In admiration of 1300GT's 4wd SRB, I'm starting on my own attempt at building a similar car. I figured out a B4 slipper gearbox setup in this thread -
Now I'm mocking things up for the chassis. 2 3D printed replica MIP gearboxes, 3D Printed front...
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Ok I might actually be done now...
The original steering setup I made had pretty extreme bump steer. Just moving the suspension up and down it went toe in to toe out easy to see with the naked eye.
I know some of the aftermarket Hot Shot chassis...
Hi Everyone. I am picking up this project again after 7 years (one could argue it's been in progress for 17 years but that's another story!). This build has been through a lot of changes over the years but I think I am now close to a solid final (?)...
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jwscab thanks for the note...I have tried all the connection combos and no luck. Frustrated because I dont have any other equipment with G style old connectors.... so it's hard to isolate each component. I'll try some adapters just to test and see...
I'm bored today and somehow got on the Stadium Blitzer. I think it is one of the best looking trucks and one of the best kits from Tamiya. Strong, reliable, cheap, easy to assemble and decent performance. I will never forget as a kid walking into...
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I only discovered the SB when juicedcoupe posted his resto project a few years ago and I've been a fan ever since.
Tamiya doesn't always get it right but they certainly got this one right.
Right! :lol:
Hi All,
So, the Falcon was my first car. Does anyone know if a rerelease of this might happen? I was once told that Tamiya lost many of the molds...
Thanks
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I seen a broken one on ebay for like $120 a little while back. It needed ~$50 worth of parts (3D) to be complete. Another $50 for a TBG body and MCI decals would have made it nice.
If I hadn't just finished my Blitzer/Bear Hawk/Falcon mashup...
Hi, I´m new in the forum. Could someone help me in telling me, where to buy MIP IRS, CRP parts (80s stuff) second hand in good conditions or any member of the forum has these parts to sell?
Thanks
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Hi. Welcome. Are there specific parts you're looking for? There's a lot of RC models on RC10TALK.
edit: I guess i should work on my reading skills a bit.
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Going to throw together a little build thread for my Hilux. I went looking through my emails, and I purchased this rig around July 2006. I ended up buying two Hiluxes, and putting the better parts into one build, and selling it off for close to what...
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You are most welcome. :D You are conserving a little piece of RC history and I think that is super cool!
It seems like everyone from RC4WD to Thunder Tiger is making an early Hilux straight bed these days - they are everywhere. The stepside bed is...
Hello all,
I'd like to present my new Spaceframe Chassis for the Hotshot series.
It's a very old project, started in 2019, but actually I always had this in mind since the Hotshot was released in 1985...
I love the Hotshot but its bathtub chassis...
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Mate amazing skills, i wish i could 3D to your level, or even a fraction of it.
Well done, really enjoy your optima house work
Thanks a lot! I recommend to try Fusion360, it's free for personal version. It's really not that complicated.
So, I stumbled into this MIP 4X in a lot that I picked up yesterday, not having any idea what it was, outside of being cool. I am just starting to break it down now to get a jist of what is there and not there, and get nylon soaking. I am going to...
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Bad in that one of the rear trailing arm mounts ended up with a broken screw in it, and all the nice and easy fixes did not work. :roll: What is left of the screw is now beneath the aluminum face, and of course any drill bit wants to bend / wander...
Well I have to say for $248 shipped for the HG tamiya bruiser version iam very impressed! I changed it to a mountaineer never like that bed cap. I added the rc4wd IMG_9928.jpeg hex wheel conversion and 4 traxxas front Bigfoot wheels/tires with cool...
I picked this old thing up at a swap meet, does anyone know what exactly these are and what the scoop is?
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This thread reminds me of the Fox my younger brother had. After suffering his second Tamiya chassis failure I talked him into ordering the basic Hot Trick Fox kit. I think I had some of their parts on my frog at that point. The HT chassis proved...
I wanted to start a thread for Tamiya Egress enthusiasts. This is easily my favorite buggy of all time from Tamiya. Whoever designed this mean-looking buggy hit a homerun. It looks so fast and awesome right out of the box.
This is my all-out 2022...
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I’ve not been here much lately, but thought I’d share my latest build. It’s a 2013 released kit, that I sourced some reproduction BF8/9 parts, and blue rod ends to replicate the original release. Other than these, and blue wheel nuts :roll: , the...
I built a Sand Scorcher (2010 re-release) for a vintage class race on a clay track, with the following modifications:
- Kamtec lexan body & black ABS mechanism box
- 12 mm hex adapters for modern wheels
- Softer DIY 2 mm brass torsion bars
- Tamiya...
We came in ?
I've been trying to think how to start this thread for a few weeks , the Sand Rover was my first RC car, I've got very mixed feelings about it, it got me started in this great hobby, it supplied the radio gear that I used in every car...
