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The RC Deep Dive
Welcome to The RC Deep Dive podcast, your daily masterclass in the world of Tamiya radio-controlled model vehicles in under 30 minutes.
This is the ultimate anti-fluff resource for Tamiya RC builders, bashers, crawlers, collectors, drifters, racers, and speed runners. We publish a new, concise episode every day, focusing on the vintage, classic, and rere (re-release) models that have defined the radio control hobby.
We go beyond the RC hobby workbench. One day we're detailing HOW-TO guides for…
Episodes
The RC Deep DiveWhy Do Tamiya and Kyosho Have a Duopoly in Japan?
In Japan you will not find any Schumacher, AE (Associated Electronics), Arrma, Losi, or Traxxas R/C cars, trucks, or buggies, but can only find Tamiya and…
The RC Deep DiveBattling the Political and Social Stereotypes on the R/C Hobby
On this Labour Day (everywhere in the world except the United States of America) a.k.a. May Day a.k.a. International Workers Day we are tackling the political…
The RC Deep DiveWhich are the Best Hobby Tweezers to Use on Your R/C Model Vehicles?
There are multiple types of hobby tweezers for applying decals, handling electronics, picking up small parts such as tiny set screws e-rings, c-rings, spacers…
The RC Deep DiveWhat are the Best Types of Paint Brushes for Painting R/C Model Vehicle Bodies?
There are a lot of different types of paint brushes from natural hair paint brushes to synthetic fibre paint brushes and from round paint brushes to flat paint…
The RC Deep DiveWhich Polycarbonate Scissors are the Best for R/C Hobby Use?
There are a lot of different polycarbonate scissors for R/C model vehicle body shells. However, there are some serious differences between each brand and…
The RC Deep DiveWhich Hobby-Grade Sprue Nippers or Side Cutters are the Best for R/C Hobbyists?
Sprue nippers or side cutters or side nippers or sprue cutters are different names for the exact same tool. However, there are huge differences in the…
The RC Deep DiveWhich Hobby-Grade Needle Nose and Shock Pliers are the Best for R/C?
Every R/C hobby enthusiast needs to have both needle nose pliers and shock pliers at their work bench. But which hobby-grade brands and models and the best to…
The RC Deep DiveMetallurgical Roulette: The Price You Pay For Using Cheap Screws
There's a false economy that tells you that cheap screws, nuts, and washers are a good deal, but in fact, they are not good for your R/C model vehicle at all…
The RC Deep DiveWhat Exact Motor and Pinion Gear Does the G6-01 Chassis Need?
In a previous episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we mentioned that to make the King Yellow and Kong Head bulletproof, you needed a hardened steel pinion gear…
The RC Deep DiveWhat Body Shells Can You Use on the GH2, Super Hornet, and Rising Fighter?
The GH2 (Grasshopper II) and Rising Fighter R/C buggies come with styrene hard plastic body shells. Besides the body shell of their discontinued chassis mate…
The RC Deep DiveWhat Can We as the R/C Hobbyist Community Do to be Better Environmental Stewards?
What can we as individual R/C Hobby enthusiast and as The wider radio control hobbyist community do to be better stewards of the environment? On this Earth…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Properly Dispose of R/C Lexan Polycarbonate Bodies and ABS Chassis
What are the proper ways to dispose of your clear Lexan polycarbonate soft plastic radio-controlled model vehicle body shells and the ABS (Acrylonitrile…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Properly Dispose of R/C Tires and Wheels
When your tires or your wheels on your radio-controlled model vehicles are no longer usable, how should you dispose of them properly? Is it possible to recycle…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Properly Dispose of Used R/C Shock Damper Oil
How do you properly dispose of your used R/C shock damper oil when you are changing from one oil to another, such as changing from Tamiya yellow #400 to softer…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Properly Dispose of R/C Batteries
In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, we go over exactly how you should properly dispose of your radio-controlled model vehicle battery when it's no…
The RC Deep DiveAre Any Tamiya R/C Model Vehicles Available as Static Models?
Tamiya famously has often made their static models into radio-controlled model vehicles, such as the Porsche 934 Turbo RSR in 1976. But have they ever done the…
The RC Deep DiveHow to Use Your Radio Transmitter as a R/C Simulator Controller
Did you know that your radio controlled model vehicle's radio transmitter can act as a controller for a R/C car or airplane flight simulator on your desktop or…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Make the 6x6 King Yellow and Kong Head Bulletproof
Tamiya's 6x6/6WD (Six Wheel Drive) R/C legends, the King Yellow monster bus and the Kong Head monster semi-truck are great bashers and crawlers, but not…
The RC Deep DiveFinding a Bulletproof, Indestructible Tamiya Bashing R/C Buggy
We had a listener reach out to us and tell us that their son who has a Tamiya Grasshopper II Black Edition R/C and he is getting tired of it breaking when he…
The RC Deep DiveUrban Drainage Ditches: An Amazing Place to Race, Bash, Crawl, and Drift Your R/C Cars
Large urban drainage ditches were designed to let excess rain water flow away. However, they also, by their very design, make for an excellent place to run…
The RC Deep DiveWhat Body Shells are Available for the Grasshopper, Hornet, and Super Storm Dragon
The Tamiya GH1 (Grasshopper), Hornet, and Super Storm Dragon 1:10th scale 2WD (Two Wheel Drive) R/C buggies can swap bodies with one another, but what other…
The RC Deep DiveWhat are Tamiya's EVO R/C Model Vehicles?
