THANK YOU for showcasing how fun carpet track can be. Hopefully this video inspires a whole new generation of racers to come out and play. Its so much fun!!!

I'm 3 yrs older than you Kevin and I remember the prices being insane to have an RC car that moved with any speed, now I have the JLB CHEETAH and I'm fully satisfied with the speed, performance and the comparatively low cost.

@paulosrcs185

2 жыл бұрын

I feel ya bro having nikko as a child lol 😆😂🤣

@baileypainter4180

2 жыл бұрын

Good car

@deekburns9124

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I still have my 1989 kyosho big boss.

@FarmerFpv

2 жыл бұрын

Rc cars were never very expensive. Still aren't very expensive.

@beetlebeerc9943

2 жыл бұрын

It was 32 dollars for the grasshopper back in 1986 and that's in Canadian lol usa must have been like 20 bucks lol but your not wrong 20 bucks back in the 80s was alot lol I rember for 5 dollars I could get a hamburger and pop and some fries lol

Kev I've been a fan of yours for over 5 years, I also got my first hobby grade rc car when I was 10. On my 10th birthday my dad bought me a traxxas bandit and it was such a blast. About 2 years later I got a brushless setup for it with a 3s lipo and I managed to get 70 mph which was alot for the time. The feeling of driving that car was unbelievable and ever since then I've been hooked on rc cars and now I have over 10 cars in my collection. Thank you so much for all the content you've put out not just for me but for all the amazing people that support and watch your videos, keep doing what you do. You dont know how much you've tought me about the hobby but all I can say is that you've taught me everything I know. Again kev, thank you so much for the videos, happiness and joy you've given me throughout the years. To many more videos and knowledge, i say cheers!🤘🏻

Nice to see some Tamiya content on the show Kevin!

@KevinTalbotTV

2 жыл бұрын

haha thanks bro!!

Kevin must be 40yrs of age. Good to see that older people enjoy these toys. If you grew up with toys, you tend to enjoy them more when you grow up and can do more fun things with them.

As a big Tamiya fan This is probably one of my favourite videos . That top force evo was flying. You were taking that right angle jump like a pro!. Well done. I’m tempted to buy a rere Evo now after selling mine .

Kevin, on the project 203MPH you could maybe get an fpv camera and mount it on the car so you could get even further range. if it reaches that long. the videos are the best too!!

Love this one dude ❤ Sand scorcher for me. The original was amazing. Sledge body fitment is next level isn't it 💪 Stay awesome 💥

I totally get it kev My first RC car was a grasshopper and I also had a manta ray and a lunchbox "Showing my age" Those were the days or tuned brushed motors and Tamiya hop ups Enjoyed this video thanks kev

@shaynedonnelly374

2 жыл бұрын

Same here my first rc was a grasshopper too

I had a Manta Ray too Kev, I’d wanted it for so long and when I finally came out the model shop with it in hand I was the proudest kid on the block so I completely understand your soft spot. They always looked epic! I wish I’d kept mine, manual speed controller and all 🤣

I was visiting London with my dad and we went to Hamley's and he bought my first RC car: The Grasshopper II. I have great memories from that trip. Cheers from Brazil!

I’m really enjoying these indoor racing videos you have been doing lately. It’s another side of the hobby that you don’t see much. Looks like really good fun. Thank you for all the hard work with the videos and the editing. Keep it up.

Just here to say you are not bad for the RC hobby. Carry on good sir.

Hi! First of all, love the channel, the vids and the energy you give off in every one of them, its pure fun all over. Just wanted to mention that I just got back into the hobby of rc restoring a 1987 Golden Arrow from Radio Shack, finished it just this week, took out all the electronics and stuffed in it an ecs, brushless motor and new servo, had a bit of a hard time finding wheels so I finally opted for Tamiya Thunder Shot, Terra Scorcher, Grasshopper II tires that worked perfectly. The thing is fast as hell and fun to drive around. Cheers for your channel!!!

I think this video is absolutely EPIC!!

