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Great built! I love the antenna tube - really adds to the old school feel. I want to add one to my bandit even though I don't need it at all. lol

That's a good lookin' buggy, really diggin' the tri-color paint job.

Awesome the car ran so well on its first outing too.

This is a very cool idea. I have enjoyed your build. It's a good looking car. As much as I hate modern Traxxas, I am a huge fan of their early race cars.

The steel driveshafts ordered were advertised for the Bandit however they were too long, so I suspect it is for a Slash. Running the stock plastic driveshafts on it for now. Would like to get the Exotek drag CVDs in the future. It might be very difficult to find a CVD setup that fits the Bandit. I'...

I used the light duty telescopic shafts in a stadium truck on fairly high bite dirt with a 17.5 and no slipper and they held up fine. I was worried at first about popping them but all was well. The HD or VXL telescopic shafts should be more than adequate if you want a bit more security as clay would...

I‘m really liking your build. Now there are some things that many say makes it hard to make the Bandit competitive. One is the length for a buggy. The Bandit is still longer than the B4 +8 buggy. As your picture shows: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rctech.net-vbulletin/2000x2000/80-img_0342_f9bff...

Just need to finish some final touches but I like the way it's turning out so far.

Been running and tweaking this car for the last few weeks, figured its time for an update. First, I decided I was done with the hodge-podge mix of colors on the printed parts. I bought a roll of matte black PLA and reprinted just about everything. It looks great now with the all black color scheme! ...

This got me staring at the B4 that's been collecting dust in my office. Could make for a great "wet" car