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Gonna take you back to an very important car in my rc history. 1989. This was my ultima that was modified as much as my budget for a 16 year old could afford mowing lawns (which I still do to this day for a living). Our local track converted to dirt oval. It was a very loamy heavily watered soil so ...

Back end's done. Quite a bit of fettling with the printed parts. The hinge pin holes were 3mm instead of 1/8" (3.18mm), so I had to ream those. The 5x11x4mm bearings wouldn't fit without some work. Traxxas rear arm mounts needed minor dremeling for outdrive clearance. Rear.jpg Best to use a goo...

Very neat build! Had me doin' a double take on that LOOLIFL..... LOL

Front clip done.

Mostly standard stuff. Some dremeling needed on the castor blocks.

Not been on here for a while or really into much RC-wise but these are too cool not to post. An old journalist friend has loaned me his album of personal pictures from the Romsey Worlds in 1987. I have seen one thread requesting pictures of this car but not much else - these shots are previously uns...

Halgar wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:13 pm

morrisey0 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:40 pm I have a strange feeling mci is trying to tell me something.....................

And after all that, a porch pirate intercepted the package.




For $20 I'll return it.

I predict a post in the Things that irritate you thread any time now.....

Some bodies for my 1/8 vintage and runner chassis

Lola T310
UOP Shadow Dn4




Jerome

If one is good, then three must be great.

To be fair modern polymers are way better than they were in the 80s so the ribs may not be needed. I actually put off getting one of these in favor of an optima mainly because I want to build something and the 834b is mostly assembled. May get one later on but not now. I'm going to revisit this as ...

In 1997 Team Losi once again launched themselves onto the world racing stage when they unveiled their 1/10 electric 4wd buggy, the XX-4. Four-wheel drive electric buggy racing had its first IFMAR (and ROAR) championships in 1991 and while it was quickly overshadowed by the popularity of stadium (nee...

Easily one of the best 4wd buggies of all time. So good Losi revisted the design later as the TLR 22-4.

Granted working on them is a bit more of a challenge and the front arms were a bit of a weak point.

Got to spend some time with my grandson Samuel Joe Brown - he’s 9 mo old. Great addition to the family.

- limestang

I'm an AE guy but the XX-4 was a game changer of the time and an amazingly fast buggy.

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:51 am I wandered into the "work station", gazed upon my meager collection of unfinished works, sifted through some spare goodies, sighed, and walked away.

***this***

I wouldn't call it a restoration but I am breathing some life back into this piece. Wild hare i guess. Still has the wheelie bar on it. The Johnson 540 being installed won't require it.