My parent bought me a used Wild One in 1987. Great memories with that thing. Especially enjoyed the looks on my friends faces when they raced me with their Turbo Hoppers lol.
Me too! Hex drive cups. Greased them then covered all in the rubber boot and zip tied it all down. Unfortunately my friend "borrowed" my original Wild One and stripped it for parts. I threw it away when I cleaned out my garage in 2009 not knowing I might have been able to get parts for it. I hate myself for that. My friend owes me the reproduction version! Man, I stared at the 1985 Tamiya Radio Control Guide Book for hours until Santa brought my Wild One and my brother's Grasshopper. I recall the FAV in 1985 was desert tan and not green. Fantastic channel! Thanks for the content.
I've wanted a Wild One since 1986 when a childhood friend of mine had one, and finally bought and built one (finished last night). Awesome kit, GREAT build, AMAZING CHANNEL!
And once again thank you for doing these videos We were talking about the golden age of Rc kits the other day and how it had died off to the lazy RTR era I honestly think your sites and influence has rejuvenated a new era of our hobbie
Great video. I bought a WO then put the plastic bonnet and driver figure on with the FAV wheels. Then applied the Shark Mouth decals which I prefer over the military style FAV. It sits lower than the WO and handles fantastic on smooth surfaces. The WO however looks amazing. Poss my favourite of all time. Great video as usual. Cheers.
I remember when I got my Blackfoot in '87 it used the hex-shafts at the back. The same as the Frog, Subaru Brat and the Monster Beetle. They used to round off over time no matter how well greased they were hence the change to dog bones on the ReRes. The Blackfoot came after the FAV and Wild One so I'd imagine they had the same shafts. I have fond memories of my Blackfoot and my first RC - a Hornet I got for Christmas in '86. They taught me a lot about the basics of mechanics and I loved tinkering with them as much as running them. Happy days!!
In 1986 myself, my best friend and his brother were all into Tamiya R/c’s. My best friend had the Grasshopper, his brother had the Hornet and I had the Wild One (I still have it in the loft, to many memories to get rid of it) my best friend and his brother both upgraded to 4WD Tamiya R/c’s; my best friend went with the Boomerang and I think his brother had the HotShot……great memories and so more since neither of them two are still with us…..😢
Great Video! My first RC- Car was the Ford Ranger XLT... I had a lot of fun with this car. And now it is still waiting in my Hobbyroom for restoration. ;-)
Recent subscriber Glenn. Built a Rough Rider in the the early eighties when laid up with a broken leg. Lots of parts but it was a good therapy. Keep up the good work.
I remember a few other things, the wild one had a dif and the avf did not. The axels where interchangeble with the Subaru brat. Which had the same drive and gear als the avf. I changed the dif out whit the gear from the brat/ avf to get more grip on the sand. Also changed the rear wheels out with the brat ones.
Great comparison. The original Wild One also ran hexes, same as the FAV. Although Tamiya used dog bones in the Hotshot and other 4WD buggies I don't think they started using dog bones in 2WD buggies until (I think) the Astute. Maybe a little earlier but I can't think of one... Most of the others either used these kind of hexes like the Frog, Brat and so on or other similar setups like the Fox and Falcon and others. 👍
Amazing, can u imagine the mold dies they had to make for them? I worked for tool-makers in the UK. Love to see those molds. Tamiya tool makers are the real heroes :D
The Wild One is the Tamiya buggy which you can picture yourself riding in if it were 1/1 scale. It was the last of the old school desert buggies. It’s release gave us one last look at a glorious era of crazy hombres flooring the pedal through unforgiving deserts in crazy VW beetle mash-ups.
First of Glen.... I’ve said it before... Those two models look very pretty. And yes they did come from the golden Era. Picking up on what you said... I would love it if you could maybe a little series on the first 100 Tamiya buggies. Showing pictures and maybe a bit of information....... Blimey that would keep you busy🤣🤣. And of course it would include the holiday buggy... Great for me👍👍.. Well done again Glen and as we are watching this in real time... Take care and stay safe
Darren Grimmer Excellent Darren your the second person to say that wound be an interesting video series, I’ll have to get onto that soon 😊👊🏻 As always my friend thanks for watching and stay safe
Good video again. I had a original wild one, looking at the comments below mine had the same battery setup as the rere. But it also had the hex driveshafts as per the original fav.
