21st Century Kyosho Beetle

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Post by Bo Wallen » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:25 pm

Lars You did it !!! Very creative.......I AM JEALOUS ;o) !!!

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Post by Hcp22 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:54 pm

Bo Wallen wrote:Lars You did it !!! Very creative.......I AM JEALOUS ;o) !!!

Thanks Bo and welkom to RC10Talk!

Cheers
Lars

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Post by rhino1 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:03 pm

Its one of the best looking ones I have ever seen good work.

Those are my toys and no I will not share!

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Post by RC104ever » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:18 pm

I call dibs if you ever decide to sell!

- Chris
Lots of cars...so many cars

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Post by KyoshoScorpionKid » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:40 pm

That's beautiful! Man! I as so jealous

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Post by fieldbaja » Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:03 am

Lars you did an exellent job on that one

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Post by Hcp22 » Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:47 am

fieldbaja wrote:Lars you did an exellent job on that one //Ronnie

Hi Ronnie

Thanks for the nice comment and welcome to the forum!

Cheers
Lars

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