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As part of an expanding vintage Kyosho collection, I've recently restored a Turbo Optima. It started out as 2 Turbo's that I picked up last year, and chose the parts from each to create the best one I could. I wanted to recreate the one I saw on the front cover of a magazine (which I also tracked do...

mtbkym01 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:04 am Need to see a nice LeMans Motor in there now

And here it is - 240S installed as per Turbo Optima standard

At first glance, I thought perhaps your car was used for the magazine cover. You've nailed that paint job! Nice work. The whole car looks great! 8) I guess you should have enough spare parts to build yourself a runner? I do yes, both were intact although one had clearly had a harder life than the o...

Cool! I agree, the car just looks really dirty but otherwise very complete. Are those Platinum shocks and are the wheels and tires original to the TR? This is going to be an interesting rebuild as I am completely unfamiliar with this model. Thanks for posting. 8) Yes, standard on the TR. The wheels...

Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 5:07 pm Thanks , the two large holes next to each other are they for large ball studs ?

Yes - 2 ball joints for the steering linkage to the wheel knuckle joints. The smaller brass ball joint is for the steering servo arm.

Rolling chassis back in one piece now...body is next up

Thanks for comments all. Here it is with the body cut and fitted. So the paint job is up next..I don't tend to go with box art, so I'm thinking of either staying with the box design but using yellow & blue from the standard Rocky scheme instead, or going with a different design from box art alto...