Back in the late 80's I used to go into this shop called Radioactive in the South of England, it was a Model shop, but unlike Beatties, which was the most popular RC/Model Chain in the UK at the time, it didn't stock Tamya's it stocked Kyosho's, schumachers and Yokomo's, along with RC aircraft, and it was the only place you'd see them locally, before I started going to the RC club anyway.
I always loved the boxes of the Kyosho's, they looked a bit more serious/professional than the Tamiya's did with the actual model shown on the box, and the action shots on the sides
The one that stands out in my memory from that time is the Optima Mid Custom, I've always wanted one, ever since I was a kid staring at them in the shop
I bought this used example, but it hasn't been used much by the look of it, I've started stripping it down, I've left the gearboxes and belt drive system fitted to the chassis as it's very smooth and I don't wanna end up like this guy
Pics so far;
How it arrived, the box is massively important to me as usual B)
nice info from the box
It came with a pretty awful body, but also with a brand new Kamtec shell and decals, this is the original body (Hmmmm)
Stripping and sorting.
Nice original wheels/tyres
Rear plate was removed by previous owner, it's back now.
