(DON'T LAUGH) haha - My First Car, RC Cars & 90's RC Mags 

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I'm surprised the pages weren't sticking together lol.

My first hobby grade was a HPI rush, I used to launch that thing 20ft in the air and then beg my dad for money for repairs 😂

First RC was a Tamiya R34 GT-R Calsonic and it sparked my interest in electronics and motorsports. Also remember as a kid taking out the front drive shafts and making it uncontrollable but it was so much fun. Also shout out to you for re kindling the fun.

Tamiya original Hornet, then the Mad-Cap. I remember putting the ball bearings in the diff with my Dad. I always wanted a Tamiya Astute back in the day.

Oh wow those early nineties RC magazines really bring back memories. I used to love reading about new cars coming out and new equipment and stuff lol this is very nostalgic for me. My first car was a Hornet. Then I got a Boomerang lol My dream car was a Schumacher Pro Cat 😍

I remember racing my Schumacher Procat in the early 90's. I even had a short wheelbase version, it was very twitchy. Then moved onto a Yokomo Dogfighter, which was pretty epic too. Great memories!

My 1st kid and only RC car was a 1993 Nikko Cobra 3. I just rediscovered the RC world at 34yo and bought a Reely Free Men in kit version (SCX10 clone) to learn how it's made and I already done some modifications and I love that. And I can thank you Kevin because before buying something, I discovered your channel, your good mood and happiness :)

Newer subscriber to your channel,keep up the great work. Seeing this video about your first hobby grade rc led me to pull out my first hobby grade rc(1995 Tamiya 1/10 4x4 racing truck) and trying to get it up and running again. Thanks for the inspiration

My first was a Tamiya Blackfoot in 86 when they came out I still have the photo of it .. love the video and memory lane thx

First time I was exposed to hobby grade RC cars was when my friend got a Team Associated buggy for his birthday, back in the late 90's. I was completely blown away by the speed and the fact that it was surviving the little jumps he was going over. A year or so later was when I got a Stampede for my birthday. The Traxxas hate was almost worse back then than it is now!

My first RC car was a Traxxas Stampede 2wd Brushed. I got it for my 10th birthday. Now I use it for spare parts

Kev: anyone remember? Me: No I wasn’t even born

Thanks for the trip down memory lane Kev. You are a true gear head.🏎

Im only 12 and i just started the hobby. I have a 1/16 traxxas e-revo. (btv. Kev my dream car is your udr)!!!! Love u Kev!!!!

Good memories. I remember lots of fun with my Nikkos and Taiyos in the Mid-1980s. Stil have them ☺️

Very cool Kev. My first and only rc as a child was a Nikko Scorpion that my dad got me for Christmas. I have a son of my own now so I recently dug it out of the attic and he loves playing with it.

My first R/C was the Golden arrow sold at radio shack. What a difference in R/C cars today. Loved your video Kevin.

Miss those days. More so miss the old hobby shops. I remember as a kid walking in to Red Barons hobby shop seeing all the planes and helis hanging and cars scattered everywhere best times ever. Alas no more hobby shops round here in North london. Hornet was my first. Nice video, nice memories mate.

two things; one it’s your best video kevin two out of all your rc cars this first one is the most valuable one at least to me, that is

This video brought back so many memories! I remember playing with all my toy grade rc cars and having so much fun with them. Thanks for your videos Kev, I really enjoy them

my first rc was a 1/10 scale Rover mini cooper made by Tamiya...was front wheel dr...loved that lil rc car.

Rest easy BK!!!! My first hobby grade was a Tamiya falcon! I found a shelf queen and one I’m putting back together with Ampro stuff!!! Also had me a OG traxxas sledge hammer! And a Goldie RC 10!

My first ever rc car is a traxxas slash 4x4. I got inspired by one of your vid and i finally got into the hobby.. this december im looking to buy a trx4 ..What do u suggest me to buy??

My first hobby grate rc was a electric 1/10 kyosho lazer 4x4 belt driven kit. It was my first built. I remember my dad took me to the track to race it. Firts lab, it broke.. haha. Thanks for sharing some of your past story.

I was in 4th grade when I went to a hobby shop and my grandmother bought me my first rc car. It was a Traxxas Rustler, and I remembered how excited I was to show my parents. I drove it around a lot until 6th grade when a spindle broke and I didn’t have any tools to fix it. I put into storage until last year when I fixed and drove it again, sadly there was more problems with it and I didn’t have time to restore it.

