Wasp racing information

[G stote]

Hello guys

I was on google searching for any information/pictures of my late fathers parts and cars he designed and made which was wasp racing, the search lead me to a different RC forum where someone kindly pointed me in this direction so i thought i might try my luck on here:thumbsup:

I was arround 9-10 years old (now 30) when we used to race at sand down race course in a little team, dad made uprated parts for top cats, couger etc along with pinion gears, spur gears, slipper cluches (which on my google search found some in oz!) he also designed his own car which he made 4 of, the 4 cars where anidized red, blue, bare aluminium (first car made) and black which was mine.

If anyone has any pics of the cars, parts or any info i'd love to hear/ see it!

Radio race car done a few articals on the car and parts does anyone have them issues?

I know its a long shot but worth a try!

Thanks in advance

Gareth

[coolcars782]

Just found this, mainly looking at the image..

http://rc-racing.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=670

[Dudders]

Gareth,

You just jogged my memory!.

I used to race at Sandown Park right by the race course in the 80's and 90's! :woot::woot:.

I also remember Wasp - wasnt it Mark Saddlers father who now live in Horsham and racer there and Taplow?

Neil

[coolcars782]

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48668

Says it has Wasp Ballraced Steering

[G stote]

Gareth,

You just jogged my memory!.

I used to race at Sandown Park right by the race course in the 80's and 90's! :woot::woot:.

I also remember Wasp - wasnt it Mark Saddlers father who now live in Horsham and racer there and Taplow?

Neil

Hello neil:thumbsup: yes mark saddler drove one of the cars i belive it was the red one, Terry saddler was marks dad.

From what i remember terry done the distribution of parts and my father designed and made them, i think terry had a big part of running the club at sandown

Have you any pictures?

[Dudders]

No, but I'd love to see them. I might be seeing Mark on Friday night, I'll ask him for you?.

[G stote]

No, but I'd love to see them. I might be seeing Mark on Friday night, I'll ask him for you?.

That would be fantastic mate:thumbsup: is mark the older brother?

[jim76]

i used to love Wasp products. I still have one of the battery cases in the garage. I think EVERY racer back in the day had a wasp battery case!!

[Dudders]

That would be fantastic mate:thumbsup: is mark the older brother?

No idea, PM me the info and I'll seek...

[G stote]

i used to love Wasp products. I still have one of the battery cases in the garage. I think EVERY racer back in the day had a wasp battery case!!

:thumbsup: i remember having a wasp case for all sorts of stuff! the best case was the LRP motor case:D pink or blue was allways a winner:thumbsup:

[G stote]

No idea, PM me the info and I'll seek...

I've no info atall mate i'm just going from memory...20years later:o

[Dyna]

LOL ive still got my Wasp motor case too :lol:

Ive also still got a couple of the replacement Wasp Kyosho Lazer graphite chassis sets - one the standard size & battery placements, and the other which had the battery slots angled & offset.

Always was good quality stuff :)

[Dudders]

LOL ive still got my Wasp motor case too :lol:

Ive also still got a couple of the replacement Wasp Kyosho Lazer graphite chassis sets - one the standard size & battery placements, and the other which had the battery slots angled & offset.

Always was good quality stuff :)

I had those for my Lazer, angle saddle pack chassis!

[G stote]

I'd say the wasp carbon stuff was'nt to do with my father as he was a precition engineer maybe that was made else where under the name....

Dad made things like spur gears from billet nylon, pinnion gears, slipper clutches, ball raced steering mechs and diffs

Nice to see you still remember the name i thought my search would go nowhere!

[DCM]

I believe I had him make a slipper clutch up for the Tamiya Astute back in the day, to use 48dp pinions. I got a load of old mags upstairs, will have a plough through.

[dodgydiy]

i had a fine tooth belt conversion for the original optima that had machined pulleys, they werent nylon though, had a bright orange belt, sure that was a wasp item. pretty sure i still have the pulleys somewhere!

[G stote]

I believe I had him make a slipper clutch up for the Tamiya Astute back in the day, to use 48dp pinions. I got a load of old mags upstairs, will have a plough through.

Do you remember where or who it came from? be great to see pics from old mags:thumbsup:

[G stote]

i had a fine tooth belt conversion for the original optima that had machined pulleys, they werent nylon though, had a bright orange belt, sure that was a wasp item. pretty sure i still have the pulleys somewhere!

He also made machined ally parts dodgydiy:)

I just remembered he made ally wheels for top cats, boss cats and cougers! thay where flat faced made from ally, he also made a "pepper pot" design (like the old xr fords)

[DCM]

I had it direct from WASP Racing, sent off the parts and drawings, product came back, little fettling, sorted, they then sold it as an upgrade part!

