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AscotConversion wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 11:34 pm This is bizarre. I started the same project a few weeks ago.

They say great minds think alike...and so do you and I !

So, tonight my Turbo Optima truck took it's rightful place on my Kyosho shelf: 20250310_185715.jpg I noticed something I never thought of before in almost 40 years of lusting over this truck. 20250310_185849.jpg Nothing was said in the original article, but I think the RCCA truck's paint scheme was ...

do you have a link where I could find the body? I was looking on mcallisters webiste but couldn't find it? Am I looking in the wrong place? Here's the McCallister body I used: https://mcallisterracing.com/sr5-racing-pickup/ I've studied the crap out of it and am convinced it's the same body but wit...

Man I remember this issue of RC Car Action! I loved this truck! So cool you've recreated it! Looks great! :D I remember having this very copy of RCCA and taking it to school in the 8th grade. A kid I had in class made fun of me for playing with radio control cars. I can still see him - he had a mul...

In a perfect world I'd find some Tecnacraft wheels...maybe eventually. Pargu said he'd make them if I could find a sample to replicate... Anyway. Tried 2 more looks tonight: 1. Pargu wheels with re-re Javelin/Optime tires. They are slightly wider and the sidewall looks a little taller. I think they ...

Nice! Ever take it out to Windrock? (Who am I kidding? It looks cleeeeean.) I have an XJ that I take to Windrock. It's about 30 min from where I live. While the MJ is quite capable I want to keep it as nice as I can. For MJ's, 91's & 92's are the Holy Grail if it has a 4.0L. Mine's also a short...

Thanks guys.

I numbered the Optima "91" as a salute to my 1991 MJ.

It's funny to think about it now, but at the time these trucks were built they were considered to be a "mid-sized" truck.

If anyone is familiar with the "All American" decal on the front of the truck from the original article, please let me know. You can see in two of the original pics that something is written below All American, but I couldn't make it out. I'd like to replicate the decal but would rather wa...

The Tecnacraft wheels have proved next to impossible to find. Marwan make reproductions of the square-block tires but I've not had much luck with the Tecnaraft wheels or any others that look like original Cragar wheels. In keeping with an 80's truck look, following is the best that I've come up with...

For those not familiar with the Project Optima truck, you can read the article here: https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=11218 I've always loved the look of this truck. This magazine article came out when I was in the 8th grade, however, at the time it cost more than 2 years of my allowance. I'...

Got my Hornet Evo today (after 2 months) and another Turbo Optima...this one's gonna be a tribute to the RCCA Project Optima truck

Also, I know this is in the Ad Scans section but it was the best thread I could find.

Mods, please let me know if it would be better if I create a new thread in my hunt for an original wheel for a sample...I was unsure where was best to post.

I know this is a bit of an old thread...dead for 13 years...but I'm looking for a bit of help making a dream come true. I am trying to build a replica (and a few tributes) of the December 1987 RCCA Project Optima truck. Pargu builds several Tecnacraft replica wheels, but not these. I wrote him and h...

I wanted to do something similar to box art but change it up by scanning the factory decals and using different colors for the stripes. In the end I took the easy road using single color paint and I dug up some extra Tomahawk decals I had laying around. 20241004_185420.jpg 20241004_185457.jpg 202410...

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