2022 - Yokomo GT-4W
back to Fyrstormer's Garage It's been a long time since I've done anything RC-related. I actually finished rebuilding this car last autumn, but I dragged my feet on painting a body for it for the next 9 months. Well, it's done now, so now I can show it off. On its face, this is a pretty-much bone-stock Yokomo GT-4W -- and that in itself is an accomplishment, because these things are unobtainium in 2022. There's always someone selling their old nitro RC on eBay, of course, but old nitro RCs on eBay are a total crapshoot. This one was assembled from two donor cars (which were absolutely filthy, as is traditional), some spare parts (including a lucky purchase of a brand-new Novarossi C12 engine), and some custom-made parts. The shocks and ball-end links are Tamiya, and the wheels, tires, and body are HPI, but the really interesting stuff is what I had to do to work around the parts I didn't have and couldn't get. You see, neither of the cars I bou...