[Darren Boyle]

Wow this thread brings back some memories, IIRC the Wasp car was called the Fury and based on a Schumacher Procat, it had the orange/red main drive belt but I seem to remember (could be wrong) that it had a geared rear end rather than using the two small belts like on the Schuey plus the awesome Wasp slipper clutch, I was flicking through an old RRCi magazine at our shop in the office the other day and recall seeing the advert for it.

And the most popualr WASP racing item ever surely had to be the 12 volt soldering iron, everyone had one of them.

From what I recall Spec racing took over the name and continued some of the product line on several years back now. The other company from around those parts at the same sort of time was the bodyshell people -Racecraft, cannot remeber the guys name who run that for the life of me...

[G stote]

Wow this thread brings back some memories, IIRC the Wasp car was called the Fury and based on a Schumacher Procat, it had the orange/red main drive belt but I seem to remember (could be wrong) that it had a geared rear end rather than using the two small belts like on the Schuey plus the awesome Wasp slipper clutch, I was flicking through an old RRCi magazine at our shop in the office the other day and recall seeing the advert for it.

And the most popualr WASP racing item ever surely had to be the 12 volt soldering iron, everyone had one of them.

From what I recall Spec racing took over the name and continued some of the product line on several years back now. The other company from around those parts at the same sort of time was the bodyshell people -Racecraft, cannot remeber the guys name who run that for the life of me...

The FURY thats the car! i forgot the name of it, its been so long with alot of issues (family)

yes it had a orange/clear drive belt possibley from another make, losi? (speeling) and your right it was geared at the rear end rather than belt driven:thumbsup:

It was a big thing the gearing on the "fury" i remember dad and his brother talking about pitch deepth on the gears, the "fury" had a small spur gear and a big pinnion plus the geared rear end the car was rapid of the line!

[jeroen206]

look here on the bottom of the page for the Wasp transmission
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3967&hilit=wasp&start=15

[racingdwarf]

I still have and use my wasp 12v soldering iron:thumbsup: top bit of kit! got a wasp racing battery case in the shed 2

I only saw the wasp car at the british GP indoors at the NEC, can't remember much as that was a few years ago:blush:, but I can remember a fair bit of machined ally.. and the orange belt. I can't remember who the belts were from, but quite a few people had them on the XL and XLS then the procat. May have been SRM ( Pete stevens, who then became pete's awsome products) that them became RW racing errm I think (may be very wrong) in which case some one can correct me

Luke burley is on here somewere, he may know something,

[Benjy1]

I used to belong to the club in moor lane JNR school and then Sanddown in the late 80s and early 90s. I remember Terry used to call me sunshine what a great bloke reading this thread brought back some great memories we had loads of the wasp kit from what I can remember including the battery boxes. We used to go to the house in Raynes park to buy kit LOL memories memories. :thumbsup:

[G stote]

Wow! it's fantastic some of you guys remember sandown park and wasp racing:thumbsup:

It's been a loong time!

If anyone has any old snaps it would be fantasic to see them:thumbsup:

From what i remember terry had a store room out the back of his house...

[traffman]

I loved wasp products , i allways enjoyed there adverts as they had the little things that counted.

I remember wasp motor spray especially.

Heres an advert i remember all too well from the mid 90s.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h164/traffman/DSCF0565.jpg

[G stote]

I loved wasp products , i allways enjoyed there adverts as they had the little things that counted.

I remember wasp motor spray especially.

Heres an advert i remember all too well from the mid 90s.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h164/traffman/DSCF0565.jpg


WASP motor spray?... i remember it...not sure how well it worked?

[Welshy40]

You can still buy the 12v soldering iron as it was bought from wasp by spec racing. Its the only soldering iron i will use trackside as nothing else gets as hot. Great product. I also had various carbon fibre parts for my lazer such as the V battery layout of the cells. Wasp were a great product.

[Benjy1]

I was in that bit at the back of the house many a time for bits at about 12 years old. Only just got back into racing after all these years now 31 but Sandown was where it all started for me and gave me a bug for life which I have just picked up again.:D

[Rebelrc]

Racecrafts first names were Mike and Tony ..dont know there last names sadly
Nice blokes

[The Marcos Graveyard]

WASP motor spray?... i remember it...not sure how well it worked?

I used to race in the 90's and am only coming back to the sport this year.

