What are your plans for building it? Will you build it stock or swap in a few hop ups?
I am going to TRY and keep it box stock - no Trinity upgrades, I promise. Even though I have a nice Trinity blue flake front tower spare - maybe this was meant to be!? Hahahaaa
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jamin wrote:Who knows, maybe they'll re-re it!?
Something tells me that Horizon are not as interested in Losi's heritage as maybe AE are?
But we can all live & dream - the Losi XX is the car that seems to get most old/ex racers bleary eyed & nostalgic over (certainly amongst my circle of racer friends)
I agree Dan, lets hope they take notice of whats happening with the RC10. I know Rich Trujilo (spelling?) has mentioned the vintage stuff to them before.
Ok here so here are some pics of the bags from the kit, I haven't included the body/wing as they are clear and don't photograph too well.
Anyway:
Bag A: Front suspension, glad to see a black bulkhead in here!
Bag B: Steering assembly, ball-races and titanium turnbuckles in here.
Bag C: Rear suspension with MIP driveshafts, graphite tower and wishbones but not pivot plate, interestingly. I might need to add one I think, the exploded view lists it as graphite.
Bag D: Gearbox with ally layshaft & gear and the iconic blue motor plate. Dual disk slipper too, complete with blue nut!
Bag D: Better view of the blue motor plate!
Bag E: Shocks with nitrided shafts, blue springs, even though the rears are 'pink' and more blue nuts!
Bag F: Wheels and X-2000 rear tyres, ribs up front, and even more blue nuts!!!!
Bag G: Erm.....blue wing buttons!!!
Lovely shiny graphite chassis
Paperwork & Stickers
I really want to build it, but I need to finish my XX4 first, which is very close to being done
I want to do it box-art, but the stickers are more of a bright green than fluo-yellow, so it might look a little weird, I don't have much choice though.
jamin wrote:I always slow down at the bodyshell stage. Theres just a little something about spraying shells that is not as exciting as building...
Me too...I never look forward to the body trimming & painting...but when it's done, and you've removed all the mask to see that gloriously-painted body beneath, it's all worth it in the end.
jamin wrote:I always slow down at the bodyshell stage. Theres just a little something about spraying shells that is not as exciting as building...
Me too...I never look forward to the body trimming & painting...but when it's done, and you've removed all the mask to see that gloriously-painted body beneath, it's all worth it in the end.
This is true, its funny because I LOVE putting the stickers on, which should be motivation enough!
Now off to find my camera and tripod to see if I can get some better pics, stay tuned.
I know you're only doing what I would do had I been in the right place at the right time....... seriously though, I'm glad it ended with a hard-core Losi fan who also happens to be a member of this forum.
Think about it though.....if the seller had known what it could have sold for, he probably wouldn't have listed it with such a low BIN price. I mean, what are the chances.....? And I wonder how many more there are out there yet to surface???
Um how did I miss this? This is clearly not fair to the rest of us a NIB kinwald. sheesh.
I had major reservations on the painting of my Boxart Kinwald as at that time the bodys could be had, but not as much as now with TBG. The stickers look the same as the ones I have and found the yellow I used to match pretty good.
hey if you want to trade the Signed Ben box I have for that one LMK
Im glad its in a good home
Sleeps with a night light on, not because he's scared of the dark but because the dark is scared of him...........stay thirsty my friends
I have decided to build my NIB Losi XX cr Brian Kinwald buggy. It is one of my prized possessions in my RC collection. I have stared at it long enough, and feel it is time to open it up and assemble.
I have several vintage upgrades I will be...
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Did anyone else see the price the NIB one went for on eBay recently?
Madness!!
Yup, I was watching that one too.
Thing is as soon as the cellophane is torn off to open the box, most of those $$$’s completely disappear. My guess is that someone...
The XX CR Kinwald Edition is now avaible on vintagelosi.com
Thanks to Liam and very nice person who scanned in the manual for him. There is a special dedication on the second page that was added as thanks for the scanning work. If Liam is on this...
hi guy's, i was lucky enough to come across a nib kinwald edtion and have been building up one for display also! unfortunatly getting side tracked with the shelfer due to other projects as per usual :roll:
but here it is so far, hope you enjoy the...
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Yes that its, here we are in the serious 2wd buggy racing world, mostly grwon men at the time buying them with the pic of a little boy on it :lol:
I bought this Kinwald xx over two years ago and put a brushless system in it. I quickly realised that my driving skills would only destroy it so i retired it to the shelf. The plan was to clean it up and fit some bling. After many months of...
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Got this put together, it still needs a few things such as new screws which ive ordered.
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I have the trinity battery brace to fit but unfortunately this is the swb...
Here is my NIB XXX Kinwald. I may actually build it one day, but I already have a kinwald runner. Looking at a new built one on the shelf would be more fun though.
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I just picked up a XXX BK1 runner on ebay. It definitely has a different transmission than my XXXT graphite. The A arms are surprisingly different as well; it is much narrower than the XXXT.
Haven't had time to look into it too much but I'll post...
Before starting my XX 1997 World Champ Brian Kinwald replica car, I need to train my mind on the Losi products, and especially on the XX after too many RC10 projects.
Enjoy 8)
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I'll have to try this, don't like the messiness of the hydra-drive. All XX Kinwald have this dual slipper?
Yes they did. The spur is slightly different to the hydra drive one - it accepts a pad on either side of it. The disk plates are the same...