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Build Day – My fingers hurt – Tamiya F104v2

I’ll be honest, I haven’t really built a kit in a long time. So when I sat down today to start the build of the Tamiya F104v2, I got pretty excited. Tamiya F1 bodies are insanely detailed and I started with the body...

Delivery! Tekin Power For Issue #2

We’re hard at work on VRC_002 and we needed some power for a couple of review cars. So we opted to get Tekin to send over an RX8 for our Axial EXO review, and and RS to pimp out our Tamiya Avante Black Edition! We also go...

Tamiya Scissorhands

Tamiya bodies are beautiful! It seems that everything their mold maker touches turns into miniature art. Their bodies are far superior to anything within the industry when it comes to detail. But, sometimes this attention to de...

How Did We End Up Here???

It seems like only yesterday that I was emailing Mike Velez about writing for him in Xtreme RC Cars Magazine. I wasn’t even a writer, and my plate was already too full with starting xxx main Racing, but I got in, and all of a...

TRF419XR – Nice Tamiya Plug

TAMIYA TRF419XR The latest iteration of Tamiya’s high-end Touring chassis got some minor tweaks focused on increasing corner speed and steering response. A mature class like this doesn’t require many updates but spe...

HPI Racing Bullet ST 3.0

It’s not all about racing. Bash vehicles are hotter than the sun and this new truck from HPI looks interesting. It’s available as nitro or electric, monster or stadium truck bodies. Any version is 4WD and filled wit...

M.I.P…Let’s kick it! Pro4mance chassis for Losi SC

Don’t sweat the Vanilla Ice reference…we’re old like that. M.I.P has been quiet for years, but now has stirred up some new tricks with a lot of new products. The most surprising is a performance upgrade for th...

F1 Action at Tamiya Track

Velocity RC Magazine hits up the Tamiya USA Circuit in California to rip up their new breathtaking Formula One release; the F104 Version 2. This beauty combines scale, performance, and quality into a small package that will hav...