MY TAMIYA RC CAR COLLECTION: Jake Hill Racing

a lot of you asked for it so here it is! A run through most of my Tamiya RC car collection, how I got into it and this is also my hobby.

[@alfaholicsfr]

Beautiful collection, Tamiya is really the best for collecting accurate models

[@cogboy302]

In other news, it never gets old watching you monster the Calsonic R32 Skyline everywhere. It's a monster, and you drive it like you hate it. 👍

[@csj9619]

Really like the box artwork on all of Tamiya's kits. Still running the 1/10 VW Beetle kit I built in the late 90's. Not a single broken part, even with regular use and abuse. Just changed the wheels and swapped the stock 20-turn motor with a 12-turn unit, ditching the mechanical speed control for an old-school hi-tec esc.

[@DRRCreations]

We're all behind you!!! You'll be building the calsonic primera soon!!! 😃🤟

[@jakehillracing]

Honestly I would love that. I really hope it happens

[@fatboysrc2024]

Hi Jake. I do a lot of work for Diamondbrite and run an RC Channel. I did not even know you were into RC until recently. That is an amazing collection.

[@daysofnick]

I collected Tamiya shyline shells since 90's keep it up it's what makes you happy

[@MalcolmTann0]

Yess Jake crazy collection, and well done on another 2 wins at Thruxton. Championship incoming

[@jakehillracing]

Thank you Malcolm, appreciate that. Let’s hope so 🤞🏻

[@user-tn1vc1xz5d]

Better than the Crown Jewels 😊😊😊

[@P666JMS]

Gosh I remember building the D2 TL01 for a club prize. The sticker set is not easy to get right but looked amazing when it was done. The FF01 PIAA Honda Accord was my first Tamiya car when I was ten.

[@cogboy302]

I bought the Tamiya Mondeo FF01 when it was released in '94. I bought it because I'd never seen a FWD RC car before. The Mondeo shell lasted one race night, which was a bummer as I spent some time painting and stickering it up. I ended up buying every upgrade available (when I was on holiday in Australia in '97. Thought the parts would be cheaper there, as Japan wasn't far away. They weren't), and then slapped a Volvo 850 estate BTCC shell on it and raced it for a few years. Brilliant car, but it ate front tyres for fun. Still got it, and it's mint.

[@cogboy302]

I even made a cheeky little badge for the tailgate of the Volvo shell. But it said VULVA.

[@simpleisthebest73]

Beautiful collection. Just love them all!

[@kevinkerlin5603]

Sweet collection

[@rcicons4915]

Great collection, love the enthusiasm.

[@nigelmacey3584]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video, awesome collection of Tamiya RC cars, loved them all! Great to get see them.

[@jimbo-lindo]

Love the collection Jake 👍

[@M.HOR1ZON]

Awesome cars 😱😱😱😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@jonathangarbutt4682]

Wow totally loved that Jake, love Tamiya

[@koenclaessens6230]

Nice collection Jake!

[@simondavies438]

Superb Jake. Your video took me back to 2001 to 2010 when I raced 1/10 Touring Cars. I ran a Schumacher Mi2 EC with Alfa Romeo 156 & 159 HPI/Hot Bodies shells. I also built a Tamiya 500 Abarth and raced that one for fun. I was never brilliant at it but I enjoyed it and it was literally like running your own little one car BTCC team but in 1/10 scale. I was team boss, mechanic, driver and chief tea maker on club race nights. Happy Days...I still have them all. 😎👍

[@jakehillracing]

Awesome! I’m really glad that you enjoyed the video and it bought back so many memories. It’s a great hobby and one I still enjoy very much.

[@simondavies438]

Absolutely 😎👍🏁🏁🏁

[@RCANDY195]

Nice collection Jake, love the hobby

[@tm5123]

That's a fine collection there, some real rarities and beauties in the mix.

