Marui Shogun Restoration
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Re: Marui Shogun Restoration
Looks great! One of my favorite color combos. It would be cool if you could source a gold wire to put in place of the usual red positive wire to the motor. If you plan to wire it that is.
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Re: Marui Shogun Restoration
Grand idea, I suppose a yellow wire would do the trick! I have yet to find a good motor to put in it, but I don't think I'd wire it up. The original car calls for a crappy stock Mabuchi, and I don't think anybody who'd buy this would ever actually run it, so I doubt I'll install modern electronics. I haven't even reinstalled the original MSC, though I have it and it's intact, except for the metal bracket for the resistors, which was broken when I bought the car. The assembly was simply electrical-taped to the chassis.THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:37 pm Looks great! One of my favorite color combos. It would be cool if you could source a gold wire to put in place of the usual red positive wire to the motor. If you plan to wire it that is.
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Re: Marui Shogun Restoration
Excellent job so far! I can't wait to see the finished product!
The red shocks are actually quite good. Have you tried rebuilding them? They are comparable to Tamiya's CVAs.
The red shocks are actually quite good. Have you tried rebuilding them? They are comparable to Tamiya's CVAs.
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Re: Marui Shogun Restoration
Nah, I'm not going to bother. I'll probably sell this car, along with all the original parts that came with it when I bought it, stored in a Ziploc bag. The suspension with these gold shocks and fairly light oil--I think I used 25W--works very smoothly. To put the red Ninja shocks back on this Shogun would seem a crime, to me.
Completed projects: CYANide Onroad Optima | Zebra Gold Optima | Barney Optima | OptiMutt RWD Mid
Gallery - Coel's Stalls: Marui Galaxy & Shogun Resto-Mods | FrankenBuff AYK Buffalo | 1987 Buick GNX RC12L3
Gallery - Coel's Stalls: Marui Galaxy & Shogun Resto-Mods | FrankenBuff AYK Buffalo | 1987 Buick GNX RC12L3
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Re: Marui Shogun Restoration
Finally got the sticker sheet from MCI and the Shogun got stuck up.
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Gallery - Coel's Stalls: Marui Galaxy & Shogun Resto-Mods | FrankenBuff AYK Buffalo | 1987 Buick GNX RC12L3
Gallery - Coel's Stalls: Marui Galaxy & Shogun Resto-Mods | FrankenBuff AYK Buffalo | 1987 Buick GNX RC12L3
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