I have an HPI .12 gas engine in a 4x4 rally car, Mitsubishi lancer body... blah blah.. i built the entire thing, carbon fiber parts and all that stuff.. Its fast but its made for street (belt driven) sooooo...im not really "new" to the RC hobbie persay
These Tamiya model's i'm looking at are completely different then that though. Honestly I dont care about going fast in it I just want to make a flexy crawler so I can take it up with me to the trails or make a cool little track in my backyard with rocks and obsticles. Just sounds entertaining to me.
Post up some pic's if your selling so I can take a look at 'em.