Sorry for the slow reply. Thanks for taking the time to tell your story, it was great even though it turned out to be a sad story. Wow, I thought the boss might have held the built one for you since he knew you wanted it!😭 You didn't say but I really hope you finally got your Turbo Ultima when new stocks came. I know exactly how you felt looking at them in the store. I felt the same when I'd go into hobby stores to buy parts, always looking at the new kits and dreaming/drooling. Same thing with the catalogues! I had the original Ultima, but it was built from parts as I could never save the money to buy the kit. When the Turbo came out, I was instantly in love. So it was like "here we go again!" 😂 I just ended up just using a lot of Turbo parts on my original and I was happy with that. Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂👍 Hopefully Kyosho will Re-release the Turbo Ultima. 🤞

@@RCHobbyShed No I never did get a Turbo Ultima. So I’m really hoping that Kyosho dose a rerelease of it

@@shaunbitz3569 I hope they do rerelease it and you're finally able to get one! 🤞

Haha I think the secret is out now. It's a great idea, I saw it on a post somewhere on the internet a few months ago. Can't believe I've been doing it with black paint all these years. Bluing is much better. 👍

Haha I was 15, feeling pretty old now 😂. Thanks mate! 👍

Thanks mate! 👍

Hi Arya! 🙂👍

Thanks Steve! Oh yeah, I do love Ultimas lol 👍

Awesome, I hope this brought back some good memories for you! Thanks mate. 👍

Thanks Mads! Yeah the original Ultima is also cool, I know what you mean about the chassis. It was very unique at the time. Hahaha, yeah I know you had to and you did a fine job once again! 🤣👍

Thanks Matt! 👍

Thanks Tony! The Turbo Ultima is one of my all time favourites. 🙂👍

Thanks mate! Plenty more to come. 👍

Thanks mate! No decals there mate, that's paint! I am happy it looks neat enough to appear like decals though. 😁 I just use the paint pen for the white then a bit of red enamel for the red on the B. 👍

Oh sweet need to do that! They look great 👌 you don’t like that wing mate!! 😂 cheers for the reply, loving your work dude 👍

I agree mate, the Turbo would have to be my favourite Ultima, closely followed by the Pro... I think, Haha I also can't decide between them! I've heard a few people weren't too impressed with the platinum shocks. These ones feel OK but I did leave some air in them (this is a shelfer anyway), I found they tend to be far too stiff when full of oil. Maybe they need super light oil?! Thanks mate! 👍

Thanks mate! 👍

Thanks mate! 🙂👍

Thanks mate! I was surprised (and happy) seeing how clean the body was after stripping it, made the job so much easier. I really shouldn't have needed to use the Shoe Goo on the wing but you gotta do what you gotta do... I'm now wondering if I can fill the whole sides of wings with Shoe Goo in the future so they don't break so easily. 🤔😂 Oh yeah, I love this livery. The colours, decal shapes, body design, the whole lot just works! 👌 Originally the decals are more orange, you may have noticed, but MCI print them red. I actually prefer the red. Haha yeah, I was thinking of Marlboro when I was doing the decals. 😂 The wheels are kinda tricky. They're satin and textured in the centres but have a smooth lip on the outside, which also isn't fully chrome. It's more like machined alloy... They're actually a real pain in the a***! lol Yeah the Molotow chrome isn't very cheap. For me it goes a long way though. Haha no worries mate. I do the same! lol Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. 👍

@@RCHobbyShed That shoe Goo is a top idea, I could reinforce the body of the Hornet where the wing apparently breaks off too. I like the chrome on the rims, yeh it looks machined, very nice Mick 👌

@@outbackrcaustralia4895 Good idea! Yeah the Hornet wings don't last long at all, that might help. 👍👍

@@RCHobbyShed That was your idea Mick 😁 You're a genius mate🧐

Oh nice! You don't see many of those around these days, especially not run. Best of luck with the paint job, I'm sure it will look awesome! 👍

Thanks David! This has to be one of my favourite buggies so I'm glad it turned out ok. 👍

@@RCHobbyShed cool . Slowly putting ££'s away to pick up a Kyosho beetle and turbo scorpion hopefully at some point