I love your videos bro. I have almost watched them all. You are the reason I got back into the hobby

Love the support for the local hobby shop 🙌

@norcodaev

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Jason looked to be having a nice little relaxed day until Kev burst in like a Hurricane, lol. Touching everything, looking at everything, opening boxes and stuff like a hyperactive adult child🤣🤣 Although I bet Jason makes a bunch of money from Kevin’s hobby so I’m sure he doesn’t mind, lol

@perole78

2 жыл бұрын

The next one i have is about 70km away ☹️

Absolutely EPIC! 💯

@KevinTalbotTV

2 жыл бұрын

vinny in the house!

Thanks for a awesome vid Kev. My 1st rc was a Manta Ray as well. Makes me want to upgrade it. Brought back some great memories. Looked like you guys had a lot of fun racing.

It was a Manta Ray that got me into RC racing..... after practising around my patents garden I joined my local club and won my very first club race... as a 12 year old I thought it was the best thing since discovering a Cadburys Twirl.... amazing car to begin with..... brings back a few memories......

This was also my first “proper” rc car. It wasn’t quite as fast as my friends more expensive kit builds but I upgraded the heck out of it!

I LOVE these older model vids! She loved that track regardless of the tires you used

My first RC car was the Sears Lobo II I had the purple/blue 49mhz and my brother had the Red 27mhz car... That was my favorite Christmas gift as a kid for sure!!!

I really wish I had the RC culture in my area like you have there. The closes track to me is like 3hrs away. I'd love to do some indoor racing like that. Looks like good, clean fun.

@EZ-D-FIANT

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like your in a good place to open a shop and start a club.....👌👍

Brings back childhood memories of me racing Falcon and Bear Hawk alongside the Mantaray, love it kev ❤️

I recon it looks absolutely epic!

I had a Manta Ray as my second rc car. I didn't realize it was hobby grade! I was 12... Now I'm 43. That car was awesome until someone stepped on it and broke the suspension. I was too young to realize I could fix things like that 😩. Now I bought a Traxxas rustler for my 8 year old to learn on. I'm saving for an XMaxx for myself! Love the videos! You're the reason I got back into RC again!

I use to have the Holiday Buggy in 1983,took me ages to build.

This is more fun to watch than the bashing.

Top Force is such a slick and beautiful looking car. My first was a Tamiya Falcon, followed by a Hornet…..well actually two Hornets. Those were simpler good times, really good times. I’ve never heard of off-road buggies running on a carpet track until recently. I used to race my RC12L on a carpet road course, I guess that just shows how behind the times I am.

I love the Borat impression! It's funny as hell

Just subbed to the channel. To see a grown man with, I'm assuming, the same energy and enthusiasm as when he was ten is just awesome to experience.

My first car that was hobby grade was a Kyosho Javelin! I got it when I was 14 years old and I did not have the money to buy batteries and radio until I was 15! I still have the original also but I got the new upgraded one so I can use the new systems with out shredding a 200 dollar belt every time I hit the gas! Your Manta Ray looks bad ass too! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I love these vids the most! For old tech the Top Force/Manta Ray did exceptionally well for its first outing. Bit more dialing in and who knows... Tamiya under dog FTW 👍

i got a hornet back in 1985 and it's still one of my favorite cars... something about those tamiya buggies that just can't be matched...

Love your vids Kev! Because of you I got back into the great Hobby! Today, after a long time i took out my old Reely Air Attack Nitro Buggy and it still runs lovely!

That was really cool. Good to see an old buggy out there with the new ones.

You never fail to impress kev. your my favourite KZreadr and I can’t wait to see what’s next. I bet that it’s going to be ABSOLUTELY EPIC!!!

@KevinTalbotTV

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks

Like it when Jason has to show something. Sadly the rc shops nearby me was all closed :( When i was out of the hobby my hone village got one i was like why you couldn't be there 10 years before.

My 1st RC that i can remember the name of was the tyco Fast traxx. I know i had others before that but i was so young is cannot remember which they exactly are. Its amazing how much fun that car was!

25 years ago I had a Tamiya Lamborghini Countach. was an absolutely great car and had a lot of fun with it!

