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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 168
- Years Active
- 2025
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 generati…
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 com…
What are the Most Popular Colors to Paint the Tamiya Frog?
Box art dictates that the Tamiya (Mighty) Frog is painted pink, white, and black. (Although box art shows a red helmet for the driver, the vintage directions say a blue helmet for the driver, and the…
What is the CRP ORV Chassis Stiffener for the BRAT, Frog, Blackfoot, Super Beetle, etc.
The CRP (Custom Racing Products) #3043 ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) Chassis Stiffener for the BRAT, Frog, Blackfoot, and Super Beetle, is more than a replacement skid plate, but also an integral hop-up tha…
HOW-TO: Fix Mismatched R/C Electronics Connectors
Often when you buy an ESC (Electronic Speed Controller) for your radio controlled vehicle, you get a Dean's connector T-plug, but your battery may have a Tamiya plug connector or a different type of …
Hopper to Rocket: The History of Speed Running the Tamiya Grasshopper
[NOTE: This was recorded before the completion of Poor Boys RC Summer 2025 Speed Run Challenge announced in June]
The Tamiya Grasshopper 2WD R/C buggy is an icon and a legend that originally topped o…
Why are the Pro-Line and CRP ORV Hop-Up Bumper Exactly the Same?
The Pro-Line and CRP (Custom Racing Products) dyeable white nylon bumper have both been called a "must-have" Hop-Up for the Frog and other ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis R/C model vehicles. However, …
What is the History of the ORV Chassis and it's Many Colors?
The ORV chassis is an icon in the R/C hobbyist community. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive we dig into this legendary radio controlled model chassis and its history supporting many of Tamiya's rad…
Fixing All Front End Slop in the HotShot Family of 4WD R/C Buggies
The HotShot family (HotShot, SuperShot, HotShot II, Bigwig, Boomerang, Super Sabre, HotShot 2 Blockhead Motors Edition, and Super HotShot) of 4WD radio controlled buggies were a revolution for Tamiya…
Are Grasshopper and Hornet Shock Brace Bars the Real Deal?
OC Racing, Option No. 1, and other 3rd party aftermarket R/C hop-up manufacturers make bars that go between the top and bottom rear shock mounts on the Tamiya Grasshopper, Hornet, Grasshopper II, and…
CA Super Glue vs Clear Silicon Sealant for Tire Glueing
R/C hobby grade CA (cyanoacrylate) glue or super glue has been the standard adhesive for tires to seal to modern one-piece wheels. However, recently, in the vintage radio controlled model vehicle hob…
Why Aluminum Knuckles for the HotShot 4WD Family of R/C Buggies?
Aluminum steering knuckles are often considered a must-have first hop-up for the vintage and rere (re-release) HotShot Family of R/C buggies (HotShot, HotShot II, SuperShot, Boomerang, Bigwig, Super …
Team Associated Green Slime, Black Grease, and Stealth Diff Lube
AE (Associated Electronics), creators of the RC10, RC12, and RC100, are R/C model competitors of Tamiya, but many loyal Tamiya fans find themselves using Team Associated FT (Factory Team) Green Slime…
HOW-TO: Use Tamiya PS Pearl Spray Paints Correctly
Tamiya's PS spray paints are for Lexan (polycarbonate) radio control vehicle body shells. However, with Pearl paints being a more transparent paint, should it always be the first layer applied, it ca…
The Superiority of the (Mighty) Frog Over Other Vintage & Rere 2WD R/C Buggies
The (Mighty) Frog was first made by Tamiya in 1983. In 1984 Tamiya came out with the Grasshopper, then the Hornet. A decade later they manufactured the Grasshopper II and the Super Hornet. However, e…
The Many Evolutions of the Grasshopper/Hornet Chassis
The original Grasshopper, which shares it's chassis with the Hornet, had 3 different chassis sib-models during it's original vintage run of manufacturing. The Grasshopper II/Super Hornet saw similar …
HOW-TO: Build a Grasshopper II into a Rock Hopper
Since the Tamiya Grasshopper II 1/10th scale R/C buggy has 1.9" wheels, the best way to build a square set-up is to use Tamiya's own Hornet Large Diameter Wheels and Rock Block tires to make an off-r…
HOW-TO: Fix White Stress Lines in Your R/C Model Chassis
Your gently drive a screw in your radio controlled vehicle's chassis or gearbox and those white lines appear. You now have those horrible stress marks and you know it's not good. How did it happen an…
HOW-TO: Fix Lexan (Polycarbonate) Body Shell Cutting Mistakes
You are carefully cutting out your polycarbonate body so that you can paint it with your choice of PS paints. But then your hobby knife slips and you cut a line or make a hole in the shell, tearing a…
Should You Grease Your Gearbox Where it Connects to Your Chassis?
Vintage, classic, and rere (re-release) radio controlled buggies like the Grasshopper, Hornet, Grasshopper II, Super Hornet, Rising Fighter, etc. have a pivot point at the back of the bottom of the c…