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XLR8 So I am curious. How was the quality of the Penguin body? Does it look as though there was a fair amount of foreign debris on the mold causing small bumps? I haven"t peeled back the overspray film to see if the bumps on my Protech show through. Still have more painting to go. Chuck Receiv...

she looks good.....................................

This is fantastic, I really miss how much of the hobby has gone away. Great project!

Looks great Chuck. Neat and tidy.
One of the very best mid conversions I have ever seen.

Nicely done! looks factory

Fantastic build so far. Great innovation.

As promised, here are some dimensions for the Penguin Protech II. I don't have an AE Protech II for comparison so I've include dimensions for the AE Protech and Viper - both of which were likely made sometime within the past 10 years. What's interesting is that although the Penguin body is 1/8"...

radioactivity wrote: Thought I was getting double vision

Just a shop truck

The final car in this lot is this: RC10 Graphite_01.jpg Another Serpent touring car? https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Mz41E-xDjrwX8ASxdeh_iAqc4oBgwEV8 No. Underneath the touring car body is an RC10 Graphite Team Car. RC10 Graphite_04.jpg RC10 Graphite_05.jpg The graphite chassis is in...

Race ready Kyosho Lazer ZX.
Carbon fibre shock towers and top deck. Some custom made lipo shorty battery cradles and the blue steering bellcranks make this car ready for the track. Runs really smooth.

PB Mini Mustang 2-Speed, Futaba 131SH servo, MC110 speed controller, Novak NER-2S 27MHZ receiver, Demon Power King motor & Sanyo 1700 SCE battery pack.

Nice job! looks good

Here’s a cool RC10 I put together a while back.
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This is a full carbon SWB Optima Mid , chassis is from Fibre Lyte. The main features are platinium shocks, AE blue turnbuckles, Parma slipper, 48p Robinson spur gear, Lite Sink motor plate . I got some inspiration from '87 WC prototypes in Romsey for the wing mount , body (Optima Pro) and decals. ht...

Looking forward to seeing this build progress, nice work so far!