My first rc car was a WildOne, had it for ages. Eventually fitted a Parma Beatle shell to it. The Drive shafts were Hex's, fitted with those aweful rubber boots!
I think a look at the first 100 Tamiya cars would be great, split into 10 videos sounds like a great way of doing it...like you say, it is a fascinating timeline, I especially love the early days and the rudimentary technology used and how it has developed...
I do think these are two of the best looking buggy’s out there. More scale model rather than fighter jets with wheels. Wild one can take a bashing too (mine is having a tough life 😆).
Hi, My very 1st rc was a FAV, and not long after that i got a wild one which i still own today. Both had the same drive shafts that were actually call Half Shafts.
Great video Glenn…..love these two, have them both and now just added the Blockhead Motors version to the collection too🥰🥰🥰 Great job on the paint on the FAV too😍
Glenn, another informative and enjoyable video. I’m partial the the FAV, because of its military inspiration. Super jealous of them both and hope you’re staying sane being cooped up during these trying times.
I have an original Wild One. Hex driveshafts. They are really sensitive to the suspension droop and make a terrible clicking noise at full suspension downward travel. The original WO also had very weak damping in the shocks compared to yours. The car had a lot of lean and suspension motion, but it made the car grip pretty well until it ran out of travel. You can get the driver out by removing the front crossbar as well as the roof. Instead of unscrewing the roof from the front crossbar, just remove the screws from the crossbar to the main roll cage.
I always loved the Wild One my friend had one. Never got to race it against my Boomerang. Last year I worked in Baja and couldn’t believe that most of the Tamiya RC golden era cars were based on actual Baka racers. I took a photo of a car taking part that was identical to the wild one. Blew me away.
They are both cool buggies, but I like the Wild One! It just has a certain style to it! Thanks for sharing, it was cool to find out some of the history!
Very interesting video as I've always wondered what the difference's were.... I've just looked at pic's of my wild one 1985 and it has rails down the side?? It also has the wild one's battery tray so I know it ain't the fav .. I'm baffled now lol. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Mate what a beautiful pair! I have a Wild One to build and it's one of my favourite Tamiya's along with the FAV & Hotshot, Blitzer Beetle etc etc etc. You'll kill me for saying this but I wouldn't mind building a Wild One in the theme of an FAV! Please do a video on the Tamiya timeline! Thanks for a great video mate 👍🦘🇦🇺
Great Vid Glenn. Can you even imagine Holiday Buggy to Sand Rover differences, Grasshopper to Hornet, Brat to Frog, Blazer to Hi-lux, and on and on. No pressure dude, but you know what to do 😃
If I had the parts I wouldn't think twice about transplanting the oil filled dampers,dogbones,wheels but repainted onto the fast attack as I'm sure it would improve handling no end !!!
I used plastic glue to glue the arms on, works better than superglue. The stuff made to assemble plastic models. I think your tie rods problems on the Fast attack vehicle were due to the front arms, now that you say it. The short tie rods probably work with the original front arms. Not sure about it, but i think the originals had diffrent kind of Mechanical Speed Controler. Need to look into that. Your wild one is missing the spring tensioners / distance rings on the front. With them it sits higher on the front and has a little more positive suspension travel, but of course less negative travel. The original differential had problems because it had a weak plastic spacer, the rere manual suggests bronce bearing replacing the spacer which is more durable. What does your original manual say about the distance ring that is in the diff?
I am wrong: seems to be the same speed controler. On the Diff: originals have strange "bearing" parts W2 amd a distance part W3. ReRe has metal(bronce)bushing 850 instead of W3, and the standard nylon bushings, while these are scoffed at by evryone they are probably better than the W2 plastic parts. Wildone original had Hex driveshafts like the FAV.
I do like your vid’s takes me back to the late 70’s early 90’s which in my opinion was the best era for the Tamiya RC range! Was wondering is there a way to tell if a part from the above era is a genuine part or a re-re part? Especially with reference to the Sand Scorcher Ford Ranger etc.
love this video Glen , im just making up a list of Tamiya Kits to keep my eye out for and these two are on it , although been collecting some Kyosho Kits Lately trying to put together the legendary series so far ive got 6 of them so not doing to bad i got 3 to go so totally chuffed tbh only need the two turbo's and the Javelin to have the whole series collection and all have been NIB kits as i want the pleasure of the building them too as thats half the fun , cheers glen no doubt ill be going through some more fab videos you have done cheers bud:-))
From memory the original Wild One had hex drive shafts. A mate of mine had one and he was forever having problems with them popping out or just not getting drive from the gear box. Don't know if it's the way he built it or a fault, but the rear trailing arms seemed to push out too much and the drive shafts would come out. I nearly bought a re-release of this car but couldn't find out whether the drive shafts had changed so didn't bother. Would still love one though as it's my favourite car, closely followed by the Fox.
