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Hello and welcome to something that most People WOULDN'T or couldn't justify... Yes, it's a M05 Build. How many thousands are out there? 😜 Mine's just a bit different. You see, whilst the SANE RC guys have simply bought Kits.... I'm in a different, dire and unbelievable (for many), situation. I'm a Retired, Disabled Veteran, like too many people are. I couldn't stop there! It was 1991, I was 27, let's go and have a big, horrible Car Accident. 😲😧 I actually Worked for almost another 20 years, but by 2011, the Doctors FORCED me into SSD Disability. Not the "free ride" that too many People assume it is! Because Disability was a result of injuries AFTER my Service.... After the fine print, I was NOT eligible for the nice, juicy Veteran's Benefits - OR PAY. I get a disgustingly small amount of money every month, and we're really scraping by. 😞 So WHY am I in an expensive Hobby like RC??? Because I've been in the Hobby since early 1984. I love all facets of it. In the 80's and 90's, I even Raced Semi-Pro, in 1/10th and 1/8th Scale Buggies, Electric and Nitro. These days, it's REALLY the only thing keeping me SANE! I love building Kits! The past Decade saw me build several Axial RC Trucks... But my first love was always Tamiya, since I bought a "brand new" Frog, in 1984. ❤😁 Lately, disposable cash has been nearly nonexistent. 😭 BUT I need this Hobby as much as I need my Wife!! I absolutely CAN'T afford to buy a new Kit. Even $100 to $150 is WAY more than I may ever have available.... So... Back to the second paragraph. I've wanted another front drive M Chassis so badly, since I was forced to sell my M03 Mini Cooper (although I got an INSANE amount of money for it 3 years ago!!) 💔 So, I'm GOING to have one, somehow. That Somehow has been over the past year, buying a M05 Kit... one Parts Bag at a time, one Screw Bag at a time, with a couple of hopups along the way... YES... I'm building the World's most expensive M05 - PIECEMEAL!!! 😧😲😖 It's really my only option. At least I'm not buying anything I DON'T need, and a couple of improvements to boot. Even if someone were to hand me $150 tomorrow, I'm now WAY TOO deep into this one! 😖 Since I don't believe I've ever done a proper introduction... Here it is! 😉 Since it ended up this way, I'll actually start the Build in the next Post! Here's the Body I'm going with, a Honda CRX Body from Tamiya! I'm going to recreate the beater CRX that I had in College, MANY years ago! 😜