joeling 1935 Posted August 24, 2022 The Turbo Optima Mid was my second hobby grade RC. Re re has finally allowed for further indulgance. Decided to break away from the main thread & start my own collection thread First up. Completed Turbo Optima Mid body with stickers. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted August 26, 2022 What do u think ? Close to box art colors ? Or not ? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichieRich 830 Posted August 26, 2022 Looks fantastic to me. Very interesting grey/purple color. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted August 27, 2022 Thanks. It's mostly proline aluminium with a dash of proline red Polycarbonate air brush paint. Air brush is hard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted August 31, 2022 Taking a break from the custom special to quickly shoot up a Mid body to b brought back to Perth. Not conducive for painting this time of the year. Better to paint in the tropics and bring the body to wet & cold Southern hemisphere. The intention is to build a mid while I am back with the family but my luggage with hop up bits went MIA until yesterday While waiting for the missing luggage, did up the stickers. Finally, my bags arrived yesterday. Started the build tonight. EXO Design CF chassis. I really like this conversion kit. YR hop ups Kyosho alloy suspension holder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted August 31, 2022 This was waiting for me in Perth. LWB chassis of my own design. I had my usual guy laser cut for me & sent to me from the Eastern States. Will bring to Malaysia for build. I try to move the battery as far forward as possible in a transverse mount position. Fingers crossed 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 1, 2022 More progress 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 3, 2022 Spirit of the class of '87 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 3, 2022 LWB chassis fitting seems good. Made a little mistake on the belt covers holes though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 4, 2022 Discovered another mistake. The front gerabox is too far back. Could not get the 657 belt to work. Luckily, I have the 648 belt. For the second version, I think I can move the battery another 4mm forward. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 5, 2022 Routed the esc receiver lead & servo lead under the battery tray No cable ties needed Moement of truth 50/50 L/R but only 44/56 F/R 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 7, 2022 Nearly there. Just ned sway bars and dye Kyosho wheels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 8, 2022 Multiplication in progress I like gold 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 10, 2022 RIT Lemon yellow for 7.5 minutes JC racing & 15 minutes for Kyosho rims Cooking RIT Golden Yellow 7.5 minutes for the JC racing rims & 15 minutes for Kyosho re re 50mm rims 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 11, 2022 Making bodies 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 15, 2022 Consider this done. The Proline green looks very nice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Room335 853 Posted September 16, 2022 Amazing collection @joeling! I have an affinity for Kyosho as well. Over the last year I've built a Turbo Optima, a Fantom, and an HOR motorcycle. I have an Optima and a 2nd HOR in the queue; all great kits and so much fun to build. Do you run your cars? I was always curious if the Kyosho buggies were similar in driving dynamics, or unique in some way? The number of buggies with "Optima" in their name makes my head spin! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 16, 2022 For some reason I like this Mid Custom Special body shape. So, I'm working to build a few with conversion kits and self designed chassiss bits usinf the rere as a base. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 16, 2022 Meanwhile ... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Room335 853 Posted September 16, 2022 Great job on those wheels! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeling 1935 Posted September 24, 2022 I really want to improve F/R weight distribution. Back to the drawing board : Trying my very best to shift the battery to the front of the chassis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites