
Tamiya's Secret Naming Strategies for Its R/C Model Vehicles
Why did Tamiya name their radio controlled model cars, buggies, trucks, vans, jeeps, busses, and tanks the way they did? How did they come up with the themes that they had in R/C model vehicle names a...
28 Sep 20255min

HOW-TO: Add a Driver Figure to the Neo Fighter Buggy DT-03
The Neo Fighter Buggy DT-03 (DT stands for Dirt Two-Wheel-Drive) a.k.a. the Neo Frog famously comes without a driver figure, as with the stock setup it cannot fit in the chassis. However there are sev...
27 Sep 20259min

The Lineage of the Fighter Series of R/C Buggies
From the vintage Fighter Buggy (a.k.a. Super Champ) to the modern Fighter NX Gen, Tamiya has loved its elite fighting buggies. We go over each of these fighting buggies including the spiritual predece...
26 Sep 20256min

What is the Proper Tool for Removing the Nylock Nut Off a Broken Axle?
While it seems like a Tamiya hobbyist craft tools needlenose pliers are the right job to hold an axle (that's fallen out of the knuckle in the upright), but it absolutely won't work, no matter how str...
25 Sep 20255min

No, Grasshopper Gears Do Not Work Properly in the Grasshopper II Gearbox
While you may find errant suggestions on some Tamiya R/C club forums that the GH1 (original Grasshopper) gears are a perfect replacement to GH2 (Grasshopper II) gears, this is a fatal error. In fact i...
24 Sep 20257min

Why and How Does the MIP Super Ball Diff Improves Steering so Much?
Many people install a MIP Super Ball Diff in their R/C model vehicle to prevent the gearbox from flexing, to help fix the problem of dog-bones popping out, or to enable the use of more powerful electr...
23 Sep 20256min

MIP Greases vs AE/FT Stealth Diff Lube and Black Grease
MIP makes a must-have hop-up for ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) Chassis R/C model vehicles like the Frog, Brat, Blackfoot, Super Beetle, etc. in the Super Ball Diff as well as ball differentials for other rad...
22 Sep 20255min

Why are ORV Chassis Front Axles Wider Than the Rear Axle?
One thing many R/C model hobbyists notice when building an ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis radio controlled model vehicle is the disparity in the axle lengths. Why did Tamiya do this? Did they do this ...
21 Sep 20255min



















