hi,

i'm a noob to this forum, found this thread while browsing & searching for stuff at garage sales.
i used to race these 4wd cars way back in late 1996-1997. theres a few competition held in
selayang mall, galeria setapak, a shopping mall in pandan indah, summit square to name a few &
the last competition i've paid for but failed to compete was held in sogo(not 4wd).

herewith attached those few cars still under my custody. the rest, its either given to my nephew or
neighbours kids as birthday present.









i've read thru all the 11 pages & very suprised to know that there are still enthusiast
to this hobbies, though its quite expensive to some.

thank you, and hope to get much advice from the pros.

cheers.

yes, its certainly is a great hobbies. my father & myself shared the same hobbies...

R3Ju7Ce & apai_janggoat & rexoslayer,

thank you for the welcome note....

fyi, my name is hafiz & have logging in using my my fathers' logon id.

anyway, nice to know u all.

cheers.

thanks bro,

i'll definately join u & the others at TU, when my guts reaches higher rpm level...
on the other hand, my father talks to you? whatever topics he told you about myself,
its all not very true, i've never won any gold medal in the olympics games, never been to
the moon with any of the russian cosmonauts, never sailed the 7 seas solo, and 1 thing
for sure never won any of the F1 GP. betul boss, u know la parents sometimes tell tales.

but tamiya mini4wd, this is my passion....and very keen to join you at TU, someday i will.

cheers and a very good friday morning to everybody.

waaa,

apai_janggoat, you've bought all 3 off the evo 1 kit.
i've just day dreaming to get myself another set, lucky you.

no problemo, i'd wait for the next consignment.

p/s u must been busy right now assembling one of the kit...;-)

hi to all,

this is hidzir, the father. was about to enter 1U parking lot today @ 11am to test my sons'(hafiz) car, 2 ms chassis & 3 of my very old car, 2 superX and 1 superFM chassis. no luck today, i've received a call to attend a problem in ampang and there goes my first chances to test the cars eversince i've bought the 1st ms chassis from david about ~40days ago.

frankly, i'm kind of malu to join you guys in the evening, 7 more years to come, i'll be 1/2 a century old.

anyway.....have fun to all of you.

p/s: david, the 2 of us(my son & me) is an avid tamiya kaki, so dont worry...we'v applied all tamiya parts only. just 1 Q, can we play aroud the car using plasma dash motor, just for fun. i'v got 2 of them, bought them 5-6-7 years ago, but still working.

thank you david for the prompt reply. no problem here too with the
original tamiya parts & chassis.

cheers.

hi all.

had my first run with 4 cars today at TU @ ~11am. 2 of the older superX chassis encountered no trouble with the track. the ms-chassis miss the track at the 2 jumps, both times after the 3rd round. seek for advice from master david, and he suggested to lower the underside stabilizing head to ~1mm from the ground.

david sure is the master, as it solve my problem, though speedwise barely cukup2 makan as the alkeline battery already degenerade.

the superfm chassis encountered problem with crack plastic pinion. small matter, will replace it later at home. overall, my daughter & myself enjoyed ourself as we had the track for almost 1hrs plus. bought a few stuff from david, and we'r off for lunch.

cheers.

This post has been edited by h1dz1r: May 30 2009, 08:22 PM

TamiyaAye,

you're online at this hour? i'm still online as the job requires....but posting at this early morning.....thats something!!! anyway, the color combination is marverlous. i've bought the avante mkII body cover yesterday morning from TU. am never good at painting, so i've got mine readily colored(the blueish & stardust).

david,

whats the brand name for cleaner? can i get it at any known hardware shop or its only at TU? i do need them, as all 4 of the cars collected small debris into the roller & the chassis. temporary solution, i've sunk all the aluminium rollers into zippo fluid, as per yr advice too.

if theres a better & quicker way of cleaning the cars, kindly advice.

thank you in advance.

cheers.

This post has been edited by h1dz1r: May 31 2009, 05:54 PM

most cleaners around is alcohol base....or worst water base and soapy like our kitchen detergent. bought a can recently, dupont brand but its all very sticky as its contains teflon wax lubricants.

if i can get them at TU, i'll drop by anytime during the weekdays.

cheers.

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Added on May 31, 2009, 6:51 pmkind of bored at the moment, any new updates for saturday & today, sundays' activity? am at berjaya time square, waiting for my son, hafiz attending to the msc malaysia open source conference. its a 4 days activities.

been lurking at this thread for new updates.

This post has been edited by h1dz1r: May 31 2009, 06:51 PM

TamiyaAye,

28 sec, that would consider a fast time, considering another player clocking 42 & 37 seconds. as for me, never had the chances to run the time trial yet. probably will drop in TU in one of these weekdays to have a shot at it.

we drop by TU this afternoon, my 2 daughters & my other half. tested my superX chassis, she runs very smoothly. my ms chassis kept on flying the jumps after the 3rd lap despite much changes done on the setting yesterday.

met another sifoo today, apai. yep thats the apai alright with the janggot. referred to him my problem, and got the advice. tonite after meeting, i'll redo the setting. hope she'll complete the run before the 7th.

hope i can make it tomorrow evening to test the ms chassis.

cheers.

hi guys,

cant say that i'd miss these last 2-3 posting. personally, i'd respect the rules & regulation at any client & customers place. we'v to adhere their simple rules, even when we visited our friends' or foes' place. they also imply simple unwritten rules to their visitors. even though we do not realise it, most often we would imply to their simple rules i.e left our shoes at their doorways or steps, we'll ask whether we can smoke, we dont simply take anything from their fridge and so forth, we dont throw our cigarette butt on their carpets, we dont roam into their rooms when we wanted to pee, instead we'll ask for direction to the rest room.

i'm never a regular nor am i tamiyas diehard, but ever since i've been trying out my old cars at TU recently, i'll make sure its a tamiyas. its a simple rules of thumb, stargek main products is tamiya, the shop had tamiya logo all around. they specialise in tamiya products. so cant we at least speak their lingo? talk & play tamiya. after all, why cant we in this small community agree on something simple? play & have fun with our tamiya toys at the tamiya track?

am sorry if i step on anybody toes, this is my personal opinion. i do hope we can agree on this simple tags ORIGINAL TAMIYA CARS AND PARTS ONLY.

have fun guys, and i'm looking forward to this coming sunday the 7th.

This post has been edited by h1dz1r: Jun 2 2009, 11:59 PM

hi,

hafiz here, i wish i have the guts to join all of you & my father tomorrow for the race. no problem, maybe in the next race. i've told my faher to include my ms pro evo1 into the race, but he persuade me to race the car myself. anyway i wishes all all you the best & hopefully my fathers' car can at least complete the whole track without flying off.
heehee.

hafiz..