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Mystery turn Reedy motor. But I couldn't go wrong because there is "Gold Star" scribed on the side of the can. And if I remember correctly from back when I was a little lad, getting a gold star was a good thing. Resized_20221109_152530_9923.jpeg FXT turnbuckles, a nice soft brush to rub my...

Not r/c related, but class-A CDL came in the mail. That's nice.

Never mind, just logged into Amain and seen that mine was shipped out today with tracking number

Got the first above chassis powder coated.

Big thanks to Frankentruck for his 3d modeling expertise and designing various versions of the Futaba FXT battery strap to accommodate 7-cell NiMH batteries, and Jeff at Factory Works (GoMachV) for making the repo fiberglass straps. These two are nothing less than first-class guys. Resized_20221114_...

Arrived today

3D printed FXT wheels (next to originals) and other bits, plus a bonus 82 crystal. RC10 parts for RC10T to RC10 buggy conversion.

RC10 nose plate, ball cups, HPI super stars.

Standard hex drivers

Deserved win. Excellent buggy for sure.

Found another basket case to tease apart and piece back together... I don't recognize it. What is it? Looks interesting. I built one and had a build thread not long ago if you remember that. It's an awesome truck with an over-engineered weak trans which racers despised. Here's the box art. Kyosho-P...

Merry Christmas fellas!
Cheers,
cousin Eddie

Congrats on the win. Well done Thumbs and company on building a fantastic piece.

I store my motors on the back of my buggies. You can just barely see it peeking out in the photo below. That would be an expensive proposition for me. I have a display shelf and two boxes full of motors, not counting the 30+ in my cars. This, I would need about 50 more buggies/trucks to store them ...

Ran across this and had to get it since I now have one. Don't know what's with my infatuation to have original hard copy manuals for RC's I have.