For various reasons, I've become a bit jaded about model railway building. Because of the Andy-shaped hole in our team at work, and the need for me to take up more and different duties, I'm not doing as much practical work for BRM for a couple of months. So, I've decided to treat myself to a dream kit that has been sitting in my stash for a couple of years. A radio-controlled car.
There is a bit of a history here, but I'll explain another day. Suffice to say, I've wanted to build this for a very long while.
The box is satisfyingly large, and inside we have a plastic VW body. Not clear polycarbonate, as found without car kits from Tamiya, but something a bit more conventional.
There are a lot of other bits too, but we'll come to them later. Ahead of the build, I've been looking at a lot of Baja bugs on Instagram, as I'm determined not to paint it the colour on the box.
Be warned, there are a lot of steps to this build. I'll try to sprinkle some trains occasionally on here, but I'm building this for me, and determined to enjoy the process, so there will be a lot of posts if this works out.
4 comments:
I used to raise those in the days when they first came out. they are a bit fragile if you hit something hard. The front suspension shafts were a favourite to get bent. Great fun to build and use. Happy days.
Wow, this brings back some memories! Several friends at school had these, the Rough Rider, the XR311 or the Subaru Brat. They seemed much more sophisticated than other R/C cars I'd seen hence their huge popularity.
After I'd left school, Tamiya launched a simpler, cheaper car called the Holiday Buggy, I was working by then so could afford one. I had a lot of fun with it.
Hope you enjoy building (and playing with) your Sand Scorcher, Phil!
Very nice! That's on my bucket list and the re-release version is still available, complete with full ball bearing set and some up-rated parts. Looking forward to seeing how yours goes together and how you choose to finish it.
Simon - The Holiday Buggy is still available, and dangerously tempting!
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