What was your first build?

[HYPA]

I thought I would ask everyone what their first kit was and how the build went. Mine was a Factory Team TC3 and the build went ok. I stripped a lot of the aluminium screws as I tried to screw them straight into the graphite with the included allen keys :( I am coming into my third build now (yes I am very new to all this) and hopefully it will be flawless. I have invested in some very good tools so there is no excuse this time. I got a set of Hudy drivers, Tamiya needle nose pliers and side cutters. Anyway lets hear how you guys went.

[Baja-Destroyer]

my 1st was t4 build went fine till i got to the shocks i eneded up selling the shocks and buying evader st shocks lol mabey next time ill get them right

[dalejrfan8]

Mine was a T3. Everything went ok but it took 2 weeks to finish it because I had very little free time to finish it.

[insano]

Never thought I would be "old school" but my first build was a Traxxas SRT (old version) in 1997. I guess compared to most people on here im a veteran. Since then the "builds" have gotten kind of out of hand :)

[mook]

back in the day...

Tamiya 'lunchbox' circa 15 years ago.


http://www.madmaxx.de/monstertrucks/tamiya/lunchbox/images/lunchbox06.jpg

[MicroMan]

Hpi Micro RS4, It doesn't take a lot of skill to build one, just really steady hands.

[rocknbil]

Whew. Now I won't feel so bad. :D

Tamiya Stadium Blitzer, followed by the Losi JR buggy, then 10T.

[Budman_222]

Tamiya subaru brat. ( like a frog with a 380 motor) . Then a Koyosho T Optima. Still have that one. I don't even want to try to count the rest. The Optima was the one that got me hooked. lol

[3115ultima]

original Kyosho Ultima

[born2rc]

Losi XXX-4, most of my other cars I bought used.

[Prelude14WRX]

tamiya tl-01. When i opened up the kit and looked at the instructions, i sat there stareing at the instructions and didnt know what to do, LOL :D The build went awesome after that though :cool:

[rcguy2477]

my first kit that i built was a team losi street weapon iwc. It took me approx three months to build it. There were missing parts, and when i asked for replacements, they sent me the wrong parts again. Finally they got it correct after sending me 50$ worth of other parts.

[Jenith44]

my first build was an old Tokyo Marui Big Bear Datsun 1/12 monster truck( kinda like the tamiya lunch box), well it was kinda my dads build i was 8 so i probaly just made it harder for him to put it together. After that died a slow and pain full death I got a losi Jr.T, wich suprisingly is still alive and kicking some a**! That set me down the road that I have never come back from, the road we call rc.

[viper2002]

After owning two RTR's, I will hopefully building a NTC3 by the end of July.

By the way, you veterans keep the R/C world going. I can't wait until I can claim all that you guys can. :)

[Prelude14WRX]

Heres my first, but now its my brothers.

[monyet fangkeh]

my first kit is tamiya ta04r. but that's not my first rc. my first rc is tl01xb rtr. i built my ta04r the night before my economics exam:P.

[ayk_driver]

i dunno if u wood consider this my first "build" but my t-maxx... tore it rite down then built it again... did everything... shocks...diffs... chassis.... sum frustrating parts but its all good....

[RichieRich]

My first build was a Tamiya Frog. It took me the better part of two days to get that finished. How funny is that? It was so fun though. 17 years later and 17 cars later, I still enjoy it. No RTRs for me. I wish that REVO would come in kit form. :(

[masterblaster17]

Micro rs4 like microman said not hard but you need steady hands, took me 8 hours to build

[Dan H]

Tamiya TA03R. Those were good times though even though I stripped a few screws, didn't remove flashings, and rushed through the build.

[Lapster]

Mine was an AE tc3. Flawless.

[Re-Mix]

First car, traxxas 4-tec, first build; team losi xxx-t. Nice build, stripped a few screws, but nothing major.

[RustlerBoy]

Traxxas Rustler, then a Stampede, then a T3, then a TA02, then I stripped down a friends T-maxx and trebuilt it, then I built a GT, then a XXX, another XXXBK then a XXX4 G+

I have only been in this hobby for about 5 years, and currntly own a XXXBK, a XXX4, and a Bandit.

[GCMustang]

First build was a Tamiya Blackfoot 15 years ago. I was scared to death when I saw all the parts in so many different bags back then and now I am a design engineer, creating products with far more components and increased complexity.

