Cox Kyosho Scorpion

Post by **knucklebuster** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:08 pm

Brand spankin' new. Shocks and trany are bone dry. I plan to paint the body when the humidity drops here in not so sunny Florida. This one will sit happily next to it's box, high above the reach of little hands.

Post by **scr8p** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:11 pm

shweet

Post by **knucklebuster** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:03 pm

Thanks scr8p!

Post by **Asso_man!** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:28 am

I love the vintage Kyosho buggies, my first RC car was an Ultima with red shocks!!! I loved it... but this one is really nice, please post some pics when you'll have the body painted

Post by **knucklebuster** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:26 pm

Thanks Asso_man, I'll post more pics and update progress asap! I'm also looking for a full decal sheet. I've seen them on ebay out of Kuwait, but I haven't seem them in a while. I think Oople.com has downloads too.

Post by **Asso_man!** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:28 am

Yes Jimmy from Oople does have a scan of the decal, I was also thinking about repoduce a series of JRX2 decal sheet, but the main problem is that it is printed with a clear sheet and the only way to do it well would be to peel the sheet, place it on a slide and then scan it in order for the decals not to be mixed with a white first layer... How would you do to repro a decal from scan

Post by **knucklebuster** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:56 pm

Asso_man! wrote:Yes Jimmy from Oople does have a scan of the decal, I was also thinking about repoduce a series of JRX2 decal sheet, but the main problem is that it is printed with a clear sheet and the only way to do it well would be to peel the sheet, place it on a slide and then scan it in order for the decals not to be mixed with a white first layer... How would you do to repro a decal from scan

I hoped to email the jpeg file to a local print shop and pay them to sort out the details (provided the cost is not outrageous). I would probably spend as much to screw up decals and not be happy with the end result. Not to mention my $40 hp printer probably would not reproduce high-quality decals. Sometimes you have to know when to contract out.

How about you contact Jimmy to see how he suggests reproducing decals... I'll check with a print shop.

Post by **Asso_man!** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:18 am

like I said, the main problem with decals surrounded by a white stripe is that you'll have to guess where you'll have to cut them since the bottom layer of a reprint is white... but maybe you don't have this kind of problem with the Kyosho decals which I have never seen...

Post by **shodog** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:04 pm

The scorpion is one of my favorite Kyosho's. You have a very nice ride here.

Post by **knucklebuster** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:48 pm

Asso_man, here are the decals...

http://cgi.ebay.com/KYOSHO-OPTIMA-JAVELIN-SCORPION-LANDJUMP-VANNING-DECALS_W0QQitemZ170045167925QQihZ007QQcategoryZ34063QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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