Kyosho Optima

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Hi everyone. I started the restoration on my Optima and Optima Pro over the Christmas holidays. So far i have stripped both cars and polished all the alloy with a cordless drill and polishing mops and compound. During this time i had stripped the shock absorbers down and sent the alloy bodies to my friend to get them re anodised, he also re chemically blackened all the drive shafts, king pins and turnbuckles. I have rebuilt the Pro to be a runner so i picked the worse bits from both cars to make it, and have rebuilt it using stainless steel screws. The body had already been trimmed but unfortunately the front was cut short so i decided to use it to try a box art paint job. I used 6mm Tamiya masking tape to get the lines and normal masking tape. This turned out to be low tack and i have had some over spray issues. I didn't realise that the Kamtec shells don't have the overspray film so i had to use 1500 wet and dry paper to remove the over spray. I'm happy the way it came out (especially as it is a runner!), and i used Model Tech Trim Line to do the pin stripes. I have two Optima wheels and need two more if anyone has any spare, and a full set of Optima Pro wheels which i am trying to clean the paint off! The other Optima will be ready hopefully in the next few weeks so keep watching!!

Pictures can be found here:

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_m...12275&id=22564

Cheers Lee