New wheels /tires setup for vintage buggies?! (From shizuoka hobby show)

[Sogogi 3333]

Was just browsing instagram and saw the post from tamiya jp.

Bunch new cars.. but hornet and frog caught my eye thinking why are those displayed?

And realized their tires are different. Rally block and rock block tires ?!

[GreatDane 70]

The wheels on the Frog and Hornet are most likely these 1.9" mounted with Tamiya rally Block tires on the front.

Not sure what rear tires are mounted at the rear, though. 

 

[Sogogi 3333]

28 minutes ago, GreatDane said:

The wheels on the Frog and Hornet are most likely these 1.9" mounted with Tamiya rally Block tires on the front.

Not sure what rear tires are mounted at the rear, though. 

 

I just saw another photo and rear wheel is indeed new touring car wheels..

[Superluminal 3841]

The rear tyres may be the BB01/BBX ones in that case as they are fitted on standard 26mm touring car wheels

[Willy iine 18823]

Kind of make sense since most (some?  just me?)  folks drive their off-roaders in front of their house where they drive on the street and sidewalks too.

[Wooders28 4857]

12 hours ago, Sogogi said:

Bunch new cars.. but hornet and frog caught my eye thinking why are those displayed?

JC are doing 2.2" vintage look wheels with Modelsport, for modern rubber (these fox ones, plus hotshot / egress), so maybe doing some weldstar look for the hornet/frog?

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/jc-racing-products-tamiya-2wd-fox-gold-chrome-4--1339720 

 

The range of 2.2" -

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/wheels-tyres-9960/wheels-996015/jc-racing-products/22?

[Sogogi 3333]

46 minutes ago, Wooders28 said:

JC are doing 2.2" vintage look wheels with Modelsport, for modern rubber (these fox ones, plus hotshot / egress), so maybe doing some weldstar look for the hornet/frog?

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/jc-racing-products-tamiya-2wd-fox-gold-chrome-4--1339720 

 

The range of 2.2" -

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/wheels-tyres-9960/wheels-996015/jc-racing-products/22?

Maybe a dumb question…

is JC racing same as J concept?

[Wooders28 4857]

6 minutes ago, Sogogi said:

Maybe a dumb question…

is JC racing same as J concept?

JC racing are a British company , so I don't think so (but you never know 🤷‍♂️).

[Wooders28 4857]

On 9/29/2023 at 5:26 AM, Sogogi said:

Bunch new cars.. but hornet and frog caught my eye thinking why are those displayed?

Looking like they are the tamiya option part 'touring car' wheels , as above.

https://tamiyablog.com/2023/09/first-video-of-the-tamiya-booth-at-the-61st-all-japan-model-hobby-show-2023/?fbclid=IwAR09SrYu073rzeFBczXhn3USlM3xnQ8NwfgIsjKqbT85GEXgm7kfs21WHCE