Yokomo RPS YZ834B
This is a Ranch Pit Stop Edition with a Delta chassis, Delta dampers, Delta axles and Delta outdrives. Race Prep Dog bones. Advanced Racing aluminum wheels with CRP Dynamite tires. Vintage original RPS body by Andy's Paints and a Thorp aluminum wing.
JConcepts BJ4 Worlds Edition
All stock build. The body has a custom paint job from Andy's Paints. I plan this to be a runner so I will eventually drop some electronics in it.
Tamiya SRB
Tamiya Rough Rider Shodog Livery
Lots of hop ups here. RCH aluminum chassis, suspension arms, rear suspension mounts and wheel covers. MRP lexan radio box. Thorp ball diff and spur gear. Delta shocks and CRP shock towers. Pro line wheels. The working fog lamps made by Cul-tech
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Tamiya Rough Rider Rothmans Livery
This is my runner that has been hopped up considerably to withstand the abuse of running. RCH aluminum chassis, wheel covers, coil overs dampers and brass main gear. CRP aluminum rear cage, heavy duty suspension pins rear axles and ball races. Race Prep tubular steel front bumper. Super champ steel universals and servo saver, Tecnacraft steering rods with dubro ball ends. Novak Cyclone ESC, Trinity 17turn modified motor and a Futaba radio.
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Tamiya Super Champ
The Super Champ has always been one of my favorites. This buggy is built almost stock with a few exceptions. RCH wheel covers and transmission skid plate. Thorp ball differential.The working fog lamps made by Cul-tech. I had my welder weld up the rear cage to get rid of the tacky zip ties that normally tie it together. The body gas been signed by Al Ernat.
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Tamiya Rough Rider Jagermeister Livery
I installed one of my custom front guards and first generation rear cage and a set of RCH aluminum wheel covers. The working fog lamps made by Cul-tech
Tamiya Sand Scorcher
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. Totally stock chassis build with lots of nice body mods that make this buggy look the part.
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Scratch Built 4WD Sand Scorcher
Custom made fiberglass chassis and aluminum rear cage. MIP 4 X400 4WD drive kit. MIP ball diff rear transmission with Hot Trick layback mounting plate. MIP half shafts. MIP hardened rear axles with nylon hubs. MIP IRS200 rear trailing arm suspension kit. RCH nylon front suspension arms and uprights. RCH hardened suspension pins. RCH aluminum steering servo mount. RCH aluminum wheel faces. CRP wide front suspension tubes and upright brace. Delta 470 series shocks. Team checkpoint Big Jim Motor. Victor Electronics ESC. Futaba magnum radio.
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Kyosho Scorpion
Built with a few hop ups. Thorp ball diff, Tecnacraft wheels, JG aluminum rear guard, You-G aluminum wing, CRP coil overs for the dampers.
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Kyosho Ultima
Built stock with a few hop ups. Kyosho gold dampers. Robinson racing front knuckles and C hubs. Tecnacraft wheels and tunbuckles. I have a ton of hop ups slated to be installed on this buggy
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AYK 566B
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Tamiya Hornet
This buggy has the CRP front shock kit, Parma nerf bars and RCH wheel covers. Painted up in the patented Shodog livery.
Tamiya Frog
The frog was my first quality R/C car so I wanted to build this frog with lots of hop ups. Chrome chassis and parts from Tamiya and CCP. CRP front shock kit, rear coil overs, shock mounts and gearbox skid plate. Parma nerf bars. RCH wheel covers. You-G aluminum wing. Thorp ball diff and dog bone axles
Tamiya Hotshot
Tamiya Fox
My first vintage restore that essentially morphed into a complete new build.
Tamiya Wild One
Tamiya Tamtech Fox
This Fox has a few aluminum upgrades from HR. It also has a Reedy 5700K brushless motor system that makes this buggy fly.
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Tamiya Tamtech Frog
This Frog is totally stock and dog slow. I really think the reason these didn’t take off as they suck in stock form.
HPI 5b
This beast is the only buggy that's actually scary to run. I stay far away from it as I could see it easily breaking an ankle if it hit someone. This has a few modification. 30.5 cc Chung Yang motor. Billet exhaust. Carbon fiber front disc brakes.
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John Boyer Sand Rail
Built using a mix of traxxas parts, there are still things I want to get like an aluminum gear case and rear arms.
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Custom built dragster
Based on a Parma '41 Willy's body. The main tube chassis is constructed of brazed steel tubing then it was chrome plated. The wing is aluminum and all the mounts and wheelie bar are made of bent and brazed piano wire. The wheels appear up be plastic. On a car of this caliber of a build it would sure be nice to hang a set of Aluminum wheels on it.
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Tamiya JuggerLux
This chassis was rescued from the dump by a customer of a hobby shop I worked for. It's the only piece I have kept from all my cars I had in the 80's I adapted the juggernaut body to fit to it. Some have said this was Tamiya's inspiration for the high lift.
