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Spotted this as part of a Ultima pro rebuild in an auction site here in New Zealand.
Managed to convince the guy to seperate it and sell it to me.
Going into my JRX-Pro build, not that many vintage 20 plus year old Losi parts around in this country, needs a rebuild and new decal.

Various bits for my projects, Really didn't like the battery set up for LiPo cells on the Optima, and Rocky, so bought these clamps to try, much more secure and well made. Also a slightly different bell crank for my belt drive rocky conversion, takes ball ends so will be more positive than the bent ...

OPTIMA MID RE RE, Finally arrived last week and couldn't resist screwing it together, Cliché, but this really was my first decent RC Car, had a first generation from way back then. Couldn't believe the precision and parts fit compared with the original, Kyosho fan anyway, but really nice to assemble...

Kariotahi beach on New Zealand's west coast, near Waiuku and Pukekohe, bit of evening surfcasting with a great sunset.
Slowly getting lighter in the afternoons as summer rolls in.

What an awesome looking build, looks fantastic, Stephen from fibrelyte is seriously helpful, Deal with him occasionally.
Will keep watching with interest.

RC10 T4, Collected off an old race friend whose kids weren't interested. Didn't appreciate the sheer volume of spares he had with it, titanium tie rods, diff parts, 6 sets of suspension arms, boxes full of screws and bearings, slipper parts etc. Not sure where to start as there are easily enough bit...

Tamiya TB02 alloy parts. This was a freebie from another deal but i really liked its stance, Pretty old car now, about 8 or 10 years i think, but was the basis for the EVO series. Accidentally stumbled across a hobby shop with "closeout" deals on the alloy parts, guess as they are so old n...

Well finally got the challenge finished off, Turns out the alerion servo was a good fit as the shorty Lipo sits close to it when fitted. Sorted some of those 4mm 90 deg connectors and came out all right. Couple of foam spacers hold it firm. You can also see the self tapping stainless cap screws i re...

Id love to say it was a pleasure to drive but hey, its a Hornet. While it may be responsible for getting heaps of people into the hobby, it still handles like a.....Hornet. The rock climbing shocks on the front may be oil filled and pretty, but i think the stock springs were better. The Back is less...

I gently sandblasted mine as there were very deep scratches, came up nice and uniform, and matt finish, clear coat on top.
it suited one of my cars anyway.
Good luck

While i was there i replaced the aluminum post, which is 6.4mm o/d to 3mm i/d. Found these flanged bearings that I bought to make belt tensioners out of, 6mm o/d, x 3mm i/d x 3mm deep (1mm lip) I had some precision stainless tube left over from the drive gear sleeves and cut a spacer to suit. Ball r...

Hey Mate, just a note to say i really like your color scheme on the plasma, very nice, and thanks for the detailed build too. People take a long time and a lot of effort to post these like you have, and often they are not appreciated. Yours was, im now ordering one, even though ive been off road 1/1...

Milford Sound on the weekend, bottom of the south island .
New Zealand, and a Kea, Native mountain Parrot

Well finally found a suitable belt for the pulleys Powge S3M516, so 516 teeth. Looks a bit silly as its only 3mm wide but sourcing a wider one from Xray hopefully. Also sorted out the CVD's Found an easier solution for the rocky, ran the 3racing universals for the optima ( very reasonably priced) an...

What a great idea for a forum im old school too and think the "cab forward" are just plain ugly well done.