Great comparison Glenn. If you want to be sure the arms on the driver figure stay on, try MEK - way better than super glue as is melts to the ABS plastic together for the strongest possible bond. Way better than super glue for this type of application.
I would really love to see the top 100 video! I found the history of Tamiya plastic models on YT but there doesn't seem to be anything for RC. Going in depth about the history and your thoughts on each model would be awesome.
Very interesting Glenn. Both stunners. With my FAV I left the bottom of in bare plastic because I expected the paint to scratch off. I prefer the FAV battery cover because it protects the battery and it's also a flatter surface to skid over rough ground. I've never had the Wild One but I'm guessing it's a better runner with less to fall off !
hi glenn love you videos you are missing two red collars on the front shocks on the top of the springs not sure if you know any way many thanks for you videos again cheers
@@TAMIYALegends thanks again for your videos mate there are probably helping a lot of people right now get throw what is going on in the world keep up the good work 👍👍
My first car was the fAV in 84. I raced (and lost) my friends frog nearly daily for over a year. I must've done record mileage. My biggest issue was chewing through hex's
I had the Falcon and the Wild One in the day. The Wild One was sooo slow on stock motor...but on TechniGold it would rip. I have been rebuilding my collection and am the proud owner of 3 Falcons 1 unmade NIB, 1 mint and one fair to good. I also have the rere Hotshot and Blitzer Beetle and have just purchased an original Wild One....when I win the lottery I will get the 959. I would love to see a rere Falcon
I was wondering myself what the difference between them were. I have the 2011 re-re FAV and once had the 1984 FAV which got me started into the hobby. The hex drive shafts were getting round and binned the whole car unfortunately, did it for the Hot Shot, Blackfoot and The Hornet, binned them all. It would have been nice if you used a scale to compare the weight difference between the cars and parts. Was looking into the Wild One (58525) but they are rare now and expensive. Hope Tamiya will re-issue the car again….Keep up the good work !
Again another enjoyable video, must admit the Wild One would be more driver friendly, where the FAV. One good hit and I think it would be in pieces. Still like thinking back to the good old days👊🏻👊🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Great stuff as always my friend. Do you know if there was ever a race series that included the Wild One? It’s definitely a more of a drivers car and is significantly more refined. I can’t say I was a lover of either one and went for a second-hand Hornet then a Falcon as my first buggies to race with my mates. They seemed much more configurable and sturdy. I was lucky that my mates had Grass Hoppers, Rough Riders and the loathsome Striker, so I could dump all over them on the track 😬
Glen my friend! You have done a boss paint job on your Tamiya FAV But,.. when you painted your olive drab colour? on the parts, did you clear coat the painted parts with either,.. gloss,satin, or matt acrylic spray clear coat? if you haven't , or didn't clear coat them, it will chip and rubb the paint. Painted plastic needs a clear coat to protect and toughen the painted surface. it's just that i heard you mention that the paint is always chipping or rubbibg off when you handle the vechile. Also, that it frustrates you when this happens. Clear coat won't harm your paint job,or decals. infact it will benefit that nice paint job for many years, without the worry of the paint coming off. Wasn't sure if you had clear coated the model or not. You didn't mention clearcoating on your video.
Never really thought about the FAV and the Wild One as cars that appealed to my taste until you presented them on youtube. I now know they do.. And I really can't decide between them. That paint job of yours looks stunning on the FAV! Would the battery cover underneath of the the Wild One suit the FAV?
use a hard plastics glue, ive used that on the wild willy figure , it melts the plastic also when it goes off you can use it to fill the gaps.. this glue wont work on all the plastics as its the wrong type of plastic.
