Tamiya Tamtech Frog Project

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The Tamtech Frog was not nearly so hard to find as the Hotshot and was much more reasonably priced, even New in Box. There's a big window in the front displaying the model at an almost vertical angle. The transmitter is tucked in behind.

The bottom and end panels have a lot more information than the front and sides did. Here many of the features and specifications are elucidated.

Here is the model as it appeared straight out of the box. The model comes with an Expec SP transmitter which is a 2-channel AM unit. The included servo is unique to this model series because it does not have any mounting screw flanges. There's also a TEU-102BK ESC. It doesn't have a Li-Po cutoff but seems to work just fine with a 2s anyway. The body is painted and decorated expertly. I replaced the receiver and transmitter with my standard radio gear, but the model is otherwise stock.

Without a close look, you might not realize this is the 1/12 scale version instead of the standard 1/10 scale. However, the difference becomes very clear when placed next to the original. Other than size, pretty much every detail is different so the similarities are only superficial.

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