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The bumper is from a Burns. I agree, it looks like an Optima Mid (not Turbo because of the alloy shock towers and standard turnbuckles) upgraded with the LWB kit ("graphite" chassis and that exact body). Tyres are from a Schumacher Cat.
Memories Oooh that ESC!! LOL
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That bumper is the optional optima mid bumper isn't it? I still have a scar from cutting that bumper on my lwb optima mid - my car wasn't custom-anything and looked exactly like this car - including the giant bumper which was an optional part.
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The only kit that had a carbon chassis was the limited edition Turbo Optima Mid Special. The body with the bubble on the side was the Mid Custom body. The Mid came with a tiny front bumper as standard, but as the BRCA rules at the time meant a full width bumper needed to be fitted Ripmax drilled a couple of extra holes in the Burns bumper and sold it as a Mid upgrade.
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Looks like an optima mid which has had a LWB conversion done !
Check out the link below for the geneolgy and pictures. Mid custom special came with ally chassis gold shocks ball diffs I belive! Mid custom ally chassis plastic shocks etc http://theoptimahouse.blogspot.com/
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Yes it is Jimmy.
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I had the exact same car from brand new it is a standard spec optima mid custom( not custom special). The only thing this car has that is not standard is the front bumper, which was a kyosho hop up. The chassis came standard but is not carbon it's a dyed grp one!! Even down to the wheels and shell this car is correct. Just google optima mid custom
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just plain mid with lwb chassi kit and optima mid custom shell mvh isobarik |
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yes custom ally chassi and turbo optima mid special carbon chassy and this has also the ally towers from the optima mid hence why
optima mid with LWB and custom body since it has the bumb for the mechanic speed control. mvh isobarik |
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New Battery
Hi think i'm gonna get a new battery. Whats with this lipo business? i have an old charger and a 1400mah battery and it lasts for 20 mins. can i just buy a battery with an increased mah and keep the same charger (a cheap tamiya one that charges from my car battery)?
I am also gonna get a optima mid custom shell and repro graphics from marwan for display purposes in my house - what do people think to that or should i leave it! Last edited by Paulstevo; 09-09-2009 at 10:17 PM. Reason: Addition |
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Only if you fancy a house fire. Lipos must never be charged on a NiMH/Nicad charger.
However lipo capable chargers aren't expensive and with a 5000mah pack you'll be running all week! Edit - of course you'd need a cutoff too, so skip that. Just buy some modern NiMH's. But aware that they are slightly larger than the Mid was designed for though.
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I only run mine indoors as I don't want to break it! I have a Losi for outdoors. Cheers Graeme Last edited by Graeme; 10-09-2009 at 04:56 PM. Reason: Added Pictures |
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nice motor mate! do you get the side wing decals too?
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Damn - both of the battery holder clips have snapped due to corrosion. does anyone know what they are called (are they called battery holders?) - they are small plastic loops on either side with small screws in them
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Here's the image of what you get. Plenty of Optima Mid logos and I think there even some Hooker header stickers whatever that means! |
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They will have snapped because they aren't supposed to have the screws going through them.
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If you want to see what's included, here's all Marwans bodies for sale.http://www.tamiyaclub.com/trades.asp?id=5484
For the bodies that fit your chassis, there's the Turbo Mid Special, Mid Custom and Mid Custom Special Each link will show you the body set and complete repro sticker set included with each body.
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That is correct. I have 2 of them. |
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Optima series.
Im going to do my best to do a run through the first to last OPTIMA models. Feel free to correct me if I stuff this one up guys.....
Optima Turbo Optima Optima Pro Optima Mid Turbo Optima Mid Optima Mid SE Optima Mid Custom Optima Mid Custom Special. Sure Ive left out the Javelin and possibly a couple others but you get the idea. Ive owned a couple of OPTIMA MID CUSTOM SPECIAL cars and they came with the very rare (and expensive) carbon fibre saddle pack chassis kit. Im certain its the same wheelbase as the MID CUSTOM and MID CUSTOM SPECIAL but I think Kyosho released this kit to help racers convert the shorter wheelbase Optima Mid's into the longer wheelbase car. The kit included belts, chassis plates and lexan cover Im sure. Anyway these were the two cars I owned. |
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Easily one of the sexiest vintage racers!
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