I would go back in time just for the RC hayday! Note to self, bring more money for a silver tuna bigwig😍. I do prefer the FAV look. I would put a fav body and wheels on the wo guts and run AND jump her😁 making shooting noises every jump🙃
My parent bought me a used Wild One in 1987. Great memories with that thing. Especially enjoyed the looks on my friends faces when they raced me with their Turbo Hoppers lol.
My original wild one had hex drives, can remember greasing them like it was yesterday even though it was 35 years ago
AL
Excellent thanks buddy 😎👊🏻
Me too! Hex drive cups. Greased them then covered all in the rubber boot and zip tied it all down. Unfortunately my friend "borrowed" my original Wild One and stripped it for parts. I threw it away when I cleaned out my garage in 2009 not knowing I might have been able to get parts for it. I hate myself for that. My friend owes me the reproduction version! Man, I stared at the 1985 Tamiya Radio Control Guide Book for hours until Santa brought my Wild One and my brother's Grasshopper. I recall the FAV in 1985 was desert tan and not green. Fantastic channel! Thanks for the content.
@@TAMIYALegends
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I've wanted a Wild One since 1986 when a childhood friend of mine had one, and finally bought and built one (finished last night). Awesome kit, GREAT build, AMAZING CHANNEL!
devnull128
Thanks so much for your kind words my friend 🤩👊🏻
And once again thank you for doing these videos
We were talking about the golden age of Rc kits the other day and how it had died off to the lazy RTR era I honestly think your sites and influence has rejuvenated a new era of our hobbie
Neil Fastfreddie Anderson
I agree Neil, our hobby feels really strong right now 👊🏻
As always thanks for watching my friend 🤩
Great video. I bought a WO then put the plastic bonnet and driver figure on with the FAV wheels. Then applied the Shark Mouth decals which I prefer over the military style FAV. It sits lower than the WO and handles fantastic on smooth surfaces. The WO however looks amazing. Poss my favourite of all time. Great video as usual. Cheers.
Gaz R
Thanks for watching buddy 🤩👊🏻
I remember when I got my Blackfoot in '87 it used the hex-shafts at the back. The same as the Frog, Subaru Brat and the Monster Beetle. They used to round off over time no matter how well greased they were hence the change to dog bones on the ReRes. The Blackfoot came after the FAV and Wild One so I'd imagine they had the same shafts. I have fond memories of my Blackfoot and my first RC - a Hornet I got for Christmas in '86. They taught me a lot about the basics of mechanics and I loved tinkering with them as much as running them. Happy days!!
In 1986 myself, my best friend and his brother were all into Tamiya R/c’s. My best friend had the Grasshopper, his brother had the Hornet and I had the Wild One (I still have it in the loft, to many memories to get rid of it) my best friend and his brother both upgraded to 4WD Tamiya R/c’s; my best friend went with the Boomerang and I think his brother had the HotShot……great memories and so more since neither of them two are still with us…..😢
Great Video! My first RC- Car was the Ford Ranger XLT... I had a lot of fun with this car. And now it is still waiting in my Hobbyroom for restoration. ;-)
sukuna1
Oh wow you still have it, that’s awesome my friend 🤩🤩🤩
Recent subscriber Glenn. Built a Rough Rider in the the early eighties when laid up with a broken leg. Lots of parts but it was a good therapy. Keep up the good work.
Michael Nowland
Excellent welcome to the channel Michael 🤩👊🏻
I remember a few other things, the wild one had a dif and the avf did not. The axels where interchangeble with the Subaru brat. Which had the same drive and gear als the avf. I changed the dif out whit the gear from the brat/ avf to get more grip on the sand. Also changed the rear wheels out with the brat ones.
j.j. priem
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
Great comparison. The original Wild One also ran hexes, same as the FAV. Although Tamiya used dog bones in the Hotshot and other 4WD buggies I don't think they started using dog bones in 2WD buggies until (I think) the Astute. Maybe a little earlier but I can't think of one... Most of the others either used these kind of hexes like the Frog, Brat and so on or other similar setups like the Fox and Falcon and others. 👍
RC Hobby Shed
Excellent information Mick, thank you buddy 🤩👊🏻
Amazing, can u imagine the mold dies they had to make for them? I worked for tool-makers in the UK. Love to see those molds.
