cosmetic resto complete- Turbo Optima
Very happy with this result on this buggy. An original 1980's icon was scored on eBay recently by me and rescued to a bright new start! It has been ages since I painted anything box art from any brand! I plan to run it in fair weather with the Subaru Brat tires and Optima re-re wheels on the pavement, and save the vintage rare Option House tires for loose dirt only as they are so nice and mint. I do not want to run them down on pavement. A vintage LeMans 360 PT Kyosho motor was installed from my motor stash and it runs really well. Only thing left to do is paint the driver figure, sourced from a re-re for a vintage Kyosho Beetle kit. I believe it was from our TC member Integra Fan - I picked up the driver in a trade. Now I'm off to build a Tamiya R/C kit on Christmas Holiday break, it's only fair! Gotta keep things balanced. I think the Mustnag Cobra TL-01 is next up.
details here on the Turbo Optima-
https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/88396-kyosho-turbo-optima-score-easy-resto/
Comments
Road Burner
great work with the paint! gotta love the Optima.
Dirt-Racer
You did a good number on this resto. I like!
scollins
@Dirt-Racer thanks for the nice words...this was an easy resto thanks to MCI decals and the TBG repro bodyset
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