Kyosho Triumph ready for resto

Post by **j0pp3** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:42 am

Nice work! Triumph parts are not very common these days. Aiming for total resto with a box art body?

Post by **naushad** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:30 am

I love that rebuild....looks swish!

Need to get a 2wd kyosho..

Post by **jkelm24** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:16 pm

I'd love to go full restoration, but am having a very hard time finding a new bumper and rear motor guard. Nearly everything else is new.

It's going to be box art, which is why I added the red spacers to the front end instead of the black.

Post by **RichieRich** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:29 pm

What are the shock towers made of? They look different than the ones on my Triumph.

Post by **jkelm24** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:34 pm

They are the stock towers. I polished them with some Mothers to remove the light scuffs. The polish brought out the natural tone of the material.

I'm not sure what material Kyosho used on the Triumph and Lazer ZXR towers, but it appears to be a fiber or carbon reinforced material.

They match the color tone of the carbon lower chassis deck, but don't appear to be layered like the chassis. The two chassis decks appear to be layered with carbon and resin / polymer. The new replacement lower deck has a slightly different color tone than the original lower and upper deck. It has a lighter grey color tone. I'm not sure if this is due to the age of the original decks versus the NIP lower deck that I have, or if Kyosho changed the manufacturing process or material mid-run.

I remember reading in another post on this forum that Kyosho used two different materials in the towers during the Triumph production run.

Either way, it's looking great and I can't wait to finish it!!!

Post by **RichieRich** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:37 am

Oh yeah. I remember reading that too. Your restoration looks fantastic.

Post by **jwscab** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:26 am

looks like maybe the kyosho kelron material or whatever it was called. Looks great!

Post by **RichieRich** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:46 pm

Oh, I noticed you have dogbones. Apparently, some Triumphs came with universals. Mine didn't. Do you know where your Triumph came from? I bought mine NIB from a guy in Australia about 10 years ago.

Post by **jkelm24** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:41 pm

I'm not sure where mine came from. I picked it up on our favorite on line shopping network last winter, but it didn't come with a box or manual so I'm not sure when it was originally produced or where it was sold (Asia, US, etc).

Blue Groove body arrived a few days ago, and repro decals are in the mail. Hopefully they're good!

Post by **EvolutionRevolution** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:27 am

jkelm24 wrote:They are the stock towers. I polished them with some Mothers to remove the light scuffs. The polish brought out the natural tone of the material.

I'm not sure what material Kyosho used on the Triumph and Lazer ZXR towers, but it appears to be a fiber or carbon reinforced material.

They match the color tone of the carbon lower chassis deck, but don't appear to be layered like the chassis. The two chassis decks appear to be layered with carbon and resin / polymer. The new replacement lower deck has a slightly different color tone than the original lower and upper deck. It has a lighter grey color tone. I'm not sure if this is due to the age of the original decks versus the NIP lower deck that I have, or if Kyosho changed the manufacturing process or material mid-run.

I remember reading in another post on this forum that Kyosho used two different materials in the towers during the Triumph production run.

Either way, it's looking great and I can't wait to finish it!!!

Recently I saw a Triumph chassis that was woven carbon fiber, while yours looks like graphite or black fiberglass.. I think the towers on the ZX-R are black fiberglass; they're too flexible for graphite.

Post by **j0pp3** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:39 am

Just checked my N.I.B Triumph kit. The chassis, main topdeck, front topdeck and towers are made in the same material. Looks like glassfiber G10 (black). The towers in this thread looks like kelron to me. The same as the Ultima 2 chassis. I would like to see some better images of the edges.

Also checked Ebay and at least one of rear towers listed looks like kelron plastic. One can see the round spots from being mounted in the creation process.

Post by **jkelm24** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:36 pm

The Triumph is nearly done! I was able to find the needed bumper and motor guard a few months ago. Both were new... and not cheap!!! The only thing needed to get this back to mint is the bottom tranny cover. I see a few floating around, but they're expensive for what they are. Plus, I like being able to see the tranny belts and this one is a shelfer.

It's been a while since I added a status on this build so I thought it was time to post an update. Pictures to follow, including the requested pics of the towers. You'll notice these are the molded 'kelron' towers, not the carbon (see the mold dimples).