Tamiya tool makers are the real heroes :D
mtbalot
Totally agree 🤩👊🏻
I got into rc's about 87 with a hornet, I think that the cars had something about them, a slightly more rugged look to them. The good old days
paulus842000
Absolutely my friend the golden era of RC 🤩🤩🤩
I started with the grasshopper back in the day still have it and still runs with a 700 mah nicad those were the days
Excellent Film thanks Glenn. Interesting as always. Stunning pair of vehicles. Thank you. 😊👍🏻
Dave Pearce
Thanks buddy 😎👊🏻
The Wild One is the Tamiya buggy which you can picture yourself riding in if it were 1/1 scale. It was the last of the old school desert buggies. It’s release gave us one last look at a glorious era of crazy hombres flooring the pedal through unforgiving deserts in crazy VW beetle mash-ups.
Christ, I love these vids. Your energy is infectious.
First of Glen.... I’ve said it before... Those two models look very pretty. And yes they did come from the golden Era. Picking up on what you said... I would love it if you could maybe a little series on the first 100 Tamiya buggies. Showing pictures and maybe a bit of information....... Blimey that would keep you busy🤣🤣. And of course it would include the holiday buggy... Great for me👍👍.. Well done again Glen and as we are watching this in real time... Take care and stay safe
Darren Grimmer
Excellent Darren your the second person to say that wound be an interesting video series, I’ll have to get onto that soon 😊👊🏻
As always my friend thanks for watching and stay safe
Good video again. I had a original wild one, looking at the comments below mine had the same battery setup as the rere. But it also had the hex driveshafts as per the original fav.
Andy Craker
Thanks for watching Andy 😎👊🏻
Love the design of these two
My first rc car was a WildOne, had it for ages. Eventually fitted a Parma Beatle shell to it. The Drive shafts were Hex's, fitted with those aweful rubber boots!
Excellent 🤩
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
thanks for sharing this one. Always wanted to see them side by side. Really starting to get the itch for getting my original wild one going
MadDuck
Excellent 🚗💨💨💨💨
Thanks for watching buddy 😊👊🏻
I think a look at the first 100 Tamiya cars would be great, split into 10 videos sounds like a great way of doing it...like you say, it is a fascinating timeline, I especially love the early days and the rudimentary technology used and how it has developed...
Hi the original wild one came with hex axels and cubs. I use to have one in those days it firts came out.
j.j. priem
Excellent thanks for letting me know my friend 🤩👊🏻
Great video! Very interesting indeed! Im starting to appreciate both of these cars, more now than i did back in the day! Good stuff!👍👍
Wait! That's going to cost you extra.
Thanks for watching buddy 😊👊🏻
I do think these are two of the best looking buggy’s out there. More scale model rather than fighter jets with wheels. Wild one can take a bashing too (mine is having a tough life 😆).
Bugster987
Excellent 🤩
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
Tamiya brothers, Glenn and Glennda :) Great vid.
Cosmo 1:35
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Hi, My very 1st rc was a FAV, and not long after that i got a wild one which i still own today. Both had the same drive shafts that were actually call Half Shafts.
Paul Holden72
Excellent thanks for the feedback Paul, much appreciated buddy 😊👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends No problem.
Great video Glenn…..love these two, have them both and now just added the Blockhead Motors version to the collection too🥰🥰🥰
Great job on the paint on the FAV too😍
I always enjoy your enthusiasm and knowledge of Tamiya kits. Well done.
Thank you 😊
Glenn, another informative and enjoyable video. I’m partial the the FAV, because of its military inspiration. Super jealous of them both and hope you’re staying sane being cooped up during these trying times.
Jub
Thanks buddy, I’m actually nipping out once a day doing speed runs 🚗💨💨💨
Thanks for watching and stay safe my friend 😊👊🏻
Excellent video Glenn. 👍The Wild One was the first Tamiya kit I brought brand new and it 100% came with hex driveshafts.
Timmo
Excellent thanks for letting me know buddy 🤩👊🏻
Really enjoyed this one Glen, Easy watching and interesting 👍🏻
Sorry Glenn 🙄
Owen Buttle
Thanks Owen 😊👊🏻
I have an original Wild One. Hex driveshafts. They are really sensitive to the suspension droop and make a terrible clicking noise at full suspension downward travel. The original WO also had very weak damping in the shocks compared to yours. The car had a lot of lean and suspension motion, but it made the car grip pretty well until it ran out of travel. You can get the driver out by removing the front crossbar as well as the roof. Instead of unscrewing the roof from the front crossbar, just remove the screws from the crossbar to the main roll cage.
