My old Turbo Optima already made an appearance in the general picture topic, but it certainly belongs here as well. This is how it looked when I got it:
And with fresh Schumacher tires, some updated electronics and partial refurbishing, including a fresh painted repro classic Optima shell, it looks like this:
Motor is a Technigold, ESC the Hobby King 45A I use a lot for my vintage runners, as it's cheap, reliable, and has very smooth throttle control, also in the low throttle range. Servo is a HCT5010, receiver from HK as well (small and has programmable failsave, so no cars running off if control is lost) and power comes from a 2S stickpack LiPo. It still has the original chain, which took quite some effort to get a couple of malformed chain links, causing the drive to run with "hiccups", back into shape. Luckily I was rewarded with a light and smooth running transmission after that.
And this is the car that started my love for Kyosho stuff. Bought as a "vanilla" Optima Mid, it made a profound impression due to the high quality materials used, smoothness of the transmission, ball bearings everywhere, and great looks. After years of driving, it was in need of some spare parts. Also I wanted to reduce slop in the steering, and make the car lighter here and there. Amoung the upgrade parts are alu ball raced C-hubs, ball raced bell cranks, and alu turnbuckles. Also new A-arms were fitted. But after that, I started losing interest in RC, plus I thought the car was now too nice to risk scratching the new and upgraded parts, so it was mothballed. But even without it's stock wing (was damaged during a crash) I think it looks great:
Btw, it was not my intention to only use the orange band of the stickers that should go in the sides. I just had so much trouble applying the large stickers, and using only one smaller part was the best solution at that moment.