Started with RC in 1981 approx. First car was a Holiday Buggy. As a kid you had to sell the one car you had in order to afford to buy a new one. Was very happy to find a new built Holiday Buggy on ebay -and that web trade portal was a real eye opener! Got even more excited when I in 2007 found a NIB Kyosho Progress 4WDS!!! I thought I'd never even find a picture of it... after that it kinda took off :-) And now I've got a nice collection of vintage cars and competition cars. Managed to get a vintage class up & running in 2008 in cooperation with our Nats Rounds for 1:10 OR... big fun! :-)
My second car was a Wild Willy, it was very fun for a while... short while, as it was only good for doing wheelies on asphalt :-) I then after lots of back and fourth went for the Kyosho Progress 4WDS in 1984, which turned out to be quite a nightmare... Then in 1986 I finally got my first proper RC car, the Tamiya Super Shot! I virtually wore out that car, and had tons of fun with it! And luckilly I kept that car from my childhood!
I've done a lot of serious racing and hold two national titles (Norway) - one in 1:12 TR and one in 1:8 TR. Best international results are two times 4th place in the Nordic Championship 1:8 TR and a 4th place from Luxemburg Grand Prix 2003.
My biggest RC-related 'life work' must be 'The History Of Model Cars' which I've been writing on since 2000. It's in norwegian but you can still enjoy the pics & videos! Check out http://www.ymr.no/historie.htm
P.S. This guy Tanatwo from Japan has been a great inspiration: http://www93.sakura.ne.jp/~time-tunnel/
18.12.08: NIB Tomo Lupus received yesterday - what a fantastic creation!!! It's an 'EL version' with Corvette body.
16.09.10: Received a new built Tamiya Avante 2001 - what a piece of engineering! But it also looks amazingly fragile... :-D
8.3.11: The HB Re-re is now built, just needs painting! Really not sure what to think of this 'thing'. Looks are NOT okay, but I see some reason in it now being something you can actually drive! The car cost USD 93. I've now bought upgrades for USD 146.5 (Tamiya #53828 - RC DT-02 Turnbuckle Set USD 19, Traxxas 2419 19T 48P Pinion Gear USD 2.6, Tamiya 54028 TRF Buggy Dampers Set (DF03 DB01 DT02) USD 68.95, Tamiya 53863 (OP863) DT-02 Ball Differential Set USD 21.56, 3racing Universal Shaft - Heavy Duty tamiya DT-02 USD 16.90, Tamiya #51262 rear wheels USD 5, Tamiya #51261 front wheels USD 5, TAMIYA 58470 DT-02 Ball bearing kit USD 7.5) !!! Let's get this baby running!
27.06.2011: Picked ut the crown jewel of my RC collection today! It's one of the most exotic & rare RC cars ever made - the prototype Durango made by Mr. Gerd Strenge. And I got hold of Billy Easton's old Worlds 2007 in Japan. And this is the only 'Serpent version' of the car, as Serpent had planned to put it into production... it was to be called the 'S500'. So in a way I now own the only S500 in the world :-)
Here's a list of my collection pr. 17. april 2013: (*=pics in gallery)
Serious Competition Runners:
*1:10 OR Team Associated B4 [SOLD]
*1:10 OR Team Associated B4.1 2011 NIB - will build with T4 chassis and long FTW Night Fox body
*1:10 OR Atomic-Carbon S2
*1:10 OR X-Factory X-6
*1:10 OR Team Associated T4
*1:10 OR Team Losi XX4 Worlds Edition
*1:10 OR Team Associated B44
*1:10 OR Atomic-Carbon Atomized B44
*1:10 OR X-Factory X-5
Team Durango / Atomic-Carbon DEX410 Ultra Red, with Bugle Boy custom shell, bought july'2011 :-)
*1:12 TR CRC Generation X (2 cars, 1 for spares)
1:8 TR Mugen MRX-4R
*1:8 TR Shepherd Velox V8 (2 cars, 1 for spares)
Vintage Runners:
*1:10 OR B.A.R. Tamiya Re-re Hotshot
*1:10 OR B.A.R. Tamiya Re-re Frog
Vintage Collection 1:12 & 1:10 OR:
*Tamiya Wild One - seriously hopped up - see pics in gallery
*Tamiya Super Champ - bought on ebay from the US, was nicely refurbished
Tamiya Supershot - needs refurbishing, need to paint new body/wing
*Tamiya Supershot highly modified from when I was a kid - needs new shell
Tamiya Hotshot Re-re, to keep new built
*Tamiya Bigwig - new built from ebay/Japan, just needed to paint driver
Tamiya Boomerang Re-re 2008 NIB - must build
Tamiya Winger body on old Boomerang, bought from ebay/UK 23. oct 2011
Tamiya Wild Willy 1 - needs refurbishing, got new body and tires for it
Tamiya Wild Willy 2 Chrome version - all ready, need to take pics
*Tamiya Holiday Buggy - new built, bought from ebay/US
Tamiya Holiday Buggy 2010 Re-re, to HIGHLY modify! Maybe... :-)
*Tamiya Sand Rover - bought on ebay/France, complete, added custom alu rollbar and bumper
*Tamiya Grasshopper Re-re - new built
*Tamiya Super Hornet - NIB from ebay/US, new built
Tamiya FAV - bought on FINN/Norway, some parts missing, needs full restoration
Tamiya XR311 NIB original, will try to sell
Tamiya XR311 NIB Re-re - will build
Tamiya Porsche 959 Rally - from ebay/Vintagecorp/Japan - need light touch-up, have new stickers and TBG repro shell, needs new tires
Tamiya Fox - need refurbishing, have new stickers, need repro shell also
Tamiya Sand Scorcher 2010 Re-re NIB + extra shell. Bought a super cool engine for it.