Tamiya Hilux
This was a long expensive project. I bought the truck from Canada and it arrived damaged. I completely disassembled it and built it back up with all the correct hardware. Stripped the body of paint. Fixed all the broken parts then repainted it. This truck was featured on
pg 56 of a 2003 issue of R/C Car magazine
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Tamiya Mountaineer
This truck received an extensive restoration. All the chassis was polished. I used RAM electronics to give it headlights, brake lights and Turn signals. This truck was featured on
pg 54 and
pg 55 of a 2003 issue of R/C Car magazine
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Bruiserlux
Bought from Bruiser builder from eBay. Body has custom extended cab. All the metal parts are chromed. Lots of custom add ons
Tamiya Bruiser
A new build chassis with a set of Mthompson aluminum wheels
Tamiya High Lift
Built with a few hop ups. Aluminum chassis, center supports, steering knuckles, JPS aluminum wheels. Outfitted with the MFC-02, this truck gets run the most out of all my collection
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Tamiya High Lift & Catamaran
Bought from Cory of RRP hobby. Painted in house of color orange. The Black Jack Catamaran is by Pro Boats. Custom made Whitebone trailer. High lift is built with many aluminum hop ups.
Tamiya Jeep Wrangler
new built with a custom skid plate and happy time aluminum mesh wheels.
Tamiya Jeep Wrangler
This is my runner that gets bashed on.
Tamiya CC01 Unimog
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. A lot of fabrication was done to make this truck. Only the front of the cab was used. The bed of the body was hand fabricated from pieces of styrene. It has working lights and a winch
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I have been a fan of the RC4wd trucks. I like that they are machined from aluminum
RC4WD Trailfinder 1
Chassis built stock. I haven't decided on a body yet.
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RC4WD Trailfinder 1 Jeep edition
Built stock. Installed a set of aluminum wheels with rogue elements warn hubs wheel nuts.
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RC4WD Trailfinder 2 Hilux
Really cool truck that I have adapted a Tamiya MFC-02 to fit. Should turn out killer if I ever get around to painting the body.
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RC4WD Land Rover Gelande I
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. The Chassis is the older RC4wd Gelande 1 chassis. Many pieces were fabricated to make this truck. It has working lights and a winch
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Rc4WD Gelande II
Built box stock with a set of RC4WD aluminum Land Rover beadlock wheels. The rack is from a Hong Kong seller.
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Tamiya Blackfoot
This tuck is full of hop ups. Full CCP chrome plated chassis. CRP body braces. Robinson ball diff and sliders. wheels
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Tamiya Midnight Pumpkins
Tamiya Chrome Metallic Pumpkin
Box stock build with Tecnacraft aluminum wheels
Tamiya Lime Green Pumpkin
Built with a full vintage CCP chrome plated chassis. Aluminum body mounts. Tecnacraft wheels, muscle machines motor and mahogany wood lining the bed.
Tamiya Lunch Box
Box stock new built chassis with TMS aluminum wheels and aluminum body mounts
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Tamiya Snap On Monster Van
This Tamiya Lunch Box with a Parma panel van body was a
special promotion from Snap-on Tools for their distributors. I was lucky enough to get this one from eBay. The Body was in very good shape but I replaced the worn chassis with a box stock new built Lunch Box chassis with JPS aluminum wheels.
Tamiya FedUp Lunchbox body
Basically a new spare body for the Snap On Monster Van
Tamiya Wild Wendy 2
Box stock new built chassis. Custom painted 1 of 20 Wild Wendy figure by Matt hicks. Custom machined TMS aluminum wheels. Muscle machines motor. Custom aluminum headlight buckets by Cul-tech
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Tamiya Wild Willy 1
New built chassis. Custom painted driver by Fabrizio. Full size spare tire
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Tamiya Dead Willy 1
This is my runner. Head for driver was a key chain bought from Disneyland
Tamiya Fast Attack
This is my runner built. When I built it I addressed most of its shortcomings. The gearbox has a full Thorp drive train. Suspension is from a Wild One. Full set of rubber sealed bearings
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Tamiya Fast Attack Vehicle
I bought this new built vintage model several years ago. No paint has ever been sprayed on it. Eventually I plan to tear it down, paint it and rebuild. Maybe some day do a Knight Customs conversion on it.
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Tamiya Hummer
Tamiya Pershing tank
Tamiya XR311
Tamiya King Hauler with pole Trailer
Built with full bearings and an MFC-01
Tamiya Globeliner with Box trailer
Tamiya Knight hauler with Tanker trailer
Built with full bearings and an MFC-01 and tamiya aluminum wheels
Tamiya Knight Hauler
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. The truck features an MFU-01 and a fully detailed sleeper cab.
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Tamiya Flatbed Trailer
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. This trailer has been upgraded with motorized support legs and a LED light set.
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Tamiya Porsche 934
Tamiya Porsche 935
Tamiya Porsche 956
New built chassis sporting 935 wheels
HPI Cup Racer Porsche 911 RSR
This body was painted using the Jaegermeister livery from a Tamtech 934.
