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Ahh, what a beauty! Black theme is killer and the Yokomo wheels and TH adapters are just a super match to the chassis.

So so well thought out, I hope you were going for menacing looking because if so you nailed it !!

I'm still waiting to see the fuzzy dice....

Shocks are assembled. I filled them with vintage AE 30wt silicone oil and used RCPS green slime on the shock parts. I made sure to wrap a couple of pieces of gorilla tape around my needle nose pliers to prevent marring the bottom of the shaft. OCD kicked in and made me order two packs of vintage AE ...

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...

I really like this build. Lots of awesome hopups.

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.

Last of the detailed pics. Akira pointing to his blue themed Optima raced at the IFMAR Worlds...

I popped open a T-4 for this buggy. There was enough soil in that thing to start a garden!
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UPDATE: 9/23/2023 BODY SWAP- I couldn't leave well enough alone. I decided to swap out the Lambo Diablo body in favor of the Lambo Gallardo Body. The HPI diablo body is really cool except i have issues with HPI bodies that have the wing mounts molded onto the body. I prefer the plastic mounts you s...

Added translucent RPM 7031 Up-travel limiters to the rear and Bud's wing mounts. I used a small JG shock shaft spacer on the lower rear rod end since it has the pivot ball. At least it's a slider now.

Wow that looks amazing Nice build

sandkil wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:29 pm Electronics:
Reedy Sonic G (11T quad).
Novak NER-3FM.
Novak HPC-SP.
Futaba FP-S9101.
Sanyo SCRC 1700 mAh.

That’s the icing right there !

Perfect battery choice! They tie the orange electronics to the black chassis nicely.

@sandkil , build looks amazing. Sent you a PM/DM as I was looking for Franky’s contact for ER Racing. Could you PM/DM please when you get a chance? Thx!