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Thank you so much! It's amazing that such quality photo sets emerges after so long. This must be the best one from the '85 Worlds that I have seen to date. Thank you for sharing.

I believe you need the new gear box to mount the new wing stay.

Wow, thanks guys!

Lots of cool builds this month!

Kyosho/Dyna Models Scorpion 02.jpg This is my "replica" of the Japanese Dyna Models Scorpion from 1983, a 2WD off-road buggy that was based on the Kyosho Scorpion, or Cox Scorpion for you Americans. Dyna Models was a popular hobby shop in Yokohama City in the mid/early eighties, and in ad...

Thank you, Lonestar

Kyosho/Atsuhiro Ohno WC'87 spec Torpedo Optima It is now, to the day, 30 years since the 1/10th Off-road World Championships in Romsey, UK. We all know that Masami Hirosaka won the 4WD class with his Schumacher CAT XLS (back then just called the CAT XL). A little bit down the table we find Japanese ...

But beware of the Optima Pro, as it has the battery in a more forward location, as well as an undercowl. I don't think those bodies are interchangeable with the others.

That's one cool modified Kyosho Rally Sports! Originally one of Akira Kogawas first designs for Kyosho/Auto Model.

Great info Dan, I love this stuff! Here is the original "Ran.co-One" body, designed by Tadashi Kurihara of Proto Design Co. for Air Supply. Tadashi Kurihara also designed most (maybe all?) of the Marui cars, as well as the Kyosho Sand Skipper series, Mr. & Miss Wheelie and the body for...

Sorry for commenting on such an old post, but I find it interesting that both Panda and Mugen cloned the Air Supply "Ran.co One" body for the Cyclone and Manx.

It was kind of funny how they tried selling the pro-x gearbox design as a novelty while the losi jrx2 used the same principles years before. The Pro-X was designed by ex-Losi guys, hired by Kyosho to make the "perfect" buggy. Let's just say they re-employed Japanese Auto Model shortly aft...

Japanese YSP made a small bumper for the Mid, as well as a rear bumper.

As of January 2017, Kyosho had not decided if they should re-release the Mid.

Phin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:25 pm Didn't the CB style shocks also change from brass bottom caps to aluminum?

Yes, they did.... so then we actually have v1, v2 and v3.

Haha, now things are getting a bit too new for me to add anything. I'm stuck in the 80's