
Pro-Line & CRP Bumpers: Improved Function & Fashion!
The Pro-Line and CRP iconic dyeable white nylon bumper hop-ups for the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) R/C models not only improved the look of the Tamiya Frog (and sometimes the Subaru BRAT or Blackfoot) but ...
11 Jun 20256min

Beyond the Frog: Tamiya's Racing Championships
In the Golden Age of RC, Tamiya famously won the German national R/C buggy championship in a race where most of the cars that qualified for the finals were one model, the Frog. However since then, Tam...
10 Jun 202515min

The Importance of Getting the Frog's Front Arms Right
The Frog's distinctive double wishbone-type suspension assembly's durable steel radius arms joint serves as a crucial pivot and a primary locus for alignment that influences the front suspension's cas...
9 Jun 20257min

HOW-TO: Identify Causes and Fix Rear Axle Slop
In the Tamiya Grasshopper, Hornet, Grasshopper II, and Super Hornet, it is not unusual for rear axle slop to develop over time. We look into how to diagnose the performance draining conditions and mos...
8 Jun 20258min

The T-Tool: The Iconic 4-Way or Cross Box Wrench History
The four-way box wrench or cross wrench has become synonymous with ready controlled vehicles and most especially Tamiya. However this t-tool didn't even come with Tamiya's original RC cars. We take a ...
7 Jun 202515min

Are CVDs Necessary in the HotShot Family of RC Cars?
The HotShot family of radio controlled buggies comes with dog-bones, but are CVDs (constant velocity driveshafts) or UJs (Universal Joints) an appropriate hop-up on the HotShot, HotShot II, Super HotS...
6 Jun 20256min

What is Binding and How to Fix it?
What causes hex drives, dog-bones, UJs (universal joints), and CVDs (constant velocity driveshafts) to bind in radio controlled vehicles? We take a deep dive into this problem and the solution in this...
5 Jun 20256min

The Evolution of R/C Car Wheel Connectors
When the Tamiya HotShot radio controlled buggy debuted, it came with an all new type of wheel connector that stuck around for the entire line of the HotShot family (HotShot, HotShot II, Super HotShot,...
4 Jun 20257min



