I always loved the Wild One my friend had one. Never got to race it against my Boomerang. Last year I worked in Baja and couldn’t believe that most of the Tamiya RC golden era cars were based on actual Baka racers. I took a photo of a car taking part that was identical to the wild one. Blew me away.
A very interesting comparsion.
Good work!
They are both cool buggies, but I like the Wild One! It just has a certain style to it! Thanks for sharing, it was cool to find out some of the history!
The Houleigan
Well thank you for watching 🤩👊🏻
Great vid Glenn, cheers. Def keen on a timeline series. Cheers Matt. Gauranga :)
Matt McLafferty
Excellent Matt, I’m going to get on that next week 🤓👊🏻
Very interesting video as I've always wondered what the difference's were.... I've just looked at pic's of my wild one 1985 and it has rails down the side?? It also has the wild one's battery tray so I know it ain't the fav .. I'm baffled now lol. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wayne Yates
Oh it sounds like you’ve been creative 😂👊🏻
Thanks for watching Wayne 👊🏻
Very interesting! Wild one is the one tamiya rc I've never built or run and I have no idea why because it looks really cool!
Phil Moffett
Thanks for watching Phil 👊🏻
I like the green, enjoyed Bro 👍🏻
Cam row drone
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
pleause do more of the time line stuff, there is so much to see from back then..
for me its the wild one hands down
adrian harrison
Excellent Adrian I’ll make a start on that project next week my friend 🤩👊🏻
TAMIYA Legends look forward to seeing it 👍
Mate what a beautiful pair!
I have a Wild One to build and it's one of my favourite Tamiya's along with the FAV & Hotshot, Blitzer Beetle etc etc etc.
You'll kill me for saying this but I wouldn't mind building a Wild One in the theme of an FAV!
Please do a video on the Tamiya timeline!
Thanks for a great video mate 👍🦘🇦🇺
Outback RC Australia
Excellent comment my friend and that definitely sounds like a great project 🤩👊🏻
Yes, that would definately be a cool project🤩👍
Great Vid Glenn.
Can you even imagine Holiday Buggy to Sand Rover differences, Grasshopper to Hornet, Brat to Frog, Blazer to Hi-lux, and on and on.
No pressure dude, but you know what to do 😃
Stuart Leckie
Sounds like a plan my friend 🤓👊🏻
Thanks for watching
If I had the parts I wouldn't think twice about transplanting the oil filled dampers,dogbones,wheels but repainted onto the fast attack as I'm sure it would improve handling no end !!!
James Cunliffe
Yeah that would be a cool little project to do James 🤩👊🏻
Thanks for watching buddy
I used plastic glue to glue the arms on, works better than superglue. The stuff made to assemble plastic models. I think your tie rods problems on the Fast attack vehicle were due to the front arms, now that you say it. The short tie rods probably work with the original front arms. Not sure about it, but i think the originals had diffrent kind of Mechanical Speed Controler. Need to look into that. Your wild one is missing the spring tensioners / distance rings on the front. With them it sits higher on the front and has a little more positive suspension travel, but of course less negative travel.
The original differential had problems because it had a weak plastic spacer, the rere manual suggests bronce bearing replacing the spacer which is more durable. What does your original manual say about the distance ring that is in the diff?
I am wrong: seems to be the same speed controler. On the Diff: originals have strange "bearing" parts W2 amd a distance part W3. ReRe has metal(bronce)bushing 850 instead of W3, and the standard nylon bushings, while these are scoffed at by evryone they are probably better than the W2 plastic parts.
Wildone original had Hex driveshafts like the FAV.
Schutt Rostig
Wow that’s superb knowledge my friend, thanks for all that great feedback 🤩👊🏻
I do like your vid’s takes me back to the late 70’s early 90’s which in my opinion was the best era for the Tamiya RC range!
Was wondering is there a way to tell if a part from the above era is a genuine part or a re-re part? Especially with reference to the Sand Scorcher Ford Ranger etc.
