mtbkym01's project thread - Latest “This Fighter used to be a Champ”

[mtbkym01]

Instead of multiple threads, thought I'd start one like others have, showing my latest and upcoming projects.

Thread Index:

Honda City Turbo  WR02 - Page 1, Toyota Toms 84C RM01 - Page 1, Toyota Landcruiser FJ40 CR01 - Page 1/2/3, Original Monster Beetle Restoration - Page 2/3, Original Kyosho Turbo Optima Restoration - Page 3/4, Traxxas Bullet Restoration - Page 3, Marui Big Bear Restoration - Page 4, Kyosho Optima and Turbo Optima Box Art Bodies - Page 5, Team Associated Edinger RC10 Restoration - Page 5/6, Original Early Vintage (Mk 1) Rough Rider Restoration - Page 5/6/7/8/9, Tamiya TA06 WRX - Page 7/8, Mugen MBX8 1/8 Nitro Buggy - Page 7, Tamiya FF03 Pro VW Golf - Page 9/12/14, Hobby Shed “RC World” fit out - Page 9/10/11/12, Tamiya Super Clod Buster Black Edition - Page 12/13/15, Original Tamiya Fox Restoration - Page 13, Sakura M4 Mini - Page 13, Tamiya TT02SR WRX - Page 13, Tamiya TT01E Street Brat - Page 14, Tamiya TT02 “First Try” Lancia Delta Integrale Street - Page 14, Tamiya Blackfoot Re-Re - Page 15, Tamiya TA02SW 40th Anniversary Porsche 934 - Page 16, Tamiya Wild One Blockhead Motors edition - Page 16, Kyosho Javelin original parts - Page 17, Tamiya Wild One Rebuild “The Wild Fox” - Page 17/18, Tamiya Monster Beetle Re-Re - Page 18, Tamiya CC02 Ford Bronco - Page 18/19, Tamiya Egress Re-Re - Page 19, Kyosho Pegasus Restoration - Page 19/20, Yokomo MX4 Restoration - Page 20/21, Tamiya VW Type 2 Wheelie WR02 “Bus-Ted Willy) - Page 21/22, Kawada M300SR 1/12 956 Rothmans tribute - Page 22, Tamiya Top Force Kit 100 Restoration - Page 22/23, Tamiya/Factory Works “No Fox Given” Vintage Racer - Page 23/24, Tamiya Top Force Vintage Racer - Page 24/25, Tamiya Fighting Buggy/Super Champ - Page 25/26

For starters, I'll kick off with my Honda City Turbo WR02, complete with a IBIFTKH fantastic driver figure. This was the first time I've attempted filling body holes, think I learnt a lot ready for the next one, fully ball raced, painted in Pearl White and clear coated. I love this little car, and definitely will get at least 1 more

 

 

[MAD RACER]

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That's awesome. Love these Hyper Honda Turbo's.

 

Nice wok

[mtbkym01]

This weekend I built my RM01, this was the first build where I completed the body before I started on the chassis, I see the merit in doing this, coz once the chassis is done, the build is done. This one got a hop up pitch damper, nice little car, looking forward to giving it a run at my LHS M05 track

[matman]

Very simple build in a sense , but fiddly . What ya running in it ?. just the stock 380  and life battery .

Body was a pain   , lots of decals to put on . Just don't crash it M8 . Looks great .  

Ok , you didn't do the mtbkym01's paint scheme , just the good old box art . VERY NICE ! indeed .   

[mtbkym01]

2 hours ago, matman said:

Very simple build in a sense , but fiddly . What ya running in it ?. just the stock 380  and life battery .

Body was a pain   , lots of decals to put on . Just don't crash it M8 . Looks great .  

Ok , you didn't do the mtbkym01's paint scheme , just the good old box art . VERY NICE ! indeed .   

