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I like the body. I realize that it's not everyone's cup of tea and that's ok. Because I'm good enough, smart enough and dog-gone it, people like me.

RC10Eh wrote:Looking forward to see what you do with your steering setup. I am considering Houge or Sassy bellcranks . I might hold off until i see yours. I also used Andy's long ( white ) arms, not 100% sold on that combo yet . I have no intentions of running mine.

Hey Fastang, thanks again bud, but i remember you keeping one for yourself, built yet ?

I started a build but I don't like the direction its headed so I might start over. I'll gat a pic up.



I'll start a build thread in the RC10 section since 99% is AE parts

Wow, that is a very interesting build. It's funny, because I have tons of RC10 parts and I'm desperately trying to not use them for this Ultima. I'd like to keep everything Kyosho or Kyosho aftermarket. That being said, I think the only part I'm using that is not Kyosho is the steering. I'd like to use OTW-10, but unless you wanna get raped by El Chiquito del Fuego on ebay, you can't find them. So, I'm going to use a TA-05 steering set with a couple of Lazer parts.

So last night I was having dreams about this Ultima build and I was thinking about the body. LOL. Anyways, one of the reasons why I selected the Outrage body is because it's wider towards the front. The original Turbo/Pro Ultima (II) body never fit this chassis correctly. It was too short lengthwise and too short top to bottom. It leaves a lot of chassis exposed. See pic.

That's the original in the pic, right? i like it too but the Outrage body suits it quite well.

Yes, that's my Pro XL. I got that NIB on ebay for $150 years ago.

Ok, it was raining here in So Cal this weekend so I spent more time indoors than I would have liked. On the plus side, got some work done on the Utlima. It's now a complete rolling chassis minus a steering servo, a wing and a way to mount the battery. I will add updated pictures later today, hopefully. Of course, "tomorrow" has many definitions on a forum...it could be next week.

Great build, I realy like the shocks you are using. Are they later model Kyosho's?
I remember cutting up an outrage bodysehll for my Ultima back in the day. I had no painting skills back then and it looked awful. It will be good to see a shell thats been painted properly and put onto a nicer car than I owned back then.
Keep up the great work!

Ok, here are the updated pictures. No paint yet on the body. I still need to get the mounting all squared up. Oh yeah, the shocks are Kyosho Equalizers.

What rims are those?

The fronts are Ultima RB5 and I'm not sure about the rears. I asked the hobby shop dude for RB5 rear wheels and he gave me the ones in the pic. After installing them, I noticed that they are different from the rears on my actual RB5 buggy. I'll have to check the part number. I think I saved the header card somewhere.

I'm going to write a full list of parts used if anyone is interested.

It is looking really cool. Look like a “Turbo Ultima Pro XL” , looks factory

Those are new RB5 rear wheels. They are al ittle narrower to make the tire bulge a bit more. They are part of the combo in the latest update which also use different CVD axles.

Updated pictures. I added a wing, bumper and replaced the rear wheels with the original RB5 versions. I like these better. I just need to rig a front body mount and shoot some paint.

dude that car looks awesome. race ready. are you gonna run it? i take it back the outrage body actually looks pretty good on it. when not seeing them ugly pink outrage rims next to the body it looks alot nicer