Once I'd dusted it off, I began to appreciate why I bought it all those years ago. I think my view of it was clouded because I remember the stickers really annoying me! As someone who likes every detail to be correct, I have no idea how Tamiya expected all those lines on the livery to align around the curvature of the roof, wheel arches and bonnet. But somehow I must have managed it as it could have proved a disaster and in reality, it doesn't look too bad!
What’s really cool is these old setup, ta-01 allows these touring cars actually lean and behave a lot more realistically than the modern rc chassis. It’s a true gem that started it all! I still have one too and I absolutely love it. If you can get your hands on a ta-03, they are equally as impressive.
Which body set do you have on your TA01? There are some real classic rally and touring car bodies such as the Schnitzer BMW M3 and Axia Skyline GT-R. Amazingly, the TA01 was still being used as late as 2007 on the Humvee model, which proves how adaptable it was as that vehicle is completely different to an on-road racing car.
@@ThaCatMan At the time of release, it was perhaps considered an overly complex model and rather fragile, but in recent times the 959 rally car has grown to become one of the most desirable vintage Tamiya RC models. If he still has it, then he is a lucky man!
If it wasn't for the mechanical speed controller, you probably wouldn't realise that this RC car is 32 years old! I think if you upgraded the electronics it would drive pretty well.
I agree with you. Also, I would point out that the Tamiya servo-operated mechanical speed controller actually works very smoothly and effectively. The Acoms radio control equipment may not be advanced but it does everything it needs to do to drive the vehicle.
Yes, unfortunately I was running a bit low on funds as I was saving up for a new RC truck. Then the RUclips analytics seemed to demonstrate that uploading lots of videos actually made my viewing figures worse. It annoyed me to spend a lot of effort making videos and getting bad results. After all, this should be a hobby to enjoy. Anyway, I put that behind me and made quite a few videos recently so I just have to edit everything now and hopefully you will like what is coming up. I have my old Kyosho Double Dare monster truck, a few Tamiya buggies and trucks, plus I'm going to upgrade a Rastar toy grade RC with hobby grade electronics just for fun.
Looking at it now, it hardly seems like a 30+ year old design. Having built a few new kits recently, the older ones were a pleasure to build and went together without a hitch, but the more modern ones were sometimes overly complex and much harder to work on and maintain.
@@bradkalman2353 It certainly looks like an interesting development. I usually tend to select vehicles with a good level of scale realism. I have recently been building a Buggy Champ/Rough Rider and a BBX and I must say, I enjoyed the old-school style build much more. Considering that the Rough Rider design is 45 years older than the BBX, its design and simplicity really impressed me. The trouble is, I have so many RC vehicles on my shopping list already, I just don't know what to get next!
@@bradkalman2353 I have a couple of sources for buying kits, usually in UK or Hong Kong. In UK, the price is around 200 GBP for the kit, so around 250 USD. Of course, that will be closer to 300 GBP by the time you get all the electronics. Do you know what the price is going to be for you locally?
Had one when they just came out. Painted like the box too. Generic mods like shocks and bearings. Big mod was an aftermarket molded chassis. Don't remember the brand. They started the scale movement. Then Yokomo came out with the serious chassis. These chassis are cool because you can do twin motors, fwd, front motor, ta02, short wheelbase, etc. Tamiya bodies will fit factory holes.
An aftermarket chassis is an interesting modification. When I first got into RC cars, my local shop only really sold Tamiya and Kyosho. I was attracted to the scale realism aspect of RC vehicles but mostly ran off-road buggies as I had some fantastic places to drive. The TA01 was my first venture into on-road RC vehicles. Just recently I have been looking again at on-road vehicles and have been considering maybe getting a drift car.
It might not have any fancy carbon parts or blue anodised aluminium like the latest TA08, but it is not a bad looking car for a 32 year old model is it?
@@Aloc209 The use of 27MHz nowadays is not very good due to signal interference. Also, a compact ESC would replace the MSC and throttle servo to save a bit of weight. A new receiver would also be much smaller and lighter. The TA01 could also obviously handle more power because a Tamiya Dynatech motor was one of the suggested upgrade parts.
