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I really appreciate your fearless attitude Derek.

"Today I'm gonna build an RC10-based 4WD buggy and nothing's gonna stop me!!!"

This will be a very very cool build!

"Today I'm gonna build an RC10-based 4WD buggy and nothing's gonna stop me!!!" :D I appreciate the sentiments Doug!....actually your quote was what I was thinking exactly when it all started and I will make sure it's a nice build, on a budget tho, got to really limit spending on this one,...

That's awesome!
Quite period thinking I reckon rather than today's stuff which is all so similar.
It's inspired me to do a 4wd trailing arm car.

Starting to take shape now....the battery will go sideways in front of the motor mount under the belt, it won't hang off chassis at all and is only15mm tall which clears the belt...don't have it yet....2000mah 2s 50c. The dogbones are ordered...65mm rear, 61mm front Fabbed up some nose tubes....can'...

Was it only TheDiamondOne and I that got the message that there was a Kyosho Optima Mid as a consolation prize for getting no votes in all the monthly contests this year ?

TheDiamondOne wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:15 pm Wonder if my 1 vote was legit or pity?

Dadio doesn't want you getting in on his free Optima Mid. He had you knocked out of contention.

I was no where near there when it happened , don't even know what your talking about , you can prove nufinck

Factory Works latest Hotshot chassis

I was middle class at best, but had a rich friend growing up and he had an Avante painted Tamiya Candy Pink and Candy Purple. It is still my favorite paint scheme on an Avante I have seen. Wish I had a pic... :? It was really cool. He had a Lifesavers painted YZ10 also that was really cool. Someone ...

I don't remember the entire back-story, but I know it's in a landfill now...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It means a lot because this is something that I'm proud of and wanted to do for many years.

Maybe next year I'll actually enter an RC10.

A suggestion and question for Kyosho and Kyosho Ultima fans out there... Suggestion: Kyosho, please come out with a Joel Johnson 1987 Kyosho Ultima replica (a special edition buggy) . All of us know that the 1987 Ultima with aluminum chassis, was not the real winner. But the original Ultima kit had ...

1 beautiful emerald green anodized RC10DS chassis, 1 awesomely detailed Tamiya Porsche 911 body, 80+ donor parts from a crashed Mustang DS, much time, lots of love, and 2 creative hands. These are the ingredients used to build this Porsche. https://live.staticflickr.com/4413/37019872620_6e017c9345_b...

Starting the assembly with a fresh Picasso custom cut from Malar at Factory Works