Well iam a very happy person today I won the chassis i was bidding on the bay.I paid more than i wanted.But i wasn't going to lose this one. Its going to be the base of my build. So i thought i would share this project with everybody.My plan is to...
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Guys this project is up for sale check the F/S ads CHEAP
So I tore project Free frog apart to find that most everything was shot.
I had a few bits from it that were still good though. I also had a all new built Frog roller with a working Thorp dif. in it that had about a 1/4 of dust on it. Frogs and Brats...
Just finished this Brat for a friend of mine , he hasnt' seen it yet so I hope he likes it. Painted in Tamiya Silver Leaf with Gunmetal for window surrounds. I think I might detail the rear tray a little more before I give it to him.
Just have to...
Well this is what I've been spending most of my hobby time on lately, my Astute 2009 racer, the thread below covers the major part of the build (RRC 1991 Works Conversion)
It has moved on a bit from the end of that thread. I was unable to find a...
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Thanks again for the comments.
I look forward to reading that article fakiee, I have never seen it before 8)
Unfortunately its not an article :( its a picture from an old RC mag one of the big toy shows. Tamiya were displaying their latest cars...
A bud gave me a few free cars the the other day.
This is going to be a runner for sure! It will be nice to have one that I don't
have to worry about vintage parts. :)
Thinking about a Lexan Brat body....
Any other ideas? P1000860.jpg P1000861.jpg
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So the project took a turn in direction. The free Frog chassis had the ears shaved off of the body mounts so I could not mount a Brat body. I ended up mounting it on my re-re until I can find a cheap Frog chassis.
Found a box of old motors lastnight...
Fakiee nice project Sir 8) what are you going to do to eliminate the slipping issue of the Astute ball diff :?: It won't be too bad if you never intend running anything hotter than standard motors but if you want to go modified at any point I see it...
I bought a Boomerang in pretty sad shape a few months ago,with intentions to convert it into a BigWig,like I used to do when I was a kid...Once it got here,I realised that it wasn't gonna happen,so I cleaned it up and sold it.
I decided to buy...
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Sure are. :wink:
The good ol' Oval Blocks!
It's the wheels which are a little hard to come by new in packet,but there are always a few sets on the 'bay.
If you have any interest in Dyna Storms whatsoever this is worth checking 8) scroll down the page to post 98, the whole thread is worth a look through, this chap is doing some nice DS stuff especially the chassis.
Image stolen from...
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I sold my DS a while back! Should have seen this page earlier! :cry:
was just wondering if anybody had one on here.... pictures would be nice :D
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A local ad led me to check out an RC Car for sale.. I had NO IDEA what it is... Now I know it is a near-mint TL01. Fellow had an Orion rebuildable stock motor in it..a Futaba radio, receiver and servo. 2 bodies, one new/painted and one used..and a...
i decided to pull out the old frog, clean it up and make it drivable again. I've already fab'd some rear shock mounts (copied the crp hop up part) and working on the front shock mounts (again, copying the crp parts).
This car will never be a shelf...
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i run the high speed gearing in mine with esc, 1900 nicad, stock motor,and full bearings. this works good for me but i run in low cut grass and open area .
Sooooo. The wife has asked me to sell some stuff to make room in the fun money account after buying two gold pans. :x I figured I would gather up some tamy bins and see what I had laying around.Needless to say I had no idea I have collected so may...
I hadn't taken the Grasshopper out in a while. Nor had I tried to charge the old hump pack I got with the G-Hopper a couple years ago. This 25 year old battery hasn't been charged in over 20 years, theres no way it can hold a charge. I hooked it up...
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i think i remember seeing rc4wd has a kit to make the cc-01 chassis a solid front axle rig. i thought that'd be a cool mod.
Saw that too. Not sure exactly how it would work though.
My Lunchbox runner. Might bring it to the nats if I get there.
3rd shock mod,oil shocks,Traxxas wheels,17 turn mod.,ball bearings.Tamiya light kit.
Very fun truck! My wife's favorite :) box.jpg box2.jpg box3.jpg
This is a new biult frog with some crp hop-ups. I was going to sell the crp stuff on ebay but decided to buy the frog kit and make use of them. The rim outer halfs are aluminum and were purchased from pargu on ebay. I messed up the first body...
