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I got this as a mystery auction item purchased by the wife. :D
Been cleaning, sanding, painting, sanding, painting and trimming decals for a while.
Turning out pretty nice if I do say so.

Chuck

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Classic Tamiya QD Super Sabre technical review

The Tamiya QD series (1/14 scale) are advanced toy grade cars that were many people's entry into the world of RC cars hobby.

The transmitter electronics have the OKI L9362 encoder integrated...

I’ve had both of these for many many years, but they’ve been buried in the bottom of a box so digging them out feels like they’re new to me again.

The frog was a flea market buy a friend bought that was in the bottom with a bunch of other random...

Has anyone found a readily available replacement for the larger red seals? I know that the rear CVA shocks on Blitzer models used them but I don't know about other models. I figure that with all of the larger bore shocks out there, something is...

I have no idea on these so i thought i would post them up on here. I have recently started gathering parts for a cool old Hotshot build, maybe two, and one of the cars arrived this morning. It has some aged looking front steering hubs in silver...

OK, so i have had this for quite some time but having contacted Rory's parents who sold the car they have said they are happy for me to post up some pictures of it. Rory was a very very successful racer back in the late 80's and early 90's and won...

G'day guys I finally got myself a Bigwig. When I saw this for sale, I did some research & found that it seemed to be a bit hit & miss model for Tamiya. i found more negative comments than favourabel ones. But, despite, I could not get over the...

Hi all.
Is this a grasshopper 2 or a hornet? The rear shock has prefloat like a hornet, but it came with the larger wheels of a later model buggy.
Cheers for your help

The Euro Truck class is gaining popularity fast at my local racetrack. I picked this up earlier this week and will start racing it this weekend. Pretty cool class. Cheap to get into it too. I already had servo, radio and transponder from other...

Hello.
Achieved a dream last November, and got The Bruiser. As a Birthday present from the Wife :D :mrgreen:

In preparation, i searched on builds, and found a couple of good threads online.
Then, after building it, and using it, I wanted to make...

Does anyone know if there are any readily available wheels that I can use to convert an Astute to a truck?

I was one of the select few who signed up on buying a conversion kit from Full Option (UK) which is run by the very talented David Beeby. The kit was supposed to be a pretty accurate copy of the Egress that Jamie Booth ran in part of the 1990 BRCA...

I would like to buy re-release of Super Champ, but all stocks were gone. Do you guys think that there is a chance to re-re-release in the future? Not understand why other SBRs are continue to produce but Tamiya stops producing this legend product....

2020 Terra Scorcher comin.....anyone stoked?

I was just browsing Ebay and i came across a Tamiya Striker that was listed at £550 so i thought i'd have a look expecting to find something with some nice period Mod parts , maybe one of the rare Tamiya Mod motors or a Thorp diff or something but...

Hey, I was wondering if someone on here with an FF03 chassis could do me a favor and measure the front overhang, I can't seem to find any dimensions online.

I'm looking at a 257mm wheelbase body, with an 80mm center of front wheel to nose overhang....

Picked this one up from a local seller a few years ago.

Does anyone know if some of the Re-Re parts are interchangeable with the vintage counterpart. In particular, the Fighting Buggy and the Super Champ , and the vintage and re-re of the Sand Scorcher. Particularly the suspension parts.

Does anyone have a scan (or could do me the favor to scan) the fitting instruction sheet that came with some of the rear anti-roll bars kits for the SRB, made by CRP and RCH?

Tom

Hi, new to the forum and in need of help please.
I'm building a tamiya midnight pumpkin, all was going well till I put on the rear wheels and found that when I manually turn one wheel the opposite wheel turns the other direction.
I've revisited the...

Hi, hope everyone's well and hasn't had their lives too[/i disrupted by this Covid carry on.

I bought a re-release Bigwig a few weeks ago.
I had to sell my Turbo Optima Mid SE to pay for a new clutch for my Subaru WRX Type RA.
The Bigwig was to...

I’ve been making good progress on the Scooby during the virus lockdown. The car is basically finished, I’ve just a couple decals to fit onto the wing sideplates and to paint and install the side mirror. I’ll post pics when it’s finished.
Meanwhile,...

Here now the story of my Tamiya Boomerang or how Tamiya influenced my childhood:

Cars were always my favourite toy. When my father bought his first RC car 1989 (Tamiya Thunder Shot for 370 DM ~ 200Us$ at that time), it was apparent, that I need...

Does anybody have a picture of the crp front suspension for the hornet installed? I just bought it for my hornet, and I can;t figure out how to install it.

Last week I came across a very lightly used Tamiya Hornet re-release on Facebook marketplace and decided to contact the seller. The only vintage Tamiya car I’d ever seen before in person was a pal’s Sand Scorcher back in the 90s (which at the time I...

