The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
This update is just to explain what I’m doing, because I’m not working on my Tomahawk.
So this is what I and my wife are doing during the weekends, working at our summer house, chop wood, painting the house and assembly garden furnisher…
So this is what I and my wife are doing during the weekends, working at our summer house, chop wood, painting the house and assembly garden furnisher…
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
I found some red Duratrax wheels in my storage and tried them out for comparison. I might have to re anodize them, but what do you think guys?
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
Nice wheels. I'd either use the red ones or polish the raw aluminum ones.
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
Either set of wheels would look great but if it were mine I would loose the knockoffs
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
Polishing is over-rated. I like the matte silver with the red nuts... though they don't match well with the red rears and white spongees I liked before
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
I'd agree with you--if polishing were easy to do. But with the amount of elbow-grease required to do a nice polishing job, it's *never* over-rated. Just my 2¢.Mr. ED wrote:Polishing is over-rated.
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
just wicked lars, very wild indeed. show us some spike's on the back
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
I'm not so sure those silver wheels would polish at all they look as if they are clear annodized
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
The ano could be removed with Easy-Off, then they could be polished like any other aluminum piece. Not sure it would be worth the effort, though, as Duratrax wheels are on the cheaper side. At any rate, that wheel design would be a lot easier to polish than the 2 different styles I did for my Optimas. Man, those were a pain.
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
My personal preference leans more towards the polished wheels (w/out the knock-offs).
(The knock-offs are more at home on sports cars than off-roaders.)
Who makes those tires? They look great!
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
I agree, a lathe definitely cuts your polish timeCharlie don't surf wrote:Polishing anything wheel wise without a lathe just plain sucks.
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
I have tried those AJ’s, but they look weird on the Tomahawk… I will take some pictures tonight and you can judge for yourself.Mr. ED wrote:Polishing is over-rated. I like the matte silver with the red nuts... though they don't match well with the red rears and white spongees I liked before
Tanks for the input guys, much appreciated
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Kyosho Tomahawk
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I had tried it ones before and they looks weird on this car, but I didn’t put on the rear wheels…
This time I did both front and rear and with an old body, and I had to say that they are a contender…
I had tried it ones before and they looks weird on this car, but I didn’t put on the rear wheels…
This time I did both front and rear and with an old body, and I had to say that they are a contender…
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Re: The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk
Make that a white body with some red and black pin-striping and it will realy pop (the racer style, not hotrod or cruiser style)
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