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TURBO OPTIMA MID SPECIAL



This is the built of a NIB Turbo Optima Mid Special made by « Phoenix » from Germany, this build was posted on the RC10Talk.com Forum.

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The box!

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The drivetrain was already prebuilt by Kyosho.

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Body Painted

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Wing & under tray done

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Please excuse the Schumacher pit mat
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Rear Motor Plate and Stiffener attached

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Main Gear Assembly

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Rear camber plate and stabilizer

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Front shock tower and stabilizer

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Rear shock tower

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Rear view... can't get enough !

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Lower belt cover

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The ugly: 20+ year old dust seals for the rear gearbox... the sponge vanished quite a bit
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Rear dust seal attached. Somehow
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Rear A-arms attached

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Steering posts, belt cover brace and rear chassis gate

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Battery mount posts attached. Let's stick with saddle packs for now, sticks were seriously uncool back in the days
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Front A-arms mounted

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Front steering knuckles, hubs and universals attached

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and completed with upper links

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Rear hubs…

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... completed with dogbanes and upper links.

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Next was the steering assembly:

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Steering rods added.

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Servo rod and mounts attached.

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Upper deck back in position again.

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Chassis so far:

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Upper belt cover attached, went the thread lock route as suggested by the manual.

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Gear cover is transparent for this version:

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Wing mount was next:

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Saddle pack straps and body/undertray mounts.

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Chassis with wing.

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Undertray added:

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View from top:

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Body also fitted:

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Wheels & Shocks built...

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Shocks fitted

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Model completed

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A few decals added

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