Ken Larman
Thanks Ken 😊
Yes there’s usually a way of telling, let me know what you want to know and I’ll find out for you my friend 🤓👊🏻
love this video Glen , im just making up a list of Tamiya Kits to keep my eye out for and these two are on it , although been collecting some Kyosho Kits Lately trying to put together the legendary series so far ive got 6 of them so not doing to bad i got 3 to go so totally chuffed tbh only need the two turbo's and the Javelin to have the whole series collection and all have been NIB kits as i want the pleasure of the building them too as thats half the fun , cheers glen no doubt ill be going through some more fab videos you have done cheers bud:-))
Excellent hopefully you might be adding a Mid to the collection this year 😎🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
and yes that would be so sweet to get a hold of a Turbo Optima Mid SE - for a decent price and in good nick too :-))
I loved the wild one. Never had one.
Merdith Roach
Thanks for watching 😊👊🏻
Nice comparison.
I have the original vintage Wild One and it uses hex axles too. Also the front metal bar is silver and not black like in the re-re.
wonderful video, beautiful, like my friend 👍✊
Evgeny RC Drezgalovo 48rus
Excellent thanks for watching buddy 🤩👊🏻
From memory the original Wild One had hex drive shafts. A mate of mine had one and he was forever having problems with them popping out or just not getting drive from the gear box. Don't know if it's the way he built it or a fault, but the rear trailing arms seemed to push out too much and the drive shafts would come out. I nearly bought a re-release of this car but couldn't find out whether the drive shafts had changed so didn't bother. Would still love one though as it's my favourite car, closely followed by the Fox.
Great comparison Glenn. If you want to be sure the arms on the driver figure stay on, try MEK - way better than super glue as is melts to the ABS plastic together for the strongest possible bond. Way better than super glue for this type of application.
I would really love to see the top 100 video! I found the history of Tamiya plastic models on YT but there doesn't seem to be anything for RC. Going in depth about the history and your thoughts on each model would be awesome.
Norcopunk
It’s coming up my friend, but I’m in the middle of the research at the moment 🤓👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends wow great news! Looking forward to it 👍
Very interesting Glenn. Both stunners. With my FAV I left the bottom of in bare plastic because I expected the paint to scratch off. I prefer the FAV battery cover because it protects the battery and it's also a flatter surface to skid over rough ground. I've never had the Wild One but I'm guessing it's a better runner with less to fall off !
hi glenn love you videos you are missing two red collars on the front shocks on the top of the springs not sure if you know any way many thanks for you videos again cheers
Patrick Sadler
Yeah thanks Patrick, I actuality remove them when it sits on the shelf, I just think it sits better 😬
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends thanks again for your videos mate there are probably helping a lot of people right now get throw what is going on in the world keep up the good work 👍👍
My original Frog and Blackfoot from the 1980's both had hex drive axles.
catscan64
Excellent thanks for letting me know buddy 😊👊🏻
My first car was the fAV in 84. I raced (and lost) my friends frog nearly daily for over a year. I must've done record mileage. My biggest issue was chewing through hex's
I had the Falcon and the Wild One in the day. The Wild One was sooo slow on stock motor...but on TechniGold it would rip. I have been rebuilding my collection and am the proud owner of 3 Falcons 1 unmade NIB, 1 mint and one fair to good. I also have the rere Hotshot and Blitzer Beetle and have just purchased an original Wild One....when I win the lottery I will get the 959. I would love to see a rere Falcon
Excellent Andrew 😎
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
Always wanted a fav n got one use to race tamiya rc cars long time ago
I was wondering myself what the difference between them were. I have the 2011 re-re FAV and once had the 1984 FAV which got me started into the hobby. The hex drive shafts were getting round and binned the whole car unfortunately, did it for the Hot Shot, Blackfoot and The Hornet, binned them all. It would have been nice if you used a scale to compare the weight difference between the cars and parts. Was looking into the Wild One (58525) but they are rare now and expensive. Hope Tamiya will re-issue the car again….Keep up the good work !
Sonny
Thanks for watching buddy 😊👊🏻
Great video
frank ruland
Thanks for watching buddy 😊👊🏻
Again another enjoyable video, must admit the Wild One would be more driver friendly, where the FAV. One good hit and I think it would be in pieces. Still like thinking back to the good old days👊🏻👊🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
David Halliburton
Thanks for watching David 😊👊🏻
Great vid man after I get my clod , looking for a wild one .
