12:22 you probably already know this, [but in case you don’t] take that body for a dunk in DOT3 brake fluid. Whenever I restore an RC body that’s poorly painted, I will completely submerge it for as much as a week or longer until the paint literally slides off. Doesn’t matter if it’s a lexan body or hard plastic, brake fluid will have no effect. It only softens the paint and it will literally slide off like a water decal.
I had a Lazer when I was a child, it was a copy of the grasshopper but it was it was alot a fun. I had to assemble it and and get help with soldier. It seemed like it took a lifetime to get it running but I finally got it running with the help of my father and my uncle back it the early 80's
Right I’ve done it I’ve watched the whole video , really enjoyed looking back on the whole collection over both videos. Also before I forget that k you very much Gavin for the plus about the Fighter RX 25th and the channel , it’s very much appreciated and nice to be recognised. Take care :)
Hi Andy! Keep up the great work. People don't realise the amount of effort & cost that it takes to get an RC channel off the ground. Stick with it, you have some fantastic content and the RC community is better for it! Gavin
Many thanks again, words of encouragement like this definitely help thinking it’s all worth while and make you want to carry on ;) keep up the good work :)
Tamiya cars always have a special thing about them. The manta ray, dyna storm I have raced with. Also have a super hornet, tamtec desert gator, F40. Tamiya is an icon in rc cars.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these longer videos. It's the first time I've seen one where you've had a haircut halfway through! That's dedication.
LOL Most videos are filmed over more than one day so that's why I have RCKicks polo shirts, It helps with the video consistance. Unfortunately shaving and haircuts do kind of mess with that effect heheh
I tip my hAt to you mate.best Tamiya collection iv ever seen!I appreciate the videos quality.quite inspiring for me, lately iv become quite the rc enthusiast and builder.my collection only consist of modern day rc cars,but am really looking forward to getting my hands on a Tamiya frog re re.god bless you and yours mr.kicks! A loyal fan from the furthest Northwest point of Washington
That was a marathon, but I loved it an it got me excited for Tamiya's again! I went out to my local shop and got a Plasma Edge II the the Green/purple Iridescent as it was all they had. Been putting it together and love it. Been a long time since I did that (sometime in the 80's). Thanks for getting me excited about it again!
You have some nice cars in your collection that are on my whislist. Your surprise is I think quiet normal. For my insurence I made a list of all my RC-Cars and I also was very surprised that know the total number (only of cars) is around 157 -- ok 100 of them are Tamiyas. I wish you luckto find all modelsyou mayby still miss. Greatings from Germany
Wow! Awesome collection! Can't wait to see that king cab done. I also have a king cab I want to restore. Bought it and built it in 1989. My tires are shot and so is the body, I got an aftermarket body from team Blu groove. Thanks for sharing your collection.
Go for it Khoren, it's great fun hunting down the cars you want. One bit of advice I would give, try and collect the best cars you can and collect the cars that are special to you. Have fun :) Gavin
Awesome video! Love seeing all of them and thanks for giving a bit of story behind each one. It made it fun to watch and I learned a few things along the way. You're gonna need another room just for restoration projects soon!
TOP FORCE - Evo is one of my favourite buggies, I got one after I ran the Terra-conqueror for a while... I upgraded the front diff cover to a alloy one because I found it was a weak point where the metal "U" pin goes through... my last Tamiya racer before going onto the Schumacher CAT2000ec, then onto 1/10 touring cars with the Mi2ec and upwards....
This Was a really good review. Sadly it's forced me (LOL) to add some missing stuff to mine. 100% agree about some of the 80's classics that are still available. BTW Great channel!!)
Damn that took me all day but I got through it! Lots of hard work, money, and fun - enjoyed every minute! Every car no matter how perfect still needs some little something 😄 the work never ends!!! I’m glad you’re on TH-cam Gavin entertaining all of us and I do hope one day you’ll make enough to afford that defender 90 and an old Porsche to boot 👍
Thanks for watching, I know it's bonkers long. I added time stamps for everyone in the description so its easy to just jump to a car you are interested in.
@@RCKickschannel I like it long, so I can sat down and watching it on my 60 inch 4k TV . I'm sure that editing took a long time, rendering and upload? but it's worth watching it.