I just finished restoring my brothers old Futaba FX10, which as I understand it is mechanically a clone of the Tamiya Striker. The guy at the hobby shop said I was being stupid to try to get it running and all the plastic would be brittle, it would...

I happened to be browsing Tamiya's US site and found this:

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Horizon has it listed as discontinued while other major online sources are out of stock on this model.

The Mountain Rider appears to be sold out everywhere.

I came across this gem on Craigslist, and got an awesome deal on it, plus it was local pickup😳

Never liked the mono shock design in any tamiya, not a big fan of Asymetric looking things....🙄

So I installed a set of Bigwig shock towers, mounted on...

Will Technipower brushes work in a Technigold? I have no experience with these, just got my 1st one, thanks

So I’ve always wanted a shot on the txt. Massive wheels and a lot more scale than a clod etc. There are also many build options so it’s a great platform. Only now are Axial coming up with the MT to match its kind.

This is how it started this...

Can anyone help me,

I am look for some of the Plastic spring collars that go on High Cap Dampers, they are not the ones where you have a screw just a simple collar that slides on damper and retains the spring (see pic)

Hope someone can help...

Found this awesome surprise under the tree on Christmas morning and thought I'd post a thread and pictures to keep folks entertained during our time at home.

Mostly stock, but I added a set of HiCap rere's and bearings to bring it to the glory and...

I found an old chassis that has been under water for some time. I have an original Wild Willy since the early 1980s, and have had several other Wild Willys I bought over the years. At first, I thought this was a Wild Willy chassis, but after looking...

A few years ago I picked up a basket case Rough Rider for like $10 at the going out of business sale of a long time hobby shop. I bought it because it was cheap and original, and I thought it would be fun to take apart. I had no plans for it.

Fast...

Hey folks,

New to the forum, lots of great info on here!

I have an original Mud Blaster which has gone through some changes over the years (Trackmaster Turbo Glide, Thorp dog bones, Tekin SC, Trinity Monster Horsepower motor, aluminum oiled...

picked up this pair of Tamiya buggies 2 days ago along with what's left of a fx10 and a big box of frog/grasshopper parts

first thing I did was order new bodies
and after going through them drive trains seem good
missing a few small parts but...

So I saw a Vintage Truck for cheap on the Bay, and even though it had no body, I knew immediately from the picture that it was a Hilux Monster Racer/King Cab l and I had to jump on it.

When the package arrived, it was dirty, had Clodbuster shocks,...

Hey folks,

Early Brat has been lurking in my attic for a couple of years and lockdown here in the UK has given me an excuse to drag it out. This is my first ORV having been a Kyosho Scorpion/Beetle kid. The car is very original and likely quite low...

Does anyone know of a modification or replacement part for the shock tower that is still available for the dt-02? We've been through two recently even after adding the brace across the top, and the 3racing alloy/fiber replacement is no longer...

Hey guys. I am an old skool RC guy. Still have my Wild Willy I build back in 1982. Been restored a couple times. I elaborate on it's history a little in the Welcome area if you want to read it. He's been through a lot over the past 36 years. Here he...

Tamiya's rereleased their SRB diff with a new part number 54897. From the pictures it looks to be identical to the 84113 diff. At least the crazy prices these things fetch will stop....... for a while. :D

I have a couple new Tamiya kits that include this motor and was wondering if they require any kind of break-in procedure -- the manual doesn't mention it.
I'd like to run the cars in box-stock configuration and want the best possible performance...

I finally got round to picking up an old rough rider to start a project , although its got a lot of very early parts its in a used condition and never going to be a shelf queen , this is ideal as what I'm planning is kind of a scale look runner ....

Here’s a little something I’ve been working on for a couple of weeks....

Fox Front end with dual shock conversion, Traxxas Bellcrank, and Hotshot Aluminum Hub.

Traxxas Rad2 rear end, all sitting on Hoshot Gold Wheels😁

Howdy,

Daughter is 4 now and I want to get the Brat going for her. It's the re-re. Still have the unpainted lexan body. Might go hot pink. Anyway......IIRC, when I stashed it away, there were some missing steering parts/linkages. Namely the servo...

One of my other beaters with a ton of mods.

hey guys.. I can not seem to view or post in the For Sale area. I assume it is a restriction to newbies. What are the criteria for me to be able to use that part of the forum?

Thanks

I was a bit heartbroken when I had to sell my mint Hi-Lux build last year. Link here:

Well, finding this shrink wrapped truck definitely makes up for it!

It's pretty crazy that a 30 year old truck like this is still sealed in the box. This thing...

Had this given to me a few years ago, so decided it was time to give it some life, by restoring/rebuilding it. It’s what some would refer to as a Mk 1, but Tamiya never really had a specific change in their kits, rather they just made rolling...