Tamtech Lamborghini Countach 1:12 unloved and hidden in an italian shoe box for nearly 20 years #56712
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56712: Tamtech-Gear Lamborghini Countach LP500S
Status: Other
Date: 9-Jun-2025
Comments: 8
Status: Other
Date: 9-Jun-2025
Comments: 8
Never run Tamtech Lamborghini Countach 1:12 unloved and hidden in an italian shoe box for nearly 20 years and now proud to have it as reading that this one is some people's all time favorite Tamiya rc car :-)
Glossy and shines like new, not even needed to dust it off, even if the first years it was a shelf queen between glass as the glass door broke while installation, I surely cleaned it before putting it in the shoe box. Body clipping system not easy at all and rear ride height has to be increased! RTR model, bought it when it came out at a great price, in my first collecor years, just to have a Tamtech again and I threw the RTR box away, what a pity, shame on me :-)
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original RTR electronics
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not easy to fit the body on it with this clip sys.
Comments
Beautiful car!
These Tamtech gear cars are great and underrated imo.
Thanks for sharing!
Best regards,
Rick
Nitrocrushy
Some nib Tamiya Tamtech F1 cars will follow soon in my showroom. As a Tamtech Gear, I could have bought the green Porsche Vaillant from a seller I bought 10 rc cars in 2 night sessions at his home, but I did not, very big mistake and for 50 quid it would have been a bargain even if there was perhaps some moisture on it. I now decided that I want the other 3 of the series too but I have time, no hurry! Thanks for liking Tamtechs
scoobybooster
These are nice to look at, but not particularly Tamiya-like. That's why they're cheap as chips and largely spurned by collectors. Perhaps a little more desirable in another30 years' time...
Nitrocrushy
@scoobybooster: I partly agree. They are nice to look on, they once were cheap, they already aren't and become collectors, chassis is nicer as I first thought, is definately Tamiya like, black plastic and it is 1:12 which was the very beginning of Tamiya RC so a little nostalgic playing too, hope you are still right that they are cheap as chips, as I want the other 3
Thanks for walking by
Torhaantje
Actually, there were 5 cars:
Porsche 934 Jägermeister
Porsche 934 Vaillant
Porsche 935 Martini
Lamborghini Countach
Ferrari 250 gto
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I have them all and I think that they are very much Tamiya: ingenious bodymounting system, battery changement without removing the body, cantilever inboard front shocks, ball diff, CVD's etc etc.....
Also they are lovely to drive and a joy to watch.
I have the Porsche 935 fitted with a sport tuned motor, 3 racing oil filled shocks, CVD's, wheels/tires and led lighting: imo it doesn't come much closer to what Tamiya stands for: over enginered and very, very scale.
Just my two cents,
Best regards,
Rick
Nitrocrushy
@Rick. Thanks so much for correcting my error even if I perhaps just would purchase 1 x the Porsche 934, as I have acquired a nib vintage static 1:12 Porsche Jägermeister kit from the 70ies. And there was one Ferrari GTO I decided not to buy after lots of nights of overthinking. The transparent gearbox was interesting, I do not know what brand this was, for the rest I think lots of 3 Racing. I have many problems with the body installment. My understanding: First click in the rear, then the sides and at last the front, or was it the front first, then the sides and ... no the rear in the end is impossible, so back, thenm sides, then the front. Is that correct or what is the trick please. You seem to reallyhave lots more expertise
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Torhaantje
Well, I am no expert, believe me. ??
The bodyshell of the countach is the trickiest because of the white side attachement.
For the rear I always use a pair of needlenosed pliers.
But remember: you can leave the body on once you dialed in the car: the battery changing is a breeze from underneath.
I hope you will be able to collect the other cars!
Best regards,
Rick
Nitrocrushy
@Torhaantje: Thanks for this new information, of course I was not aware that not all other Tamtech GT-01's have the white (or black or whatever color) side attachments. If you want to be my first friend here on Tamiyaclub, be my guest. I have no idea how to ask, I only know that our interaction ist the longest and most informative so far, and I rate your knowledge lots higher than mine
As it is the trickiest, I am not so sad now as I needed 5 minutes and 3 tryouts and was sceptic and afraid as I had to use some force in the end, what I really avoid in any case. I leave the body on, I won't change anything, I have to solder a battery pack as there was no batteries in my RTR set and that could be the reason why I did not remember ever having driven 1 meter with it around 2006 or 2008 when I bought it. Regards. Nitrocrushy PS: I think you find my youtube channel in the description somewhere and 1 video is at the main page of Tamiyclub for over 2 months and I can't understand why 
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