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so i have gone through about a dozen ultimas and sold them all :( but i finally got this today from a guy down in Tacoma
the red shocks look like they were taken off ,or rather never put on ,another :roll: majic johnson motor thats about four i have now they must be good


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SIGH!!! why some guys have all the luck :roll:
nice catch, how i wish to have original body shell like that :oops:

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Sometime it’s hard to get it right, but it looks that you did well this time! Congratulations Mr! 8)
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kyosho boxes are really a work of art, nice ultima you have there :)

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GJW wrote:kyosho boxes are really a work of art, nice ultima you have there :)
thankyou i think i like the turbo optima box out of them all

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treehugger wrote:
GJW wrote:kyosho boxes are really a work of art, nice ultima you have there :)
thankyou i think i like the turbo optima box out of them all
is that true! that the box of turbo optima is the one you like:shock: :mrgreen:
then... you can give me the contents of the box :oops: yes!!! i will keep it and treasure it :P

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c'mon man!! you had so many way better cars than that one. so you got the box which is a plus but C"MON MAN LOL
2nd place is just the 1st loser

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so this thing is mint the car has balls through out the trans is silky smooth before i took a screwdriver to it
oh and the brown had to go :!: so after taking the old brown paint off time for some white . :D
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Nice score Paul!
Did the previous owner think at all when he painted it brown? :lol:

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walfre wrote:Nice score Paul!
Did the previous owner think at all when he painted it brown? :lol:
well i guess when your ten it looks cool im just glad there was no prep done the brown came of in an hour chip chip chip ,
time to let the paint dry tonight then put the last decals on im still torn weather to put the msc back in?

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Hurry up Paul, can’t wait for the final result 8)
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Looks great. Will you then paint the figure from the outside? The figures are tough for me to paint myself to the standards I want.

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very cool!

Have you ever tried brake fluid to remove paint.

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walfre wrote:Nice score Paul!
Did the previous owner think at all when he painted it brown? :lol:
Looking forward to your resto, Paul. However, to be honest--the Ultima's decal set has to be one of the ugliest color combos ever. What were Kyosho thinking? "Let's use peanut butter & banana sandwich for the new Ultima color scheme!" Urgh...if it were me back in the 80's, if I built an Ultima, I probably wouldn't even have used the main decals, instead I might've gone with a red-and-something paint scheme emphasizing the red shocks...or used an X-acto to remove the brown parts from the decals.

Since the decals have a lot of brown, who can fault the kid for painting it brown? :lol: At any rate, it *does* look better with white.
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Ha - peanut butter and banana :-).

I really like the Ultima Pro green and yellow scheme.

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