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Same bloke also did a dodgy repair on the bathtub chassis and used a bit of galv plate to patch it up. What do you expect for a 30 yr old car i guess. Problem is he also cut outvthe front gearbox cover too. I think its part number is RK-04? If anyone has one to sell pleaee PM me, even a Turbo Rocky ...

The Steering bellcrank is still under review, i know you can buy 3D printed units on shapeways or EBay but stumbled on this Yeah Racing HPI F10 arm, seems close, but i got a few to machine around with #F10-042OR if it helps anyone later. Someone has "repaired" and butchered my original one...

Searching posts here i found Tamiya OP-218 #53218 Hard tiuring car drive cups fit nicely into the rebuilt rocky differentials these may work on Raiders too?

Finally had a wet day here in New Zealand and time to crack into my projects.
Post has been terrible with COVID, but assembled enough to make a start

Yep, all cut and filed, took a while and i appreciate how tough the carbon is, went through a few files.
I scanned the parts first on a high resolution scanner, then printed off copies to use as templates.
Found a local performance car here in NZ that fabricates parts and bought some offcuts.

Hi May be some use, i found the "pepper pot" style kyosho reproduction wheels in the UK https://www.jcracingproducts.co.uk/kyosho-optima They look the same pattern as 1.9" wheels of the era, but accomodate the 2.2" tyres available now. Got some for my rocky and laser projects, Go...

Its a JC products YZ-10 shell, they also sell wheels in 2.2"
https://www.jcracingproducts.co.uk

Sorry, wheels from here


https://www.jcracingproducts.co.uk/kyosho-optima

Nice and clean, the battery straps are Schumacher Procat/bosscat items, plenty of atermarket carbon at fibrelyte in the uk if you want to go that way, im playing with an original ZX at the moment. I got some kyosho reproduction pepper pot style wheels that are resized to 2.2" for modern tyres f...

Thanks for the help are the jrx pro chassis hard to find?

Great, thanks for your help much appreciated

Hi all.
Is this a grasshopper 2 or a hornet? The rear shock has prefloat like a hornet, but it came with the larger wheels of a later model buggy.
Cheers for your help

Hi all, found this tidy car but confused about its origins. I didnt think the YZ-10 had an upper deck, but this one does also it has gold anodised shocks which i thought was team associated? If i remember right yokomo has a purply blue anodising on its shocks? Came some replacement rpm carriers and ...

Hi gents could someone please help me Id this barn find.
It looks like a JRX-Pro, as ot has long front shockes amg a hydrodrive unit, but the cut saddle pack chassis seems wrong, and it came with original orange JR-X2 wheels?
Please help me id this one if you can.
Thank you.

I think ive scrounged up enough bits for 2 optimas, the assembled one has hand cut pieces as this was well pre ReRe, Laser z x-5 wheels etc. Spent ages cutting carbon bits up to suit Lost passion in it when i realised these parts are available off the shelf. Jeff Malar supplied me with a custom cut ...