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build up of tomahawk
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:08 pm
by sk7
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
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:26 pm
by scr8p
lookin good so far.
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:12 pm
by knucklebuster
Sweeeet! The rims look OEM. Did you paint them? I have yet to find a quality chrome finish.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:58 am
by sk7
the rims are freshly opened from a package,thats the way the chrome look came. post more of the progress soon.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:50 pm
by sk7
update
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:53 pm
by liquorboxracing
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!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:53 pm
by knucklebuster
That is SICK! The pot metal parts polished up real nice. You must have refinanced your house to pay for those rims LOL.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:34 pm
by shodog
Looks fantastic. I bet your hands are sore from all that polishing.
Jim
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:54 pm
by sk7
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..
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:12 pm
by knucklebuster
Nice sk7!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:26 am
by Asso_man!
Superb job, but if I'm not wrong that is an Optima body, isn't it
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:19 pm
by sk7
its a tomahawk body, same era as optima almost the same, those old style bodys have alot of charater
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:23 pm
by Asso_man!
oops, sorry
learning everyday is good
again, awesome ride dude, will it see a track?
Re: build up of tomahawk
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:45 am
by Mr. ED
How did I miss this tread?
Verrry prrretty.
One day I WANT one of these studs.
Re: build up of tomahawk
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:28 am
by Dr. Robotnik
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.