A really great collection... and there are several cars, I am really hunting for a long time now... starting with the RSR Tamico Porsche... need to find for a reasonable price...
Thanks Rob. The video got way out of hand so this will be the last full collection video moving forward. I will only do update collection vids from now on lol.
I've just collected the ones I had nostalgia for...... falcon, bigwig ,thunder dragon,fire dragon,Terra scorcher, lunchbox, pumpkin......I just need a clodbuster,959, Avanti,supersabre...that's about it for me.
@@RCKickschannel Yeah I agree, I will take it to Paddlesworth soon. I love Tamiya I am 14 so my dad has a old Yrasshopper and hornet. I started not long ago though
Excellent vid Gavin, amazing collection. Must have taken hours to film it. Observation on the original astute. It has the wrong tyres. Should have the Egress rear tyres on it.
LOL, yep it was a two day filming period and I lost sound on a good few cars so I had to go back and do them again lol. One good thing , it was easy to edit.
Fantastic, absolutely great video. Love it! Can it be that any of the WR-01 chassis variants (Wild Dagger, Twin Detonater, Dualhunter, Double Blaze) are still missing from your collection?
I'm interested in your Porsche cars! I see you're a big vintage Porsche fan (like me) and want to get one for yourself (you should!). I'm a big vintage Porsche fan and founded an air-cooled Porsche club. I have a 1974 914 LE Can Am "Creamsicle", a 1988 3.2 G50 911 Carrera coupe and a 1964 968 6-speed coupe. When I was in high school (1992) I was really into RC racing. I only had one car (Tamiya Striker!) but flogged the hell out of it and always wanted to get another, but I have been out of RC racing for so long. I was thinking of getting a street car and off road car. I like the Tamiya 1973 Porsche Carrera RSR and the Tamiya 1986 Porsche 953 (959) Paris Dakar rally car. Would you be willing to part with the 953? How is the 73 RSR to drive? I presume the 934 RSR is too expensive. Maybe I can help you find a vintage Porsche also! Any particular favorites? CheeRS! 🏁
A question to all this is how important is it to make a car 100% original? Got an Egress that is alsmost all original, but lower chassis looks like its replaced, and these vintage ones cost absolute fortune on ebay ;-)
Thats one lovely Tamiya collection. 1h and 39min and not one single ad, i´ll give you a extra huge thumbs up for that.
12:22 you probably already know this, [but in case you don’t] take that body for a dunk in DOT3 brake fluid. Whenever I restore an RC body that’s poorly painted, I will completely submerge it for as much as a week or longer until the paint literally slides off. Doesn’t matter if it’s a lexan body or hard plastic, brake fluid will have no effect. It only softens the paint and it will literally slide off like a water decal.
Brillant work, not just the collection, but also brilliant (“museum grade”) presentation. Well done!
You had me at old Porche. But, I stayed for the Clod, of course.
Very enjoyable to watch 😊 Thank you so much for taking the time to show your collection! Such an inspiration 😍All the best, Toby
That senna f1 is lust worthy.
This took me two sittings to get through but I enjoyed every minute of it
Thanks for watching 👍🏻🙏🏻
1h39m, no issues here - a solid alternative to watching the Eurovision Song Contest with the missus.
LOL 👍🏻
Cracking. Been looking forward to this Gavin. Egress for the win!
I had a Lazer when I was a child, it was a copy of the grasshopper but it was it was alot a fun. I had to assemble it and and get help with soldier. It seemed like it took a lifetime to get it running but I finally got it running with the help of my father and my uncle back it the early 80's
👍🏻👍🏻
love it, my favourite is the first pink one
For me personally the OG Hot Shot and Holiday Buggy is iconic Tamiya
Right I’ve done it I’ve watched the whole video , really enjoyed looking back on the whole collection over both videos. Also before I forget that k you very much Gavin for the plus about the Fighter RX 25th and the channel , it’s very much appreciated and nice to be recognised. Take care :)
Hi Andy! Keep up the great work. People don't realise the amount of effort & cost that it takes to get an RC channel off the ground. Stick with it, you have some fantastic content and the RC community is better for it! Gavin
Many thanks again, words of encouragement like this definitely help thinking it’s all worth while and make you want to carry on ;) keep up the good work :)
Tamiya cars always have a special thing about them. The manta ray, dyna storm I have raced with. Also have a super hornet, tamtec desert gator, F40. Tamiya is an icon in rc cars.
