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OK, this will be the thread for the April 2025 Build of the Month Contest.

Refresh yourself with the rules before entering - http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=35923

Please remember, no chit chat until all of the entries are locked in so they can stay grouped together.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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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 some descriptions (except for the thrash bags full of cash - I mean, I had those too, but they have gone for old Yokes)

The second name I quoted on the car is Noel Lovisa. As I have read, Noel was the responsible man behind the Purge Force mach 7 keypad speed controller. Later, payed by Tekin (or maybe not after all?) he industrialized his design concept as the TEKIN 410K. Although the production version seems to have been revised by Kevin Orton, but I wasn't there to be sure…

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, and bump-steer spacers. Re-re Frog rear shocks with Associated springs and CVA fronts with Traxxas springs.

The front cover is also attached to the original MSC mount, serving as a shock tower brace (button head screws near the chassis).

Electronics: Futaba servo and receiver (mounted inside the chassis), Novak Rooster esc, and Trinity Monster Mash motor.

Body is a RJ Speed crawler model, with Tamiya and G Made decals.

Some new Blackfoot wheels and Hobbypark crawler tires round it out.

Click on pics for better resolution.

https://youtube.com/@derekcox8?si=6Oz9JLo6ljS56DkH

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 / hinge pin kit, RPM front bumper, Novak 6-10 RV ESC, Novak Polaris 75AM receiver, Reedy Badd Maxx 19 turn 550 sized motor.

Build link is here:
https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=50489
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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

Poll is up, good luck!

Meow!

Tight race!

Me deciding:

Me voting:

Pick just one? But I like them ALL

1911Colt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 7:56 pm Me deciding:

Like the line of those CAT drawings - classical literature!

I don't recognize the cat, but I like that it knows how to handle a screwdriver.