This Gold color works really well especially when it contrasted with the Orange/Red decals at the sides together with the Blue suspension/Silver springs. Looks great. I will probably spray 2-3 layers Mr Hobby Gloss Coat over it to make the whole body shine a little.

I cut new window masking original is poo, nice job 😊

Guy 😮 loved it !

The original mids gearbox worked well in stock class back in the day. I worked at a hobby shop at the time and i noticed the gearboxes run in open class had a problem with the idler gear stripping. Im in the middle of building a re re Optima mid and I think that although the metal gears weigh quite a bit they look like they can handle a mod brushless.

I had my eye on that job lot of wheels too ! for the same reason ha ha 👌

Looks great. I dont know why you're doubting yourself. I would prefer this colour Gold over pink anyday.

There are two colors of the yellow pepper pots. I think the mustard yellow are correct to the TOMS and came first. The fluorescent came later.

Great work, mate! I indeed like the bodywork on the Clod Buster. Thank you for the video

I like the colour of the clodbuster. Did the same with the stickers.Cut him out. Cheers

Nice colorful motor in the Turbo Ultima 🧐😁

For the OT66 tires on the Optima Mid, are they the hard or soft version of the tires that Marwan makes?

Propper 80/90’s look, now its just a case of seeing what stickers work and where. Great job 👍

Looks cool, really brings it back to the time period. Well done! Keep em coming!

I think the overspray looks cool actually. Nice work man.

Great title 👍

Well here's an unexpected recommendation in my feed seeing my old buggy pop up! You bid "just coz he seemed like a nice guy". Thank you! It's good to see the car has gone to a good home and there was certainly a lot of non-original on there as i'd raced it for many years before it got put in the attic. Was raced regularly at Caldicot at weely meets back in the "Doug amd Steve" days and then at a number of welsh-national meets, Caldicot, Blackwood, Saundersfoot etc but never did too well because of financial limititations when i was younger, which also explains the use-what-i-had screw approach 😁

Belts for the old Mids are easier to get hold of than the re-release ones. Parts from the usual belts from Tough Racing they are also available from Modelsport who are selling the correct pitch bando belts.

Nice buggy. Might have to look for one.

Accidental ebay win, that's like "it followed me home; can I keep it?"

This paint job actually makes this body look good, nice. Looks great under the hood too

Nice couple of projects, looking forward to more updates

Nice projects 😊 I would still exchange the Platinum from the TOMS, put them on the Turbo Ultima and then put the best pairs of Gold on the TOMS (in the meantime, the less good Gold can sit on the Custom Special). Also, the "correct" rear tyres for the TU are W-5032 (kinda square pyramidal spike tyre ? difficult to find), while Marwan are repro of W-5031 (somehow stacked pyramidal ? also difficult to find original one). But of course, it's kinda with a "purist hat" mode 😉 I look forward to the next video(s) 🤝

nice collection once again, the long wheelbase buggies need a rebirth/reissue, my electronics in my re-issue mid, is a real challenge the body doesn't lay down too well

Starting to look great! I’ve enjoyed your resto journey. You may want to fit the bottom belt cover before you go any further, you should get one with your body. 👍

This restoration series has really killed my views! I guess they're not as interesting, sorry chaps. 😞

that would look cool painting the motor cover, like a big generator back there, on the rere, did not call for adding the seal tape, had left over and added it to cover

The hexes have no pin, it's just press fit when tightening the wheel nut, making the alu hex "grab" onto the axle. I think the re-release uses different ones, but I'd need to check

Regarding the belt, I think they now have one that is one teeth shorter, so allow more tightening as it stretches a little over time

That gear on your rear differential is not ok - if you can you should definitely replace it and the 2 other gears in there as well - if only a shelf car, no worries I suppose

As Wade mentioned it’s probably the hex that’s worn, especially if it’s been spinning over the axle. It’s a tapered fit, and will require the wheel to be fitted and tightened to push the hex onto the taper. Good luck with the resto. 👍 Enjoying your vids.

So that rear hex spinning on the outdrive is probably due to the hex being worn itself rather than the outdrive - that said it could still tighten up when everything goes back together clean - good luck you’ve got someone’s mess on your hands but it’s definitely a car worth saving!!!

nice work, would be interesting to see the new screws, and how the diffs were, how bad etc, I recently bought new gear diffs for a car, prefer over ball diffs for some reason, I worry about how tight or un-tight is adjusted a ball diff

Must I suggest sanding the entire top of the front bumper straight across, finishing with a very fine wet sand paper until smooth again. Thank you for the video!