Thanks James! I have a couple of older videos about taking paint off. I'll leave a couple of links below. One is using Tamiya Paint Remover, the other is using Methoxy Propanol (Dowanol PM) which can be found on ebay. I used the Dowanol PM to strip the body for this Turbo Ultima. I prefer it as it doesn't seem to fog the body at all, whereas I found the Tamiya paint remover does fog the body. Some people use RC Nitro fuel to strip paint too, I never have any nitro on hand so I do it this way. Hope this helps! 👍 Tamiya Paint Remover kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f81kfpZ42NOqe3k.html Methoxy Propanol (Dowanol PM) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eKl3eLaVs56Wkps.html

Thanks James! 🙂👍

@@RCHobbyShed 👍

Thanks James! 🙂👍

Thanks Andrew. This has to be one of my favourite buggies from back in the day. Absolutely mate, I say rere them all! 😁👍

Thanks Isaiah! I'd love to see a rerelease of this one. I'm planning to build a Turbo Ultima and Ultima Pro using new Ultima rerelease kits. The idea being what I think they might be like if Kyosho were to rerelease them. Stay tuned! 🙂👍

G'day John! Thanks mate, it's one of my all time favourites. Haha just a couple of years. I hear ya mate, I wanted so many of them back then but just couldn't afford them. My first Kyosho was in 85, a third hand Scorpion I bought from a mate at school who bought it of his cousin. Lucky for me it was dirt cheap! I hope you can get a Kyosho mate, you'll love the quality. Cheers mate, all the best to you and your family too! 👍

It cleaned up really well, I was very surprised not to find any cracks especially around the rear end. I'm glad it could bring back some memories for you, Eric. That's really what this whole vintage thing is for me, I see a car and think to myself "Ah, the memories!". It's the same with this one, for me it brings back memories of my Ultima/Turbo Ultima I had at the time. Yeah, those rere kits will keep me busy for a while, hopefully I've not bitten off more than I can chew. 😁👍

Thanks Craig! I'm pretty happy with the wheels now, not perfect but they could have turned out much worse I guess. Haha yeah, I think they breed in the dark. There's a couple more stashed away somewhere. Lol yeah, I think a pack sounds right. Not enough to be a flock or a swarm just yet. 😂👍

Thanks mate! The Molotow chrome goes though the airbrush nicely. I used it on the bumpers for my Subaru Brat a couple of years ago, turned out great. The only issue is that it takes forever to dry and isn't very hard wearing. These wheels are electroplated so they're quite chrome looking on the inside when new. I think if I'd not sped up the drying by using the oven, they would have been prefect. Oh well, they look OK, still better than using plane silver I think. Haha yeah, the Ulimas seem to be breeding. I'm happy it's finally done, it's been staring at me from the shelf for many years saying "do me next, do me next!" 😂👍

Thanks mate! 🙂👍

Thanks Jacen! I love them both but I think the Turbo might be my fav too although I much prefer the Pro chassis, purely for the extra space for electrics. Overall I am happy with it, I'll get over the wing issues soon enough lol. Looking at it still takes me back to the 80's so it's done it's job for me. I was really worried I'd mess the wheels up and almost didn't touch them but I had a crack at it and they came out ok. The re-re Turbo should be pretty cool I think. I'm thinking Kyosho may re-re the Turbo and/or the Pro, even if they do re-re them while I'm building these I'll still have to get them. Can never have too many Ultima's! 😁 Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍

Thanks Peter! I wish they would rere them too. I have a feeling they'll rere them right before I do my rere versions, so I better pull my finger out! 😂. I think the RB7 will be pretty sweet to drive. Haha I hear ya mate, there's always something new and shiny we "need". 😂👍

Thanks mate! 👍

Thanks mate. Me too mate, it's taking ages lol. Hoping to get it does soon! 👍

Thanks mate! Haha yeah most of my early teen years were spent looking at them in catalogues, Kyosho and Tamiya. The Raiders were OK, I had the original back in the day. It was fun to drive and handled quite well for the price but the gears seemed to be made of cheese. 😂👍

