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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2025 2:58 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

Few months ago I found a Nikko Hurricane on German classifieds for cheap.
It runs and drives, but not on full power.
I have to clean every mechanical part just to be sure, before some major work like electro motor change.

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It looks cool, has 4WD and is a serious toy, not a true hobby grade RC toy.
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2025 12:50 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

Love that vanagon!
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 6:34 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

I've posted these elsewhere, but I've been playing with the Tamiya VWs lately. I 3D printed a Bay Window, and most recently put a Kamtec Vanagon Body on a Tamiya Lunchbox.


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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2025 4:30 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

Anyone got a Jeep XJ model car to post photos of??? I want to see that please, thank you!!!
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2025 3:21 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

kingkarmann wrote:
My only RC
Tamiya Karmann Ghia


A real beaut! Cool
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2025 3:06 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

Looks great! You did a nice job painting it
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2025 2:42 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

My only RC
Tamiya Karmann Ghia
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2025 7:13 am    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

My 1970 and 1971 VWs are radio controlled. Whenever I hear James Bond chase music or spaghetti western music on its cassette/radio, it speeds up !!!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 6:27 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

Very cool. I love the removable sunroof on the OG body. I was running the Grasshopper and Hornet in the 80s. Couldn't afford a Scorcher or Rough Rider! Laughing
My only regret about the 2012 ReRe is not getting the optional differential to run on pavement.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:47 am    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

That battery from Amazon was around $50 just a couple of months ago. This is my original body from '82. Probably has 10 layers of paint on it. I busted the front fender so I trimmed them all.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:21 am    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

shano63 wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0043RNCR4?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I bought this one. I did buy the lipo for the rough rider. It has a different esc in it for the lipo battery. IMO the lipo is much better. I'm trying to get an updated esc and battery for the SS but I'm having trouble finding the battery.
https://www.rcplanet.com/am-arrowmax-tamiya-dancin...94/p765798
https://www.rcplanet.com/protek-rc-tamiya-to-tstyl...25/p704723
https://www.rcplanet.com/ecopower-electron-li32-ac...04/p698674

Car looks great...don't know how you're running without a front bumper! That nose piece would've been destroyed by now if it was mine. Lol


Thanks for that.

Photo was just a beauty shot from when I first built the car years ago. I put the bumper on to run it and it's definitely a little "scorched" up now!
I bought a second body kit so I have spares of all the little goodies. One day I'll build a "show" body and keep the other for the runner.
I had to build my own hump pack but the soldering on the top cell was a bit janky and the thing eventually died.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:23 am    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0043RNCR4?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I bought this one. I did buy the lipo for the rough rider. It has a different esc in it for the lipo battery. IMO the lipo is much better. I'm trying to get an updated esc and battery for the SS but I'm having trouble finding the battery.
https://www.rcplanet.com/am-arrowmax-tamiya-dancin...94/p765798
https://www.rcplanet.com/protek-rc-tamiya-to-tstyl...25/p704723
https://www.rcplanet.com/ecopower-electron-li32-ac...04/p698674

Car looks great...don't know how you're running without a front bumper! That nose piece would've been destroyed by now if it was mine. Lol
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 7:42 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

shano63 wrote:
I semi retired earlier this year and have been trying to keep myself busy, I've been getting back into lego and these RC cars. I still have my original sand scorcher from 1982. I bought the re-release back in 2012 and just bought the buggy champ. I put a sport tuned 540 into the sand scorcher and just finished painting the buggy champ. I forgot how fun these cars are.


Nice! Cool
Any thoughts on where I can get a NiMH battery pack that will fit inside my 2012 Scorcher? I don't want to go LiPo.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 8:56 am    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

Yep they are an absolute blast! I don't run mine too much anymore, but used to run them at an indoor track in Okinawa "RC Paradise".

The left is the Tamiya '67 bug, center Sand Scorcher and right one is a Cox Buggy with a Tamiya frog chassis.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:41 pm    Post subject: Re: R/C Cars Reply with quote

I semi retired earlier this year and have been trying to keep myself busy, I've been getting back into lego and these RC cars. I still have my original sand scorcher from 1982. I bought the re-release back in 2012 and just bought the buggy champ. I put a sport tuned 540 into the sand scorcher and just finished painting the buggy champ. I forgot how fun these cars are.


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^Doooo it, you won't regret it! When I was a teenager I helped my dad with restoring our old house (built in 1882). For a long while there we had tons of sheetrock in our basement so I decided to take 6 pieces, and tape/mud them into a smooth surface. I then used pvc for the walls of the track, and hot glued them in place. I can't count how many hours my buddies and I spent racing our Kyosho Mini Z's around that track. We even began to make a racing groove from driving so much. DO IT!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just got my 6 year old boy a losi micro 1/36
lots of fun.

My wife is getting me the same one for fathers day.

I hope to clear some space in the basement and make a track.
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I just got this losi 4x4 SCT. Some local racer owned it and it is totally bad ass!!!! A lot of fun to drive
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The mini RS4 was the car to have when it came out. It put up against BRP's, Kyosho Mini Z's, when it came to smaller-than-12th scale cars it was the hottest ticket. That little car rocked the r/c world... not quite like the T-Maxx, but it rocked it. Shit, they still rock!
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HPI Nitro mini RS4, Xpress Roadrunner and GTO 962, JrX2
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