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Turbo Optima Mid

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hello everyone, i'm Paolo from Italy, I would like to share with you the luck that has happened to me,
 a few months ago a friend told me that he would give me a radio controlled model,
 which he used little ... Turbo optima Mid, complete with KOPROPO remote control, unfortunately there is no electric motor, 
but it doesn't matter .....

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as you can see the model is practically new, even if it is more than 30 years old,
 the tires have never been glued, the frame has only a couple of scratches,
 some protections never used, the remote control is perfect.
I decorated the tires, but it took me a long time ...
the esc is a ROBART .... I looked for something of the time and I found a NOVAK RACER.

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the original body is painted horribly, luckily it is in very good condition so I clean it and then paint it. There are original stickers never used as well as instructions in Japanese and English

 

 

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Great job on the recovering the body! Kyosho has great looking 4WD buggies. I hope they re-issue at least one of the Optima Mids so they are readily available with parts to run them. Thanks for sharing.

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thank you so much.....

 

now I just have to find the right brushed motors, can you help me?

Paolo


 

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mine is not so nice ,,, but still fun to drive maybee one day it will return to original

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A very beautiful resto/refurb?  Your attention to detail is commendable.  Tell me, how did you achieve that nice uniform finish to the black paint on the wing end-plates?  I'm finding it very difficult to get enough paint in the upper part of that small gap.

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Looks ace, that minty fresh Ko Propo EX-5 is not to be ignored either :)

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hy guys, I've been away from the forum....

look what i managed to find...

the 480T can be rebuilt, the 240S is ok, the 480S cannot be found cap and shaft :-(

Which is the most suitable for my Optima?

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Looks great. In the back of the manual there is a diagram showing which motor you can use with which pinion. Be careful if you drive it like this (with the upper chassis plate missing) chances are you end up with a bent aluminium chassis bottom plate. I know I'm pretty late to respond, just found this post and I'm new to the forum :-)

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