Hands down one of the best rc car videos ever thanks for sharing your collection with us sooo cool
Very cool video, thanks.
Cars with character. That’s what Tamiya is all about for me. Great video btw.
Thanks! :)
Love the videos! I need me some Tamiya cars!
Im speechless......wow wow wow
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these longer videos. It's the first time I've seen one where you've had a haircut halfway through! That's dedication.
LOL Most videos are filmed over more than one day so that's why I have RCKicks polo shirts, It helps with the video consistance. Unfortunately shaving and haircuts do kind of mess with that effect heheh
Awesome video! I just bought my first tamiya kit, its the super astute 2018 re.rel. Super excited to build it and probably a few more this summer.
Totally mesmerised with this video, awesome collection and the perfect Saturday night/Sunday morning viewing! Thank you for sharing the collection 👍😊
Thanks for watching and commenting Paul. That all makes it feel worth it :)
I have an original Boomerang of the middle 80's when I was a teenager and it has 2 shock absorbers in the front.
love to see the tamiya subaru brat and holiday buggy some day in your collection.
43:03 Boomerang was my first ever RC car ❤
Great collection👍 and yes I watched from front to back!
Awesome! Thank you Brian!
Absolutely love this style of video! Thank you for showing your collection!
Most welcome. That’s an old video, I’ve done a few others since then as the collection changes.
I tip my hAt to you mate.best Tamiya collection iv ever seen!I appreciate the videos quality.quite inspiring for me, lately iv become quite the rc enthusiast and builder.my collection only consist of modern day rc cars,but am really looking forward to getting my hands on a Tamiya frog re re.god bless you and yours mr.kicks! A loyal fan from the furthest Northwest point of Washington
Very nice and wide collection! The Astute, Dyna Blaster, Egress and Dynastorm are really cool!
Beautiful
That was a marathon, but I loved it an it got me excited for Tamiya's again! I went out to my local shop and got a Plasma Edge II the the Green/purple Iridescent as it was all they had. Been putting it together and love it. Been a long time since I did that (sometime in the 80's). Thanks for getting me excited about it again!
Hi Greg, Fantastic and I hope you have loads of fun with it and for watching my show. Gavin
Wow one of the best spent hour and a half in years, very entertaining and informative 😊❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@RCKickschannel :)
You have some nice cars in your collection that are on my whislist. Your surprise is I think quiet normal. For my insurence I made a list of all my RC-Cars and I also was very surprised that know the total number (only of cars) is around 157 -- ok 100 of them are Tamiyas. I wish you luckto find all modelsyou mayby still miss. Greatings from Germany
Wow! Awesome collection! Can't wait to see that king cab done. I also have a king cab I want to restore. Bought it and built it in 1989. My tires are shot and so is the body, I got an aftermarket body from team Blu groove. Thanks for sharing your collection.
I need to paint up a new body for it. I have the vintage decals but really I need to order another body. Chassis is as good as finished really.
Very interesting and fun watch! Great work. Also a mid video shave!
Awesome Video, Love the collection!!! Hope I can get mine like this some day! Keep it going!
Go for it Khoren, it's great fun hunting down the cars you want. One bit of advice I would give, try and collect the best cars you can and collect the cars that are special to you. Have fun :) Gavin
Awesome video! Love seeing all of them and thanks for giving a bit of story behind each one. It made it fun to watch and I learned a few things along the way. You're gonna need another room just for restoration projects soon!
Crazy collection
Thanks
Great review! My first Tamiya RC was the Audi Quattro on Wild Willy chassis ☺️, The handling was a nightmare 🤣 but it was fun!
TOP FORCE - Evo is one of my favourite buggies, I got one after I ran the Terra-conqueror for a while... I upgraded the front diff cover to a alloy one because I found it was a weak point where the metal "U" pin goes through... my last Tamiya racer before going onto the Schumacher CAT2000ec, then onto 1/10 touring cars with the Mi2ec and upwards....
Good recap and a few surprises in there. 👍🏼
Thanks 👍 Was the surprise that the video is so bloody long! heeheh
Enjoyed that a lot. Really made me want to start collection some Tamiya's myself.
