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Inspired by Andyaus and my last two Hotshot restorations , I decided to dig out my Boomerang and start the restoration.
The boomer has been lying around in my cave for at least 6 years, so it was time to get it done.

This restoration thread will be "live", meaning what I do one day will be online the next, revealing my current slow pace in restorations. I have currently torn it down and cleaned the parts.

This was the starting point:







It's well used and missing a few parts. As usual, I will spend some cash on plastic parts and wheels to get most of it "as new".
I have already ordered a re-re bodyset. I'm not sure if I will use it though. The rest of the parts will be vintage.

Cool Lars.
The base is still in very nice state. The original body keeps the boomer a pretty charme. Why not just clean it up and refresh it?

stingray-63 wrote:

Cool Lars.
The base is still in very nice state. The original body keeps the boomer a pretty charme. Why not just clean it up and refresh it?

I will give the old body a go and see if the paint comes off.

Nice an actual Lars build thread If you need something that doesn't need to be new

welcome to Andytamiyashop

andyaus wrote:

Nice an actual Lars build thread If you need something that doesn't need to be new

Thank you Andy, I think I'm covered, but will let you know if something pops up.

Big day today, parts arriving from ebay:

New front arms.


New battery door and other pieces:


The reissue body/wing:


A new chassis:



From before I had the rear arms new as well:


Still waiting for the new vintage tyre/wheel set.

The MSC was missing in the model, but luckily I have gathered some MSC's over the years:



One of those were picked and disassembled, cleaned, polished and put back together:

Dude!!!
idiot question, isn't the boomer very similar to the shotshot?

stingray-63 wrote:

Dude!!!
idiot question, isn't the boomer very similar to the shotshot?

It's in the same family, yes, sharing gearboxes and suspension arms. (and wheels)
The main difference is the chassis tub which is way more practical than the "shots" and the missing roll cages.

-Lars