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A few final pictures to shamelessly boost my BOTM score to one vote :lol:
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Isn't this where
Offered in 2018, this is a special blue chrome plated body for the Tamiya Avante. This blue jewelry is made of unobtanium polycarbonate and come precut from the factory. It was unavailable for purchase in stores. The plating is on the outside, so...
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The pearl pink looks nice!
A few more sparkling blue chrome pics.
Was talking with J-sou about SRB hop ups, and the lack of pics and information on the web.
What is out there is scattered about, thought it would be cool to have a spot for them here.
Would also be neat to see pics of SRB's from back in the day in...
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the steel rims are a waste of money unless you want them for display only. they are too heavy to use on a runner.
Hi ...I'm seeking some help on the geometry of this shock set up. Doing a test fit, I have nice spring and compression in the shock itself, but the way I have it, the set up basically pivots left side to right side, that is, it doesnt lift the...
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Hi ...I'm seeking some help on the geometry of this shock set up. Doing a test fit, I have nice spring and compression in the shock itself, but the way I have it, the set up basically pivots left side to right side, that is, it doesnt lift the...
Hi All,
I recently picked up a nicely hopped up MIP SRB which is added to the list of my projects.
I don’t recognize the nerf bars or chassis plate. The nerfs have an additional section of tubing that is different from others I’ve seen.
Can anyone...
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Rather than start a new thread I’m adding photos of an RCH wing I’ve had for a while. Does anyone know if this was originally made for the SRB or another car? It will end up on a SRB project either way!
I've always liked the Hornet, but it has a lot of limitations. It needs more capability to back up the Anytime Baby! attitude. I've been looking for a good condition runner to experiment on, but then a nicely modified shelfer came my way at a...
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That's a really cool project. Turned out nice. Even the stance looks right. I won my very first race with one back in 1986.
20230218_172014.jpg I'm hoping I can get a little help in the way of a measurement , I'm slowly restoring a Sand Rover and both the rear body mounting clips have broken off , now I can see the cross section of it but I need to know how high up the...
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I have two clips that look exactly like yours in with some odds n sods
I guess the bit your asking about is broken off where the rectangle is. So mine are broken too?
Yes you have it correctly , the rectangle is where it's broken off , I'm...
Guys, I need your opinion on a F103 car I bought today.
Never have seen such car but I´m far from being a F103 expert.
I just knew this is not the typical F103 car.
Beside the t-bar it´s full graphite with the battery located inline. So a different...
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I´m not an expert at all for the Tamiya Formula cars.
But I got the message it looks like a F104W which it does. Beside all of the option parts.
The seller also told me he exchanged many of the parts for graphite. So it looks like this way.
Here are great tips I have learned along the way to get the most out of your stock grasshopper!
1. Ball bearings .
2. Secure the battery cover with a plastic servo saver horn . (Simple way to prevent your battery from flying out)
3. Use very fine...
Put this together recently, thought some of you might like it.
I love the grasshopper, but it needs a little help.
A friend developed some conversion parts for grasshopper 2. I decided to adapt them for the original.
Via a direct link from a member of this forum (Thanks Dadio!), I ended up in possession of an Extratoy Holiday Buggy. This is known to be a clone of the Tamiya Holiday Buggy, and sure, that is probably true, but at the same time, I wasn't there, so...
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I think the appeal to the copy would be very similar to the appear of the Tamiya Holiday Buggy , what the kid really wanted was a Rough Rider but that's mucho expensive so the parent gets the Holiday buggy , if the kid accepts the Rough Rider is off...
This will be a buggy, built mostly with Blitzer Beetle parts. More or less, a Bear Hawk.
For this car, I'm using as many new parts as possible. So far, the only used parts are the red carriers and servo mounts (already had them). The electronics...
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Looking good! Man I had forgotten all about the SPIKE esc. Installed of of those in a friend's car before, I think it was a super blackfoot.
Looks a lot like a Holiday Buggy but with toy grade RTR electronics ? Never knew it existed , pretty cheap , shame the chassis is not identical as it's not broken :cry:
back in 1986 when i was a young teen, i picked up a Blackfoot and proceeded to bash the heck out of it. i had a great time running and working on it, but in 1991 i put my rc cars in a box and there they sat for the next 30 years. i've decided to get...
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sorry for the long delay in posting more, i've been busy with some other projects, including building a Kyosho Turbo Scorpion re-re.
in addition to having a box of rc cars in my parent's basement for 30 years, i also had my tackle box of rc car...
This is my shelf display Hornet using the AMPRO adaptors for using Kyosho rims and Good Year branded tires.
My next project is to transfer the tires to an old school RC10 (I think the fronts and rears are a direct fit).
My next build is going to be the Wild One. I'm not really a fan of the pre painted body, neither the stickers forcing fake sponsors, so I'll do at my own sauce. This morning, I gather all the parts together in the...
