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Way back in the 80's I raced an Optima very similar to this one. As a teenager, I just couldn't get enough of this car and modifying it just for the sake of changing it. I eventually hacked up some fiberglass plate and took some rear trailing arms from MIP to convert my Optima. I eventually had to g...

Cool build!

So the last official RC race I ever participated in was at the ROAR Nationals in 1990 at the Hobby Haven Livermore Raceway in CA. I was in 6th grade, my brother drove me to the event. I wanted to be contrarian and got an ass kicking racing my Tamiya Egress. I disliked the fact everyone had an RC10 a...

Great meeting Thumbs at the track yesterday but no bros to be found! What the heck!

Politics

Black rims. Black cells. Black soul? Sure. Since The Fall Of Old Tekin / Kevin Orton Story is my favorite thread, I wanted to build a RC that pays homage to K.O. I wish he would see my build and enjoy it. For those wo don't know it: https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=22700 I find myself in som...

Factory Works Ten4.1
Andy’s Paint
Tekin Electronics
MIP CVD’s
Hot Laps Tires

My first Tamiya ORV (I now have six), an original Blackfoot. Due to the fagility of ORV's, it clearly needed a lot of re-re parts to get it fixed. Mods: Frog skid plate and arm mounts (polished), Frogshot modded diff, re-re CVD's, 3D printed rear skid and shock mount braces, center mounted servo, an...

Project update: had to back half the Monster Beetle...car on the left is the original from prior posts...like all my cars they get ran hard...and this one had a few issues in my haste to get it done..it did run good, 42mph but the body mounts and several other epoxied on parts finally gave way, the ...

Got it finished up minus fuel tank and lines..been waiting on them for 3 weeks🤦....rear shocks are Tamiya Astute fronts with custom shafts and Avante Springs Messenger_creation_DB879299-38CF-42F5-9AF6-638C72423172.jpeg Messenger_creation_2E883A36-B40F-419C-9974-0342579F1F85.jpeg Mounted the throttle...

In 1998 Kyosho released a new version of their 1/12 tracked vehicle, the Nitro Blizzard. Originally introduced in 1982 and preceded by four iterations of advancing refinement the Nitro Blizzard would be the first to receive a gas powerplant. Sharing only its tracks with the first Kyosho Blizzard the...

My RC10T4 is following in the footsteps of the retro modifications RC10th has previously done to his trucks. Updates from the standard T4 RTR configuration include Factory Works custom fiberglass front & rear shock towers and battery strap, CVD rear axles, Lunsford Punisher turnbuckle / ball cup...

This is my recently built Schumacher CAT XL 2wd.
A runner for vintage racing, true to original XL specs.
Build thread: https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=50034

Halgar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 07, 2025 8:53 pm

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 07, 2025 8:36 pm I know its not off topic...but i figured what the Hell...didn't end well

Didn't know they made diesel RCs!

It gets worse

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 07, 2025 8:55 pm It gets worse

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Look on the bright side Derek, it's so worth our entertainment