I have a can of Wasp " New Motor 1 " which I bought in 1996 :o it's still 3/4 full and got used today to clean out a Tamiya black can motor that I am breaking in.

I have a Procat, Cougar and Bosscat in the attic, pretty sure one of them has the Wasp steering, must root them out :D

TMG

[Belsten]

I just bought a new in packet ball raced steering set for the cat completed with header card, havent opened it either, yet

[kaszal]

Sweet, I go one of those off Oople last year (for my Procat)

Did wasp do the alloy goodies too? (transmission housing, z bracket)

[gps3300]

MMS did a lot of the nice black alloy bits for the CAT, as well as Team Tanaplan.

Here is some info and a picture I found of the Fury - hope you like.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii225/minichamps11/WaspFury.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii225/minichamps11/WaspFury2.jpg

[sparrow.2]

I had a Procat with some Wasp racing delrin or teflon bits which made it way better when I started out in the early nineties. The soldering iron was brilliant too and the motor spray was great too!

Brings back some happy memories of racing in hideously garish Body Glove pullovers wearing some waaaay baggy trousers that were tight at the ankle :woot:

We looked boss while trying to keep SCE cells from going soft after 3,5 minutes!

[simoncrabb]

Great thread, I remember WASP from when I was a boy.

That's what I love about RC, the people and memories that go back years.

[jampat2004]

absolutely awesome thread ive just come back into buggy racing last september im 35 now i raced from 9 years old till i was 19 years old i remember all the wasp products and used there battery carry cases and had the awesome 12volt iron which was brilliant for building your own cells.very enjoyable read brought back young school boy memories of looking forward to the sunday racing :thumbsup:

[Decal Designs]

I still use my Wasp 12v & 240v soldering irons. Never found anything as good.:thumbsup:

[isobarik]

Damn that was one sexy mf does any body have one ???

have neve seen one back in the days.

mvh Isobarik

[93works]

more wasp pic's im loving this!! :thumbsup:

[teamxray]

now this in one thread i can put a lot of info in this i for one raced at sandown park race course in the middle of it with Mark saddler as a wee lad back then with Terry his dad who was then wasp racing then there was brian, nick adams, kevin moore also back in them days i can even remeber what car i was driving then this was called a bolink digger and the the first cat and the first dogfighter called the superdogfighter-yz10 Terry and his m8 made lots of different parts for many cars as they were the ones who started the multi fit gears by the means of an outter ring gear which was held onto by 6 screws they even made lots of alloy parts for the Tamiya vannessa lunchbox and the midnight pumpkin in the way of bodymounts and gears for them as for the company RW Racing this was owned by Ron Winters who saddly passed away hence the name RW the next name SRM this was a company down in southampton who it was owned by Simon ??? cant think at mo lol but they made parts for the Kyosho mid custom special and the lazer which we run down at the reedy race of champions at new romsey running on a surface of what was known back then as MOT hoggings which turned everything pink when it was wet and the club was run by a guy called Bill Jones if you got on the wrong side of him he would say pack your gear away and go he even told this to a Dutch guy as he went over a fence that was an out of bounds area what ever Bill said went he even at one of the reedy race called in a pump to drain out the bomb hole in his track as it rained all weekend this was funny, at this event the was a new champion called Masami Hirosaka who drove the first cat at a world championship as this was built for him the night before racing commenced he was only 19 then the car was powered by a motor called a uno and not a reeedy motor he was very quick with it he could even drive a car with the transmitter turned upside down back to front and even with his feet as he done a demo doing this i hope this might bring back a few memories like it did to me

spec racing did take over from wasp racing and also they brought out PAP as well

[teamxray]

here some photos for you of some Wasp products



http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2438.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2437.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2432.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2433.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2434.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2430.jpg
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/TEAMXRAYT2/IMG_2435.jpg

[masons01]

Hi Gareth, This is Mark Sadler. I have great memories of your dad please PM me so we can catch up.

To all of you that have ,made comment on this forum its great to know that what my dad sold, built, produced or just "re-badged" helped you all out over the past 20 odd years!!

Unfortunately Terry died in January of this year at age 63. He was struck down with a vicious dibilatiting disease that finally got the better of him.
Sorry for the bad news.....

On the up side his grandson now 13 and I still race in the touring car scene although did turn our hands to the buggys over the winter.

Any one wants to talk or catch up then PM me.

I was with Mike Blandford of Racecraft recently he now resides in Isle of Wight.

My mum dug quite a few pictures out so if you want to have a look Gareth or anyone then let me know.

