Comments on: Tamiya Frog (1983)

By: Andrew E Hommert

Andrew E Hommert — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:01:12 +0000

I just finished building my new frog. It is the same model from 1983 with a few upgrades from Tamiya. I like the new esc way better than the old mechanical ones I had to work with in the 80′s. I have been away from this hobby for over 25 years. It is unreal what has happened to this hobby while I have been away. The remote that I’m running is a 4pks only the very best will do. There is another subject I can’t belive how far remotes have come from when I use to play with these things. Battries that is a new subject altogether lets try nicad. Those battries are so old I didn’t know that there were lipo batteries out there. I don’t use lipo yet I started with somthing easy nimh battery.

By: Andrew Hommert

Andrew Hommert — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:49:32 +0000

I just got mine last week brand new I will berunning full bearings on it. This is the same car I had 25 years ago. It will be controled by futaba 4pks. Not many poeple want to put a car together like it was 25 years ago. There is too much RTR stuff out there.

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:06:34 +0000

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?

By: Cody Bennett

Cody Bennett — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:43:49 +0000

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

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:55 +0000

Your best bet for this kind of stuff is ebay or tamiyaclub.com (trades section)

By: bruce

bruce — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:07:02 +0000

where can you buy an old but new TAMIYA 1983 ORIGINAL FROG KIT 58041