I feel so old, I was in my 30's in 94 and I have a pile of "rc action " magazines still and I have a motor lathe somewhere in a box.

One of my first and favorite was from radio shack. The red arrow buggy and golden arrow buggy! Loved it!!!!

Kev wanted every thing lol

This brought back tons of memories for me! Awesome!!!

Thanks for the throwback brings back a lot of memories

Nice memories Kevin and funny stories !

It's amazing to think how much magazine's were a part of our lives back then...! 1sr rc was a Jet hopper with turbo boost.. 1st real car was a hairy lime mini.. And I think I had the same cardigan as 3 year old Kev... omg.

my first RC was tamiya sand rover when i was 7 in 1987,i was so hyped to get it for my birthday. Its mad to think how far RC has come since then as you had to wait all night for one battery to charge just to get a 10 min go on it lol.

you and your buddy there on that bench as kids, that's so damn adorable lmao

The first RC car I got was a slash 4x4 just a year ago and you were my main insperation to the hobby. Thanks so much for these videos!!!😄😄😄

Grasshopper with the Acoms Techniplus as you showed.. my parents also bought me Tamiya Celica at the time; still new in box. Did use the Technigold in my Grasshopper. It bounced and skidded more than actually driving. ;-)

Dude you make me smile everytime you say "aww man"

Cool video. I remember when I was younger I wanted a Nikko monster truck and a TYCO Fast traxx. The only money I was able to get was collecting cans on the railroad tracks, but that was to buy candy and soda. My parents were so poor they had barely enough to keep food on the table for us let alone buying us RCs or giving us an allowance. I wasn't allowed to work until I was 18. When I finally got a job, my parents charged me $50 every paycheck to live under their roof. At the time I was only making $5.15 an hour, so that was nearly half my paycheck. Eventually I bought my first vehicle with that $5.15 an hour wage for $600. A 1987 Jeep Cherokee. Between putting insurance on it in my name, food, and "rent" I had nearly no money left over to buy an RC still. I lost focus on RC and took focus in other areas. I was away from RCs for so long that I didn't realize how durable they high end hobby grades were, that is till I seen one of your videos. I think you only had a X-Maxx, Rustler, and the Slash at that point but not 100% sure. After that video I bought my first RC. Real RC, not those K-Mart, Ames, Hills, etc RCs. Those were toys and broke the same day I bought them (why I lost sight of the RC hobby). When I seen you jump your X-Maxx probably 40 feet, rolled for about 15 into a bush, pulled it out and drove it away, I knew I had to have one. My first job was working at a junkyard, then a tire shop, and then a weld shop, then aerospace/aircraft parts producing. I have a lot of automotive and metal working background and being so, opted for a Nitro RC as I wasn't very good with electronics at the time. My first was the Traxxas Revo 3.3 nitro. Was between that or the T-Maxx 3.3. After that it was all history. Ended up buying 6 more and still have plans on getting more.

Thanks for sharing your memories Kev..

Kev: don’t laugh. Me: 😂😂😂😂 lololol

Loved watching you reminisce your memories Kev. Reminds me of all the hobbies and stuff I did with my dad. Rc cars, planes, and helicopters. Loved launching model rockets with him and helping him fix our neighbors and friends cars. Same with helping him modify an Audi A4 that he blew up the engine in when he added nos to a stock engine 😂. If it wasn't for those memories I would of never developed my passion for the love of tinkering and fixing cars and other things that needed to be fixed. I'm happy to see we both share these same kind of memories.

I can remember making my bog standard 1.3l mk3 Ford escort look like an XR3I. Didn't care that it was a 4 door. Hand painted black, ignition key was a screwdriver, cloverleaf wheels. So many great memories Kev. Thanks for the reminiscing put a big grin on my face.

Good to see your RC history Kev. Tamiya was my intro to this hobby. The Hornet was my first build back in the day!. .

My dad started with an old Tamiya Porsche 959. Trying to restore it for his birthday. I took one look under the body shell and I was like: "Where's the driveshaft if it's 4wd?", "Was the ESC really that big?" It was like a time capsule. The ESC even had the a needle on it. Just a little backstory. Cheers Kev!