Man this bring back memories. My first RC truck was a traxxas rustler. I was maybe 10 and I went all in on that truck. I had the race bag, truck stand, tool kit, extra tires, spare oils and parts. I remember when I was young I would beg my parents after school to take me to the hobby shop and I would go to the track and I even built a track in my yard. I ordered that truck from tower hobbies out of the catalog. Man that was a Christmas to remember.

I still have my first car too. It's an Associated RC10-T3. Loved it and still do. Need to pull it out again and get it running.

Pretty cool when Jason of Redfin Models shows what's new at his shop. Wish I lived closer.

Honestly it's a Testament to how well it was made in design it's a super old chassie and it's still holding up the newer buggies

Finally tamiya on the channel!

I love it when he goes, *3..2...1.. BOOM!*

oh hey i got one of those little gt24tr's basically the same as the gt24b. great little fun that thing is. stick a 2s lipo in it and upgrade the gears to metal ones since the plastic ones in it like to start stripping after some use. now if only there were tracks to race these things on lol

Please make more racing vids! I do it too, and it’s very funny to see u try 😂 maybe 1:8 scale next?

@FuckThisStupidHandleBullShit

2 жыл бұрын

maybe 1/10 SC Truck

My first good RC was a Kyosho Raider 2. I was 13 yrs old racing it at a RC track in Southern California called Outlaw RC. Outlaw RC had a large dirt oval for 1/4 scale Sprint cars and Pro stocks with a offroad track in the middle. 1/4 scale dirt oval is amazing but tracks are hard to find. Would love to see Kevin get a 1/4 scale Sprint car!!!

I like videos like this. Revisiting old goodies... I hope you enjoyed yourself!

Love the racing vids Kev. I raced for years hard core. Absolutely love it. 🔥👍✌️

Honestly, I don’t care what kind of videos you put out, I just like YOUR videos. You did a really good job racing!

I raced one of those as a kid as well. It was such a great starter RC car.

hi Kev, not commented in ages. loving all of the new content. I've changed my name from "the RC basher" now but I still watch all Ur vids

You are the best KZreadr

When i was 4 years old i started watching this channel now that im 10 FINNALY i got a hobby grade rc car .

@CalebBoender

2 жыл бұрын

What did you get? I have a traxxas slash 4x4 and my 11yr old brother just got a latrax teton

Love these racing videos every now and then. YOURE GOOD!

@KevinTalbotTV

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@wasanaswasanaswasanasyamal95

2 жыл бұрын

for mony

Wicked video Kev, and nice to see you using Tamiya in a suitable environment rather than trying to send it. I had a hornet in around 87/88 and while never into racing (it all seemed a bit too serious for me and I couldn't afford any of the racing kit), I loved what bashing was back then and the hornet was ace for that. Roll forward a few years and lock down got me back into RC. Went down the Tamiya route again (TT-02B) and was very underwhelmed. The build was okay (a bit too easy), but the driving experience was meh. Took it to the BMX track where I used to go as a kid and the jumps have had a bit of an upgrade too. They are now mahoosive - I can barely walk up them. The poor little Tamiya didn't stand a chance. Pimped it up to the max and went brushless and it still struggled. Not to mention it's not really designed to fly 10+ feet in the air. This then led me to KZread to do some research and I found you doing silly stuff with that big ramp on that long grass field and launching cars miles into the air. While I didn't necessarily want to go to that extreme I saw that bashing had moved on massively and I fancied some of that. Got myself an RTR brushless truck and it's fast, reaches the moon with no problem and it's built like a tank. However it lacks soul and character that the old Tamiya kit had. While I would never want Tamiya to become Traxxass or Arrma, or any other of the extreme bashing brands, I wish they would move on a bit and build perhaps 1/8th scale kits. Let's face it most of us outside of Japan only used Tamiya for bashing anyway as other brands built better race cars and it would be nice to have something a bit bigger that could handle a bit more power and abuse. Anyway I'm waffling on now. Keep the vids coming, they are great, and looking forward to seeing the monster truck in action. Also what's happened to the 200mph car?

