Tamiya Blackfoot review RCCA 2/87

[Erich Reichert]

Thought this was pretty cool... it was the cover shot too.

[purpletimbo]

They work fine

[Claymore5150]

I just got a Blackfoot over the weekend from my future father-in-law...

Here's the best part....

FOR FREE!

I had my RC10CE and my Duratrax Raze over at their house for the holiday weekend and he and I got to talking about R/C and next thing you know we're cleaning out his shed and whammo! Tamiya Blackfoot in decent condition. All it needs is an ESC.

How cool is that?

I think I'll clean it up really good, make sure everything is a-ok as far as being a runner, slap a new ESC in it and keep it there at their house for the grandkids to play with when they're there.

[Erich Reichert]

can you guys see this one?

[Asso_man!]

can you guys see this one?

Yup, no problem for me on this one

[Camshaft]

The Chris Chianelli is a character, that's for sure. Thanks for posting, I love these old magazine reviews. Are there any ones out there that detail my beloved Lunch Box?

[Erich Reichert]

I'll see if i can find that issue... i'm only missing a few of the super old (87) issues.

[shodog]

Erich, I'm sensing through that tough Associated exterior you have a soft ineer love for Tamiya trucks.

[Erich Reichert]

LOL! Ehh there'll always be a soft spot for the T team in my heart... as should be in everyone that had one as their first car. I was actually more partial to the Mudblaster. HEHE.

Soooo things are a little quiet at work for a bit so i'm gonna try to pull a couple magazines a day and find something interesting to scan so keep your eyes out for more.

[Camshaft]

Mud Blaster! I'd love to restore one as soon as I'm done with my current RC10 project.

[Erich Reichert]

ya i got one i've been "working on" for a couple years.

[shodog]

I came by my Blackfoot in the most roundabout way. I bought two sets of tecnacraft wheels from a shop. I didn't have anything for them to go on so I set out to build a Monster Beetle. I had about all the new parts for the chassis plus a lot of nice hop ups and was on the lookout for a body set. Then I came across a New built Monster Beetle with an untouched body set and to top it off it had a smokin BIN price. So here I was left with an almost complete chassis of parts. I thought about selling them off to recoup my money spent on the new built but then it hit me to build a Blackfoot. So I found a new Blackfoot body set and built it up using a whole slew of aftermarket goodies. Then one day while surfing ePay I found a New built CCP chrome chassis. I swooped that up and built what you see below.

[Erich Reichert]

TASTEEEEEE!

[Northy2]

What's with the MILF in the pics?

G

[shodog]

What's with the MILF in the pics?

G

well considering this article is about 20 years old she would be more like a G(grandmother)MILF