Do it Paul. I have been totally going old school. Clod Buster, 3 Blackfoot, Fast Attack, Mud Blaster, 2 Mad Caps. So far lol
Glad to hear it! You can find some real gems from Tamiya so I hope you get a chance to pick up a few Paul. Gavin
I love the channel man great work on the RCs.
Thanks
This Was a really good review. Sadly it's forced me (LOL) to add some missing stuff to mine. 100% agree about some of the 80's classics that are still available. BTW Great channel!!)
Thanks Tony
Damn that took me all day but I got through it! Lots of hard work, money, and fun - enjoyed every minute! Every car no matter how perfect still needs some little something 😄 the work never ends!!! I’m glad you’re on TH-cam Gavin entertaining all of us and I do hope one day you’ll make enough to afford that defender 90 and an old Porsche to boot 👍
Thanks Wade, that’s most kind. 👍🏻
Nice collection Gav,I hope Tamiya do a rere Falcon
Been looking forward to this 🖒
Excellent review, Gavin. Really like the Top Force.
Thanks! Well you are going to enjoy this weeks video as the new Top Force Evo is coming to the show for an unboxing, build and lap time.
@@RCKickschannel - Can't wait!
Wonderful Collection Gavin, have plenty of old tamiya's myself, desperate to see a re-re Hotshot 2 as well!
We so need a Hotshot 2 rere! Come on Tamiya :)
Wow Gavin! I monster collection. I watched it all the way through! What did I win? 😂🤣
That a lot Tamiya collection... I must have drunk about 4 cup of tea watching this video. nice collection.💯👍
Thanks for watching, I know it's bonkers long. I added time stamps for everyone in the description so its easy to just jump to a car you are interested in.
@@RCKickschannel I like it long, so I can sat down and watching it on my 60 inch 4k TV . I'm sure that editing took a long time, rendering and upload? but it's worth watching it.
Wow what a collection great video
Great review of your fleet 👍🏻
That was really enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A really great collection... and there are several cars, I am really hunting for a long time now... starting with the RSR Tamico Porsche... need to find for a reasonable price...
Dean Young has one I think he is selling Stephan. Not sure what he wants for it mind. You can find him on the RCKicks Facebook group page.
Awesome stuff, the clods one of my favourites too 👍👍
Thanks Rob. The video got way out of hand so this will be the last full collection video moving forward. I will only do update collection vids from now on lol.
Can’t wait to see the Toleman F1!
I almost picked up some vintage decals for it the other day but the condition wasn't the best.
Try reducing the exit flow of water from the esc out of the boat. A slower flow of water more time to absorb heat
Fantastic Gavin. Now lay out all the cars that are project ones, specific attention to the 959 clone!!!
I still have the clone, it didn't make it into the video as it was getting so long. I have about 25 - 30 car projects that need finishing.
triggers boomerang !
Epic collection!
I've just collected the ones I had nostalgia for...... falcon, bigwig ,thunder dragon,fire dragon,Terra scorcher, lunchbox, pumpkin......I just need a clodbuster,959, Avanti,supersabre...that's about it for me.
I hope you get all your cars 👍🏻
This is so cool. My only Tamoya’s is my TT-02 Rally and my XV-01
XV-01 is a cool chassis and very different from so many Tamiya road / rally cars.
@@RCKickschannel Yeah I agree, I will take it to Paddlesworth soon. I love Tamiya I am 14 so my dad has a old Yrasshopper and hornet. I started not long ago though
I watched the whole thing
Brilliant video Gav, really enjoyed that so thanks for taking the time to put it together! So what would you rather - real 934 or your RC collection?
I would have to go real 934 as it would make Rebecca's year. I would then have the fun of starting a new RC collection all over again.
@@RCKickschannelI wish my other half appreciated porsches! (Or RC cars for that matter...)
5 seconds in and had to give it a thumbs up - Tamiya fan boy here!! LOL
Nice collection thanks for the mention. the car looks a lot better now with the little TLC
Excellent vid Gavin, amazing collection. Must have taken hours to film it. Observation on the original astute. It has the wrong tyres. Should have the Egress rear tyres on it.