I have never owned a belt drive RC car but I always considered that a good old-fashioned shaft drive was more robust and reliable in the long run. It is crazy to think that the TA01 of 1991 has spawned so many different chassis derivatives over the years. The driveline on this one seems very smooth and as if everything fits together with tight tolerances. The wheels and driveline feel very balanced under power. I am really starting to appreciate the older Tamiya products whenever I look back at them.
I Here, the BBX is a robust car.I've seen someone without a slipper.Clutch put a seventy one hundred k v brushless motor in it and it ran if just fine.
@@bradkalman2353 I built my BBX without the slipper clutch upgrade. It is an expensive option and I'd already spent a lot of money on the electronics so I decided to try it as it is first. I am not usually so hard on my equipment anyway as I mostly drive on sand.
My RC collection is currently 42 different models, 20 different brands, off-road, on-road, hobby grade, toy grade, scales between 1:10 and 1:32, but rather awkwardly, not all in the same location. Every single RC car has its own unique transmitter and battery so as you can imagine, it takes up a lot of space!
I have made 2 videos, one covering my toy grade RC vehicle collection and one covering my hobby grade RC vehicles. They will be published in December 2024 so watch out for them.
On the other hand, you plug it in and it works, no fuss and no set-up required. All the electronics on my old RC cars still function perfectly but the modern ones are more troublesome. I have recently built a few older style kits and I really appreciated their simplicity. The design is much more basic than modern kits, yet they still do the job and were a pleasure to work on.
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I got the same shell 30 yrs ago love the looks of it .
I think the whole model has aged gracefully. It was a great era for touring cars - Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Alfa Romeo, Ford, Opel, etc.
I'm always enjoying your videos 👍 I'm also rooting for you here🤝😄🎶
Thank you my friend. Always glad to see you and find your comments.
@@BlackSeaRC 😄👍
Very nice classic
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Once I'd dusted it off, I began to appreciate why I bought it all those years ago. I think my view of it was clouded because I remember the stickers really annoying me! As someone who likes every detail to be correct, I have no idea how Tamiya expected all those lines on the livery to align around the curvature of the roof, wheel arches and bonnet. But somehow I must have managed it as it could have proved a disaster and in reality, it doesn't look too bad!
What’s really cool is these old setup, ta-01 allows these touring cars actually lean and behave a lot more realistically than the modern rc chassis. It’s a true gem that started it all! I still have one too and I absolutely love it. If you can get your hands on a ta-03, they are equally as impressive.
Which body set do you have on your TA01? There are some real classic rally and touring car bodies such as the Schnitzer BMW M3 and Axia Skyline GT-R. Amazingly, the TA01 was still being used as late as 2007 on the Humvee model, which proves how adaptable it was as that vehicle is completely different to an on-road racing car.
My bro had the 959 Dakar rothman porsche
@@ThaCatMan At the time of release, it was perhaps considered an overly complex model and rather fragile, but in recent times the 959 rally car has grown to become one of the most desirable vintage Tamiya RC models. If he still has it, then he is a lucky man!
If it wasn't for the mechanical speed controller, you probably wouldn't realise that this RC car is 32 years old! I think if you upgraded the electronics it would drive pretty well.
I agree with you. Also, I would point out that the Tamiya servo-operated mechanical speed controller actually works very smoothly and effectively. The Acoms radio control equipment may not be advanced but it does everything it needs to do to drive the vehicle.
It's been awhile.
Yes, unfortunately I was running a bit low on funds as I was saving up for a new RC truck. Then the RUclips analytics seemed to demonstrate that uploading lots of videos actually made my viewing figures worse. It annoyed me to spend a lot of effort making videos and getting bad results. After all, this should be a hobby to enjoy. Anyway, I put that behind me and made quite a few videos recently so I just have to edit everything now and hopefully you will like what is coming up. I have my old Kyosho Double Dare monster truck, a few Tamiya buggies and trucks, plus I'm going to upgrade a Rastar toy grade RC with hobby grade electronics just for fun.
I wish they made a the ta01 again.
Looking at it now, it hardly seems like a 30+ year old design. Having built a few new kits recently, the older ones were a pleasure to build and went together without a hitch, but the more modern ones were sometimes overly complex and much harder to work on and maintain.