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Nice looking Frog. I dig those aluminum side nerf bars. If it was mine, I'd ditch the wheel knock offs though. Looks awesome otherwise. 8)
Update.
Hpi 5 star wheels. I cut down the fronts to run the narrow 4wd tires.
Found a nice traxxas bumper that fit with a bit of modding to the old bigwig bumper (yea I know another
non vintage part..It's just a bumper :) ). Picture 1033.jpg Picture...
Here's another conundrum.
To use or not to use...
My wife tossed the header tag a few years ago... :evil:
I want to build a nice s.s. runner with it. Untitled-1 copy.jpg
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I have that same kit and it does fit a Tamiya SRB chassis. I fitted mine to a hopped up scorpion chassis I was experimenting with. The thing I don't like is that the caster of the knuckle changes throught the travel of the suspension.
Just wanted to show my little project the Scorched Sand Frog
What do you think?
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I know this is old but, how about a pick of the body mounts I am building one .
I used the original Frog body mounts and extended them, all with cut and drilled body posts from my AX10. The original side holes on the Blitzer body mount it very...
Came across this pic I believe on RCtech. Not a lot of info on it, wondering if any of you guys know anything about the manufacturer???
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Nice to see a another Thunder Dragon fan. Looking good there, I have a runner and a NIB. The Thunder Dragon just really stood out when I was a kid always been a personal fave.
Whats up guys and gals.I need some help Iam looking to build a Mt for the vintage nats this year. My base is the good old blackfoot Iam remember back when i was a kid i think is was car action did a article on a race prepped blackfoot.Well i would...
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Thanks Guys for all the help.I have been all over the net looking for parts.Right now iam bidding on a sassy chassis on the bay right now i have a feeling iam going to over pay for it But its just one of those things i have to have.I have started...
I have ordered a 8x250x300mm sheet of the Nylon 66. I will use the old A-arms as templates and hopefully be at my dads workshop this weekend to use the bandsaw and get started. I will post the experience here...
Got the truck off of Mr. lexan a while back... New chassis, missing the wheels, tires, and body. I have everything lined out as far as that goes. Ordered a McAllister hardbody body I will paint in the red/white/blue format with Bud and Nissan...
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here is the article from the rcca archive
Cheers aconsola. Looking forward to reading through this.
I won a Frog kit at the 1st VONats. I decided to get the paint, radio, etc and give it to my kids for Christmas. I don't have the patience to photgraph each step, but the kids have been swapping off every 2-3 steps along the way. All I've been doing...
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Ok- this took forever once the kids got back in school after Christmas break. They're on February vacation now and tomorrow we're going to the closest indoor track (90 minutes or so) for an afternoon of play. I figured I'd get a few pictures before...
I'm trying really hard to get this ready for the next vintage meet on the 14th of Feb, with a Technigold up it's bum it should give the RC10 & Losi brigade a run for their money...............if we go to the beach.
Anyway, I've been impatient so...
anyone have a sand scorcher sitting on the shelve?
i need to know the distance between the mounting holes of the shocks (front and rears)
anyone know a good replacement set of larger diameter shocks that are better for bashing around than...
This Blackfoot body has seen better days. There were/are many layers of paint, the front corners both need repair and the front of the hood has a warp or melty spot. It will be a real challenge to bring it to a presentable state. Would you tackle it?
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Here is proof for you that nitro (glo fuel) removes paint from lexan bodies. The Kyosho Datsun ute was only run a few times but the residue from those runs was left inside the body. It just fell off when I tried to clean it...the rest of the body is...
This is my Hotshot, It won't be to everyones taste thats for sure, but I like how it's turned out. It's been built in readiness for Vintage racing here in Sydney later this year.
I like the Box art, but it's not for me.
Enjoy......or maybe not.
Jak
I've always wanted one of these so when this one turned up on the local auction site I bid on it. And won it for $US60.00 As is normal with most auctions, the photos weren't the best and made the jeep look much worse than it really was. I was very...
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Oh no another Tamiya classic becomes landfill....or do you guys burn em?
Can the Traxxas wheels for the Rustler and Stampede fit on the Blackfoot axles. I am trying to see if I can get some different wheels for it.
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Cheers Guys I guess there are alot of options. I would be looking to add wheels onto the King Balckfoot as not lucky enough to have a original Blackfoot.