LOL, yep it was a two day filming period and I lost sound on a good few cars so I had to go back and do them again lol. One good thing , it was easy to edit.
Super Clod is my favorite !
I see a monster beetle and a Blackfoot. Except the ones we got in America were all plastic. The one you have has more aluminum and metal pieces
Upgrade parts probably
TT02 are the BEST! You should get more 😁
th-cam.com/video/J7U5CJPbJ8g/w-d-xo.html
Hi there! Love this video. I've been trying to find a Nissan King Cab body as well as decals...where did you get yours from?
Team Blue Grove and the original decals I got from eBay
@@RCKickschannel thanks!
The beard. Now you see it now you don't now you do 😂😂
Fantastic, absolutely great video. Love it! Can it be that any of the WR-01 chassis variants (Wild Dagger, Twin Detonater, Dualhunter, Double Blaze) are still missing from your collection?
Yep I don’t have any in the collection
Egress is my fave 👍🙂
It is a stunning buggy that is for sure David.
Really would like an astute again, had the original many moons ago !
It’s a lovely buggy that’s for sure.
What did you do with the monster beetle tyres? Could not quite hear on video
Hi Gavin, great collection. Why don’t you have a Wild One?
Missed the boat but one day I’ll get one
Do you have the current lancia rally? I'd like to see a comparison of how the old lancia rally body differs from the new
No, just the vintage version unfortunately.
I'm interested in your Porsche cars! I see you're a big vintage Porsche fan (like me) and want to get one for yourself (you should!). I'm a big vintage Porsche fan and founded an air-cooled Porsche club. I have a 1974 914 LE Can Am "Creamsicle", a 1988 3.2 G50 911 Carrera coupe and a 1964 968 6-speed coupe. When I was in high school (1992) I was really into RC racing. I only had one car (Tamiya Striker!) but flogged the hell out of it and always wanted to get another, but I have been out of RC racing for so long. I was thinking of getting a street car and off road car. I like the Tamiya 1973 Porsche Carrera RSR and the Tamiya 1986 Porsche 953 (959) Paris Dakar rally car. Would you be willing to part with the 953? How is the 73 RSR to drive? I presume the 934 RSR is too expensive. Maybe I can help you find a vintage Porsche also! Any particular favorites? CheeRS! 🏁
Do the top force hicaps not fit the king cab?
Doing exactly the same M-08 Concept under the Tamiya Escort Body Build. Any recommendations for a good Dirt/Tarmac Tire for Rally ? thanks
On instagram as Grimjerr also Summary of my next few builds for this summer 2021 posted there !
Gavin is any news on when the egress will be coming out?
It's expected 13th July current.
What is living in RC Hell like? Having all these cars and I can’t drive them!
Lovely thank you 🙏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻
i loved this vid but how much has that clod costed u to build lmao
Is the vajra and aqroshot body the same yeah ? 😂 need a body 😩
Yep I think so
did i miss it or do you not have a rough rider ? if not any reason why ?
Nope, no reason. I have just never had one on the show yet.
Haircut! Haircut! 😜
How did you get sand in the avante diff?
No clue, I purchased it like that
I have a tamiya king cab most original parts + mods.
Number 28 their gos that airplane again
FINISHED: Buy 2 sets of VQS HiCaps and use the rears for Nissan King Cab and the fronts for TC01.
That was the plan and I have them on order. The challenge is OMG the $$$
@@RCKickschannel Yes, RCMart have them now
A question to all this is how important is it to make a car 100% original? Got an Egress that is alsmost all original, but lower chassis looks like its replaced, and these vintage ones cost absolute fortune on ebay ;-)
Don’t bother, it will never add the amount of value back into the car.
@@RCKickschannel True, also, new parts hold up better I think :-)
How come you have bought a few evos?
Not deliberately lol, it just worked out that way. Some how I have three coming now. You can’t make this kind of stuff up lol
👍👍
Wow how do I get by with one
You don’t, get another one 😜
I have race the dyna storm.
Every time somebody says Vajra I think “you can’t say that mate” and/or “I wonder if Mumra had a Vajra”? I guess he must have if he’s a mum…
Is that a optima mid kyosho on the top shelf?
It's the vintage (TOMS) Turbo Optima Mid Special
No Durga?