number 2:
original hilux/blazer frame
HG axles and gearbox
original hilux/blazer front bumper
parts from tamiya chevibody
10/13/2021 3:08:51 PM
Converting wild willy to 4x4
nicherotors
In a deliberate attempt to only use Tamiya parts and reduce the amount of cutting to the body a small number of adjustments were made to the...
6/1/2021 6:57:32 AM
Painting the avante interior
nicherotors
The futuristic jet cockpit really adds some magic and thought I'd share some of the extra details added....
11/14/2020 5:39:32 AM
Painting the holiday buggy interior
nicherotors
Not being a fan of my brush painting skills I tried to do as much as possible with the rattle cans....
10/27/2020 7:36:15 PM
Adjusting the wild willy 2 body mounts
nicherotors
Rather than snip the top of the body mounts off I thought it tidier to lower the height of the posts by cutting a section out from the middl...
5/7/2020 1:39:50 PM
Detailing the wild willy 2 grill
nicherotors
We all know a key difference between the current Wild Willy 2 and the original M38 is the grill but to make detailing easier, and given the ...
5/4/2020 4:39:59 PM
Painting wild willy.
netsmithUK
Got to start by saying this is not my advice or work. I've just reworked the tutorial that one of members, the talented Fabrizio wrote for u...
9/30/2019 2:55:40 PM
Detailing blitzer beetle
Tamiya Guy 79
Hi Guy's
Its that time of the week again where we grab a few minutes at the weekend to tinker with our Tamiyas.
I thought I'd share...
3/16/2019 10:31:58 AM
Cc01 cut brick / bash plate for homebrew
Mad Ax
[fig1]
I know this has pretty much been done to death, and this probably isn't the best CC01 bash plate guide out there, in fact it...
10/31/2018 7:28:49 AM
Mfc switches in fuel tank, part 2
Mad Ax
A belated update to this little project - I finished the fuel tank MFC switch house. Full details in this topic:
https://www.tamiy...
8/25/2018 7:14:27 AM
3d printed tpu tyres
pininy
Always wanted to make my own Tires design, finally with my 3D printer.
After tested TPU running not bad, but i think TPE 80A would...
8/13/2018 2:07:58 PM
Mfc switches in fuel tank, part 1
Mad Ax
This is something I'd been meaning to do for a while but haven't had the time thanks to work, family and other RC events needing work done. ...
8/8/2018 8:44:37 PM
Rear left offset solution
pininy
I have a few 787B body shells and recently bought one runner, my only runner. Found the left rear is too inwards... so drafted a 10mm offset...
8/8/2018 6:04:34 AM
Thundershot with 53200 one way unit
MadInventor
Detail of how I fitted a Tamiya 53200 one way unit into my Thundershot...
4/11/2018 5:57:12 PM
Yellow cva dampers dyed black
thetamiyakid
Wth the rerelease of the Top Force came the opportunity to replace some damaged rear dampers on an Avante 2001.
With the rears all ...
1/9/2018 11:41:38 PM
Yellow shocks made to work
Aurigarius
Every Tamiya modeler knows these yellow shocks, which featured in a lot of older Tamiya offroaders. I never liked them too much because they...
9/18/2017 2:12:44 PM
Body shop time
scollins
So I picked up this tattered lexan Kyosho nostalgic Cobra shell from eBay for a very reasonable price. It was hit really hard and torn up pr...
3/21/2017 12:42:35 AM
the original are soooo rare and tooooooo expensive!!! so i build my own ;-)
......between listen this real nice music ;-)
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3/16/2017 11:01:34 PM
How to build m05/06 oil filled gear diff from tamiya parts
ruebiracer
For the M05 and M06 there are luckily many aftermarket gear diffs available from 3-racing, Spec-R, Top Racing and now also Yeah Racing. Only...
3/7/2017 8:19:49 PM
Painting lights - the easy way
TWINSET
Read about this on a few sites, finally tried it a while ago - works great!
Red and orange sharpies - no masking tape, no overspray...
2/18/2017 11:27:14 PM