| AYK 566B - Super Trail (1982) |
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The AYK Super Trail was AYK's introduction into the off-road market. While AYK reaped notable success in the 1/12 scale on-road market, the off-road market was starting to take off. Once Kyosho entered the off-road market, AYK - like other manufacturers - followed suit.
The 566B Super Trail is a 2WD buggy. Typical of AYK engineering, it consisted of an innovative aluminum chassis, enclosed state-of-the-art transmission with all aluminum gears, and a waterproof radio case..
The 566B came in two different body styles, the more commonly found Bison and the harder to find American Pickup. The 566B sported a stock 540R motor and came with two sets of drive pinions. Outside of the radio case (complete with watrerproof weatherstripping), there is little plastic to be found. Even the standard shocks are all aluminum and are similar to those found on Tamiya's SRB models and later sold by CRP as hop-ups |
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acquistata per caso, questa "vintage" è divenuta in poco tempo una mia "affezionata" |
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mancavano un po di parti e la scocca era scrostata ... |
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...un po di "segni del tempo" e qualche graffio sui longaroni ... |
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... ma tutto sommato si intravedeva qualcosa di buono ... |
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inizia il restauro: body sverniciata e riverniciata completamente... |
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ecco altre fasi della rinascita della 566b |
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... telaio e ruote completamente puliti e rilucidati ... |
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recuperati gli ultimi componenti mancanti: il regolatore meccanico ... |
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... ho recuperato in germania il box radio originale ... |
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... il "mitico" pilota. |
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...sigillato il manuale d'istruzioni ... |
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... pulita e lubrificata tutta la scatola ingranaggi ... |
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HA RIPRESO VITA!!!... |
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...e questa è la SUA fine! |
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