Tamiya Buggy Champ (Rough Rider) 2009 Re-re NIB + extra shell. Have Pargu's übercool oil tanks for it.
*Tamiya Top Force Re-re Semi Evolution
*Tamiya Avante 2001 - new built from cty300 on ebay/HK, with Avante'88 stickers
Tamiya Re-re Frog NIB - to keep 100% original
Tamiya Dyna Storm Re-re, from ebay/jr-rc des/2010
Team Associated RC10 w/ gold chassis - needs refurbishing, have new repro shell from Tower Hobbies, Pargu alu wheels
Schumacher Bosscat - needs some refurbishing
Schumacher CAT XL (with XLS wheels) - needs some refurbishing
Schumacher Top Cat - ebay/AU/ozracer89 28.3.11 - mint condition!
*Kyosho Progress 4WDS - bough NIB from ebay/Japan, built & painted, with DirtBurners rear wing
Kyosho Scorpion - needs refurbishing, old Cox chassis from ebay/US, paint repro body from Marwan
Kyosho Tomahawk - needs refurbishing, , old Cox chassis from ebay/US, paint repro body
*Kyosho Beetle - from old Cox chassis from ebay/US, repro body from Marwan, painted myself, alu wheels from Pargu
Yokomo Dogfighter YZ-834B - needs light refurbish & identification, got new stickers, need new tires
*AYK Buffalo - bought on oOple from Jimmy himself, it's pre-built, need to paint shell [SOLD]
*BK Racing Aero A-1 - new built, bought from factory in Belgium
*TeamXtreme Predator X-11 - used, in mint condition, bought from AndyM on oOple [SOLD]
Nichimo Spirit FF (front wheel drive!) - used, from ebay/US oct 2010
Traxxas TRX-1, from ebay/US jan/2011
Durango 4WD Prototype - Billy Easton's Worlds 2007 Car (7th place)!!! Bought june 2011 from Vesa Yli/Finland
Vintage Collection 1:8 TR:
SMP Slide Chrome Version
Serpent Veteq NIB - will build
*Serpent Excel MKII
SG Colombia MK II with Porsche 962 - bought from ebay/US aug'2011, mint!
PB pan car - need to identify & refurbish, must get new shell
Vintage Collection 1:8 OR:
*Tomo Lupus NIB!!! - just need to paint Corvette shell [SOLD]
PB - need to identify and refurbish, have repro Datsun Fairlady shell waiting for it
Vintage Collection 1:12 & 1:10 TR:
Old Team Associated RC12 - must find out which model, must refurbish, have new shell for it
*Kyosho Mr. Wheelie - needs refurbishing [SOLD]
*Kyosho Mr. Wheelie NIB [SOLD]
Tamiya Willy's Wheeler from cty300 on ebay/HK - needs light refurbishing, have new shell for it
Tamiya Can Am Lola Racing Master - in good shape, have new body & wheels/tires for it
Tamiya Porsche 956 - needs refurbishing & new shell
1:10 A Manta rally version from RetroRacing - comes pre-built, need to paint shell
Corally SP12GIII 1:12 TR, bought from Erik Aadland 22.2.11, this is the same car that gave me my only National Title back in 2001
*Team Losi Micro-T 1/36 scale
On my 'want list':
Finally!!! The itch is gone! I've even managed to sell some of my collection, and there's no longer more cars that I must have! I will still sell some, and only keep those that trigger my childhood memories. And enjoy restoring and running some of them! :-)
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