Tamiya have a variety of EVO or Evolved/Evolution R/C model vehicles, but what exactly does this mean? The Hornet EVO and the Top Force EVO are evolved…
The RC Deep DiveTamiya's Dirt Four-Wheel Driver Series: The DF-01, DF-02, and DF-03
What makes Tamiya's dirt four-wheel drive series so special in the hearts and minds of many R/C model vehicle enthusiast? What are the difference between the…
The RC Deep DiveWhy are Empty Parking Garages so Great for R/C Races?
Why are the downtown multilevel parking garages such good places to hold R/C model vehicle races and other radio controlled hobbyist community events like…
The RC Deep DiveTamiya's R/C Model Mascots: Moko-Chan and Rabbi-Kun
During the golden age of R/C, the 1980s, Tamiya's two plastic model mascots, Moko-Chan and Rabbi-Kun guided builders on novice to advanced techniques from…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Build the Essential R/C Field Repair Kit
What tools, parts, and supplies should you pack in your radio-controlled model vehicle field repair tool kit? Which tools, plays, and supplies should you not…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Build a First Aid Kit for the R/C Workbench, Bashing, and Crawling
You usually don't think of what is in your first aid kit until you need it. But what you need in your R/C hobby workshop, out bashing or crawling is different…
The RC Deep DiveHow Many Calories Burned and Steps Taken Running R/C Model Vehicles?
How many calories do you burn building, bashing, and crawling your radio-controlled model vehicle? How many steps per hour does a typical basher and crawler…
The RC Deep DiveFunctional R/C Enthusiast Gear for Building, Bashing, Racing, Crawling, and Drifting
It's not only fashion but function that matters when you are building, bashing, racing, crawling, drifting, or just running your radio-controlled model…
The RC Deep DiveThe Many R/C and Skateboarding Collabs and Connections
Interestingly, the radio control hobbyist community and the skateboarding community have found many connections and R/C companies have launched collabs with…
The RC Deep DiveWhy Do Older RCers Call the Lancia 037 Rally Car Just the Lancia Rally?
In the 1980s, the vintage Lancia 037 rally car on the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) Chassis was simply called the "Lancia Rally" by the R/C hobbyist community. Those…
The RC Deep DiveThe RC Hobby is Very Disability Friendly
Many of the pioneers of the golden age of R/C are getting old and some are developing disabilities. Many new devices have been created in recent years too help…
The RC Deep DiveWhat Body Shells Can You Put on the Frog or any ORV Chassis R/C Car?
You may already know that on your Tamiya Frog R/C buggy you could put the Subaru BRAT or the Lancia 037 Rally car body on it with included parts that come with…
The RC Deep DiveHow Many Jeep-Like R/C Model Vehicles has Tamiya Made?
Everybody knows the 1982 Willy's Wheeler and the 1984 Mitsubishi Pajero R/C short utility vehicle wheelie machines And how tamia had the Mitsubishi Pajero and…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Buy and Use a Respirator for R/C Painting, Dyeing, Sanding, and Glueing
In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, we go over the very serious health dangers of not using a respirator when painting dyeing, glueing and sanding…
The RC Deep DiveCan You Get Aluminium ORV Rear Trailing Arms Domestically?
Aluminium Rear trailing arms for the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis like those made by RcAiDong have suddenly gotten harder to find domestically and seem to…
The RC Deep DiveWe Have Now Published 365 Episodes of the RC Deep Dive Podcast
Yesterday was our 365th daily episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast and so as we begin our second year of daily R/C hobby podcasting, we are going to reveal the…
The RC Deep DivePro Skaters and their Vintage R/C Model Vehicles
In the 1980s it was a golden era for both radio controlled cars, trucks, buggies, Jeeps, and vans, but also for skateboarding. Professional skateboarders like…
The RC Deep DiveThe Most Popular Pro-Line Hop-Ups for the ORV Chassis
Besides CRP (Custom Racing Products) and Parma PSE (Parma Speed Experts), Pro-Line was also another giant of R/C hop-ups, especially for the Frog and other ORV…
The RC Deep DiveWhat are R/C Car Race Clubs and How Do They Help the Hobbyist Community?
