Brings memories back from my Javelin build in the 80s..I think I was 13ish. I am enjoying this build very much.👍

looks so much better than i would have thought ? really good build quality ...

When I was a kid I loved the readers ride section of the magazine's. So many guys put pickup bodies on turbo optimas. They were the coolest things ever!

Buddy kyosho kits are top notch quality and I still like the Tamiya kits as well and love this built video as it's looking amazing already. 👍👍👍

Wow such a beautiful machine! I love all the gold :)

Gavin and I'm absolutely loving this car I'm glad I can go back over it and look up a Kyosho Optima and find you on there and I was there at that time I just took advantage of not watching it and thinking about what was going on in my life now that everything plays out in the role it's like wow the music and everything relates to my life and what is going on right now so thanks thanks for everything buddy you're a good friend and a well Builder all this build needs is the KZfaq clap this is before the clap was in Style we love you guys even so I can beat the odds

Cool !!

gorgeous kit

Good vid again! Got to agree with you on the top shock mountings but other than that it's an awesome buggy the quality is on par with the tamiya avante!

just caught up with this video love that car..!!! looks top notch in the quality dept.

Really enjoyed your build video of this! I just finished up my build this evening. Added all the carbon option parts and sourced the majority of the other option parts for it as well. However, I’m still waiting on some of the option parts to come in. Unfortunately it appears that many of them are on backorder. I also added Lunsford titanium turnbuckles to make the linkage adjustments easier.

Great vids gavin - As I said before used to have a Kyosho Salute back in the day, which is pretty much the same car. I would use copious amounts of thread lock everywhere if your going to be running it for any length of time, as all the alloy to alloy parts had a habit of coming undone frequently. The RE RE shocks are quite different to the Option House gold originals which were top loaded with oil but with the seal package bottom loaded and held in with a sort of wire c clip that used to fling everywhere when putting them in. I am also glad the driveshafts hexes are now pined and not relying on a tapered shank anymore. I always thought the chassis rails, sides and skid plate was a thing of beauty though.

Awesome I can’t wait for my Kyosho to arrive for my channel 😎👍🏻

When I got my first R/C car, I had to choose between the Optima or Ultima. Chose the Ultima but always wanted the Optima as well. Going to have one soon.

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As much building you do and as much of a perfectionist you seem to be, I'm really surprised you dont have some MIP or protek hex wrenches lol.

If you need to service the gearboxes is that a lot to dismantle?

How have you been able to install the rear stabilizer? The screws do not fit the nuts on my kit 😩

I've got to get this kit

Hi Gav, sorry to drag this one up from the past(!) but did you ever do a vid about fitting the electronics to your Turbo Optima? I've searched the site and I couldn't see anything. I'd be interested in your views on suitable steering servos and LiPo battery sizes/cases that would work. Cheers, Paul

Need to sell an organ to obtain one ASAP! Great video as always 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

As much as I like the gold parts, I don't know why Kyosho went that way with this kit. The original Turbo Optima wasn't gold but there was a limited edition Optima Gold celebration kit (after 100,000 Optima kits were sold) that had all gold alloy parts (the gold parts were also available separately through Option House as well as the gold motor guards and nerf bars). As for the chain, yea very smooth, even the preceding 1/8 nitro buggies (Landjump-Vanning/Presto) were chain driven but they were like bike chains just with smaller links.

One thing to keep in mind is back when this was initially released carbon fiber was still somewhat an exotic material.

You need to invest in a set of Allen drivers makes life so much easier than using the little Allan keys. I have a couple of sets of the MIP ones they are awesome

Why is te music so much louder than our voice I kept having to lower and raise volume?? 😊 I just like the aesthetics👍

Nice build. Do you reckon the gold motor with the gold chassis bits is too much? I've got one on the way and I ordered the gold Le Mans motor... (I found it somewhere in Japan for $60 US!!!). My idea is to build a black and gold Turbo-Javelin

I have an old Optima Turbo (i think its called) with the belt drive sitting in my cupboard. need to get new batteries for it

SOLD lol Your fault, just taken out a finance agreement and ordered myself a Javelin #excited. How many hours build time for me, still a novice? Super 3 videos BTW totally awesome!

Which is best chain, belt, or gear?

@rckicks I'm not sure if you will see this but did you change the chain to the belt? I have just bought this kit and got the chain for it but if the belt is actually better then I won't bother with it.

As a new enthusiast, i like this buggy. but i will buy the grasshopper before i buy this one. i think this buggie is outstanding. if i am correct i think the tamiya company has priced buggies that are for the first timers, and economical people. once i get some finances taken care of and get more used to this hobby i will challenge myself to one of these. but i am confused which would be a better drive train... a belt or a chain. i think i like the chain.. any ideas for a newbie????

I'm thinking about getting an RC and this was the one I was just looking at for sale that is not plastic.

I had the Xtra Speed carbon set for my Optima Pro. Very good quality for very little money (£40ish I think)

So here’s the question, this Optima or the Tamiya Egress? Which is best in your opinion?

Slow down the walk around shots of the model that would look mint then what software are you using dude :)

Where’s the next episode?

again not everything needs to be the same like your so beloved tamiya

So when that chain goes you basically have to disassemble the whole car :)

Extreme RC makes carbon fiber parts for it and many other vehicles. I have one of my own to build but I'm still waiting on parts....

What I notice is the new cars that race are using a thinner chassis just like the kyrosho your building how are you going to do the back window black or red and and yeah the build quality is pretty good in my opinion you got your money's worth you have a lot of racing cars where's the monster trucks I like how you gave a lot of detail about the car shows that you were interested in it for a while now I get what they say it's not my cup of tea but doesn't mean it doesn't taste good it's just I sip a different brand. please leave the white Wheels the music is what got me going buying a good quality RC it's like buying nice quality clothing the cheap ones tear easily and the good quality are harder to tear and last you a lot longer in my opinion it's well worth the investment I just wouldn't put too much gold on it you should have did something funny like a gold chain then it would have been cheesy anyways Lucky Charms situation Jesus saves👌🦸‍♂️💂‍♂️🎅✝️🤪🏎aka rc stig

Hey Gavin ! Great looking build. As far as the top deck, Kyosho makes it in carbon fiber as an option: OTW110B - www.rcmart.com/kyosho-otw110b-carbon-radio-plate-optima-2017-p-75894.html

nice video thank you. but the music is actually very annoying.

I do wish that Kyosho had not done the chassis in gold. I mean the gold looks great, but when you drive the car the chassis will get scratched up. If the chassis were in silver, when the chassis gets scratched it would be hard to see the scratches.

OPTIMA www.xtremercracing.com/OPTIMA.cfm?sc1=176 My apologies....

Dude, there is a TON of royalty free music you can use in your videos. PLEASE consider ditching the latin dance music with the guy going on and on about the dance floor, it's horrid.