i remember always had the most fun building these kits. racing them i got bored quite fast. adding the fear of destroing them. but in my fathers rc world, rc gliders. there also were guys who loved to build these planes and often even gave them ( on our little hill side) to someone (of course who their trusted) who really had fun to give them a go

My neighbor in ‘87 had one. Was the coolest thing I had ever seen at 7 years old. He worked at Kirk R/C in Carmel, IN in the 80-90s. They made a prototype of an all wheel steer Optima. All this brings me back, have a kit on order, with a Futaba .

Straight back to the 80's! nice car, looks awesome.

As always, spot on 😎👍🏻

Some could say it's silly to worry about such a little thing like paint lines but I believe it's our passion for our hobby that makes us so meticulous. You did a fantastic job 👍

Wow!!! This takes me back. One of my friends got one for Christmas and we helped him build it over Christmas break. It was fun when we all went to the track and raced each other.

Looks amazing! Nicely done!

such a beautiful car, one of my favorites

Beautiful job that you've done on that Optima,it was always one of my favourite looking Kyosho's.

That’s seriously beautiful

Paint job turn'd out great. Good job 👍🎅👌

That looks awesome mate i wouldn't worry too much about the tiny imperfections thats what will make it special in years to come :) really nice work

Looks good.

Beautiful build! I wanted the gold to stand out more so i painted mine gun metal with narrow twin gold stripes on the sides backed with black and bright gun metal wheels. It's a nice shelf queen.

Brilliant! I'm also picky about Paint... but I like it. The "Sticker Fix" WORKED! 👍👍 (THANKS for not saying 'DEKALS' instead of Decals!! I knew you were civilised!!) Also like the Yellow Driver. You're right, it pops! You're really getting me excited to try my first Kyosho Kit I've had in nearly 30 years!! Happy Christmas🎄🎅 Carmine ✈🚂🚙

I managed to get one and it’s still new in the box with the factory seal. Thank you, God!

Great job my friend. It looks amazing! If you never said anything about the red line, I would never have known or noticed. Because you are a perfectionist much like myself, we always point out the little imperfections on our projects. I try to not to perceverate over the little imperfections and instead look at the project as a whole. Great job. I think you have inspired me to get one of these later down the line in the future.

Well another great build done Gav and it looks great, I’m thinking that replacing the white with yellow would look bob-on with gold or yellow wheels..🤔, I actually really like the colour scheme on the Optima (Blue/White/Yellow)...decisions to be made..😂👍🏻

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Nice job Gav, I was all for the gold wheels (I even saved some in my watch list - and I don’t even have a kyosho!) but after seeing the white on the body I think the wheels look good. Maybe if I build one I might swap the red for metallic gold 😊

Thanks Gavin, I have now watched this video more than once lol... I need to stop watching your videos and go build my Ultima, or any of the dozen or so other cars sitting on the shelf. LOL!

Close enough, looks good bud

Remember drooling over The Optima and later this. Didn't get one, didn't get later Mids neither - but at the end got my hands on a Lazer ZX

Which PS colour did you use for the red please?

I ditched the masking because I just knew it wasn't perfect and like you say white shows every imperfection! I just used a mix of tamiya masking and bend around corners masking! And I didn't bother with the driver figure I just smoked the windows it gives more room for the electrics, good vid anyway👍 roll on re-re Optima mid!

Hi Gav,I am thinking of buying one of these. What motor are you planning on using?.

What Tamiya PS Red paint code did you use? It looks really nice.

Hi gavin I agree with you great buggy, could you let me no where you got the carbon top plate from cheers 🍻

I saw some in the comments ask what tamiya red and white. You said it was in the video but i lol watched this lots of times and still don’t see it. But would love to do mine also in box art.

Be really nice if you could show the paint mistakes/overspray and also how you resolved/fixed the issue. Asking as a newbie who has watch a few of your videos for advice.

Very nice. That looks great you made a very tidy job. Is the Le mans 490 staying in the car or is the plan to put the vintage Le mans 240SB in. The 490 is only a 30 turn motor with a Max RPM of 15400 so its a bit slow for this Optima . The 240 SB as a vintage motor on the other hand is at 19 turn single that spins up to 30000 RPM a much better fit. Keep up the great work and what's the next project CAT XLS ?

The thing looks beautiful, my problem is I have to drive them very hard with at least a 10.5 turn brushless system in them. I've got plenty of Arrmas but I just have more fun with these kyosho beasts . I've never broken anything unlike Arrmas and traxxas . They're light so they don't smash as hard. Diffs and drive train are great even with a 3.5 turn I can't break my ultima. Just way overpowered! Good fun on the road ,75ks and lifts the wheels ha,ha,

Should have gone for the kyosho 240s motor which original one came with. But it looks amazing. 😘😘

What do you tink of the Kyosho outrage?

Hard to make a decision between turbo optima and optima mid. Any suggestions ?

Hi Gavin. Do you have a link for the carbon top deck that you have ordered. Cheers.

Wouldnt liquid maskfluid not be a easier way?

very good！！チャンネル登録しました！I've registered a channel.🤗

Hi Gavin 👍 can you put your RC kick stickers on eBay so as RC nutters can buy some and stick them on everything 😝🤣🤣ie wife’s car lol

U are doing what I believe to be bust I'd have that body looking like shit

the instructions for painting this are a nightmare so confusing and all over the shop

constantly Tamiya Tamiya Tamiya Tamiya. Man there are other producers for stuff then Tamiya. Not everything from Tamiya is good.