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Back in 1987, I was in secondary school in Singapore. I manged to persuade my parents to get me a Hotshot the year before. I wanted something more race oriented even though I have never raced and will likely never see any track time. Well, I did see track time but that was nearly 20 years in the making. Anyway, I managed to pester my folks to purchase an Optima Mid which I still have until today. Shortly after that acquisition, I heard that the Mid had taken second place in the worlds. Very impressive. Who was the culprit that beat my beloved Mid ? Non other than this Schumacher Cat that I'd never even heard of. The car that beat my Mid. Much hate. If not for this car, the Mid would have world champion.

 

Fast forward to 2017, the CAT XLS was re released. I purchased 1 kit on a whim, did not purchase any hop ups at all. Left it in the store for years until last month. Saw some Youtube videos of Masami driving a re re CAT XLS. Decided that it was finally time to make an attempt on the CAT XLS.

 

Started with the body

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Apologies, fell asleep half way through this.

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Putting on stickers

 

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Shorty packs

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Mistake !

 

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Moved the battery forward to try to reduce F/R imbalance

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Modification done

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RIT dye bath - Scarlet

 

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Less than a minute in the bath

 

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2-3 minutes in the bath

 

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Which ones ? Left or right ?

 

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Primer then black then metallic silver. Tamiya TS paint

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Pink car is done. Painted the undertray today. I call it the pork belly :D

 

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Day 7 of quarantine in Australia. Scheming to build another one with extra body. Undertray will be PS6 so the extra body needs to match. What do u think of this color scheme ?

 

Of course, things can only happen after day 14 when I escape from the hotel.

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Quarantine over and I am a free man again.

 

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Went ahead with the build. Low humidity helps with the paint drying. Dyed some white wheels golden yellow

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Just about the limit of my meagre painting ability. Firefox scheme for stock. Microsoft / Escort Mk II scheme for mod :-) 

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Installed the MCI replica stickered XLS body & wing to the kit

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Pandemic nearly under control and Schumacher re re the ProCat last year. Time to get busy. I may actually race it. Very exciting. First up, the bodies.

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Need some help with the shocks. What springs & shock oil weight front and back for the following situations :

1) tropics 30+ deg C

2) cold weathe in the teens


Much appreciated. Oh, track is rough medium sized dirt track. 

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