This is a 1/12 Racemaster that originally came with the Rothmans Porsche body. I had a vision of somehow mounting a lunchbox van body on it but never did because, even though the wheelbase was perfect, it was going to take alot of work to make it...
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I haven't yet experimented with genuine MEK.
Anyway, you might find some useful information here
I have the release of the Ford Baja F150 and the Super Hotshot 2012 - the truck is built, but the Hotshot is going through the build process.
On my truck, I lost full time 4 wheel drive when the spline on the cup ground down in the rear...
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Plastic. The metal idler gear that comes (or came, don't know how it is on reissues) with the buggy versions has the tendency to disintegrate when used with hotter motors, and the metal particles will eat up the other gears.
I never thought I would happen to win one of the big Vonats door prizes. Well, this year I did just that. Walked out with a new Tamiya Manta Ray kit. So now, instead of struggling with a rc10 on old tires, I'll get to go balls out with 4wd and...
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(putting my TamiyaDan hat on :mrgreen: )
The MR is truly a great compromised platform for the time, what let it down (same for the top-force) was the absence of slipper, which was bumming the performance AND credibility of the whole thing, let...
Starting to put one of these together. Mainly because it was the first RC off road I built back when it came out. Shied away from it later because there were no parts available. You had to buy a whole kit to keep the suspension arms that seemed to...
Is that you showing off your Tamiya Hilux in the recent AMPRO video?
If so, I think you've done a fantastic job pointing out the differences between the various Tamiya 3-speed models.
I had no idea the Hilux was so different. That's a very nice...
I got a good deal on a built Super Astute rere.
Thought about how to go about this build/mod and figured I'll do a all black and gray version starting with the hardware.
I've never used Birchwood Casey Aluminum black and Super Blue (not yet...
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I think this will be an interesting build - can't wait to see what you do with it.
I was completely unfamiliar with Tamiya Astute buggy until you started this post but I've been doing a little research - this is a very neat RC and it appears to have...
I have not been goofing with RC cars for a few years but I got the itch again. I bought a new Grasshopper and built it stock. Found the Ampro YouTube channel and loved the improved front end and threw that on with a Tamiya black motor and it's a...
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I have not been goofing with RC cars for a few years but I got the itch again. I bought a new Grasshopper and built it stock. Found the Ampro YouTube channel and loved the improved front end and threw that on with a Tamiya black motor and it's a...
This buggy I plan on running in the Classic class. Pretty much a bone stock Falcon with the exception of Losi springs and HPI superstar wheels and J concepts tires. Same combo I ran on the Frog.
More pics as I get her finished up as well.
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The Marui Galaxy RS I resto-modded for my brother had a similar issue with the wing screwed directly to the body (rollcage, in that example).
Couldn't you simply drill a few holes horizontally in your FRP reinforcement piece between the shock...
I just about finished this truck. I built it from a partially assembled but never competed or run chassis. I had to find the body, decals, sway bar, misc hardware, and linkage.
The body took many hours to complete. The paint is straight forward,...
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Very nice build, and the blue just tops it off. Great work mate!
I've always liked the Tamiya F-150 body, since it was my first rc car (Blackfoot) and I've always wanted to do something out of the box with it....I've had this body for a couple of years, not knowing what to do with it, until I had...
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It's robably the ish thing. Some folks only like factory original... Not me!
As usual, I start to customize a chassis but with unusual parts and my personal touch, removing of anidizing, polishing, and all screws are replaced by some stainless steel A2 ones
This chassis is TAMIYA TA05R.
I found parts specifically dedicated...
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Quite timely, as now all the major racing brands are showing mid motor cars. Tamiya was ahead of the game...
Finally the Super Astute is next in line for a re release
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Back to Super Astute, slight reaming, AE B4 spur slips right on, uses stock SA slipper plates and hardware just fine with AE slipper pads that match spur. Now you have standard pitch to match rest of your pinions.
I have a Top force Rere on the way and need some inspiration. I will be intially installing aluminum steering bellcranks,aluminum front hub carriers and motor mount along with a steel pinion and Tamiya 50529 gears with a 13.5T motor. I do intend to...
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Hello friends,
I recently purchased a TopFroce 2017 to re-live my previous life as a happy-go-lucky, skim-on-meals-to-save-for-that-trinity-motor, they-don't-know-what-it-means-to-dump-before-4mins, Boy-Racer!
Recently bought a hornet . At least that's what my untrained eye thought it was. Now, not so sure.
It has the wrong bumper, wrong rear shocks, a rear suspension third shock, chrome wheels and inside the battery compartment it says Made in Korea ....
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Thanks for all the help guys
I cleaned the the Lazer up a bit, really wasn't all that bad.
Cleaned and re-oiled the rear shocks. Cleaned and re-greased the suspensions moving points.
I have ordered a resistor pack so I'll soon see if the MSC works....
This is a old SRB racer that I have been slowly restoring. It has some crp goodies and a thorp ball diff,Tamiya technigold motor and option house shocks.I have electronics just not installed yet.
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I have plenty to show off..I'll get around to posting more up soon..
Ok So I've been on the site for a long time but have never posted anything about my King Cabs. I have a few of them. I recently got sick of the diff slipping constantly on my sons truck so I went for it and made some custom parts for it so I could...
I picked this up last night super close to home. It's super dusty, but it doesn't look like it was ever driven. If it was, it was indoors on carpet. I'll get the dust blown off today at work and see how nice it really is before the tear down....
