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Interior done and looking at making new shock towers front and rear

Paul,

Nice to see you pop in here. Hope all is well. Not sure if you do the Amazon thing...but there does seem to be some TRA 1965 availability:

https://www.amazon.com/Traxxas-1965-Shock-Piston-Retainers/dp/B0006O5HIU

Maybe these guys?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fp%2F1700128771

Not sure on diameter. Could maybe turn them or sand them down?

No problem. Hope they fit.

They looked available from several sources. Check around.

Mid at 6:07



Early kits come with extra body parts



Option Parts

Was fortunate to get my hands on some really fine triple bypass shocks.
These are way more scale than the Gatekeeper kit, but just had to install them together with the Pro-Line Pro-Spec scaler shocks.

Wow thanks for getting back to this one, just went through all of it from the start. What a phenomenal build !!
Digging the black Novak with custom decal

Re-re cage, wheels and wing, tyres from MarwanRC, spur from Shapeways, wing mounts from Pargu, and 2 new driveshafts.
Test fitted the cage


White gel pen lettering

Since these pics I’ve shortened the travel on the front shocks a bit (but springs are way too hard), and lengthened the bottom links on the rear. The towers I used I got years ago from I don’t even know where, the rear is way longer than standard, Happy to now have a Javelin sitting amongst my other...

The blue and the neon yellow work together quite nicely.

WOIN - One of the main reasons I wanted to build this B3 was to utilize these beauties. I'm a big fan of these Jconcepts shock jewelry and the Kashima bodies.

I had to get a little artsy with some of the pictures of these pieces.

WOIN - Front end is coming together.

Looking really good and an inspiration as I'm getting started on mine, I mean, my own from bitd! Has this reached completion in the end? All the best, Paul Hey Paul, Thanks for the kind words. I haven’t done much since my last post. This started off as a quick pocket change build but nearing the en...

These are unboxing photos of the JConcepts BJ4 Worlds Special Edition. This was the foundation for Team Associated's original B44. Click on the photo for higher resolution. https://www.rccaraction.com/jconcepts-bj4-worlds-special-edition/ https://www.liverc.com/news/flashback-friday-jconcepts-releas...

Given a driver that can use the modern car to its potential, the modern car should easily outpace it.

In the hands of someone like me, they'd both be equally slow (and probably crashed and broken).