Finally; My Kyosho Javelin Collection, Repro 'ed Roll Cage

[Lonestar]

Can't believe I haven't spotted these before... HOLY COW THAT'S BRILLIANT!

Having two Javestics on my shelf I'm not interested (at the moment!), but I bow to your determination and skills, Sir... Keep it up!

Paul

[optiman]

Originally Posted by Lonestar

Can't believe I haven't spotted these before... HOLY COW THAT'S BRILLIANT!

Having two Javestics on my shelf I'm not interested (at the moment!), but I bow to your determination and skills, Sir... Keep it up!

Paul

Thank you very much!

[sn8k eyez]

Hello everyone. Finally got the chance to fit this Turbo Optima with one of Ed's roll cage. I got a primed cage and painted it a metallic blue to match the rims. Big thanks to Ed for the hook ups

[optiman]

: drool:
OMG.... man why did I had to see those pictures... now I am not happy again... I want one in blue!!!!!! Right now l am looking at my glitter gold Javelin with very bad intentions.... who needs two gold Javelins anyway???!!!

Alan that Javelin looks fantastic!!! and the wheels are to die for!!!! CONGRATULATIONS

[optiman]

Hi there,
I just wanted to share this pictures of a Turbo Javelin that a friend sent me.
His name is George, very great guy! Unfortunately he is not a member here, but he has very nice large collection of vintages, enjoy!

[optiman]

Rear

[sn8k eyez]

Hey there Ed. Here is a shot of the other cage I got from you. Another Turbo Optima with the gold Javelin cage. This was a replacement for the cage that had a bent nose due to USPS mishandling that Ed was kind enough to replace at no charge.

Hmmmm. I might paint it a different color.

[sn8k eyez]

Originally Posted by optiman

: drool:
OMG.... man why did I had to see those pictures... now I am not happy again... I want one in blue!!!!!! Right now l am looking at my glitter gold Javelin with very bad intentions.... who needs two gold Javelins anyway???!!!

Alan that Javelin looks fantastic!!! and the wheels are to die for!!!! CONGRATULATIONS

Lol. Thanks Ed. I thought that since you made these that you'd have multiple cages with different colors on hand. You can switch it every week depending on your mood.

[optiman]

Wow Adam that gold one looks stunning! You should take a pic of the blue and gold side by side.

Lol, I have three roll cages of my own; one polished coated in gold, one glitter gold and the turbo Javelin. And a small stock of uncoated ones on the shop, but those are for sale in case someone orders one. The truth is that since I dont have no more rolling chassis for a roll cages to put in it, it didnt make much sense for me to have more roll cages of my own. It takes several man-hours and some dough $$ to make each so for now I preffer just to sell them to cover up for the money invested.
I am concidering maybe changing the glitter gold to a metallic green and make something similar to what you did, but I am seriously toying with the idea of making the aluminum version; "The Javelloy". If I do it I will try to find someone who can anodize it in green, with green shocks, wheels etc..
We also need to get a powder coating system, paint coating the roll cages is becoming a true headache; paint flying everywhere, long curing time, stainless steel parts getting coated, high humidity and ruined finishes, etc... It's just a PITA.

[optimaforever]

Jeez what an awesome work, Edgardo!
I discovered this post too late and now your rollcages are long sold out!
Even if Kyosho and Akira Kogawa rerelease the Javelin 2015, these would remain as incredible craftmanship jewels!

[optimaforever]

Originally Posted by sn8k eyez

Hey there Ed. Here is a shot of the other cage I got from you. Another Turbo Optima with the gold Javelin cage. This was a replacement for the cage that had a bent nose due to USPS mishandling that Ed was kind enough to replace at no charge.

Hmmmm. I might paint it a different color.

Adam, may I publish these gorgeous Javelins on my blog?

[optiman]

Originally Posted by optimaforever

Jeez what an awesome work, Edgardo!
I discovered this post too late and now your rollcages are long sold out!
Even if Kyosho and Akira Kogawa rerelease the Javelin 2015, these would remain as incredible craftmanship jewels!

Hi Ryu, and thank you for your kind words.
I am currently super busy with other things, I barely have time to work on my hobbies and/or build more rollcages, but this does not means I will not make more eventually, probabbly make one every now or then in my spare time and put them for sale.

There is one or two more projects I will like to make, a Salute inspired rollcage and a Blue/White Turbo Javelin.

Currently I am working, when I do have the time, in my unfinished Green Monster (Green Javelin) and the Silverblack, the 100% full metal built Javelin.

I'll post a pic of my Javelin collection later.