Mark Sadler

[G stote]

Thanks for all the comment chaps, Huge thanks to someone on the forum that told Mark sadler about this post... i thank you for that massively as you got us in contact:thumbsup:

Great to here about the old times:thumbsup: the new RC stuff sounds very techy!

all the best and thanks again:thumbsup:

Gareth

[G stote]

MMS did a lot of the nice black alloy bits for the CAT, as well as Team Tanaplan.

Here is some info and a picture I found of the Fury - hope you like.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii225/minichamps11/WaspFury.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii225/minichamps11/WaspFury2.jpg

That amazing mate! my one was the black anodized body, mark sadler had the red (in the pic)

It's been a long long time since i've seen one of them cars, thanks for the pic bud:thumbsup:

[Ted Maul]

I remember the name very well, as a lad I was a big fan of the band of the same name too which added a bit of coolness to the RC brand. Remember running a portable tape player off the same 12v we used to charge our nicads with to listen to the music. Happy days, thanks for bringing back the memories!

[G stote]

Thanks again for the nice words:thumbsup:

I'm hoping to meet up with one off my old team mate soon to talk about old times (20 years later!) and maybe pick a few bits off him which my dad made!

and for anyone who remembers my dad was Alan Stote.

[Bob-Stormer]

Gareth,

We were working with Terry in the 80's on bringing parts to the states. Any relation?

My apologies if this was answered. i didn't read the whole thread.

-Bob
Stormer Hobbies
stormerhobbies.com

Hello guys

I was on google searching for any information/pictures of my late fathers parts and cars he designed and made which was wasp racing, the search lead me to a different RC forum where someone kindly pointed me in this direction so i thought i might try my luck on here:thumbsup:

I was arround 9-10 years old (now 30) when we used to race at sand down race course in a little team, dad made uprated parts for top cats, couger etc along with pinion gears, spur gears, slipper cluches (which on my google search found some in oz!) he also designed his own car which he made 4 of, the 4 cars where anidized red, blue, bare aluminium (first car made) and black which was mine.

If anyone has any pics of the cars, parts or any info i'd love to hear/ see it!

Radio race car done a few articals on the car and parts does anyone have them issues?

I know its a long shot but worth a try!

Thanks in advance

Gareth

[AntH]

Great thread. Sorry to hear about Terry.

We had LOADS of parts off of Wasp, my dad (David Hart) used to call into Morningside garage pretty much every week I think... Matched SCE's, checkpoint motors etc etc.

Had a Wasp gearbox for my Procat which did away with the 2 rear belts that always got crossed up and shredded. I think the Fury used the same setup?

Yes, still using the sodering iron...

[G stote]

Gareth,

We were working with Terry in the 80's on bringing parts to the states. Any relation?

My apologies if this was answered. i didn't read the whole thread.

-Bob
Stormer Hobbies
stormerhobbies.com

Terry and my father worked together, my dad done the machine work (or some of it).

Mark was Terrys son, i believe his user name is masons 01.

I seam to remember my dad (Alan stote), Terry Sadler, Mark Sadler and a few other went to the states with some products, whether thay went to sell products or race i'm not sure? i was very young at the time so was'nt invited/or alowed to go

cheers

Gareth

[G stote]

Great thread. Sorry to hear about Terry.

We had LOADS of parts off of Wasp, my dad (David Hart) used to call into Morningside garage pretty much every week I think... Matched SCE's, checkpoint motors etc etc.

Had a Wasp gearbox for my Procat which did away with the 2 rear belts that always got crossed up and shredded. I think the Fury used the same setup?

Yes, still using the sodering iron...

Yes the Fury had a geared set up rather than belt.

[G stote]

now this in one thread i can put a lot of info in this i for one raced at sandown park race course in the middle of it with Mark saddler as a wee lad back then with Terry his dad who was then wasp racing then there was brian, nick adams, kevin moore also back in them days i can even remeber what car i was driving then this was called a bolink digger and the the first cat and the first dogfighter called the superdogfighter-yz10 Terry and his m8 made lots of different parts for many cars as they were the ones who started the multi fit gears by the means of an outter ring gear which was held onto by 6 screws they even made lots of alloy parts for the Tamiya vannessa lunchbox and the midnight pumpkin in the way of bodymounts and gears for them as for the company RW Racing this was owned by Ron Winters who saddly passed away hence the name RW the next name SRM this was a company down in southampton who it was owned by Simon ??? cant think at mo lol but they made parts for the Kyosho mid custom special and the lazer which we run down at the reedy race of champions at new romsey running on a surface of what was known back then as MOT hoggings which turned everything pink when it was wet and the club was run by a guy called Bill Jones if you got on the wrong side of him he would say pack your gear away and go he even told this to a Dutch guy as he went over a fence that was an out of bounds area what ever Bill said went he even at one of the reedy race called in a pump to drain out the bomb hole in his track as it rained all weekend this was funny, at this event the was a new champion called Masami Hirosaka who drove the first cat at a world championship as this was built for him the night before racing commenced he was only 19 then the car was powered by a motor called a uno and not a reeedy motor he was very quick with it he could even drive a car with the transmitter turned upside down back to front and even with his feet as he done a demo doing this i hope this might bring back a few memories like it did to me

