The Tamiya Frog was one of Tamiya’s early plastic buggies that marked the end of the “heavy metal” era of off-road RC vehicles.
The Frog also made a departure from the hard plastic bodies of their other off-roaders, like the Rough Rider and the Sand Scorcher, and instead used a vacuum-formed polycarbonate body.
Box are illustrates a rather unusual chassis design that eventually made its way into a number of other kits. Other box photos highlight components, features and layout of the Frog.
This is an original Frog built from new parts. Tamiya has since re-released the Frog and it is a faithful reproduction of the original. The re-released version has a more effecient electronic speed controller instead of the original Frog’s mechanical unit.
Close-ups of some of the chassis detail highlight the unusual cantelever rear independent suspension and robust front suspension. Mechanical speed controller is standard Tamiya fare as is the silver can RS540 motor.
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Originally posted 2008-02-12 12:27:53.
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where can you buy an old but new TAMIYA 1983 ORIGINAL FROG KIT 58041
Your best bet for this kind of stuff is ebay or tamiyaclub.com (trades section)
Dude I got one of those. Mine had the Parma chenoweth racing team body. It is currently going threw some rebuilding, I got it off this old man and he said he fix the speed controler but it doesn’t work and the front tire has a hole in the side wall so I’m fixing it a little at a time. If you can could you e-mail me some tips on my frog thank you.~Cody
Tamiya has re-issued the Frog, so you can get replacement tires easily and cheaply off of sites like ebay. What other tips are you looking for?