
To Paint the Windows or to Not Paint the Windows? That is the Question
As you finish building your R/C buggy, it's time to paint the body shell. But do you paint the rear window? And if it has a windscreen/windshield in the front and a space above it that you cut out, do...
7 Aug 20256min

The Tamiya Electric Handy Drill: A Great Tool for Hop-Ups that Needs Hop-Ups Itself!
The Tamiya Electric Handy Drill model kit is great for hop-ups that require you to make a hole in your R/C model vehicle chassis, such as many AmPro Engineering hop-ups. However, first you have to bui...
6 Aug 20257min

Power to the People: Alternate Placement of the Power Switch
The vintage Tamiya Frog instructed builders to attach the power switch to the rear window of the R/C buggy, causing massive issues for bashers and racers. However the hobbyists, hobby shops, and radio...
5 Aug 20256min

Why do Some Tamiya R/C ReRes Come on Completely Different Chassis?
Many of Tamiya's rere (re-release) R/C model vehicles have been reissued with entirely different chassis than the ones their vintage release originally came with. We dig deep into this mystery of why ...
4 Aug 20256min

HOW-TO: Paint Chrome Details on Your R/C Model Vehicles
How do you get perfect chrome on your R/C model vehicles? Airbrushing, markers, powders, inks, paints, glosses, polishes, foils, clear coats, etc. all claim to be the best solution, but they cannot al...
3 Aug 20258min

Should you Combine Ball Diffs with Carbon Fiber Gearboxes and Support Tensioners?
It is often said to fix the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis gearbox flex you either need to install either the MIP Super Ball Diff (Differential) or the RcAiDong Carbon Fiber Gearbox Plates or the Skib...
2 Aug 20258min

The Super Sabre v Thunder Shot Problem of 1987 and 2022/2023
In 1987, the last member of the 1/10th scale HotShot 4WD R/C buggy family came out... ....but not in a vacuum. Along with it, radio control model hobby shops also received the first of a new generatio...
1 Aug 20255min

Anytime Baby! The Wild Story of Tail Wing Mottos on Tamiya R/C Model Buggies
Say, "No Guts, No Glory!" to an R/C buggy enthusiast and they think of the Frog. Say, "Being Nuts is Neat!" And the same be radio control model hobbyist will think of the Avante. Where did Tamiya come...
31 Jul 20254min



















