optima mid custom special Mid o Mid

[joeling 1334]

Still waiting for chassis parts to arrive. Meanwhile ...

 

 

 

 

[joeling 1334]

Translucent red

Backed with PS48 Aluminium then PS12 Silver

 

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Accidentlly made an Iron Man 

 

 

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Did not turn out so bad

 

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[Willy iine 16918]

Nice collection, @joeling!  I am going to attempt painting my other Optima MID in the yellow theme next.   I will be using the black ABS wing.  Wish me hope..

[joeling 1334]

On 10/30/2022 at 9:27 PM, Willy iine said:

Nice collection, @joeling!  I am going to attempt painting my other Optima MID in the yellow theme next.   I will be using the black ABS wing.  Wish me hope..

Try as I might, I am unable to locate the correct shade of yellow. People on FB mentioned that Traxxas yellow comes close. No way am I able to find any. Good luck !

[joeling 1334]

Try as I might, I can only do 45/55 F/R & 49/51 L/R even withe hteh new chassis that shifts the battery position to as far in the front as I can.

[joeling 1334]

Old School tires

[Willy iine 16918]

43 minutes ago, joeling said:

Try as I might, I am unable to locate the correct shade of yellow. People on FB mentioned that Traxxas yellow comes close. No way am I able to find any. Good luck !

Yeah, since I did the first Optima MID in the white box photo theme, the second one is more an anything goes theme.  I am going to try a mix of TS bright orange (which appear more yellow) and PS camel yellow (?) which appear more yellow/orange.   My luck says they will be a close match to each other.. if not, I will go with a metal color wing on the yellow body.   

And if all fails, I have a spare body set so I will do silver kind of  like your photo above.  That looks good!  

[joeling 1334]

duplicate post

 

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[Willy iine 16918]

So I ended up with this.. I think the TS and PS are a close match?   

[WillyChang 1805]

22 hours ago, Willy iine said:

So I ended up with this.. I think the TS and PS are a close match?   

looks good, did u TS straight onto the nylon wing?

Only recently discovered T has a special primer for nylon, bought a can to try but haven’t painted wing yet. 

[Willy iine 16918]

13 hours ago, WillyChang said:

looks good, did u TS straight onto the nylon wing?

Only recently discovered T has a special primer for nylon, bought a can to try but haven’t painted wing yet. 

I did because it’s only painted in the protected area of the wing.  

Does that nylon primer work on Holiday Buggy recycle-bin type plastic? 

Here’s how far I got today.. 

[Willy iine 16918]

I finished the car today.   

[Nesrak 112]

2 hours ago, Willy iine said:

I finished the car today.   

What chassis is that? It looks very cool!

[Willy iine 16918]

On 11/6/2022 at 4:37 PM, Nesrak said:

What chassis is that? It looks very cool!

Thanks!  That is the Optima MID chassis with a CF dual deck option.  

 

Finally got these yesterday that were missing from my original order.

Edited November 11, 2022 by Willy iine

[joeling 1334]

Black looks good with yellow

[joeling 1334]

Decided to do a shell of my original '87 Turbo mid

 

 

 

[joeling 1334]

I wanted a Novak or Tekin but my parents gave me enough money for a Tamiya only. Still much better then a mechanical speed controller though.

 

But, somehow, I could afford a Trinity Monster Horsepower

 

This kit never say dirt in its entire life. I was 14 & locked on academics (not by choice). Only managed to run it occasionally on the concrete area in my housing estate. I remembered I even had foam tires on them at one time. Anyway, fond memories of my second hobby grade kit.

[Willy iine 16918]

13 minutes ago, joeling said:

I wanted a Novak or Tekin but my parents gave me enough money for a Tamiya only. Still much better then a mechanical speed controller though.

But, somehow, I could afford a Trinity Monster Horsepower

This kit never say dirt in its entire life. I was 14 & locked on academics (not by choice). Only managed to run it occasionally on the concrete area in my housing estate. I remembered I even had foam tires on them at one time. Anyway, fond memories of my second hobby grade kit.

Congrats, that's a great vintage vehicle you can keep in your collection for the rest of your life.       You did much better than me.  I was super poor and could only afford second hand cars.. Except for the Brat my grandma bought me when I visited her and a Pajero I got for Christmas from my parents (with no radio/electronics of course).   Kyosho cars to me were for adults, as with Associated RC10's at the time.  Completely out of reach for me.

[joeling 1334]

The present is a good time to make up for lost time of our youths. However, vintage electronics is still hard to find (at least based on my brief research)

[Willy iine 16918]

18 hours ago, joeling said:

The present is a good time to make up for lost time of our youths. However, vintage electronics is still hard to find (at least based on my brief research)

I just run modern electronics on my rere's mainly because I don't like the radio to glitch and crash my car.  

The only non 2.4GHz radio I trust is my JR Propo R1 with the PCM module.. but that is still late 1990's era, not 1980's so I don't run it.    Plus the receiver is pretty big and heavy.. (normal for it's time)