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To build or not to build....
The wife keeps getting me old cars
1988 Grasshopper 2 Super G
Looks to be pretty much NIB, a couple packages have been opened.
Also came with new set of Tamiya ball bearings and a new Twister Pocket Rocket!
Chuck

Asso_Man Congrats!


Chuck

Very nice guys!

Great resurrection.
Clean as a hounds tooth

Chuck

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:12 pm Thanks Chuck!....u raced that exact car in the 80s....it was Mike Mercer's

Probably lost against it too.
Mike was a much better driver than I was, come to think of it most were...

Chuck

Finally got a car that's closer to my driving skills


Chuck

Turned out really nice!

Chuck

Masked every thing but the windows and hood outlines and shot them black. Really happy with the nice crisp outlines. Then all the decals, which are all reverse decals, were masked including the "hood" area and the body was shot with Tamiya PS17. Overspray film is still on at this point. mm...

Re-masked and backed the green and decals with white.

Then pulled the the masking off!
Next is PS31 Tamiya window tint...


Chuck

Really haven't been able to find any Associated FT Rear Axle Wheel Spacers, at least reasonably. Yep, a 2mm washer will work but it isn't too pretty and doesn't have a taper to prevent rubbing the outer portion of the bearing. So I bought Durango TD714002 wheel cone spacers. $4 plus shipping. Way ch...

...Erin Loechner!? Yes I have to admit that i'm very pleased so far. Thank you, Chuck. My aim is to drive it. I know the design has some flaws. I just hope nothing major will break once on the track.. Nope, not Erin Lochner, just me. Waxing poetic. When you get to my age, as an old friend of mine wo...

They could be Technicraft.
Chuck

Resurrecting what may be the worst, drug through the mud, rode hard put up wet, beaten, thrashed, trashed, bent and broken mid ever sold on the internet. Caked with what looks to be sugared clay baked into every nook and cranny that an rc car has. Broken parts were probably replaced but it looks as ...

Think I'm going to fall more in with Doug's camp on this one for now. Upgrades in the future, who knows? LeMans motors, probably not now either, but to stay somewhat true I do have a Kyosho Mega Motor that will do for now (believe it or not I do have a Kyosho motor :lol: :lol: :lol: ). The diffs and...

Yep Chuck, cant wait to see progress on this one. PLEEEAASSE go box art when you do the body. And you will need the sway bars if u go SE paint. The turbo mid se was definelty one of my all time favorite cars. The platinums are the best shocks ever also, so classic. That mega motor will work for now...

I snagged this off the Tamiya forum.
Apparently at least one exists





Chuck