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Originally Posted by DerbyDan
Just fantastic - big thanks for going to the effort of taking all those mouth watering images & sharing them with us 
The box-art paint schemes so remind me of the days as a youngster staring up in 'lust' at the kit boxes stacked up on display in my local hobby shops - the fact that Kyosho put a photo of the finished car on their boxes (rather than the artist drawing on Tamiya kits) really gave them an air of being the choice for the serious racer & being of better quality. |
Thanks for those kind words!
I know what you mean
How many hours did we not drool reading the Kyosho catalogs... I did not afford a new Optima back then but my first real R/C was a second hand Turbo Optima with box included! Wish i still had it today.
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Originally Posted by DerbyDan
P.S which kit was considered the higher spec - the SE had the platinum shocks & ball diffs but didn't have the easily adjustable turnbuckles?
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I think the SE model was considered the better car for serious racers just because of the ball differentials as standard (the turnbuckles could easily be replaced).
I know that people nowadays love the Golds prior to Platinum shocks (including me) but don't know if that was the case back in the days.
But... maybe the first Turbo Optima Mid upgraded to ball differentials was a better choice. Those cars are so similar overall.
/j0pp3