[Popop]

Original Hirobo Alien Mid4
Mostly for the look ; o )

A nightmare to assemble dur to the unfitting parts
And quite heavy ... but great look !

[Viperrgh2]

wow popop lol my 1st was a kyosho raider, i dun even rem building it but still have it lol i broke an a-arm and i aint even gonna bother trying to find one lol if anyone has one email me!
http://rc-off.com/sozai/raji/raider.jpg
http://rc-off.com/sozai/raji/raider2.jpg

[Snake Charmer]

My frist car was a pede (stall have it). My frist kit was a XXT. The build went fine but,I had to redo a few things do to trying to get it done in 2 hours. :rolleyes: It took me a day to fix it. :D

[Voop]

Hi, I'm new here... thought I'd chime in:

First build: Tamiya Frog. Had that thing so modified by the time I got rid of it.. (ESC (Novak 4.. long before the T series), thorpe ball diff, new suspension, etc) What a blast that car was.

When I was 13 I bought myself a Tamiya Toyota Tom's 12th scale pan car... with the old Twister motor in there that thing was sooooo fast!

On to the Kyosho Optima, then The Turbo Optima Mid SE (Japanese version), the Turbo Ultima.....

There was an RC10 and a Wild Willy in there too somewhere...

-Voop

[Beniscool6]

B3...

[LEMMEDRIVEIT!!]

Traxxas rustler. I'm glad that i started off with an easy one.By the way thats for sale very hopped up lol. I bought a rtr. Its awesome, but i would appreciate it so much more if i had built it.. so i stripped it down lol

[DaLurker]

Tamiya TT-01

[jazzyt]

Anyone remember this company????

[T/Losi]

Still haven't built a kit. I own a Model Engines MHRT and a Losi XXX-4 but they came built.

Cheers

[traxxas-dude]

My first build was a Storm Pro, bout a year ago. Ive since then built an HPI RS4 MT and a Mad Force. I'm wanting a TC3 Kit... My other 9 or so vehicles came built :rolleyes:

I had to totally rebuild my Emaxx once...Broke 3 Bulkheads, both chassis braces, and snapped the chassis in 3 pieces :eek: :D

Morale: Dont treat a sewer like a drive thru :p ;)

[Dyno Don]

Built a Thorp 1/8 gas car back in the 70's. Had a varible speed clutch system.

[Fool Injected]

My first was a Tamiya Hornet in about '86. I bought a full ball bearing kit and installed it during the build. I would have finished it a lot faster if my Dad didn't insist on helping me. :D

[Popop]

Sure I remember Marui !
Wheelie Jeeps, Samurai, Ninja, Coors, etc.

Feel free to email me pictures of yours
It will help me complete a dedicated gallery like the one I did for hirobo cars
1st on Google following search : hirobo jealousy alien

BYe

[Popop]

@Viper :
The raider series lasted a while so give a glance to ebay ... Older than the Outrage so harder search but still possible ... tamiyaclub can also help you ...

[TUCRACEMAN]

First build was a Kyosho Outrage. That was a cool car.
~Dave

[mardigan]

Tamiya Grasshopper

[Saito]

Mauri's Landcruiser was my 2nd. The Tamiya Lunch Box, my first. I tried assembling a Sand Scorcher from new spare parts at first, but never rustled up all the peices. Oh well, at least I have a historical front suspension to look at!

[theseeker411]

First build for me was a Panda Stadium truck around the 6th or 7th grade. I had a buddy in my neighborhood that had 2 Kyoshos, so he helped me a little. Went fine till I decided to brush paint the body white. I grabbed a brush from the tool box and just assumed that it was clean. My white body turned a nice shade of pink.

[WIKIDJESTER]

My first was a Mauri jeep then an RC-10,then a thunder shot, tamtech,bull head etc.....

[nomad1]

Mine was a FUtaba FX10. Almost exact replica of the Tamiya Striker. Fun build and very stong. Just weighted a ton.

[mccrash59]

Mine was a Tamiya M01 Fiat Abarth. Very easy to handle in such an small track we used to race on. With a non rebuildable 17T was fast enought to beat touring cars.

[highroller]

Cox scorpion half of it had to be reassembled several times instructions were very confusing especially not knowing the lingo. The 2nd 12E went better, since some experience was learned from the first debacko better instructions and drawings also aided in a better build.