Great stuff as always my friend. Do you know if there was ever a race series that included the Wild One? It’s definitely a more of a drivers car and is significantly more refined. I can’t say I was a lover of either one and went for a second-hand Hornet then a Falcon as my first buggies to race with my mates. They seemed much more configurable and sturdy. I was lucky that my mates had Grass Hoppers, Rough Riders and the loathsome Striker, so I could dump all over them on the track 😬
Alan Morris
I’m guessing over in Japan they would of been racing them, but I don’t really remember anything in the uk 😞
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
Excellent review and video. Drive test?
Eleph Kwong
Coming soon 😊
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
Glen my friend! You have done a boss paint job on your Tamiya FAV But,.. when you painted your olive drab colour? on the parts, did you clear coat the painted parts with either,.. gloss,satin, or matt acrylic spray clear coat? if you haven't , or didn't clear coat them, it will chip and rubb the paint. Painted plastic needs a clear coat to protect and toughen the painted surface. it's just that i heard you mention that the paint is always chipping or rubbibg off when you handle the vechile. Also, that it frustrates you when this happens. Clear coat won't harm your paint job,or decals. infact it will benefit that nice paint job for many years, without the worry of the paint coming off. Wasn't sure if you had clear coated the model or not. You didn't mention clearcoating on your video.
Those are pretty cool
Gilbert Sanchez
Thanks for watching buddy 😊👊🏻
Very cool 👍👍
David Turner
Thanks buddy 😎👊🏻
spray some flat clear coat over the fav to save the paint from getting scratched
Rob Quinton
Thanks Rob 😊👊🏻
Use clear coat on the paint, it gets more durable. Few coats of clear coat should do it.
Cosmo 1:35
Nice one my friend 😊👊🏻
Never really thought about the FAV and the Wild One as cars that appealed to my taste until you presented them on youtube. I now know they do.. And I really can't decide between them. That paint job of yours looks stunning on the FAV! Would the battery cover underneath of the the Wild One suit the FAV?
Tore B
I’d definitely go for the Wild One my friend 😊
Hard to believe it a Hotshot was job before the wild one. It was later.
Brad Kalman
Yeah Hotshot was Apr 85 and the Wild One was Sept 85 👊🏻
use a hard plastics glue, ive used that on the wild willy figure , it melts the plastic also when it goes off you can use it to fill the gaps.. this glue wont work on all the plastics as its the wrong type of plastic.
nam Alexander
Excellent thanks for the feedback my friend 🤩👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends will save you allot, i dont like people to struggle
I would go back in time just for the RC hayday! Note to self, bring more money for a silver tuna bigwig😍. I do prefer the FAV look. I would put a fav body and wheels on the wo guts and run AND jump her😁 making shooting noises every jump🙃
Deffo had hexes as I had and build one , for my duke of Edinburgh bronze award
glen curtis
Excellent thanks for letting me know buddy 😎👊🏻
How did I miss this?
Same problem with my RTR FAV - left arm fell off.
Alright, corny, but...... FAVtastic! Nice job!
Eric Zajac
Lol love it 😂👊🏻
😎 cool👍
tamiya frog
Thank you 😎👊🏻
Tip: Don't touch the drivers arm (FAV) & add more glue. 🇺🇲
BETO N' TUNE
Absolutely great advice my friend 😂👊🏻. Thanks for watching
Tamiya make an ABS cement. Makes that arm rock solid.
Use poly cement on the driver glenn
My driver lost both arms. Started with CA then added UV gkue for filler.
Bill OBrien
That arm fell off every time I looked at it Bill 😂👊🏻
Best attackers lower center of gravity than the wild one.
Brad Kalman
Hmmm interesting 🤔
Glenn! You must buy a finger pointer in a Japanese style!
Hahah I’ll jump on eBay now my friend 🤣👊🏻
@@TAMIYALegends Excellent!
I remember my Wild One having hex outdrives, not dogbones
The more the paint chip off the more scale it gets. ;)
darkiee69
Lol 😂 you’re spot on my friend 🤩👊🏻
lol, i built a rc car... i called it fast stealth vehicle in memory of the FAV
zellhaufen alpha
Lol love it 😊
Thanks for watching buddy 👊🏻
spray clear satin over it all and you'll be a much happier camper
What's the difference Glenn.....
I'd take a Wild One in half a heartbeat!!! 💖😁😁😁👍👍
I'd give me left Nut for one!! 😜😊
The FAV is nice.
Carmine ✈🚂🚙
Had both but destroyed them as a kid 🙄