My first hobby grade was a Tamiya Tamtech 1/24scale Rothmans LeMans Porsche! about a year later I got a ‘Clod Buster’. Then I got a ‘Blazing Star’ that looked exactly like your first one Kev. After that I got my first nitro, a Kyosho rampage buggy. Traded it in for a Traxxas nitro rustler. Upgraded every part you can think of on that, put a crazy engine in it and broke the engine in half on the second run! LOL!!!! Sold it as a rolling chassis and bought my HPI RS4 3 SS nitro. After a couple years running that, it went into storage & I acquired the OFNA Z10 nitro as a rolling chassis from a neighbour who was going to throw it away. They both stayed in storage until I started watching you on RU-vid. Got them both running again & have now added a Gen8 scout, and TRX4 G500 to the garage. Thanks for asking Kev! 😁👍👊👌🤘

Hello !!! Bonne vidéo pleine de nostalgie !!! A travers c photos nous retrouvons le RC d avant le vrai avec des compétiteurs intéressés des organisations dingue de ce nom etc etc ... MERCI POUR CETTE VIDÉO ,,,,,, a + ..... Steph ....?

My first hobby grade RC was a TAMIYA HORNET 1984/85 I don't own it any longer but do have a couple or re-releases and I do have some old magazines I used to look through and day dream, My dream RC back then was a Gold Pan RC10, loved the hobby then and still love it now. Thanks for sharing your story and memories.

My first rc car was a tamiya subaru brat, I used to take it up and down my driveway at least 3 times a day, me and my dad actually put it together, he got a sand viper the same year and we used to drag race them, good memories.

my first hobby grade RC was a kyosho inferno neo. i was so happy to get it and i still have it on my shelf.

My first rc car , had a wire from the controller to the car so you had to walk behind it 😂😂 had the turning circle of the moon . First car was a mk 1 nissan micra 750 cc . Loved those pepper pot wheels

My first hobby grade rc was a Tamiya Hornet, then a Blackfoot, then an RC10! Next I converted it to a stadium truck , lots of fun racing! Started in 1986. I'm not sure, but I may have some old RC Car Action mag's out in the shed. Cool stuff Kev'!

I bought a fairly trashed midnight pumpkin from the kid down the street for my first hobby grade RC. Great memories, enjoyed hearing yours Kev.

Great video, Kev! This really takes me back. I got out of the hobby for a long time but am getting back into it. My first RC car was a Nikko buggy. My first hobby grade was a Losi Jrx2. I picked it up used in 1991 or 1992 and I'm pretty sure it was old at the time LOL. Had fun bashing and coming in dead last at the local track in Garland, TX. Good times!

Thank you Kev for making Videos about rc Cars.I just got into the Hobby and it's really good

Loved this video mate , brought back some great memories ...................

I remember the old RC10 with the servo operated throttle with a potentiometer. Then a buddy had one with the street conversion and a quick motor. That brings back memories for sure.

The very first RC car I bought with my own money was the 2010 Tamiya Sand Scorcher. Love that thing.

I'm really excited for him to reach 1M subs!

My first R/C is a Traxxas 2wd Rustler. Brushed Stinger 20 turn and a mechanical speed controller, Tamiya connectors to use Tamiya connector NiCd batteries that got us about 8 minutes of run time on a good day. I upgraded it with the guts from my Kyosho Fazer VE and it is as fast as I wish it had been now.

My first was a tamiya grasshopper I got on my 7th birthday, when I watched your first video of you bringing out your manta ray I brought out my grasshopper, it still worked but it would cut out, I had traxxas parts laying around so I put a tq radio and receiver, and a xl5 esc, it’s working very nice now and I have it in a cover to keep it nice

Wow what a blast from the past. My one and only RC car is a Kyosho turbo Ultima kit. It was an off road buggy but the local RC club ran in parking lots and the streets at local festivals. I didn't care it was fun to race against on road cars and beat them! Back in early 1990 before we had our first child

I’m 12, I just recently finished building my first RC kit! It’s a Tamiya MF-01X VW Beetle Rally. My dad’s first RC car was a Tamiya RC10, from somewhere around ‘84.

I'm not from that era, yet this stuff interests me SO MUCH. Nice stuff, man!