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The chrome inside the light buckets is done with a paint marker : Molotow liquid chrome effect
This is my 4WD iteration of the Grasshopper II in Black Special edition.
The aftermarket shocks which I had laying around were a nice fit, with a level ride height, and plenty of travel.
I little bit more heavy shock oil (currently 45 wt) in the...
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Thank you! The body off shows a fairly standard Thundershot chassis. Tamiya sealed ball bearings and an on-road receiver case to keep the dirt out and the ESC in front of the airflow.
What is the hierarchy of Tamiya chassis? I am interested in the road/rally cars. I noticed on Amain that prices are all over the place, with some as low as $110 with motor and ESC. The TT02 is sometimes listed as a road car and sometimes as a rally....
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To expand on @ GoMachV's pretty thorough details, including what @ Frankentruck has mentioned.... mind you, this is all off the top of my head.
Basic 4WD touring chassis list and history :
TA Series touring cars: Original onroad / light rally 4WD...
Today I present to you my Tamiya 1966 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. I got two of these kits sometime September of last year and i finally got one done :lol:
The kit was straight forward and easy to build. I purchased an additional clear body kit just...
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Here is one of mine.
It has Spaz Stix color change, backed in gunmetal (normally backed in black).
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The Spaz Stix has a somewhat metallic finish on its own but the metallic gunmetal amplifies it.
Got this literally thrown in with a banana box of RC I bought off a local guy, was going to throw it out but noticed it had bearings and never tinkered with one before.
Stumbled across a locally produced bodyshell in a rc shop clearance bin for...
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That's a great little car , you just have to love em for what they are :D , even my more extreme conversion does not make it a racer .
My very first surface RC was the Tamiya Sand Scorcher, ordered from Tower Hobbies catalog around 1979 or 1980. It was built box stock and finished box art except that I replaced French Blue with Orange. Fitted to the...
The Tamiya VW New Beetle FWD FF01. I never expected this one to put a big smile on my face. Item number is 58217 and originates back from 1998. I finally fixed a broken steering block that kept me running the Beetle for a decade.
This one is fun!...
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I have a New Beetle too that I purchased back in 2000. I recently made a few upgrades including adding the Castrol Civic body which I think looks great.
Gotta love the authentic Tamiya bodies. Nice work there!
I built my first Tamiya Blackfoot reissue and want to share hop-up tips for your build. These are simple, cost-effective improvement suggestions that can improve the performance of your Blackfoot, Monster Beetle, Mud Blaster family line of vehicles....
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Another huge improvement is switching to monster beetle tires. Its a game changer. It has a way softer compound. Even with spikes worn off its 3 times the traction.
I got a Rough Rider back when I was a kid. Not really sure what age I was though. I would have to say maybe early 80’s. Did they make a reproduction of this model? If so how can you tell which one you have? Thanks for any help!!
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That's pretty complete from a restoration point of view , looks like your guess of early 80s is good , it's not the very earliest production parts from what I can see but it looks like you only really short of wheels ,tires and a body .
Was driving my Lunchbox last night and noticed noise coming from the gearbox .Not a grinding sound but growling , it happens in both forward and reverse . I thought it was just the tires on the floor but I picked it up and spun the rear wheels and...
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Sorry one more thing added new bearings. :mrgreen:
I am turning my mf-01x into a porsche 959. i have a masking set that will allow me to use the tamiya ps-4 blue , ps-1 white, ps-5 black AND to do the striping. For the striping would the ps-2 red and ps-52 champagne gold aluminum be the correct...
Anyone know if this has been discontinued? I am reading some conflicting reports about a new shipment hitting the US in the fall, and that it's been discontinued. I'm also having a hard time figuring out if the ones floating around come with an ESC...
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...not sure in the Blockhead but would like to score and original rere🤞
Thought I would share a quick fix that turned out better than I expected for my Boomerang. I got this car a while ago used and it has always been missing the plastic pin for the battery door. I haven't felt right paying current prices for a new E...
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Great idea! I thought I was the only one to keep that piece of metal from old wipers! :)
This car has started its life as my TA01 Lancia Delta Hf Integrale resto-mod project. Using a custom made TA02's chassis strechted to reach TA01 wheelbase and a twin gear diff set up I was planning to (quick) build a robust car, easy to maintain,...
So my daughter is playing in the street with her friend and and the friend's dad I and start talking. Turns out he used to be way into RC until he graduated to real cars. He tells me about his Fox and Astute and such... I tell him I always wanted to...
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Your description was more than forthcoming with all of the info and I’m sure you had detailed pics showing everything too. Simply, the buyer is being a punk !
I enjoyed this build and have some general tips for your Top Force reissue build. The Top Force was the 100th vehicle in their lineup and was the next generation 4WD racer after the Tamiya Egress. This is a shelf queen and I opted for different...
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never use loctite or any thread locking type liquid on plastic uniless it specifically says it is safe.
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