Friday, December 8, 2006
The Tamiya MSXX Categories - Tamiya, Electric On Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
The Tamiya MSXX was shown for the first time at the Tamiya World Cup event held last month and it has been talked about a lot since. What we know is that it’s basically the same as the Rheinard edition but it it has been downgraded to have dual one-way units, steel screws and steel axles to make it more affordable. If you didnt know already, now you do.
Source: XRC [rc411.com]
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Viktor Wilck joins Tamiya Categories - Tamiya, Electric, On Road, Racing, Drivers - comments closed
Our Partners RC Forum have gotten the word that top Swedish International racer Viktor Wilck has left Team Xray to go race for Tamiya. According to the report on their site, Viktor will continue with current sponsors Much More and SMC Products.
Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]
Monday, November 20, 2006
2006 Tamiya World Championships, Japan Categories - Events, Tamiya, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Just a quick post to mention that last weekend the 2006 Tamiya World Championships were held at a large indoor exhibition hall in Shizouka, Japan. The annual event featured many different classes as well as many different nationality of racers, and Japanese website RC Car Trend were there and have results and lots of images from the race which you can view here.
Image: RC Car Trend [rct.jp]
Monday, October 30, 2006
2006 Asian Tamiya cup, Thailand Categories - Events, Tamiya, Electric, On Road, International, Racing - comments closed
Tamiya have a report on their site from their recent Asian cup that was held in Bangkok, Thailand in September. Staged in the centre of southeast Asia’s busiest shopping mall, the event not only attracted 104 racers from six countries but also large crowds of spectators, some 20,000 during the weekdays and over 50,000 on the weekend.
You can see more pictures after the jump… (more…)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Team Crest, TA05 mid mount conversion Categories - Tamiya, Electric On Road, Accessories, Products - comments closed
Our blogging comrads over at RCWorld.ch have given us the heads up on this mid motor conversion kit for the Tamiya TA05. Made by Japanese firm Team Crest, the conversion set provides all the bits necessary to mid mount your transmission and motor, which in turn creates space for a rear mounted saddle pack.
More pics after the jump… (more…)
