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In 1993 Tamiya decided to head out on the highway with their 1/14 electric tractor, the King Hauler. In typical fashion for Tamiya the 'Hauler offered hobbyists static model levels of scale realism in a radio-controlled vehicle. The two foot long, seven-pound road warrior boasted a full-length alumi...

Don't underestimate the value of masking tape, rulers... or a hole punch... Distance from the nose to just behind the steering with the wheels fully locked is all you need up front... unless you're into that Joel Johnson Ultima style body gap... :shock: Height, I echo jwscab, height of the tub, give...

In 1993 Tamiya got on the gas and jumped into the world of 1/10 2wd Nitro stadium trucks with the TR-15T. The first nitro powered vehicle in Tamiya’s history the TR-15T was also one of the first nitro stadium trucks on the market, taking its place behind the Traxxas Nitro Hawk, Kyosho Outlaw Rampage...

In 1993, just two years after debuting the TA01, Tamiya took the next step in the birth of the Touring Car class when they released their new 1/10 4wd parking lot racing platform, the TA02. Easily mistakeable for its predecessor the TA02 was more evolutionary than revolutionary yet resulted in a lin...

I guess I was trying to create more of a discussion and learning environment. Asking your questions on YouTube is like asking for auto repair advice from people standing around in the DMV. In addition to juicedcoupe's reply, I always found Trinity's brush ad quite informative... https://www.rc10tal...

Comm Drops increased electrical conductivity between the brushes and the commutator for more power/rpm. RCCA did an excellent article on Comm Drops back in the day... I'll post a link when I find the article unless someone else beats me to it as it was a neat read. Found the article but for the lif...

Halgar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:12 pm Well, heck, if Dangeruss agrees with me I can't be wrong!

Right?!? It's Unbelieveable!

Ah, yes... I think we've all been there...

The TA01 chassis released in 1991 and the TA02 chassis released in 1993 were the beginning steps of the burgeoning Touring Car class of 1/10 4wd electric on-road racers and Tamiya wasted no time getting into the Hop Up game by offering a plethora of aftermarket parts for the nearly 50 different TA01...

Two different Digger generations, the 1993 Digger and 1999 Digger 2... the Digger 10 from 1982 was a completely different vehicle.

There's been a few updates since my last post, there's also now a tab for Truck wheels, granted I don't have many of those on there yet. ooh, a TRUCK tab... sweet. Not terribly significant but if you want a name, Losi called the LX-T factory wheels "Disk Wheels" and the XXX-T (and derivat...

As an evolution of the Road Warrior Formula One car Tamiya Introduced the F101 in 1990, itself evolving into the F102 in 1992 and the F103 in 1993, all of which featured steel hardware, fiberglass chassis' and ABS plastics. In 1994 Tamiya spread the word that they were the go-to source for performan...

carloco8 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 4:58 pm Tamiya had the best hop-up ads bitd

And possibly the best Hop Up selection outright. You could almost build any car just from Tamiya's optional parts alone.

With images like looks like it won't be long before coxbros1 is making comical pictures about my shenanigans.

On April 17, 1994 Tamiya scheduled their first Tamiya Championship Series race, a 1/10 scale single make parking lot racing series. Created to bring more newcomers into the sport of RC racing through the use of Tamiya products the series limited winning of prizes to non-professional drivers. Competi...