Tamiya Bear Hawk; Found My First RC Car
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:14 pm
My First RC car was a Tamiya Bear Hawk. I didn't know what I was doing when I built it up but the instructions were good enough to get it running. Over the years I Frankensteined that car trying to get more from it than was ever intended for. I don't remember, but it may still be sitting in a junk box of old child-hood toys at my parents place 3500 miles away.
Having gotten into the nostalgic RC kick in the last year, this has been one of the cars that I wanted to add to my collection.
I have been slowly collecting parts to build up a car from scratch. There are new kits out there but they are in the $700 price range. In the mean time, this RTR popped up on ebay and I managed to snag it for what I think was a good deal.
They car is in great condition with a vintage Futaba Magnum Radio (I originally had a stick radio) . I think the plans will be to build a vintage stock shelf queen and a runner with a couple of upgrades including bearings, dampers, motor, esc, etc... i guess it will depend what goes to the shelf queen and the ballance of parts that I have to make up. I do have a new unpainted body that will go to the shelf queen.
Having gotten into the nostalgic RC kick in the last year, this has been one of the cars that I wanted to add to my collection.
I have been slowly collecting parts to build up a car from scratch. There are new kits out there but they are in the $700 price range. In the mean time, this RTR popped up on ebay and I managed to snag it for what I think was a good deal.
They car is in great condition with a vintage Futaba Magnum Radio (I originally had a stick radio) . I think the plans will be to build a vintage stock shelf queen and a runner with a couple of upgrades including bearings, dampers, motor, esc, etc... i guess it will depend what goes to the shelf queen and the ballance of parts that I have to make up. I do have a new unpainted body that will go to the shelf queen.