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I am never this lucky, I would have over paid for less, spent too much making it perfect and sold it at a loss. Well done.
this lot poped up on facebook today for a whole 50$
blackfoot had what looks like a losi st body on it
can anyone id the other car looks Tamiya but it has a carbon fiber bottom plate
everything looks complete with electronics (excpt missing...
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finished up the Blackfoot
didn't want a hard shell body and Parma's Blackfoot body was 35$ plus 10$ shipping (not paying 10 for shipping lol)
hit up the local hobby shop and found a jc f250 body made for the pede that looked pretty close to a good...
Been waiting for along time to get my hands on one of these. Today was my day. It spent most it's life as the shelf queen of a hobby shop owner. It was displayed up off it's tires, so no flat spots, but age got the best of it anyway and they have...
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That's a nice wild willy.. Repro tires are pretty good in my opinion. Shelf queen?
I have an '86 Blackfoot that I'm upgrading......I like the older stuff. I have an '85 RC10 and a '95 Losi XX. I've been looking for a Trinity rear sway bar kit or the CRA Performance version.......Been looking on Ebay and Amazon with no...
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One of my favorite models. Those sway bars are harder to find lately only got a couple of them for my blackfoots.
Picked this up at my local racetrack last night. It has all sorts of aluminum goodies on it including the wheels. I'm trying to figure out which aluminum parts are store bought manufactured parts and which ones are homemade. Hoping some of you might...
By chance does anyone know if it's possible to adapt Bruiser wheels (the re-re ones shown in the photo below) to the 12mm hex drives on a RC4WD Trail Finder 2? After seeing this truck posted on ebay, I really want to lift my TF2 and install this...
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therigliveson, thanks for the pic. Your truck looks awesome with those RPM Revolvers.
A little update: the HPI wheels have arrived and they look just like the photo I'd posted earlier -- chrome plating and overall quality are first rate! The fronts...
I race at a local backyard track on Tuesday nights, and one of the old guys there has this, and was trying to sell it. Nobody knew what it was (except me), and nobody really wanted it (except me)
So when I showed interest, and knew what it was, the...
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I don't have a 3D printer, and probably not likely to get one, I just don't have enough use for it. Easy enough to get things printed and sent to me.
This is the first time I have shared this car with anyone. It is my highly modified Super Champ. Check out the gearbox! When was the last time you saw one of these? Hope you enjoy.
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First of all, very cool build! I miss the old school off roaders!
Such a cool piece of history. That was also a pricy little buggy BITD and it's great that you've been able to keep it all these years. Racing in the 80's was cool. So many...
Picked this up at the track last night. No other parts came with it. The guys at the track were saying bruiser , but I don't think so. I'm not very informed on these old Tamiya 3 speeds and I've never actually had one in my hands until now. I...
Just a moldy smelly old used bag :mrgreen:
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I can't find another one just like this on the web. So if you know more about it, please share your knowledge.
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Nice, I had one of these Kyosho bags that I used for my school's R/C club back in the mid 90s. Everyone used to make fun of it as it looked like a pizza delivery bag. :mrgreen:
Had two of these in the late 80's. Loved those bags. I liked how...
I should have taken a before shot, this beetle was a mess and I wasn’t sure if I was goning to fix it up. It’s a frame up rebuild with a really good cleaning. This monster truck is 30 years old. I can’t believe how good it looks. My uncle’s been...
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New ESC and body mounts. Ran great, never was a great off-Road er but it’s fun to drive. It’s from 1988. 070483A6-5B1D-49A2-ADE1-B286BDA3BEE1.jpeg 6126633A-1AB0-462D-86BB-100247A45ED6.jpeg 2E2D79F8-D63E-485D-8364-87A50A35F7D0.jpeg
After Restoring the Avante, Top Force Evolution and Top Force (Threads will follow) i felt the need for a 2WD Tamiya. I sourced this at the bay in pretty good condition. The car wasnt titled as Dynastorm so it came at a good price. Let the fun...
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This build is now finished (for now). Im not 100% satisfied because the body is a little to small in my optinion and the decals are are a little to big, especially on the rear wing. Also i think i used the wrong Tamiya paint (ps-23) for the...
best srb front shocks!
i was running the stock shocks on the front end / that worked well untill the front springs broke from wear points. i use the car alot with 18650 batteries....
i got the rcchannel front shocks but the springs are not great...
OK, so not quite a barn find, but giving the condition it is in, I felt the title was appropriate!
I've owned this Madcap since new - I'm not sure of the year - but it was a Christmas present from my parents sometime in the early Nineties. After...
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I also found my old fast charger - I remember saving up hard for this bad boy - originally I only had one battery and the slow charger, so I was limited to about one run a day!
Can these old nicad units charge nimh batteries? If not, what is my best...
I've finally been able to fulfill a dream to build the venerable MIP 4x buggy. In 2004 I built up a chassis using the MIP 4x400 cable drive 4wd conversion kit. A bunch of period SRB hop ups and a homemade chassis.
Not really satisfied, I...
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Thanks for the comments. Tonight I was able to get the MRP Baja Bug body roughly trimmed and mounted.
Hi Guys, had a few 511/501 over the years but saw this sorry looking car on eBay, tracked down the guy on oople and got it at a bargain price of £100 posted.
It's got gear and ball diffs and a few body's, the main issue is the home made Ali...
I really like the modded Frogs that bngiles and germanrc10gt built, so I decided to try my hand at one. I did want to keep it mostly Tamiya, only using the CRP front bumper and shock mounts (and some of their hardware, sold separately... :| ) and a...
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I'm not going to submit this to the build of the month, but I figured I would a least put current pictures up.
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