@@BlackSeaRC Are you gonna look into the hornet evo?
@@bradkalman2353 It certainly looks like an interesting development. I usually tend to select vehicles with a good level of scale realism. I have recently been building a Buggy Champ/Rough Rider and a BBX and I must say, I enjoyed the old-school style build much more. Considering that the Rough Rider design is 45 years older than the BBX, its design and simplicity really impressed me. The trouble is, I have so many RC vehicles on my shopping list already, I just don't know what to get next!
@@BlackSeaRC get the hornet evo it comes out in the fall.
@@bradkalman2353 I have a couple of sources for buying kits, usually in UK or Hong Kong. In UK, the price is around 200 GBP for the kit, so around 250 USD. Of course, that will be closer to 300 GBP by the time you get all the electronics. Do you know what the price is going to be for you locally?
Had one when they just came out. Painted like the box too. Generic mods like shocks and bearings. Big mod was an aftermarket molded chassis. Don't remember the brand. They started the scale movement. Then Yokomo came out with the serious chassis.
These chassis are cool because you can do twin motors, fwd, front motor, ta02, short wheelbase, etc. Tamiya bodies will fit factory holes.
An aftermarket chassis is an interesting modification. When I first got into RC cars, my local shop only really sold Tamiya and Kyosho. I was attracted to the scale realism aspect of RC vehicles but mostly ran off-road buggies as I had some fantastic places to drive. The TA01 was my first venture into on-road RC vehicles. Just recently I have been looking again at on-road vehicles and have been considering maybe getting a drift car.
This thing is older than me 😳🤤
It might not have any fancy carbon parts or blue anodised aluminium like the latest TA08, but it is not a bad looking car for a 32 year old model is it?
@@BlackSeaRC yeah it hard to believe this thing is 32yr old. I first thought it just made like 10-12 years ago but it so old. It double of my age 🔥
I think this can be better with new transmitter and new receive . Like Dumborc RC is a cheap transmitter but very long range and 2.4ghz not 27mhz
@@Aloc209 The use of 27MHz nowadays is not very good due to signal interference. Also, a compact ESC would replace the MSC and throttle servo to save a bit of weight. A new receiver would also be much smaller and lighter. The TA01 could also obviously handle more power because a Tamiya Dynatech motor was one of the suggested upgrade parts.
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Thank you for your kind appreciation!
After the ta02 all the ta03to present are all belt drive.
I have never owned a belt drive RC car but I always considered that a good old-fashioned shaft drive was more robust and reliable in the long run. It is crazy to think that the TA01 of 1991 has spawned so many different chassis derivatives over the years. The driveline on this one seems very smooth and as if everything fits together with tight tolerances. The wheels and driveline feel very balanced under power. I am really starting to appreciate the older Tamiya products whenever I look back at them.
I Here, the BBX is a robust car.I've seen someone without a slipper.Clutch put a seventy one hundred k v brushless motor in it and it ran if just fine.
@@bradkalman2353 I built my BBX without the slipper clutch upgrade. It is an expensive option and I'd already spent a lot of money on the electronics so I decided to try it as it is first. I am not usually so hard on my equipment anyway as I mostly drive on sand.
Can you make a review of your RC collection?
My RC collection is currently 42 different models, 20 different brands, off-road, on-road, hobby grade, toy grade, scales between 1:10 and 1:32, but rather awkwardly, not all in the same location. Every single RC car has its own unique transmitter and battery so as you can imagine, it takes up a lot of space!
@@BlackSeaRC that's why it would be interesting to see it, maybe you can create several parts
@@MegaTraxxas It is a good idea, I'll have to see if I can pull something together.
I have made 2 videos, one covering my toy grade RC vehicle collection and one covering my hobby grade RC vehicles. They will be published in December 2024 so watch out for them.
This mechanical ESC looks very awkward these days 😅
On the other hand, you plug it in and it works, no fuss and no set-up required. All the electronics on my old RC cars still function perfectly but the modern ones are more troublesome. I have recently built a few older style kits and I really appreciated their simplicity. The design is much more basic than modern kits, yet they still do the job and were a pleasure to work on.