Turbo Optima finally painted

[DennisM]

Finally found the courage to molest the original Turbo body.
It´s painted in light blue and pearl backed with white.
It seems like the sheet of stickers has left their drawer, a darn shame as they were originals.

[GoMachV]

Props to anyone straying from box art! I like the blue, it's got a good retro look.

[uniquenamehere]

That looks great, nice work...

[DennisM]

Thanks for the kind words, gents

[keithrc]

That looks nice Dennis, something a bit different. I've got the same task ahead of me but mine will be box art, just need to nut out how to mask it up to get the proper result.

I noticed you don't have the front brace on it yet.


Keith

[RedScampi]

Nice, clean work Dennis. Painting is my weak point. I can do it but it's so stressful for me that most of my cars end up with clear lexan.

[DennisM]

That looks nice Dennis, something a bit different. I've got the same task ahead of me but mine will be box art, just need to nut out how to mask it up to get the proper result.

I noticed you don't have the front brace on it yet.


Keith

Thanks Keith,
You´ve got good eyes I´ve got 4-5 Optimas and lacking a couple of braces. I made a brace Yesterday for my belt converted Runner, so hopefully I can re-arrange the other braces and have a new one for the Blue Turbo. Pargu has´em in black aluminum - ain´t all that flexible

Nice, clean work Dennis. Painting is my weak point. I can do it but it's so stressful for me that most of my cars end up with clear lexan.

Thanks, I think I feel the same way about painting - I do it rarely, so I´ll have to be on my toes, not messing it too much up.

[keithrc]

I think the flex of the bumper itself would be enough to absorb any impact. The stock front braces are too weak in my opinion, too many knocks or one hard enough hit and they break clean in half as well as bend the crap out of the lower guard. Maybe not so much with the Turbo's and Salute's as they have the thicker lower guard but it's still the same crappy plastic brace.

I'll be using the Pargu alloy brace in my runners, black ofcourse to keep the original look.


Keith

[madmaxx]

Nice work... i did one not to long ago.

[DennisM]

I think the flex of the bumper itself would be enough to absorb any impact. The stock front braces are too weak in my opinion, too many knocks or one hard enough hit and they break clean in half as well as bend the crap out of the lower guard. Maybe not so much with the Turbo's and Salute's as they have the thicker lower guard but it's still the same crappy plastic brace.

I'll be using the Pargu alloy brace in my runners, black ofcourse to keep the original look.


Keith

I think It´ll break the "ears" of the gearbox if it takes a direct hit
The original one is made from fibre plastic and is meant to bend.

[DennisM]

[quote="madmaxx"]Nice work... i did one not to long ago.


Thanks - You did a great job on Yours.
Looks very sharp.

[keithrc]

Yea I realize they are meant to break in a heavy impact (hence the two small holes in either side of the brace) but I reckon they could've maybe come up with something to absorb the impact that didn't break. Obviously it meant that people would have to buy more front braces = more profits for Kyosho. At least they made the lower guards thicker in the later Turbo's/Salute's and the Optima Pro (assuming the Pro's had them).

Madmaxx, nice work on the Turbo body, looks great!


Keith

[Jerzi]

Very cool body.
Remember to fit some retro looking decals.
Jerzi

[DennisM]

Thanks Jerzi,
I´ll put some stickers on as soon as I find the original sheet which I have misplaced

[Coelacanth]

That T.Optima paint job looks awesome. I'd take that over box-art anyday!