…and the day they went racing as slow Historics, against a friend’s Brushless Fantastic.
Author: R/C Toy Memories
Longtime collector of R/C model cars. And the sole owner and editor of R/C Toy Memories.
Identifying vintage Tamiya R/C spare parts
If you’re looking to restore a vintage Tamiya, here are some tips to help with identifying Tamiya’s original spare parts on eBay or elsewhere.
A better way to describe R/C kit variants
Categorizing “variants” of kit-based vintage R/C cars as “Mk1, Mk2, Mk3”, was never a good idea. So here’s a better suggestion.
Vintage R/C cars were once featured on a collectibles TV show
Remember when the Australian TV show “Collectors”, had a segment about vintage R/C car collecting? It was pretty great.
The era of the vintage hobby shop find
There aren’t many old hobby shops around anymore. And visiting those stores used to be fun, especially if you were lucky enough to find old stock.
Toyota’s full-size Tamiya Bruiser
A real car based on a Tamiya R/C car, would once have been unthinkable. Now, it’s a mainstream publicity stunt for Toyota.