These are some pics of my blackfoot. It has ALL the vintage crp hop-ups, thorp belt drive , jg suspension mounts, yeah racing shocks and parma spindles. It took two years to find the parts to complete the thorp belt drive. I want to paint the parma...
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I agree, it screams for some wheels. And I do have what you need. :wink:
Love the tranny buy the way. Very rare peice of equipment!
No,I don't need help with gender reassignment surgery ! :lol:
The left outdrive on my Monster Beetle has a gap between the base of the outdrive cup and the plastic bearing carrier and it makes the left rear suspension bind slighlty.
I've rebuilt...
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I had a similar problem, different, maybe..... I rebuilt a trans with some new gears and the stupid thing just won't work. So I found some old gears, cleaned them up and it worked fine. Took them back out for comparison purposes and couldn't find...
I decided to post pictures of my blackfoot restoration. I restored this about 6-7 years ago...before the frog re-release. I haven't painted the driver yet, but everything else is there. This one was a real basket case. There are only 2...
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You guys are leaps and bounds ahead of my Monster Beetle resto.
Well done,those are both really nice 'Foots. :D
The Blackfoot I got for Christmas in 1989 was a ball,I loved that truck and it jumped so well...Even with the friction shocks.
Gotta...
I was really wanting to wait for an RC10 to come up for my next resto,but I saw this on a local online auction,had the cash in my pocket and hit 'Buy Now' before I knew it.
A total timewarp 1987 Monster Beetle.Futaba FP-8138 sevos,FP-R102GF receiver...
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Personally I'd prefer u didn't do any more to it, but thats only because it would be a shame for u to do all that work only for an idiot like me to change it.
In saying that, I'd hate for u to feel pressured into selling it to me cause I asked.
have...
was the juggernaut not a very popular kit thus not collectible? i dont see them on ebay often.
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A close friend of mine just picked up a Juggernaut 2 in a trade.
He's never going to drive it,he just thought it'd look good on his shelf with his (many) other cars.
Here's a photo he sent me,showing how the Jugg 2 dwarfs his other trucks.
For...
Well if the Cheetah was the car that started my affair with RC car racing the Astute is the reason I'm now a collection crazy nutter. About ten months ago I was cleaning out my loft and stumbled across a few empty car boxes and some old photos, one...
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This is a nice thread
I have a question. I've got quite a bit of mad cap parts I was hoping to use one of these days to make myself a home brew buggy. I'd like to make a chassis out of aluminim. I'm missing the diff gear set though. Does Tamiya...
I went to a swap meet today and found this cool Sand Scorcher based racer. The event was held at a fair grounds complex and was mainly focued on 1:1 scale cars. I walked around all day and the only vintage stuff I saw was a half together frog. I saw...
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Nice Score. Lots of RCH and CRP hop-ups. I would guess you got an awesome deal.
I have the Tamiya Hummer and its nice but not much on power? does anybody know how much it can take? I was thinking of putting my brushless in it and take it for a spin. but I dont want to blow it up? I am going to brake it down install bearrings....
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What about TA04 onroad chassis? Think a 15T double motor is too much for it?
I bought her as a basket case...needless to say when it arrived it was in much worse condition than I expected. The front dogbones were twisted and bent. How the previous owner did this with plastic trans gears I'll never know. Needless to say I...
I've been working on this car for a couple of weekend off and on. It's an original issue Hotshot I picked up a few months back. It's not finished yet but I couldn't wait to share. :D I must say this has to be the sexiest car Tamiya ever produced. It...
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Nice looking 'shot! The skidplate was indeed standard fare on the Supershot.
I know what you mean about the color-- mine was red bitd as my father bought the paint (and kit) for my Christmas present. It didn't stay red long though... it's been...
This is my road wizard. This car is all original and correct. I have had it since new and assembled it about 2 years ago. Don't want to run it because parts have become vary rare and hard to find.
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Nice JPS F1 car!
I used to own a Lotus Elite, and I have a love for all JPS Lotus Racecars.
I think this is been based off of Ayrton Senna's F1 car, but I could be wrong.
Just a couple of nice pics of a really cool car. Has full radio gear, sport tuned motor etc, but will probably only sit on the shelf. Road cars aren't really my thing, only got it because it's a Porsche
Hope u like the pics
Jak
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That turned out great. drop a brushless and a set of oil filled dampers in and you will have a very capable runner.
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