The Optima Pro looks fantastic Eric👍Kyoshos enginering is second to none in my opinion (but then i am a Kyosho fanboy of course 😉)thank you for sharing!
@@Blastfromthepastrc1346 Agreed, I have never had a bad experience building a Kyosho kit. I might be ordering the new Dune Master, and I hear the newer manuals are not as good, meaning not the legendary kits...we will find out! Thank you for watching!
@@rc-fannl7364 Me too! I'm not great at making running videos, but I'll have to get some video before the weather changes. I have run it a bunch already but didn't record anything. I should hire a videographer 😂
@@DavidVoisin-ij2bh Thanks David! It works really well with the decals. I couldn't get myself to paint it the regular yellow, I'm not a big fan...and the camel yellow looks too mustard-like. Thanks for watching!
@@martinhsrc6699 It really does! I know a lot of vintage guys like doing box art, but to my eyes this looks way better. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that 👍
@@eekrc I’d like to know what colour Kyosho did the one on the box, it definitely looks more a goldy yellow than standard yellow. I think yours looks more like the box art 👍
@@martinhsrc6699 Great question Martin...I thought it was camel yellow, but I painted a sample piece of polycarbonate and it didn't look right. I think just like the green anniversary color they are using, it is some mixed color and airbrushed on.
@@NAZTYPONY007Ooohhhh, I never thought about adding red wheel nuts. That might look cool too. I do think it needs more red details to go with the gold and the decals. Maybe I'll pick some up. Thanks!
@@CCSTUDMUFFIN Oh yeah, so much fun to build too. The decals...not as much fun, but I've had way more frustrating decals. And look how good it came out!
Nice colour choice 👌 i painted mine white/ bottom pink, like the tamiya frog, then opposite inside. I used 10k diff fluid for both fnt and rear differentials. I also did the same / used the outta hole for front sus on the arm, sat way too high. Great build but i didnt like the front aluminum front left and right chassis brasses as they were both left side / the finish wasnt perfect on my kit 🤷♂️ ocd. Thanks for the vid
Front chassis brasses i might upgrade too carbon later on, also a rear wing 😀👍 only thing too do on mine is sticker installation. Tomorrow starting on my yokomo 870c full carbon and oversized sus build! Not a shelf queen, will be a runner with old school novak but savox low server, moded brushed reedy, witha lipo. And fan. Hoping i dont burn out the novak 😛. Then onto my mx4 build.
@@proautojapan6152 Those are some great projects! Yes, I'm not a fan of the plastic front shock tower, I will be replacing it with the carbon one too once it is available. The front chassis braces...I understand why they do that for manufacturing, but it would have been nice to have separate left and right parts.
@@eekrc cool lets see that in your next video 😀👍 options best way to empty my wallet more haha 😛! I have a few runners so i think after nov when i buy the world spec ultima, maybe call it quits for a few years. I have spent over 20k on rc this year. Thats only on 1/10th scale. I have a losi 5t fully modified- that needs some care / maybe a full revuild. Phuck. More money, but surprisingly not that much different in prices 😛
Using the outer mounting hole for the shock on the arm makes the spring effectively stiffer. Maybe the kit springs were chosen with this in mind? 100 cst oil sounds very thin, though. It could easily make the front end bouncy.
@@Glocktologist I tried 200cst and the recommended mounting point and it was still bouncy. The spring is just too stiff. But between the 200cst, the softer spring and the outer mount it just feels way better.
Between the base setup, my suggestion without driving the car, and the setting you found to work well, I think it’s clear which one is best for the conditions where you drive. No matter how the shock is mounted, it’s odd that Kyosho should recommend such thin oil and include thick springs. That’s the ’80s Tamiya style of making a pogo stick suspension. Anyway, I think you nailed the look with the color choices. The red shock bodies could work but another thing that comes to mind as a highlight to complement the red pinstriping is using red shock plastics (rod end and preload collar). I did the opposite on my Turbo Scorpion: switched the red plastics to black. It’s a surprisingly large visual change.
It looks really cool! I like the gold and the black wheels! The black wheels does make it more aggressive looking! I am on the fence about the red shocks, while they would tie in with the decals it may look too much like a hotdog car with the red, yellow and brown all together! LOL!
