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Frog Antenna Orientation
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to Live Steam Mad's topic in Vintage Tamiya Discussion
But....if you look at a Vintage (Original Manual), the loops are Horizontal in the manual. -
By the way, the Mona Lisa, sitting on the shop floor, is awesome, and ironic. LOL
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Make one.....a block of wood, a couple nails, some black paint, a pin for antenna.
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Do you have a mini Transmitter to sit on the Work Bench along with the Mini Grasshopper? Great Shop, btw.
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Just received a batch of new Spiked Rear Tires. This latest batch (plus the 2 set of tires in my 2019 re-re Hornet and Frog) have unevenly molded rear tires....one sidewall is significantly thicker and stiffer, than the other side. From 2 dozen pairs, most of them show this un-equal molding. (Only A few, seem to be normal).
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Tamiya 58678 - Comical Avante (GF-01CB)
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to Grastens's topic in General discussions
I'd like a set of the spike rear tires for my Comical Frog.....here are mine and Lady Friend racing in the backyard.....lol -
By the way, I enjoyed your article on the RC Memories. With regards to the Frog images, your article shows the CVDs in the Re-Re....that is a mistake. Both my 2005 ReRe Japan, and 2019 ReRe Philippines have Dog Bones (not the CVD....that was offered as an option) So far, I've found that the spacing on the front suspension stays is slightly different compared to the ReRe.....one is slightly narrower. I will measure and post (when I get around to it) Also, I've noticed the rear arm stays, they are cut (stamped) from a different direction on the original, compared to the Re. Again, will update more later.
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One of the front wheel centers are Backwards. FYI
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Tamiya's...Made in Japan?
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to fullspectrum's topic in Re-Release Discussions
Bought a couple ReRe Frogs in 2005, Japan. Just bought a couple more ReRe Frogs this week 2019, Philippines. My 1985 Frog (original) Japan. -
Tamiya 58044 mitsubishi pajero
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to Hobgoblin's topic in Vintage Tamiya Discussion
Nice job on the ESC recasing, and rebuilding the battery. Going to hang a dummy resistor on the back? -
Tamiya 58044 mitsubishi pajero
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to Hobgoblin's topic in Vintage Tamiya Discussion
On another note, I am bashing a New ReRe Lunchbox....going to "lower" it to Original Pajero ride height.....then graph the Lift Kit onto a Grasshopper.....maybe put in a LeMans 240S Brushless........Parts are so much cheaper now, with the ReRes compared to what we had to pay for parts as kids in the 80's. -
Tamiya 58044 mitsubishi pajero
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to Hobgoblin's topic in Vintage Tamiya Discussion
Those original Pajero chassis used to break all the time back in the 80's when we bashed in the street in front of the house. That front hinge, one hit, bam....broken again. My friend became really good at swapping out the chassis.....kept breaking the nose tab off. On another note, Upside Down oil shocks don't work right.....once a little bit of oil works past the O-rings, air gets in..... -
Frog frame, vintage versus re re
Ernie^s BadAss Airplane Co replied to bowtiehorses's topic in Re-Release Discussions
Front Pressed Metal Stays are different, the measurement in the opening is narrower. -
Forgot to mention, Original Vintage tire shorter, approx 72mm. But this is my easiest way to check for the difference, pushing on the top of the tire, the Re-Re are stiff, but the Original Vintage are SOFT. Very Soft. Shown here, I am pushing on the two tires with equal pressure....... I noticed this main difference when I squeezed the tire on my 80's Grasshopper, and the tire on my Re-Re Frog.... The best way I can describe it.....the soft tire, comparable to a foam steering wheel grip on a Futaba Transmitter, compared to a Rubber Grip. As far as the Wheels are concerned, people have already described the New wheels as "Bright White". (Too bad I no longer have all my old dinged up wheels). If the set are still new on the trees, the old/vintage wheels say "1/10 RC VW BUGGY", and are off white/vintage white color. If you have the screw package, the 2mm nuts are brass. (ReRe are Silver) I post some finding on the Rear Spiked tires.