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Managed to score a small parts lot off the flea bay that was poorly listed/described that will help push this one another step forward.

I reckon it was about the same time too that HPI did. I think the Athlete was the first 1/8 buggy from Mugen to use purple parts.

Phin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:03 pm I might be remembering wrong but I think Vectorsolid is Bob Stormer.

For some reason, I also thought this. His private stash side gig. Separate from Stormer Hobbies.

Just put on a set of the Marwan reproduction W5031 square block tires.

Thank you for leaving it for me sir, I might have cried if I missed out on this one lol

Never one to leave well enough alone, Duratrax found a way to fuel the desires of early 90's gas truck racers.


One of my all-time favorite ads, the image of engine swapping an RC10T like it was a full size truck was just captivating.

TRA2630! In white!

I've been avoiding this part.

Brendan2904 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:05 pm I'm not allowed to go to California. My wife says my big mouth will start an incident.

I hear that! Coming from Idaho I gotta make sure and peel off my political bumper stickers and pull the AK out of the back window

It’s a border and a 39 hour drive for me but if I wasn’t married I might consider it just to meet some members in person, which would be super cool in itself.

Was able to get the upper body smoothed out and painted. I learned a lot on this model, really glad to know how to recover from mistakes, and this one was one mistake after another, in prep, and paint. https://i.imgur.com/OUm53iI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7cana6r.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lur1aa7.jpg ht...

Getting there. 20240420_185445.jpg Also modified a TRX-1 front tower (bottom) to fit a "TRX-2" bulkhead. Lots of filing :roll: 20240420_144246.jpg Upon test-fitting, it was realized that the shock angle is jacked using TRX-1 arms. So it's either TRX-3 arms or I shim the shock tower rearwar...

Well I think I got it wired correctly. If/when I put power on it, we'll see. :D IMO, looks so much better without the brick there! The body and roll cage are probably going to end up being future projects, so it will probably be sitting like this for a while, which I am perfectly fine with. As with ...

Side by side with a B4 +8. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rctech.net-vbulletin/2000x2000/80-img_0342_f9bff1d176da0548db0ba10ff3f6deb244eb2c0e.jpeg The Bandito has about a 4mm longer wheelbase. Pretty much done. Just waiting on the driveshafts and transmission to be delivered. Bought the black gear...

A good friend of mine picked this up in a cheap garage sale lot recently, amongst a bunch of other cars. He had no use for it, so he tidied it up and sent it to me! 20240507_164726.jpg Sure, it's only a Super Hornet, but it's in pretty nice shape, and the Futaba Attack-SR TX is in almost-new conditi...