@@AddamsPlayground 😂 I like the vintage look of it...maybe I'll put the red shocks from my Javelin on it and see how it looks. You might be right, or maybe you are just hungry for some BBQ 😂
@@eekrc Oh for sure..... Addam has an amazing vocabulary of poetic, yet highly relatable descriptions and sounds!! 😂 I can't get hotdog out of my head now when I see this car! Great video fella..... I keep telling myself I don't need this one as well as I already have the Optima Turbo, and the koswork Mid, but the more I see of it the more I want one! But, neither of these look like a hot dog, so maybe another one is justifiable? 😅 👍 👍 👍
@@jonthomas8487 Ah! You are the first to notice! No, I'll be driving it. I forgot to order it, and my local hobby shop didn't have the weight I wanted to use. I have used the Kyosho grease and the Tamiya anti-wear grease in the past without a problem. It's a pain, but at some point I will be taking it apart and using 5k in the rear, and 8k in the front. Thanks for watching!
@@jonthomas8487 Yes, I normally use TLR shock and diff oil, unless kits come with the oil I want to use. I'm fine with the gear grease for now, they won't get damaged, I used quite a bit in the front and a little less in the rear. It pulls nice and turns great so I'm good for now.
@@josephhobbs3009 😂 no worries. The Legendary series Optima Pro only come with a belt. The Vintage one only comes with the chain. The belt is so much better...and smoother!
@@joseaugusto-vd9vg It depends on the model. There are so many Optima RCs out there you can find parts. But yes, for a lot of the vintage models, parts are hard to find and expensive. eBay is my friend and my enemy 😂
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The Optima Pro looks fantastic Eric👍Kyoshos enginering is second to none in my opinion (but then i am a Kyosho fanboy of course 😉)thank you for sharing!
@@Blastfromthepastrc1346 Agreed, I have never had a bad experience building a Kyosho kit. I might be ordering the new Dune Master, and I hear the newer manuals are not as good, meaning not the legendary kits...we will find out! Thank you for watching!
Looks great, hope we can see it running soon
@@rc-fannl7364 Me too! I'm not great at making running videos, but I'll have to get some video before the weather changes. I have run it a bunch already but didn't record anything. I should hire a videographer 😂
Great idea to go with gold. Lovely video.
@@DavidVoisin-ij2bh Thanks David! It works really well with the decals. I couldn't get myself to paint it the regular yellow, I'm not a big fan...and the camel yellow looks too mustard-like. Thanks for watching!
Great kit you got there my friend. ❤
@@LukesVintageRC Thanks Luke! We need to see you restore a vintage one on your channel! I would probably watch that like 50 times 😂
@@eekrc 😂
The gold definitely looks like it compliments the decals better than yellow PS6 👍
@@martinhsrc6699 It really does! I know a lot of vintage guys like doing box art, but to my eyes this looks way better. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that 👍
@@eekrc I’d like to know what colour Kyosho did the one on the box, it definitely looks more a goldy yellow than standard yellow. I think yours looks more like the box art 👍
@@martinhsrc6699 Great question Martin...I thought it was camel yellow, but I painted a sample piece of polycarbonate and it didn't look right. I think just like the green anniversary color they are using, it is some mixed color and airbrushed on.
@@eekrc the paint thing actually put me off getting the green optima mid as I don’t have an airbrush. I just got the the standard white mid
red wheel nuts would be a nice touch !!
@@NAZTYPONY007Ooohhhh, I never thought about adding red wheel nuts. That might look cool too. I do think it needs more red details to go with the gold and the decals. Maybe I'll pick some up. Thanks!
Awesome kit.......
@@CCSTUDMUFFIN Oh yeah, so much fun to build too. The decals...not as much fun, but I've had way more frustrating decals. And look how good it came out!
Nice colour choice 👌 i painted mine white/ bottom pink, like the tamiya frog, then opposite inside. I used 10k diff fluid for both fnt and rear differentials. I also did the same / used the outta hole for front sus on the arm, sat way too high. Great build but i didnt like the front aluminum front left and right chassis brasses as they were both left side / the finish wasnt perfect on my kit 🤷♂️ ocd.
Thanks for the vid
Front chassis brasses i might upgrade too carbon later on, also a rear wing 😀👍 only thing too do on mine is sticker installation.
Tomorrow starting on my yokomo 870c full carbon and oversized sus build! Not a shelf queen, will be a runner with old school novak but savox low server, moded brushed reedy, witha lipo. And fan. Hoping i dont burn out the novak 😛. Then onto my mx4 build.
