Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
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Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Hey guys,
I just got this Kyosho Slingshot, and I was wondering what the best shell would be for it?
I was thinking about some McAllister Bodies, some seem to fit nicely like the Ol Smokey...
Here are a few naked pictures:
These are from when I received it:
This is the Novak T-1 ESC that I also got for it.
Here the pictures with period correct electronics installed, Eventually, I will get some period correct saddle packs.
I just got this Kyosho Slingshot, and I was wondering what the best shell would be for it?
I was thinking about some McAllister Bodies, some seem to fit nicely like the Ol Smokey...
Here are a few naked pictures:
These are from when I received it:
This is the Novak T-1 ESC that I also got for it.
Here the pictures with period correct electronics installed, Eventually, I will get some period correct saddle packs.
Check out http://www.kyosho-optima.com and my Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/optimaseries/
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Very nice...might have to get myself one of those someday!
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Cool thanks for the tips, will try to find something like that!
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Wow, great sample you have got there!
Mine has a body that I think is "time period correct" but I do not know what body exactly.
Mine has a body that I think is "time period correct" but I do not know what body exactly.
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Looking good, I really like that one. Going to be hard finding a period correct body in good shape...
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Custom works still sells many of the old bodies that would fit great, like the open comp Camaro. You could also try McAllister.
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
I got my Slingshot back when they came out. At the time in Japan, there weren't any oval specific bodies available, so I picked up a 1/8 rally body. Never painted it and only ran the car a couple times. Fast Forward a few years and back in the states, I picked up a nice oval style body and proceeded to ruin it trying to use liquid mask and the wrong kind of paint. So the rally body is still on it and still unpainted.
Something like this is what I was going to use:
Something like this is what I was going to use:
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Thanks for the tips, I knew about McAllister, will check out custom works.GoMachV wrote:Custom works still sells many of the old bodies that would fit great, like the open comp Camaro. You could also try McAllister.
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Specically, I think a Cherokee or some kind of SUV body would look good. Alot of oval type bodies I've seen are just ugly, especially with the wheels sticking out way past the fenders. They just don't look right imo. I wanted a Slingshot when they first came out but never got one. I guess the oval aspect of it turned me off a bit.
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Unearthing post
Re uploaded the pictures in the first post.
And added some updates, but still have not found a body...
Update list:
-Heatsink on the Novak T-1
-Period correct Nicad batteries
-Novak NER-2S Servo
Pictures:
Re uploaded the pictures in the first post.
And added some updates, but still have not found a body...
Update list:
-Heatsink on the Novak T-1
-Period correct Nicad batteries
-Novak NER-2S Servo
Pictures:
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Windtunnel sells Bolink's old latemodel bodies still.
https://www.windtunnelracingproducts.com/index.php?cPath=42_27_31&osCsid=a6683da2812318ba9eb21bf68afc7bf9
https://www.windtunnelracingproducts.com/index.php?cPath=42_27_31&osCsid=a6683da2812318ba9eb21bf68afc7bf9
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Re: Just got this Kyosho Slingshot, advice needed
Phin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:59 pm Windtunnel sells Bolink's old latemodel bodies still.
https://www.windtunnelracingproducts.com/index.php?cPath=42_27_31&osCsid=a6683da2812318ba9eb21bf68afc7bf9
Thanks for the Tip, some of those look really cool!
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