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Frankentruck wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:48 pm If you're just doing one buggy, a kit might be the way to go. If you've gotten sucked in and are running out of fingers and toes to count on, bulk is the way to go.

If you're doing one buggy and it was gifted to you, it's the way to go.

Welcome to the board. There are a few different ways to get hex on to a T/T2/GT. If you have machinating experience you can make these parts work. The blocks will need to be milled down to fit in the GT front arms and the hinge pins drilled out to accept the larger 1/8" arm pins. You may need ...

RogueIV wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:24 am Amazing work! Really cool seeing it in this format.

Thank you! Was a lot of fun putting it together. Glad to see everyone is enjoying it.

Thanks to a whole bunch of great friends I have been able to recreate my first rc. My Hornet had proline front tires, AJ's foam rears, a radio from my uncle that came with waterproof servos (that were waaaay too large for the chassis), and for some reason black tie rod ends on the steering. The body...

Finally found some old NIB light blue anno shock caps and went into the way-way back machine to tighten up the TRX-1 on the shelf... New caps, refinished rear springs, and new spur dust cover. Also pulled a Green Machine 2 from the bone yard to fit the blue / green box art theme. Now just need to ge...

Here she is again: the dog that started this topic, our Dolly. She’s turning 17 in another 2 weeks.

Nothing too special here but decided to make a hump pack case to keep around for a runner. I will add the cells when they arrive.

I also drew up a hollowed out version with the thinking I could have a smaller lipo pack inside basically making this just an adapter case. I'll get to that one next.

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Prepping is underway for this year's Kinwald Klassic at Hobby Action in Chandler, AZ.

Today.

Here is a dedicated post with pictures of the winning 2WD machine from 1987 from my visit to the Kyosho booth.
The original JJ modified Kyosho Ultima and the trophy.

Original body pictures. According to Akira, Kent Claussen (12th scale racing legend) was the TRINITY logo design creator. Claussen was also the owner of the LAVco company. Akira's friendship with Kent led to the use of the classic vintage stickers enjoyed on the reissue model today.

Today.

Made a hump pack for my Hornet. Kinda shocked you can still buy NiCad batteries in 2023