Kev so many memories,my first hobby grade was Traxxas Rad2,then i had the rustler anf then the traxxas bandit equiped with trx upgrades.then i went racing with pb apollo(6:03) with irvine .15 engine.lots of problems so i sold it.i remember trinity motors k.o propo esc,sanyo 1700scrc they were the racing batteries back then.inferno used to be my dream too!i also remember that a 11 turn modified motor was insanely fast back then.things have changed so much.i started to learn about the hobby from magazines as well in 1994.was coming home from school and read all the time!!

I absolutely love this video and can’t relate to a lot of this stuff 🎉 proper blast from the past

I remember the old matched packs. Soldering them, cycling them. No warm up laps otherwise you'd run the risk of "dumping" towards the end of the race. Then having to rebuild your stock motor after every run.......ah the memories.

Tamiya Sand scorcher and Grasshopper. Epic for their day!

OMG! Not sure if you read your comments, but how nostalgia kicks in is crazy. My first car of importance was a Tamiya Bigwig bought from Beaties, then most of my other stuff from Otley Modelsport, (B4 it was simply named Modelsport). Then I had the Mardave Marauder with an Irvine 21 ABC engine, and a Mardave Mini, then a Shumacher Pro cat. My pride and joy came as a Tenth Technology ex works race car (fitted with the works anti squat gearbox, and wishbones, carbon propshaft and loads of other upgrades). I had one of the first batch of the Rothmans 500 Kyosho motorcycle's to hit the UK. Amongst a ton of other stuff including a second hand Tamiya Subaru Brat.... My mate and I raced on a track in Corby, and "Radio Racecar" magazine done a small article saying that it was like driving on ball bearings.. lol 🤣. I have also owned a MK1 and MK2 Fiesta, I removed the bonnet badge and scraped off the blue leaving the silver lettering, then sprayed it Rainbow 😂. I've also owned 2 series 3 landrovers LMAO. Then, and this now is borderline bizarre. For my CDT Project at school I made a MDF Mould of a Le man's car and Vac formed it. Also, I handbraked turned in the snow in the old cattle market in Kettering (behind the now Dunelm mill store) and stoved my nearside front wing in. I also have original Sanyo Scrc matched saddle packs if you want a vintage paper weight lmfao. Thanks for the memories 😁😁😁

The bushes behind little Kev's house were packed with illicit RC mags.

Man I’m guessing we’re the same or similar age (I’m 38) seeing those old magazines brings back so many memories, those modelsport ads !!😎 I’m off searching eBay for some vintage tv mags now 🤣 I got by with a 2nd hand mardave meteor bought from the local free ads paper , before a mardave mini stock bodging them back together in a similar way to your manta ray, wood screws and everything 😂😂

I got my first rc car hobby grade RC car in the 1980s this was a fun trip down memory lane thanks Kev

I have a 1994 traxxas nitro sport pro.15 and still has the original motor and parts only rear tires were changed and it still runs perfectly 🥰

Massive memory trip for me. Great video

I remember going to beatties hobby store in Milton Keynes on my 13 birthday and getting a Tamiya Hornet. It was brilliant to build apart from connecting the batteries for the first time and it shot off our dining room table leaving skid marks. Didn’t break but eventually managed to burn out the motor

Memory lane. I love it. Keep doing your thing. You do a great job and we love your videos. Shake the haters and don’t even stop to buy into it. Do you mate. Right on mate. We’re supporting you.

Great video a walk down memory lane..😄👍

Thanks for bringing all those memories back Kevin! I used to have a Nitro Hawk(until about 10 years ago in fact). I loved it! I came across it in a box in my garage and gave it to a neighbor kid who actually got it up and running again! It's funny how everything "fast" back then was Nitro and the electric stuff only ran a few minutes. Now with lipo batteries, quality chargers and brushless motors we are getting amazing run times and power/speed from even the basic entry level kits. It's a great time to be in the hobby!

Same 1st car I had 🤣 same colour too! You can search online to see if the beetle is still taxed/ insured

I had a Nitro Hawk and still have it. A Blackfoot was my 1st Rc and still have it also. Love RC’s!!

Hey man love the videos keep up the awesome work. Love watching your vids!!!

Yes i remember the mags and cars infact i had the same mags your flicking through... Really miss beatties.

First hobby grade rc: Mardave ministox First real car: 1983 Austin Mini 998cc with a "big" SU carb!

Kevin i dont know alot about your dads beetle but it was taken off the road in 2006 and hasnt been taxed since, it has zero MOT history as well. Its last V5 was issued in 18 October 2005. Its either been scrapped or locked up in a shed ever since.

