kit as well as others like the Midnight Pumpkin and the Hornet. I would go around to his house and play with them. We had such great fun tinkering with them. It was such a memorable part of my childhood. It is hard to believe that this was thirty years ago! I was in the toy shop the other day and saw this kit on the top shelf along with the Monster Beetle. It brought back all those memories. Good times.
My first RC back in 1988. Back then we had a mechanical speed controller and even flimsier parts -- I remember those rods that went from the steering servo to the wheels were metal and very thin and would bend all the time.
Well that´s something different to what you´ve got us used to. Great build, the way you explain the whole process makes it very easy to follow and understand....cheers....
Thank you so much for this vid! I kept having transmission problems and from this video figured I had missed the little sleeve that goes over one axle shaft. 1000 thanks and great video!!
This is one I would have been excited to get in Middle school but never did. The teacher from my middle school did set up a race and someone did have one of these. All I had was a 1/16th scale Radio Shack Porsche that ran off 4 C-cells.and did not have digital proportional steering. But later in life someone gave me one of the cars I would have loved to have had back then!
Very well presented and well explained film . I love the tamiya rc kits . I had the pleasure assembling and owning the Monster beetle kit years ago . I had hours of fun racing this model . I once had an incident when I accidentally drove it into a lake , and thought that was it , game over lol . But because of the huge air tyres it stayed afloat and other than a bit of drying out in the sun , I was lucky there was no damage and the beetle lived on . Thanks to you , Iam now inspired to go out and buy another . Thank you again . Nigel in the uk 😊👍🏼
These old kits are addictive lol Just bought and built a Tamiya Grasshopper for my Son (my first RC) and a hot shot for me. And then found a deal on a 2011 Avante which I just couldn't say no to and am now in the final stages of that build. Great job by the way. Seems cruel to use them lol
This was a project for my son and I. What a nightmare... until I found your video. Showing us how these things fit together before hand now the instructions are clear lol. I just wish the screws would have been one bag per number, I used to assemble furniture and only one company did that. They were the first ones on the showroom floor 😀.