[@1622_SCALE_DIVISION]

Awesome collection 😍😍

[@godwindracing6056]

Re black Axia Skyline: what made it special was that it was raced by the future Mr. Le Mans in the 1992 season, who finished 3rd in points (title was given to the driver with the most miles covered, then to his co-driver, then the next car down). I used to own a 1:43 kit of the same car

[@rivras26]

Great Colecction

[@julieemerson8237]

Awesome 👌

[@nicktandy7710]

MEGA!!! Mate what a collection I thought I had a few tamiyas

[@stucooper4132]

Wow, some amazing kits there. Glad you built them. Love the touring car series

[@stubbycuts]

Great collection Jake! Really inspired me to continue with my RC work.. Such an amazing R32 selection.. wow!

[@tomhunter3075]

Great collection Jake. Nothing wrong with being a big kid its fun.

[@nigeltalbot9913]

This'll be the year Jake.👍👍🤞

[@derrickgreen9020]

Fascinating and oh so tempting. My first r/c was a 1972 Mardave Saudia Williams which charged up with a 12 volt car battery. I later transferred the innards to an r/c Vosper Thorneycroft E boat.

[@james2796.]

Great collection Jake, really enjoyed the video and good luck for Oulton Park will be cheering for you at home

[@trollip11]

Great video. My first proper RC car was a Tamiya TT-01 Toyota Supra with the Esso Ultra livery.

[@herbieRCpaints53]

Awesome collection Jake 💯👍👍, You really need a glass display case for them 😀

[@hyper2high]

Well done at weekend👍

[@grahamholderness6558]

Fabulous collection Jake, enjoy! I’ve been watching touring cars since the 3.0CSL days, proper rooting for ya this year, great drives at Oulton 👍👍👍

[@sandstau]

most folk I'd say who follow you or motorsport have at sometime had a rc car. Don't apologise for your knowledge of what some think are toys/ they are not/ but we all know that. I subscribe due to this video ❤

[@SeikenFreak]

Great stuff. I recently fell back into this rabbit hole earlier this year. Bought a used but upgraded TA-02 chassis from Japan, completely dismantled and cleaned it, then sourced the R32 body and HKS decal set. Man, that body was a lot of tricky decal work lol I also still had this TL-01 chassis (the Ford Lightning kit), the first kit I ever built back when I was like 12, and had an Evo 6 body on it, basically poorly painted. Dismantled and refreshed that whole chassis, properly painted the body, then sourced a Tommi Makinen livery decal set. Also a lot of work lol More cars I did, other stuff I still want. I'll spare you the rambling.

[@bmurdoch85]

Love this video. The STW 406 was my first ever RC car I had way back in 1999!

[@jakehillracing]

Brilliant! It’s nice to take a trip down memory lane isn’t it?

[@benstutley2904]

Did a Double -Take when I got this YT recommendation... my first from the Channel, -& it's 'The' Jake Hill! -Subscribed & Great Collection! :) Bloody Awesome, a fan of BTCC and Tamiya all my life, worked in motorsport, and race 1/10th touring cars too, it's just Excellent to see it's OK to do both! ;) Good Luck at Oulton Park, ..and Eastbourne as well now Dude! This has left me Smiling, more please ... :)

[@theoagrc]

Great video Jake and thanks for sharing. You have a brilliant collection of RCs there and there is nothing more chilled than a RC build after a long day of work! Good luck on the track 👍🏻

[@jakehillracing]

Couldn’t agree more! Nice way to chill out and watching something nice be built together

[@andrewwhittaker4097]

You have all the best scale kits, I raced the Kure Skyline in the uk Tamiya Eurocup 1997 best days of my life.

[@ReeceCapon-gu9dq]

Great collection Jake you need a shop, would be very impressed if you could land a test of a 155,

[@jakehillracing]

Ah me too! Alfa 155 is defo my favourite Alfa touring car. Mega bit of kit

[@DDuck777]

I had a Wild One as a kid. Loved bashing it about.

