Hi from London

[Fourth Protocol]

Found this forum while researching my Mercedes build.

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.



Too many kit builds out there, and I like making stuff, so 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 started on an Unimog 401.



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 a competition in June, so built a new one, designed 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 to the reason for signing up here. I have three scratch builds on the go, all of them trucks. First is an Oshkosh with portal axles.





The next is a Bedford RL. Lots of curves on this one.



Finally the Mercedes Benz LPS 1418, which just got a build thread here.

That's it from me, for now.

Mike