The Carbon fiber Chassis is by Exotek. Many of the plastic suspension pieces have been replaced with aluminum ones from GPM and HR racing.
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HPI Cup Racer Porsche 911 RSR
This body was painted with a color by Tamiya named sky blue anodized aluminum. It’s absolutely beautiful out in the sunlight. I originally intended this body to be a shelf queen but I made a few mistakes on it and have decided to make it a runner body. The Chassis is built relatively stock Using a reasonable speedy brushed motor.
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HPI Cup Racer Alpine A110
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. This is a hybrid car with an HPI Cup Racer chassis and wheels and fitted with a Tamiya Renault Alpine A110 body. It came with a mildly used chassis that wound up being used for my runner 911 so I built a new chassis up to sit under this body
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Tamiya M06 Porsche RSR
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. This a hybrid car with a Tamiya M06 Pro chassis and an HPI Porsche RSR cup Racer body and wheels.
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Tamiya Tamtech Jaegermeister 935
The Jaegermeister livery from the 934 was used to make this body. It was the chosen winner of the Tamiya's
June 2008 builder’s showcase The chassis has numerous Aluminum chassis pieces. Outfitted with a Reedy 8000K Brushless motor system the speed is ballistic. The aluminum oil filled dampers help keep this beast planted on the ground.
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Tamiya Tamtech 934
This is my slower runner. Outfitted with a sport tuned motor and oil filled dampers, its fun to just cruise the car around.
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Tamiya Tamtech Lamborghini Countach LP500S
Totally stock build on the chassis.
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Tamiya Tamtech Ferrari GTO
This body was the prize for winning the Tamiya June 2008 builder’s showcase. Totally stock build on the chassis.
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Tamiya Alpine A110
Stock build with a set of the Tamiya aluminum four spoke wheels
Tamiya M04 VW Beetle
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. A totally stock build with an interesting color
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Tamiya BMW M3
TT01D drift spec chassis with a full set of HR aluminum upgrades. Wheels are the Tamiya aluminum mesh wheels. Honestly I feel all these aluminum upgrades are like putting lipstick on a pig and I normally wouldn’t upgrade such a low end chassis but I found this car on consignment at a local hobby shop with a price too tasty to pass up.
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Tamiya Martini Porsche 911 RSR
This TT02 is built fully stock with a set of bearings Airtronics radio and tamiya ESC. I used a set of the chrome Taisan wheels instead of the silver painted hoops. I also installed a Tamiya left hand drive cockpit.
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Tamiya Porsche 911 RSR TRF 415
I was able to reconfigure chassis to fit the smaller 251mm wheelbase of this body. I chose metallic blue to match all the blue anodized bits on this chassis. Wheels by Vaterra.
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Tamiya TA-02 Porsche GT2
Carbon fiber chassis from GPM. Dampers are Tamiya TRF reds. Body painted as a throwback using the Martini livery from the 1974 Porsche RSR. Wheels made by Kawada and the aluminum wheel nuts made by Rogue Elements.
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Tamiya TA-03 Rothmans Porsche GT2
Upgraded with the Tamiya FRP chassis and a set of GPM aluminum dampers.
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Tamiya Mobil 1 Porsche GT1
A standard TA03 short wide build with the addition of some speed line aluminum mesh wheels
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Tamiya TB02 Porsche GT3
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. The Chassis is a TB 02R that has been fitted with a few hop ups like Alloy dampers, alloy chassis bits and graphite shock towers. Castle Brushless motor system and 2.4 Ghz radio.
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Tamiya TRF 415 Mercedes
This vehicle was purchased in from the Skottoman Collection. Pretty much a stock build. I plan to replace the body on this Car with one from a Porsche Gt3 or a Ferrari body.
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Xray T1 BMW M5
Built with an upgraded BMI chassis and a set of Speedline aluminum mesh wheels.
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Xray T1 FK ’05 Nissan Skyline R34
Here is a runner of mine. A stock build with the addition of a set of Cmartlink aluminum mesh wheels. Novak brushless motor system and Spektrum radio for reliability. This car is super fast and almost undrivable.
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Xray T1 Fk'05 BMW M3
A shelf queen chassis where I used a combo of Parma and Autographics decals to make a Custom Miller Genuine Draft livery on an HPI 200mm body. The wheels are custom sprayed Vaterra mesh wheels.
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Tamiya Tamtech 1/24
Tamiya Tamtech 1/14
Tamiya F201
This was built with quite a few aftermarket parts. Tamiya B body painted in Miller Genuine Draft livery by Autographics. 3Racing Carbon fiber double deck chassis, heat sink motor mount, swing shafts, aluminum hubs, aluminum front knuckles, aluminum rear carriers, aluminum suspension rocker arms. Kose aluminum center shaft and delrin suspension ball holders. Pit Shimzu tires mounted to ccchicooo CNC aluminum wheels.
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HPI Super F1
This is a graphite chassis kit. Body painted in Miller Genuine Draft livery by Autographics. Wheels are by See's racing
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One of my other weaknesses is wood boats, Love em
