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Found this forum by way of Johnny Retro's article on building Tamiya's original body (nice build, by the way).

I'm new to RC. Sort of. Back in 1982 I discovered toy porn in the form of a Tamiya catalogue I got my hands on. I grew up in Africa so anything from that catalogue was pretty much unobtainable, so when I discovered computers in the mid-80's RC was all but forgotten. Until May last year, when I saw a YouTube clip of the Tamiya Mountain Rider. Got one, built it, and... hooked.





Problem with the Hilux was that it left a hole. I wanted more, and it needed to last longer than the Hilux lasted. Sounding like an addict. Long story short, I scratch-built a Ford Bronco Concept from 2004. It sits on a Vaterra Ascender. Doors, hood and boot open and close, and the roof comes off in two parts. Also made a Big Oly wing for it.







It's not quite finished because I couldn't wait to build an Unimog 401 for the same chassis. This one was a quick (read sloppy) build and intended to take a beating in competitions.





After that I customised a China Jeep JK body from Ebay into a River Raider ST replica, this time on a GCM J2 Skeleton chassis.





Destroyed that body at the UK Recon G6 event in June, so built a new body for it, designed specifically for competitions and to take a hit. This one is a bit of a mashup of the Jeep Trailcat Concept and the Jeep Porkchop.





While building the second Jeep I also built a re-released Sand Scorcher. This one still needs lights, an interior, and a driver.





Which brings us up to date. And the reson for signing up here. You'll have noticed the pretty decided offroad theme, and consequently I now have running versions of all types of offroaders. The idea from here on in is to go back to scratch building, which I seem to enjoy the most. I have no idea what I'm going to build yet, but do know it'll be based on something from Tamiya.

That's it from me, for now.

Mike

Welcome Michael. Very nicd builts

Welcome to TamiyaBase Mike,
Great to hear that one more is hooked to RC and Tamiya
You have some really nice builds already, and I look forward to see more of them and you new builds.
-Lars

Nice work, & welcome on board

Hi Mike,
Welcome. Nice pictures and nice builds !
Keep the pictures coming.

Manotas