build up of tomahawk

Post by **sk7** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:08 pm

heres a few shots of my restoration of this kyosho tomahawk buggy i just picked up, its was in pretty bad condition someone used white and black house paint on the entire thing, i stripped it and then wet sanded and buff it , new hardware,and i have been lucky enough to come across some new parts for the build. The first picture is how i got it.enjoy

Post by **scr8p** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:26 pm

lookin good so far.

Post by **knucklebuster** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:12 pm

Sweeeet! The rims look OEM. Did you paint them? I have yet to find a quality chrome finish.

Post by **sk7** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:58 am

the rims are freshly opened from a package,thats the way the chrome look came. post more of the progress soon.

Post by **sk7** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:50 pm

update

Post by **liquorboxracing** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:53 pm

That thing is beautiful! I love the old Circuit 1000 buggies! I can't get enough of them! God score on the rims! The rears are very hard to come by! Keep us posted on the build!

Post by **knucklebuster** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:53 pm

That is SICK! The pot metal parts polished up real nice. You must have refinanced your house to pay for those rims LOL.

Post by **shodog** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:34 pm

Looks fantastic. I bet your hands are sore from all that polishing.

Jim

Post by **sk7** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:54 pm

heres some updated pictures of the tomahawk build , alot of polishing , and new parts like universals,bearings,shocks and springs,radio plate ,rims, front tires, new body etc..

Post by **knucklebuster** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:12 pm

Nice sk7!!!

Post by **Asso_man!** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:26 am

Superb job, but if I'm not wrong that is an Optima body, isn't it

Post by **sk7** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:19 pm

its a tomahawk body, same era as optima almost the same, those old style bodys have alot of charater

Post by **Asso_man!** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:23 pm

oops, sorry

learning everyday is good

again, awesome ride dude, will it see a track?

Post by **Mr. ED** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:45 am

How did I miss this tread?
Verrry prrretty.
One day I WANT one of these studs.

Post by **Dr. Robotnik** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:28 am

Awesome build mate and great restore. BTW I'd ditch those purple nuts if I were you they just don't seem to look right. Otherwise spot on.

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