[@coygtrc]

Nice collection 😮 So many iconic RC cars and liveries. Talking about famous race car, I would add a Group C 787b (if you can). We can hear the passion in your voice 😊 Thanks for sharing 🤝

[@RichN22]

Awesome video. Lovely collection. I still have my first RC chassis. It's a TA-01 that happens to be the same age as you! The kit came with an Escort Cosworth shell and I also bought the Mondeo BTCC shell and wheels. The shells are long gone now though. I now have a TT-02 that I race in the Tamiya Tourers at Sidcup. Rochester RC have just opened their track I Chatham so that could be a great place for you to run yours. I'm hoping to get my other TT-02, a Type S, up there soon.

[@jasoncarne4722]

Awesome! I said to you at Thruxton that I was missing your Tamiya videos....well, you have certainly delivered!!! What a great video and fabulous insight in to your incredible collection. Bravo Jake 👏 👏

[@jakehillracing]

You gave me another reason to finally do it! So here it is, glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻

[@ggilesy]

Not a road car guy myself but that is very impressive. Spotted the Wild One over in the back so thats earned you a like!

[@chaosfruitbat5970]

I have the C11, its a nice kit to build, and runs really well on track :D

[@chrisr1254]

One of us, one of us, one... Nah but seriously, cool collection. I keep seeing you appear on the Facebook groups - none of the rest of us have quite as cool of a day job to supplement our toy car hobby though!!

[@Manic-172]

Lovely collection . I used to have the 7up jordon. And the btcc mondeo. But my collcetion now is 15 different types of the tenth technology predator.

[@Hendaz89]

Can't believe a btcc driver is into tamiya rc cars hopefully see you at croft 2024 so you can sign my focus awesome video love it

[@bradkalman2353]

It's my cup of tea. Lol.I see you race the RC. You should get some m chassis. And the mb01 chassis and a bt01 chassis I know they have problems with some of those but I'm sure there's a way to fix the problems.

[@nathanenglish6151]

Nice patina research shirt, man!! 🤝 cool video too!

[@jakehillracing]

Thank you Nathan. Man I love Patina research, best page on insta by far.

[@993ti]

Awesome collection! I still have my cars from when i was a kid, including the Nissan 300ZX IMSA GTO. Is that car the holy grail or something? I've never seen another one.

[@chrismitchell9114]

From memory there is also a Taisan (92164) Castrol (50447) and possiblyReebok liveried R32 body sets. In the old books in the back there was a parts section. This had all sorts of spare body sets that didn’t come with regular kits. This can definitely become an expensive hobby for sure. I’m currently racing Tamiya class cars, 17.5 TC and Fronti also both Xray cars. I did try the Mugen FWD that was a winning car from last years BRCA. It was still setup from its last round and it was superb but it didn’t make sense swapping from a new X4F24.

[@lynnfysh9418]

brill i do 1.14 tamiya trucks but i do like your kits

[@skylinetracktime8007]

Great video! Love your passion for the old JDM/gran tourismo race cars, I am a fellow fan and skyline enthusiast😂 Routing for you for that BTCC title, more weekends like last weekend!

[@jakehillracing]

Appreciate that, thank you! I honestly love the skyline stuff so much, but I just think all of the Jap race cars from that era were just fantastic.

[@godwindracing6056]

Re Calsonic Skyline: it was 1990 when it won (by Hoshino), its debut season and again in 1993 (by Kageyama). 1991 was won by the Unisia Jecs car (by Hasemi) and again in 1993

[@bigcus8176]

Would love to see a video of you driving a few of these. Especially that fwd race car. Never seen anything like that.

[@jakehillracing]

There will be a full video coming soon on me racing on an evening at Eastbourn and talking you through a frontie race car.

[@casefc3s]

You've gotta check out the Ignition Models and AutoArt Gr.A R32 1/18th diecasts! Sure they're not as interactive, but I do love having them on my desk.

[@jakehillracing]

I will check that out! Thank you

[@JoeToe666]

Great collection Jake and good to hear your enjoying Frontie. If MICC is on this winter and your there, I look forward to racing you :) Your collection has inspired me and I fancy getting some BTCC (super tourers). but struggling to find these in the usual UK hobby shops. Can you recommend some good shops? Thanks

[@garytaylor1974]

Awesome collection Jake, i hope you race Frontie at EWS this year!!