Yep just the 380, with a small 2000 mah 2S lipo (basically a RX pack), put a low profile servo and Tamiya 104 esc as well

[mtbkym01]

Some deliveries have started showing up for my next project

 

[TwistedxSlayer]

Lots of shiny parts..... then Integy :-(

[mtbkym01]

2 hours ago, TwistedxSlayer said:

Lots of shiny parts..... then Integy :-(

Unfortunately there's not a lot to choose from for the CR01 anymore, especially if you want it to be uniform

[TwistedxSlayer]

is it being a shelf queen?

[mtbkym01]

6 hours ago, TwistedxSlayer said:

is it being a shelf queen?

Light trail duties

[mtbkym01]

Another day, another piece

[KalEl63]

I have a feeling this will be a thread to keep an eye on

Also I will be able to treat it as a reference point of what I want to buy next as no doubt you will influence me once again Kym

[mtbkym01]

So I found this at my LHS last night

and since I've been accumulating some hop ups for one, thought I better grab it  . Cracked open the kit today to make a start on the build while I had a few hours to spare

i don't plan on doing a full detailed build documentation as there are plenty of nice threads to see already, but will just update some progress pics as it comes along. Although I will post this pic, wow look at the amount of hardware out of bag A 

So got building to this point for now

[richb77]

2 hours ago, mtbkym01 said:

So I found this at my LHS last night

 

 

Forgive my ignorance...I'm terrible with three letter acronyms. What LHS?

[mtbkym01]

50 minutes ago, richb77 said:

Forgive my ignorance...I'm terrible with three letter acronyms. What LHS?

Local Hobby Shop 

[matman]

Nice kit , i have one  . I didn't use the stabiliser set or the one's that came with it . Wanted it to articulate more 

& they were stopping it ..

Great fun to build & different . I'm sure your enjoying the build & great fun crawling . 

[mtbkym01]

8 hours ago, matman said:

Nice kit , i have one  . I didn't use the stabiliser set or the one's that came with it . Wanted it to articulate more 

& they were stopping it ..

Great fun to build & different . I'm sure your enjoying the build & great fun crawling . 

Yeah I read that the stabilisers do that, I actually want the articulation reduced, and the ride height lowered (hence the short springs) as this is gonna be more of a trail car, for heavy duty crawling I've already got a 2.2 comp crawler. Post a pic of yours here Mat, I'd like to see it 

[mtbkym01]

Did a little bit more today, waiting on 1 last delivery before I can really progress past this point without jumping ahead in the manual sequence, we'll see what happens, basically fitted all of the Integy parts and I must say, they feel and look quite good....considering (I would never use Integy parts as arms or shock towers on a buggy, but for the purpose of this car and these parts, they seem quite ok) anyway, here's some pics

[mtbkym01]

Still waiting for the delivery with some bits I need, but in the meantime I picked up these bits from my LHS (excuse the iPad pic)

[mtbkym01]

Postie delivered a box today which among other bits that will be exposed as I go, had the bits I've been waiting on

then got a bit more building done

[matman]

WOW ! M8 your all out on this one . Very nice indeed . Yer racing & 3 racing in that post i see  ..

[mtbkym01]

Just waiting on an ESC and RX to arrive, then it's trail time, body colour is Corsa Grey and Pearl White roof

also some some more accessories for the roof rack to come, oh and the LED's for head and tail lights

[mtbkym01]

Decided that the FJ40 needs an interior, and not ever really using styrene before (other than painting Tamiya bodies) wasn't too keen on attempting an entirely scratch built effort. I started searching around the net for interiors but couldn't really find anything suitable. I then pulled my Bruiser NIB out and checked out the bench seat from that. "Hmm looks like it may fit" jumped on eBay and found a couple nip for 1/2 price, so hit the BIN button. A quick test fit on arrival and yep, I should be able to sort something out with any luck, jumped back onto eBay for some styrene sheet and angle. Made a start today

 

 

*edit, photobucket links not working, grrr

a work in progress, but getting there

 

Edited November 13, 2016 by mtbkym01
Photobucket not linking, added images to post

[Daveyb]

This is really nice

[mtbkym01]

Been a while since updates, progress has been slow, but steady

 

The pic above shows I had some gaps to fill/blank on the side