Classic Tamiya

Ben's Classic Tamiya R/C Car Home Page

The purpose of this web page is to discuss Tamiya's discontinued classic remote control cars. The general consensus for classic Tamiya R/C cars are the first 100 cars produced by Tamiya. However, the real collectable ones are the first 50.

In this web site, I have posted images of orignial manuals, description of cars and comparison of different models.

When I was around 10, I dreamed of owning one of many Tamiya remote control cars. It was either financial or parental hinderance that always kept me from purchasing my dream car. My mom was shocked when I told her how much just the car cost. Not to mention the cost of radio, battery and charger. My typical toy cost the same as a battery charger! Now 21 years latter and after college, I have the means to buy the same original Tamiya cars that I wanted.

Here are my collection of Tamiya Cars. Yup, they are the exact same one that I fell in love with in my early years.

Featured Cars on this Site
Articles

Sand Scorcher Sale

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Link to other Tamiya Enthusiast Pages:

Classic R/C Discussion Board Started in 4/8/01, and now has up to 1000 hits a day. Most of the conversation centers around Tamiya.
Roby's Old Tamiya Database Great site. Instruction manuals online. Great to browse through.
Blazer Frazer- Lots of old rare NIB cars. Info on rebuild of 3 speed gearbox.
Tamiya R/C Collector Site- General description of collecting Tamiya cars.
Jerry Smith's Site- Many NIB cars for sale. Unfortunately, many good ones are gone.
Jimmy's R/C Car Warriors -Rare NIB cars like Yokomo YZ10 and Associate RC10
Matt's Site from Australia- Has NIB rare Yokomo yz870cSuper Dogfighter and RC10
Pandora Kiste Link with lots of factory photos and other photos. Many don't seem to work :( Big photo of Tamiya 100 though :)
Jojo's RC Webpage Tamiya tanks and newer cars
Theo's Quite a few pictures of old Tamiya cars from his collection
Darryns Retro RC- NIB cars and other brand cars. Lots of NIB pictures/
Old Tamiya RC.com- Lots of build RC cars
Sorreta R/C Models- Description of Sand Scorcher, Countach and others
RC Gold.com- Just a picture of the Sand Scorcher that is of interest
Kalfakis Hobbies- Athens Greece hobby store wth many old NIB kits for sale. Good ones are long gone.
Estefano's Page- Switzerland-Quite a few new cars.
Classic Tamiya.com-Little bit of old car information. Many links don't work
Bruisers- Tamiya Bruiser / Mountaineer page
Tamiya Only- Lots of pictures on old kits. This is a huge collection of new kits
Tamiya RC History from Austria site- Lots of historical photos from Austria's Tamiya site
Criticism on Tamiya Cars - Complains and complains about Tamiya R/C cars.
Toys for Boys- Good site. NIB S.S. R.R and other cars.