[Legend_Car]

mine was a legend car by bolink i still have it and race it

[CAMIII_Al]

My first was the Tamyia Pajero my father got me for christmas. Was fun to build and I still have it. Sucked right then as I live in NY and there was snow. I still like to build my cars I think it's half the fun.

[d4man]

My first car was a Tamiya Hotshot, my parents paid to have it built so I could use it on Christmas Day. However, I broke it and had to fix it. I became the master of tearing that thing down and rebuilding.

So technically, my first build was the RC10 FT B4 I bought last February :D

[zakerid]

orig rc10

[TBone77]

Gold tub RC10 with the 6-gear tranny. I remember asking my parents for a Stealth tranny for Christmas a year later (they were $100 at the time :eek: ) and WOW... it made an amazing difference.

Didn't race, but sure bashed the crap out of it. Sold it for $100 a few years later to fund a portable CD player.

[cnroman]

Kyosho Turbo Raider, 1993 I think.

[c_wehrer707]

my first build was an rc10t3 ahh, I wish I still had it, it got stolen from storage

[GT Freak]

mine was a TRAXXAS HAWK1 :D

[2mcgrath]

mine was a traxxas sledgehammer. my paint job on the body turned out awesome for my first paintjob.but that was way back in the day.

[tadium54]

tamiya wild willy 2

went decent until the shocks had to be built. that was a pain, and they werent even flulid filled lol

[NOZ69]

My first build was the original Tamiya HORNET in the mid 80`s, followed by a Kyosho Turbo Ultima II, Tamiya Nissan King Cab, Tamiya Nissan Le Mans and a nitro boat.

Now after a LOOOONG break i`m back into RC`s now i`ve got a MO-3 & a Team TC3 (soon a FT TC4 & T-Hawk plane).

Cheers

[jeffpettis]

Mine was also a gold tub RC10. Man I loved that thing. Also this was about 20 years ago.

[RH Customs]

Tamiya Super Hornet 2001 version.

[Zelazko PL]

Tamiya TL-01 Ford Focus 02

[rckid11]

Tamiya Hummer....:)

[RC10racer89]

Anyone remember this company????

I do, and they actually still make a few RC's. (mostly tanks). Now they are one of the biggest airsoft manufacturers around. (Just ask Miller)

Anyway, my first build was a Factory Team RC10GT. I built it two summers ago, and I have to say the truck is awsome. People go on and on about how hard kits are to build, and I really don't understand all the fuss. I actually prefer building them myself because then I know exactly how everything goes together when its time to fix something or rebuild diffs etc. Not to mention building a kit is a lot of fun :D AE also has awsome instructions, so anyone of their kits should be fine even for a beginner. The truck itself rips (its probably one of the most well known 1/10 scale ST's). Its my personal favorite, but unfortuately my LHS just paved over their offroad track in favor of a nitro on-road course :mad: Now I mostly just bash around with my GT for the fun of it. (still race the carpet knife indoors though :D )

[FESTER2004]

my first build was a super blackfoot that my neighbor had to finish for me.

after that,i tryed to assemble a traxxas pede' but the traxxas instructions were a lil confusing but i did it.

then i assembled my blitzer beetle,it was cake.

the cheesiest build was my tamiya mad bull-so cheesy i used it once n gutted it for parts,lol,now it sits in the closet!

i have a super hornet that i am gonna restore after i get a reissue grasshopper n hornet!

[megasaxon]

my first build was my RC10GT about a year ago. I didn't build it from a FT kit, but from new parts i got on ebay a few used parts i got in lots. Only snag i ran into was running out of money when i need to buy the motor, lol.

My first RC was a Traxxas Nitro Sport, which i torn down and rebuilt several times and then converted to a nitro rustler, which required tearing down again. Luckily i was able to sell this pile to get the motor and remaining items for my GT...

I'm hoping to some day soon buy myself a Savage SS, would be pretty sweet to built an MT.

My LHS still has a brand new Stadium Blitzer and a Traxxas Sledgehammer on there shelf, as well a lot of old parts for cars, including a stealth for the RC10 and a few other pre-stealth 3-gear upgrade trannies for the rc10 and even a direct drive conversion...

[Stumper]

First build was a traxxas bullet.