The Blackfoot Junior (Japanese: ブラックフット Jr., Burakkufutto Junia) is a Wild Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on August 27, 1987.
It was based on the Blackfoot 1/10 R/C truck, which in turns based on the 7th generation Ford F-150 pickup truck.
General info[]
The Blackfoot has the 4x4 pickup body design, with the rectangle-shaped, row-styled air intake with headlamps on the front and the vertical rectangle-shaped signal lamps on the rear. It has 5 lamps on the rooftop. The 'Blackfoot' decal, along with other manufacturer decals, can be found on the bodyshell.
It is mainly in black, with red and silver highlights and yellow trims.
It was equipped with the standard wild-type wheels with monster truck tires.
About the Blackfoot 1/10 R/C monster truck[]
Tamiya Blackfoot RC truck (filmed in 1986)
The Blackfoot R/C truck promotional video.
Released in 1986, the Blackfoot is a rear-wheel-drive R/C monster truck made by Tamiya. It utilizes the ORV-MT chassis, which is a modified ORV chassis that was released in 1983 with the release of Subaru Brat R/C car.
The ORV-MT chassis has the plastic spaceframe chassis frame, with the 540-size motor being mounted on the rear gearbox with transfers power to the rear wheels. It was support by the front, strengthen lower arm suspensions and rear trailing arm suspensions, with four independent coilover dampers attached.
Steering system has been strengthen to handle the forces incurs with the large, lug-pattern monster truck tires. The bathtub box has the cover that protects the mechanical speed controller and its servo from dirts and tiny rocks.
The Blackfoot was later re-released in 2016, with the same refinements that can be found in the re-release of the Monster Beetle R/C truck. (Which was released a year prior.)
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: Black |
Type: Wild |
Size: Extra Large |
Size: Extra Large |
Standard |
Length: 142 |
75:1 |
Gallery[]
Boxart[]
See also[]
Ford cars[]
Related[]
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Blackfoot Jr. at Tamiya Japan
R/C truck That the Mini 4WD Car is Based On[]
- Blackfoot (2016) at Tamiya Japan
- Blackfoot (2016) at Tamiya America