@@proautojapan6152 Those are some great projects! Yes, I'm not a fan of the plastic front shock tower, I will be replacing it with the carbon one too once it is available. The front chassis braces...I understand why they do that for manufacturing, but it would have been nice to have separate left and right parts.
@@eekrc cool lets see that in your next video 😀👍 options best way to empty my wallet more haha 😛!
I have a few runners so i think after nov when i buy the world spec ultima, maybe call it quits for a few years. I have spent over 20k on rc this year. Thats only on 1/10th scale. I have a losi 5t fully modified- that needs some care / maybe a full revuild. Phuck. More money, but surprisingly not that much different in prices 😛
Beauty!
@@waynemattera8552 It definitely is! Paint colors don't always work as expected...this one turned out great! 👍
Using the outer mounting hole for the shock on the arm makes the spring effectively stiffer. Maybe the kit springs were chosen with this in mind?
100 cst oil sounds very thin, though. It could easily make the front end bouncy.
@@Glocktologist I tried 200cst and the recommended mounting point and it was still bouncy. The spring is just too stiff. But between the 200cst, the softer spring and the outer mount it just feels way better.
Between the base setup, my suggestion without driving the car, and the setting you found to work well, I think it’s clear which one is best for the conditions where you drive.
No matter how the shock is mounted, it’s odd that Kyosho should recommend such thin oil and include thick springs. That’s the ’80s Tamiya style of making a pogo stick suspension.
Anyway, I think you nailed the look with the color choices. The red shock bodies could work but another thing that comes to mind as a highlight to complement the red pinstriping is using red shock plastics (rod end and preload collar). I did the opposite on my Turbo Scorpion: switched the red plastics to black. It’s a surprisingly large visual change.
It looks really cool! I like the gold and the black wheels! The black wheels does make it more aggressive looking! I am on the fence about the red shocks, while they would tie in with the decals it may look too much like a hotdog car with the red, yellow and brown all together! LOL!
Hot dog car!!!! 😂😅 🤣
Classic Addam! 😊👍
@@AddamsPlayground 😂 I like the vintage look of it...maybe I'll put the red shocks from my Javelin on it and see how it looks. You might be right, or maybe you are just hungry for some BBQ 😂
@@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC He might be right on this one 😂
@@eekrc I was pretty hungry when I watched so maybe...
@@eekrc
Oh for sure..... Addam has an amazing vocabulary of poetic, yet highly relatable descriptions and sounds!! 😂
I can't get hotdog out of my head now when I see this car!
Great video fella.....
I keep telling myself I don't need this one as well as I already have the Optima Turbo, and the koswork Mid, but the more I see of it the more I want one!
But, neither of these look like a hot dog, so maybe another one is justifiable? 😅
👍 👍 👍
Why didn’t you fill the differentials with oil? Is this a shelf queen?
@@jonthomas8487 Ah! You are the first to notice! No, I'll be driving it. I forgot to order it, and my local hobby shop didn't have the weight I wanted to use. I have used the Kyosho grease and the Tamiya anti-wear grease in the past without a problem. It's a pain, but at some point I will be taking it apart and using 5k in the rear, and 8k in the front. Thanks for watching!
@@eekrc the Losi branded oils are relatively easy to get fast
@@jonthomas8487 Yes, I normally use TLR shock and diff oil, unless kits come with the oil I want to use. I'm fine with the gear grease for now, they won't get damaged, I used quite a bit in the front and a little less in the rear. It pulls nice and turns great so I'm good for now.
If you plan on running it much, consider belt drive! The chain never stops stretching,should have watched the full video my bad
@@josephhobbs3009 😂 no worries. The Legendary series Optima Pro only come with a belt. The Vintage one only comes with the chain. The belt is so much better...and smoother!
Send it!!
@@stoneenforcer Thanks Kevin Talbot! 😂 It is fun to drive, I'll have to get some running video at some point.
The problem it kioscho and tamiya is te Spare parts
@@joseaugusto-vd9vg It depends on the model. There are so many Optima RCs out there you can find parts. But yes, for a lot of the vintage models, parts are hard to find and expensive. eBay is my friend and my enemy 😂
The modern kioscho in europe is the same problem 😕and in Japan they have the same problem