Haha yeah, it seems to always go that way for me too David. When I'd just finished collecting parts for the Tamiya Top Force Evolution replica, BANG! Tamiya brought out the EVO 😂. I've had a look at Penguin, in their pictures they look much the same as TBG. Me thinks one has copied the others moulding. I'm looking at Marwan RC now, Marwan has a full body/wing/decal set which looks very good. He even has the "Two Wheel Drive" decals included which are missing on the MCI decals. I forgot to mention that in my video but the "Two Wheel Drive" decals go on both sides of the wing at the top. It kind of looks weird without them. I used the Hooker Headers decals in place of those. 👍

Thanks Glenn! A dash of red enamel on the B makes it pop a little more I think. Oh yeah, they actually look very cool without the big wing on. The small wing is really enough, for looks at least. 👍

Thanks Shawn! 👍

Thanks mate! The body did look good once stripped, I was surprised too. The rest of the pack should be interesting I think, I'm hoping the "what if re-release" buggies turn out like the ideas I have in my head for each. I just subscribed to your channel, I thought I already was lol. Some cool videos there! 🙂👍

@@RCHobbyShed A bunch of what if Re res sounds ace. You are obviously creative and I can’t wait to see what you come up with. Thanks for subbing too! Much appreciated my friend.🙏😊

Thanks mate! 🙂👍

Thanks Keith! I'm pretty happy with it. Awesome, will be great to see it! 👍

Thanks Tom! I agree, great car. The Turbo Ultima is still one of my favourite 2wd buggies. 👍

Thanks mate, will do! 👍

Thanks Mattias! Haha yeah, I do tend to buy in bulk whenever I can. I must have FORO, Fear Of Running Out. 🤣👍

Haha, I didn't know the name so I searched for it. Xjet, yes I've seen a lot of his videos over the years, he seems very knowledgeable with everything that flies. I have to say I think he's voice might be more interesting than mine, I'm kind of monotone. 😂

That's awesome, Dylan! I can tell you love the Kyosho buggies, I do too! 🙂👍

G'day Mark, welcome aboard! Also welcome back to the RC hobby. Good stuff mate, you're gonna be real busy with all the re-releases, there's a lot of them out there. As far as stripping paint, I do it a couple of ways. My main go-to is Methoxy Propanol which can be bought on ebay. It's basically an industrial paint stripper. Some people use rc nitro fuel too. I also use Tamiya Paint Remover, or for small areas such as paint repairs I use Tamiya Polycarbonate Body Cleaner. I'll leave a couple of links below to older videos I've done about paint stripping. I used the Methoxy Propanol method for this Turbo Ultima body too, I just soaked the body for a few hours and wiped the paint off. 👍 Tamiya Paint Remover kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f81kfpZ42NOqe3k.html Methoxy Propanol (Dowanol PM) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eKl3eLaVs56Wkps.html

Hi! I used oven cleaner. I'll leave a link below to a video where I did this. Thanks! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7aHo9qG0bTWaWw.html

@@RCHobbyShed you know about an hour after asking I found your video of this too. Just picked some up! Thanks!

@@Psgatlanta Haha, cool. No probs mate! 👍

G'day Alfred. Yeah I think they will re-release the Turbo or Pro, or both at some stage. 👍

Yeah it's pretty common I think. This wing was around 5mm too short. That usually would bother me but the sides bulging and being too rounded tickled my OCD just a little 🤣👍

I think it's gotta be coming soon! 🤞

G'day Brandon! I usually use the Methoxy Propanol method as it's cleaner and doesn't seem to fog the bodies at all. Sometimes the Methoxy Propanol does take all the paint off (without soaking it for days) so then I go for the Tamiya Paint remover to finish it off. A bonus of the Methoxy Propanol method is that the paint usually comes of in sheets and isn't a sticky mess as you normally get with other methods of tripping. So you can then strain the debris out of the Methoxy Propanol and use it again. I usually strain it and put it back in the bottle for another time. Hope this helps! 👍

@@RCHobbyShed Thanks M8!

Check out Marwan for the body. His decals are nice too! marwanrc.com/shop/ols/products/kyosho-turbo-ultima-body-decal-um34-um35-pro

They're not easy to find but they sometimes do pop up on eBay. There is the Pargustore alloy option too, which are very nice. I have some of those for a future build. www.ebay.com.au/itm/234178114264