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The Exotek crew is at it again with another one of their super high-end conversion kits. This time owners of the Tamiya F104 are the receivers of the goods. One of the biggest changes the EXO104 kit makes is converting the rear end to a 5-link floating pod style suspension. The kit also includes a new battery mounting system that [...]
Scale modelers grab your hobby knives and warm up your airbrush compressors. Tamiya USA is holding a Formula 1 build contest. Two classes are available, plastic models and r/c models, so take your pick and start building. Entries will be accepted via email from August 18th to September 25th. Tamiya is offering up some great prizes to the winners. In the [...]
The Tamiya TRF801XT is, by all accounts, a fine model automobile. Apparently Tamiya wasn’t happy enough with it though. So they went back to the drawing board and then to the track, then back to the drawing board, then the track again, and so on and so forth until they had a truck that performed better than their previous attempt. [...]
Exotek has had enough and they aren’t going to take it any more. Enough inconsistent chassis flex that is. So they developed this new carbon fiber chassis for the Tamiya TA-05 V2. It’s purpose built for lipo batteries, so one of the major reasons for inconsistent flex, the battery slots that are usually cut into one side of the chassis, [...]
Editor’s Note — Here are the facts: Adam Drake was top qualifier in the buggy class. Jared Tebo TQ’d the truggy class. Tebo then went on to win both the buggy and truggy classes. Jeff was sent there to take pictures and provide coverage of the event. What we got back from him was this “story.” [...]
The fine folks at Tamiya America have decided they want to offer up some free shipping from their online store on orders over $50. The deal is only good through the 29th, so hurry up and get to buying. Check out the Tamiya Online Store for more info.
Tamiya has an expensive drift machine for those of you that like driving sideways. The High-End Drifter features an all new mid-motor layout and two belt drive-train. It’s also loaded down with tons of carbon fiber, including a 2mm chassis and a twin vertical plate bracing setup that runs the lenght of the chassis. It’s also got [...]
Tamiya‘s finally showing off a real picture of their new FF03 Pro chassis. If you don’t know, the FF series are front motor, front wheel drive sedans. The new FF03 is a completely redesigned chassis, going from the monocoque frame chassis of the ff02 back to a tub style chassis with the battery running down the centerline of the chassis [...]
Another new car making it’s debut at the Shizuoka show is Tamiya‘s latest vintage F1 car. Modeled after the Wolf WR1, which started it’s career during the 1977 Forumla 1 season, Tamiya’s 1/1o scale version is a mash-up of their newer F104 chassis and their older, but still competitive F103 chassis. Among some of the distinctive features are extra large [...]
From the Shizuoka Hobby Show we see these new 1/32 scale Tamiya Mini 4wd Trucks, happily named “Jolly Joker” and “Sunny Shuttle“. These are the style that run on a closed track. You can see the guide bars on the front and rear. I bet they hall around there!
This could quite possibly be one of the coolest announcements of the last decade. ROAR is creating a new provisional racing class for 1/16 scale electric powered TANKS. That’s right. Tanks. Check out these additions to the ROAR rule book. Under section 5.3 5.3.1.9 – Scale tracked vehicles (tanks) powered by electric motors are a permanent demonstration class. They may be run [...]
Tamiya is giving away tickets for Friday’s festivities during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, being held in Long Beach, CA on April 16 – 18. Tamiya is a sponsor and exhibitor at the Grand Prix along with some other big names in r/c. Their name will be all over the track and they will be showing off all their [...]
Tamiya and Vintage RC fans rejoice! The Buggy Champ is being re-released to celebrate it’s 30th year anniversary. The re-release is faithful to the original, with metal parts and the trick trailing wishbone front suspension. A few tweaks have been made to make it perform better, but overall it will be arriving just as it first did in [...]