[@jakehillracing]

Yeah I think I may give it a go to be fair.

[@deejay696]

That Jordan 💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@speedfreak6683]

Klasse !

[@bradkalman2353]

You should video you running these cars and races.

[@Manic-172]

I for got to ask. Who painted the shells. They are brilliant.

[@Geckatron]

Worse things you could spend your money on - cool video 👍😎

[@jakehillracing]

I totally agree. Thank you

[@bradkalman2353]

They do have an NSX of the modern day release the prototype version of it.

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

Years ago I bought a .21 picco and made the mistake of mounting it on a geared chassis. Went through so many gears due to stripping. Should have bought a belt driven chassis.

[@Al3xisAE]

If you want a day out racing, come and drive my Team Associated B7 buggy 👍🏻

[@bradkalman2353]

You know the bt01 has that body again. Also they also have the modern day Supra.

[@bradkalman2353]

The primera in the states was g20 Infiniti.

[@NonSocial]

If you'd like to expand on your collection, you should pop into TJD Models in Sutton-At-Hone. Only 5 mins from Brands and has a massive stock of Tamiya.

[@jakehillracing]

Yeah I know TJD well. Cool shop, always bought planes from there in the past

[@aronewing739]

Where's the Rockit and the Primera you had at Supertouring power?

[@ChrisCO930]

If you don’t mind me asking where are you finding these kits and bodies? I can never find anything on the auction sites. Are you just unloading the federal reserves on Buyee??

[@jamescharlton924]

Someone’s got pennies!

[@marktucker208]

Quite strange, I was watching Le Mans qualifying and noticed that Tamiya had branding on the #10 Vector Sport LMP2 car. Come on here and this is one of the first videos I see

[@jakehillracing]

Me too! Quali was great wasn’t it? But yes that LMP2 team has had Tamiya Sponsorship for a while now.

[@leccybadger]

Impressive and stunning collection, being Tamiya, a guaranteed return on the 'investment' as well... Your Frontie, X-Ray, Yokomo or other?

[@jakehillracing]

Yeah for sure. But I do it more just because I love the brand and the original cool kits. Frontie is actually a Mugen

[@leccybadger]

@@jakehillracing tidy race car. I've worked in the RC industry but never brave/daft enough to try racing myself....😬😂

[@AdeTamiya289]

This is my R/C channel

[@bradkalman2353]

You know that they have a modern-day body r35 model.

[@billyfletcheriracing9833]

Remind me not to let Frankie ever see this 😂

[@jakehillracing]

Hahahahaha yeah that’s probably a bad idea

[@adesmudger]

Hi Jake I've got a rc channel as well as the slot car channel

[@Ben-in6qh]

What happened with that yellow flag overtake from ingram in the end mate?

[@jakehillracing]

To be fair, it was a slippery surface flag not a yellow so he was good from my side but he done elsewhere

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

The ultimate question has to be, does Miss/Mrs Jake Hill get your love for RC cars? Or is it a case of, "Jake's gone out to play with his toys"? 😁 - Scott

[@hannahwilley1423]

Haha to answer your question Scott, I put up with it and they stay in one room in the house. Jake questioned my number of mugs yesterday but they take up a lot less space...😂

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

@@hannahwilley1423 I reckon this calls for a Hannah take over of the Jake Hill Racing Channel for a "My Mug Tour" video as we all need a good mug (or 9...) in our lives. 😁 Who needs BTCC content when there's classic cars, Tamiya RC cars and coming soon, the highly anticipated mug collection tour all here on the Jake Hill Racing Channel. 😂 - Scott

[@jakehillracing]

Hahaha as you can see the boss has responded Scott! Ultimately I’m lucky to have my own “ boys den “ upstairs and I just keep myself to myself there 😂

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

@@jakehillracing I hope the boys den comes complete with a serving hatch/lift for your meals, a washing shoot for your clothes and an excessively big TV complete with surround sound. 😅 - Scott

[@bradkalman2353]

I see that you only have one off-road car.