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Losi Atomic Carbon XXXCR2 http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/12956845-97d1-48b7-ac96-eb65d214a80b_zpsemqujgof.jpg http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/3f35f12e-2d80-4908-9824-54aec06e75ca_zpsiwk2l7jz.jpg Unused carbon chassis and xxxcr kit. Few mods including Exotec s...

Yesterday after a week of looking at my plans of where to cut it, i started cutting. And low and behold, it worked. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/P1040823_zpsiv7yyoyp.jpg http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/P1040832_zpsactondex.jpg Its not as good a fit as my lo...

Made a start on cutting the body, which was more guess work than cutting cut lines. I removed the front shock tower and the back end, so i cold make a start on getting the front end cut with the back end easily dropping into place. Once i was happy with the front end i started on the back end. Then ...

Wheels arrived today, and 2 tyres. 2 tyres are now on 2 rear wheels. The writing is more white than grey, either way im happy, i likes wheels i does.

Its deceptive, it certainly looks too narrow, even sitting here looking at it now, but the rear of the body is well over an inch wider than the chassis, and both start to taper in at about the same place, and line up well at the front around the servo posts. It wont be until i trim the body that ill...

Today i did something i wasnt going to do, but due to the fact that i couldnt fit a piece of carbon with the standard part fitted, i splashed out on an Exotek steering rack conversion. It started with a bag containing these bits http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/P1040777_zpsdvhxxzy...

Got more done to the back end today. The wing mounts were badly warped, so i thought id try putting them in hot water and gently bending them straight. It almost worked but they wernt quite right. Id noticed there were 2 holes on the side of each mount, and i had a couple of alloy posts left over fr...

Got the gearbox stripped and rebuilt, didnt do anything with the diff, its smooth as silk and doesnt look anything like a standard one so i thought it best left alone until I find out what its like inside so i know what im going to find when i get there. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/class...

Got the front end back together properly now, well sort of. After putting the steering rack in I put the front brace on and realised it fouls on the standard steering setup. I wasnt going to upgrade the steering due too the cost of it, but seeing how naff the standard steering is compared to the res...

Very nice builds there, and a good sharp colourscheme, the type that looks like its flying when standing still

When i first started taking this apart i realised the screws are metric not imperial like the xxx, which meant i couldnt use the my small stock of losi screws, which was a pain until i realised i had more left over from a mardave build, and they were the same m3 screws. After I sorted the shocks out...

Thanks for the suggestion of the TBG body but ive since realised the chassis is a different shape to a standard one, and a standard 22 body wont fit, which isnt a bad thing really because one of the bodies i already have almost fits, so im going to look at what else is available for that car. Chassi...

Its an Austin A60 farina banger, he even won a world final, just to add a bit of provenence to the colours :) Well, it arrived today and im a very happy chap. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/P1040598_zpsvilnlgjl.jpg http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/classicsnut/P1040593_zps...

Just noticed i didnt include a picture of the new free team losi motor. Just the job.

cheers, always nice to hear what people think, the colour scheme is based on my dads old racing colours, which i always thought looked smart and simple, which is a good thing because id probably ruin a body trying to do a fancy scheme, im good at spraying and masking but any creeping under the tape ...