Many radio-controlled model vehicle enthusiasts have only run their R/C cars in their backyard, at parks, at skateparks, and/or on hiking trails, but never at…
The RC Deep DiveRestoMod and Hop-Up Parts for Tamiya's Vintage Rally Car Classics
The vintage Audi Quattro Rally and Lancia 037 Rally are classic Tamiya 2WD (Two Wheel Drive) R/C cars from the 1980s, bit what is available to hop them up and…
The RC Deep DiveUrbEx R/C: The New Dead Mall Crawling Phenomenon in the Retail Apocalypse
R/C cars have started crawling, bashing, and drifting in a new terrain, the remains of abandoned malls in the wake of the retail apocalypse. We open the doors…
The RC Deep DiveThe Parma PSE Hop-Ups for the Frog and ORV Chassis
Parma PSE (Parma Speed Experts) made many hop-ups for the Tamiya Frog and the other R/C model vehicles built on the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis. We go over…
The RC Deep DiveWhy the R/C Hobby Provides Great Physical and Mental Exercise
Many people think that R/C building, racing, bashing, crawling, and drifting is a sedentary activity like playing video games. However the actual science shows…
The RC Deep DiveWhy Your Should Use a Finger Loop Knife for R/C Decal Cutting
Most people use a standard pen style hobby knife such as a #11 Exacto knife. However, when it comes to cutting decals and placing them on your R/C model…
The RC Deep DiveThe Many Iterations of the Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero/Shogun
Tamiya has released and rereleased the Mitsubishi Pajero a.k.a. Montero a.k.a. Shogun 1:10th scale R/C car/truck/jeep so many times that it's hard to keep…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Make a Square Setup with Paddle Tires on the Sand Scorcher
To make the Tamiya Sand Scorcher R/C baja buggy live up to it's iconic name you will want to put paddle tires on ask four wheels to make a square setup. But…
The RC Deep DiveWhich Kind of Screws Should You Have On-Hand on Your R/C Work Bench
Depending on your radio controlled model vehicles, you might need different kinds of hardware, including screws, washers, nuts, etc. for building, repairing…
The RC Deep DiveCutting Decals: Should You Move the Knife or the Decal Sheet?
Have you ever wondered if moving the knife or moving the decal sheet was the better way to cut out R/C decals? What truly is the proper way to cut out decals…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Upgrade the Firmware for Your Flysky FS-i6x Radio Transmitter
In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we cover the hows and whys of the 4 different ways and firmware update options to upgrade your Flysky FS-i6x radio…
The RC Deep DiveWhat is the Fastest Motor That You Should Put in the Super HotShot?
The Super HotShot 4WD (Four-Wheel Drive) R/C buggy already comes with a powerful Tamiya 540 GT Tuned Motor, but it can handle more power after a couple tweaks…
The RC Deep DiveWhich Tamiya 540 Motor had the Most Torque?
Most people are usually focused on speed, but those who know the importance of torque to get over obstacles, to be first of the starting line, and to sure…
The RC Deep DiveWhy You Shouldn't Buy R/C Parts From Mass Retailers
While you should always buy from your LHS (Local R/C Hobby Shop) if possible, when you do need to order online you should avoid mass retailers like AliExpress…
The RC Deep DiveWhat is the Best Budget Stick Control Radio Transmitter?
While the Flysky FS-GT3B is a often the recommended budget pistol grip and wheel radio control transmitter, what are the best budget stick control radio…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Upgrade Your Neo Fighter or Neo Frog DT-03 R/C Buggy
In today's episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we present an audio guide ranked from necessary to nice-to-have hop-ups that will turn your Mighty Frog inspired…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Get into Radio-Controlled Boats?
If you like building Tamiya radio-controlled land based vehicles and want to get the same type of R/C model vehicle building experience with water based…
The RC Deep DiveThe Psychology of Brand Tribalism in the R/C Hobbyist Community
Did you know that there is actually a psychological reason you are local to your favored R/C model vehicle brand? Psychology actually teaches us that our brand…
The RC Deep DiveThe R/C Wheel Bus: Hobby Grade Monster School Buses
If you want a radio-controlled school bus that is also a monster truck, the R/C hobbyist world has this absurdity for you. There's five different pathways to…
The RC Deep DiveHOW-TO: Get into R/C Airplanes and Jets?
If you like building Tamiya radio-controlled land based vehicles and want to get the same type of R/C model vehicle building experience with sky based…
The RC Deep DiveThe Tamiya Radio Controlled CC-01 Chassis Overview
What is the CC-01 (CC stand for Cross Country) chassis and what are the available updates for it? What made this radio-controlled model vehicle chassis unique…