I had a gold pan RC10, with the white arms. Built my own battery pack out of red cells, don't remember the name. An orange Novak speed controller. I only had the Novak for two months when I ran it into a Stop sign. Tore the left front arm off, and tore the chassis. That was the end of my RC journey until 2006ish when I got a Savage X nitro.

If i ever and i should cross the pond we should chill luv your vids. Keep on keeping on brother.

Early 90’s in math class one of my classmates Charles would bring RC catalogs every day, and we would look at them every day and he would also tell me about his Traxxas monster buggy. Shockingly I didn’t do that well grade wise. In my even earlier days as a young kid I’d go to the toy and/or hobby stores and dream of owning the RC buggy’s sitting on the shelves. I’d never owned a hobby grade RC until this year, I bought a Rustler XL-5. Swearing I would just keep it stock and drive it. That lasted no time, it’s now most of the way converted to a VX-L and I just bought a Stampede VX-L used for a great deal. Finally, the dream is still here and I dream of the X-Maxx, thanks mostly to your videos. Sorry for the long post. Bash on!

I grew up with a single mom and a brother. Never was money around to pay the enormous prices for RC stuff back in the 70s. I used to go through all kinds of mags and catalogs as a kid too. I started RC a few years ago and am suprised and happy how affordable things have become. The electronics have evolved enormously too. Now as an older guy I can drive RC cars and fly planes. I feel with you how you dreamed of all the stuff back then, Kevin. You have it made now and can enjoy which ever models you like.

My first car was a helion Dominus SC (2011-2014) and I still have it completely stock, except I changed the electronics in it to the ones that came out of my second rc car, an arrma senton, (12 turn brushed motor, 2s esc, 7kg servo) because I was upgrading that one to brushless. The electronics started glitching in the first one and it’s been off the road 3 years since.

I remember having this little magazine.. but it was Nikko brand.. and it was a premium little flyer... I'll never forget the big one. It was like a jeep.. but with a gas engine.. I wanted it since I was 10... Maybe younger

My first car was a Grasshopper 2 and I put in a Kyosha Mega Motor 13T which made it totally undriveable. Then I bought midnight pumpkin wheels which made it ridiculously fast but at least it would go in a straight line. I went through so many chassis' cos thw shock towers ALWAYS snapped off.

Back in the 80's all my friends had the Tamiya Grasshopper or the Hornet, I chose the Kyosho Pegasus as my first! Straight from a Tower hobbies catalogue. With car, radio, battery and charger- all in $225. Am I still the only one that has ever owned a Pegasus?

Those magazines are old. wow I remember some of them , good memories Kev 👍

Omg... That fiesta would have been amazing now

My first RC was a radio shack Sherman tank. That spring I got a cox nitro airplane that you controlled with a string. I got a nikko buggy a year later. I then got a tamiya qd midnight pumpkin for Christmas.. I got a clapped out Blackfoot given to me from a cousin who was getting out of the hobby. We scabbed it together and I beat on it for a long time. I’d read and re read rc car action magazine. I then got into real cars. But now my boy is 10 and all about RC. We started our own channel Iowa Budget RC Bashers.. we love your channel Kevin, keep doing what you’re doing

My first hobby car was a Tokyo Marui Big Bear in 1984-5 ish. It's the first RC monster truck ever. I have videos of all my vitage cars on youtube. I later had: Playtron Lynx 4WD buggy Kyosho Ultima Pro (1989) Schumacher Procat (1991) Kyosho Raider Pro (kit version) (1991) Kyosho 1:12 onroad Beetle - Alta-chassis (1992 I think)

1985, Tamiya Hornet, 86 Maru Big Bear, 88, Tamiya Hot Shot II, Tamiya Wild Willys, MRC Excalibur Hawk 40 boat, 90 Kyosho Ultima Pro Graphite...then I took a break until 2010. In the US, we drooled over Tower Hobbies catalogs and Radio Controlled Car Action.

Great video kev keep up the great work!

I remember all of that and still have a lot of it... Even still got the radio gear you got with your kit and trickle charger with original tamiya battery!

My first hobby grade RC was a Tamiya Stadium Thunder. I was around 10 years old and built the entire thing in a few days. I eventually upgraded to an ESC and a better motor. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore, my mom sold it at a yard sale.