I really enjoyed hearing your story about the fabled car shop with the RC cars, and the adventure you went on to see it in person! The whole experience is so relatable and reminds me so much of my own childhood. Can't wait to see the build as it progresses. A splash of hot pink will look fantastic on it in my opinion, and is quite fitting for an 80's monster truck!

We've all been there with projects. Seeing those two side by side, have you seen a movie called war of the roses😂

i was a young man in my early twenties when i received one of these original releases as a Christmas present from my girl friend . the best present ever ! i still have it ! and the little woman and i are still together !

Pretty sure the nice painted body is the official Kyosho body and the other one with the missing vents and the enclose gear cover is a Racecraft aftermarket one. I prefer the official. Also, the car you've got is actually a ZXRR or ZXR mk2. Which is why the gear cover doesn't quite fit, on the ZXRR/Mk2 the rear upper deck mount is moved closer to the motor so that the cells can be moved back for better weight distribution. It's a really nice car you've managed to pick up! :)

Its always best to trial fit the Re-re parts to the older chassis, or indeed the rest of the model. The Re-re had a lot of re-engineered parts, and included interlocking or overlapping parts as you observed with the rear shock tower. The Re-re red shocks were also longer and wider than the vintage units, so there's differences there as well, which translates to the new Rr-re towers being taller. The older chassis had a yellow'ish tinge compared to the 2019 units, that have a proper silver/aluminium finish. Also, your assumption about the wheels was correct, the Turbo came with the slotted wheel style, as seen on the original Ultima Pro, Pro XL, Turbo Ultima 2 and Ultima 2. The front bulkhead is compatible, its re-engineered to have more plastic at points where the old bulkhead would break or split, and the arms have more meat on them too. You might as well go whole hog and get the arms and front bulkhead. Great video thanks for sharing.

Very nice example

I thought turbo optima mid had platinum shocks

The red body is a ZX-R body, the black and white body was made by Racecraft. Ike the Mid the Kyosho body has the gear cover sticking out of the body. Racecraft altered all their repro bodies, usually by adding air scoops but with the Lazer by adding a gear cover and smoothing out the sides of the nose. The buggy is a ZX-R Mk2, easily spotted by the top deck shape and the standard Mk2 shocks mounts that are fitted. The Mk2 has a longer top deck than a standard ZX or ZX-R, the battery slots are moved back in the chassis and it has a shorter motor mount and bridge over the motor as the top deck support in front of the motor is moved back. The chassis and motor bridge are clearly modern parts, so I presume the top deck has also been fitted recently.

Nice car. You look to be collecting some nice cars. Thanks for sharing. The chassis on your car looks to have been sanded and polished, presumably to remove scratches as these never came with an under-tray to protect it. The factory finish for the countersunk turbo chassis was a sort of brownish gunmetal.

Hi, one of my unicorn which I eventually acquired recently. For sure the original Turbo Ultima came with Platinum shocks and the TOMS with gold shocks. To bring yours to full original Turbo Ultima will require some works (and maybe 💰); at least the body is quite great and you already have the Platinum. I wish you good luck 🤞 Cheers 👍🤝

The Turbo Ultima I believe had a thicker chassis with countersunk holes except for the servo mounts and was an off silver color. The Ultima had a thinner chassis without countersunk holes and was silver. The new chassis you have appears to be for an Ultima not a Turbo Ultima. Great videos!

Nice buggy. Looks to have a few parts from the various Ultima models. The silver chassis is much thinner and weaker then the platinum version. Shock towers look aftermarket or handmade? I just wonder if the buggy was an Ultima that someone converted to a Turbo Ultima. Does it have dog bone axles or universals? Great example of a survivor and what we did to these cars back in the day! My first high end RC was the the Turbo Ultima...love them.

Yes genuine old vintage shell with wear and tear is better than a new shiney repo any day 👍

Very nice catch 👌looking forward to the restoration of it👍

Great buggy buddy. Thanks for sharing

Oh man the random screws monster got after this one might be worth picking up a stainless steel screw kit - it drives me crazy when I find people have done this to cars 😩

Nice