Oh man. I had the ready to run version of this (46013) was super slow but i had hrs and hrs of fun with it when i was a kid. My first RC car

Man you're loving the "BOOM" lately! 😂😂😂

Talbot. You want a room mate mate? Your love for rc is bad ass.

I’ve just gotten my Durango Racing DESC10 (a discontinued stadium truck from like 2015) ready for racing again with a proline bug body! It looks great and these racing vids have made me really excited to get into it myself lol

Wow Whot a child hood toy I’ve still got my first rc car I had when was about 10 years old with all the updated technology in it it dose go very well kev fair play 👍👍

Nice to see the original RC that got you into the hobby

Surprising the Manta force... top ray did pretty good for such a old buggy.

Looks WAY COOLER with the while wheels and knobbly tyres mate! Nostalgia overload

@KevinTalbotTV

2 жыл бұрын

yes!!

@stoojona5119

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinTalbotTV looks like the cool tyres ain't as sensible as they are cool. 🤔 oh well! Nothing wrong with a bit of style over substance sometimes 😂

5:46 I just thought you were sporting wood from being around all those new RC's. 😂

awesome mate got back into RC racing with my son and loving it after a 30 year break 🤣 really enjoying these racing videos 👍

Also, great job Kev! it's hard to go fast on corners like that.

Ha that was Awesome! Get that associated car back out there, get some tires so you can see what the car likes on that Track!

Kevin I think you were pitching a tent when you say you got caught up on the hook at the RC shop 🤣

Race day can be so much fun!! Thanks for the great video!

I had the tamiya quick drive ,it had a switch on the back of the motor, high and low drive, and the same body as the mantaray it was the extreme budget version, but I loved it....

watching kev having fun AND doing well is nice...your driving has improved on the track a lot in the last few months :D

Ahhhh.... I remember my Tamiya Super Champ like it was yesterday.... :)

I love the manta ray chassis, I had a dirt Thrasher a year or so ago but put an scx10ii gearbox in the middle of it 😁😆😆😆

I used to have a grasshopper and a midnight pumpkin back in the 80’s with a brushed reedy red dot motor 😁

When this guy uploads its like Christmas for me! Thank you

definitely my new dream rc car build, looks amazing loveing the vids

Literally just got my original sand scorcher out of the shed for lots of TLC ... excited to hopefully see it run again 🙏

Cool to see how the older rc cars compare to newer ones. Great vid!

@davidmellish3295

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is but I wish he’d use the original motor,batteries,esc etc etc then we could really compare

@marshmower

Жыл бұрын

Older is more scale perfection.

Thank you so much for making another racing vid.your awesome Kev!

Hi kev

Love when Kevin takes us on a field trip to Redfin Models =))

Its nice to see an old tamiya like that hang with the new rc's on the track! I wonder if pulling the center driveshaft making it 2wd would have make the cornering better on that carpet track?🤔

That basher queen carbon fiber kit to switch arrma over to the traxxas clip style is sick

Long live Kevin Talbot. Thank you Sir!!

That was great to watch 😀 manta ray was cooking with gas 👊 looked good round the course, shame about the body carnage lol.

Great video great job and you’re actually pretty good at driving around the track impressive

Cool little race club. Needs to be more clubs like this one.

Gràcies per el vídeo!!! Salutacions des de Mallorca Bros!!! Alobiuu Willy Boom!!!

I'd love to see that Serpent go vroom!

Think it looks epic and the smile on your face is super epic

Excellent 👍😉. Bravo 👏👏

At 5:47 I thought Kev was just going to say he was excited to be at Redfin.

Absolutely amazing Rc car love them. 🇮🇪👍🇮🇪🇮🇪

The tyres you got would've been great, if it was an outdoor track. Not so much on carpet. But it looked like a lot of fun. And someone need to build a Stemp transmitter with an on/off switch instead of a throttle.

My first Hobby grade RC was the Aristo-Craft Kangaroo. It sparked my love of RC until this day, it just had the worst speed controller placement in history, lol

Now THIS is good rc video!! You've regained my respect from all the skatepark days, ugh.