spec racing did take over from wasp racing and also they brought out PAP as well

Maybe are paths crossed many moons ago then? i would of been around 9-12 years old at the time though racing mostly at sandown.

While putting the chrimbo decorations in the loft i come across a couple of old trophy's:thumbsup:

One from sandown i believe and one from chesham, was chesham the track with the big banked corner with writing on it, really good track?

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa151/juddzey/rccars001.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa151/juddzey/rccars003.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa151/juddzey/rccars002.jpg

[Dudders]

Awesome, Sandown was fun...

[Darren Boyle]

One from sandown i believe and one from chesham, was chesham the track with the big banked corner with writing on it, really good track?


The track you describe was EPO (Eden Park) now known as EPR in sunny South London.

Chesham, was the lare grass track next to the "Deep Mill Diner" on the road between Amersham/Chesham and Great Missenden. It had a couple of permananent lumps and bumps in it, one in concrete. Always had a HUGE long straight too :D

[G stote]

The track you describe was EPO (Eden Park) now known as EPR in sunny South London.

Chesham, was the lare grass track next to the "Deep Mill Diner" on the road between Amersham/Chesham and Great Missenden. It had a couple of permananent lumps and bumps in it, one in concrete. Always had a HUGE long straight too :D

Having a flick through google images the EPR track look as i remember, big green rastrum with the fence around the track although the track was very different back then ..it used to have a more jumps and a adverser camber step up?

[Captain3810]

Gareth...

Wow... it's amazing that I found this thread. Sooo many years have passed... I hope you remember me and the great times we had racing at Sandown.

I must admit I was terribly saddened to hear about your Dad. He was an amazing inspiration to me at such a young age. Something I held on to for a long time... even after I had left the hobby. I remember going to his house to buy a used ProCat from him... that thing was tricked out like no-one could imagine these days. The precision engineering was 2nd to none. The pepperpot wheels... the slipper clutch.. etc etc. amazing.

Do you remember the days??... (apologies to most but this was a personal major part of my life) spouting names.... It was me and Stuart Cartwright pitted together... then there was you & your Dad. Mark Saddler.. Guy & Bob Walker... Barry Gunson.... Andy Matton... I wish I could remember more. I apologise for my poor memory....

Not That I can contribute loads... but hey.... They were great times.... and your dad was someone I looked up to in a big way.

Mark - If you read this.... I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. He was an absolute legend to me. Your Mum & Dad took me in, and let me do my frickin work experience at their place!!!! I can't image many do that! I have sooooo many fond memories of those days..... wow.

Well.... my fond past aside.... I have now re-kindled that flame.... I currently live just west of Houston... where the RC scene is pretty massive. Sh!t I have to learn to do jumps now!! haha.. I love it... and wish I were better like we all do.

So... Gareth. I hope you are well... and possibly that you remember our racing escapades. We had fun... That's what it was all about.

My best regards to you all,
Paul Manwaring

[Jason A]

I think that I used to run a wasp belt on my cat xls. They were far more reliable than the original schumacher ones.

Did they used to do a ball diff as well ? For the xls.

The club that I first raced at was oaks park ramblers.

[masons01]

wow there are some names on here that bring back memories, I still see Guy Walker now and then, and his brother Jamie is best mates with my brother James, unfortunately Bob Walker passed away 3 years ago.
Andy Maton is still out there racing and we have crossed paths too in recent months back at EPR where we did quite a bit of racing as youngsters!!

Darren is right Chesham was a huge track with a massive straight and the big issues in those days was getting the duration out of your 16 double and 1200 batts or whatever we ran!!!!!

Yes there was a belt for the XLS, orange i think,

Wasp did a rear one piece light alloy diff to replace the 3 piece version that came originally with the cat breed of cars, As did MMS which made them from nylon.

I think Sandown Park racecourse now has a go kart track where we used to race. i remember the trailor there that had a shed attached to it, that was race controll during the day, where Bob would be, and once the meeting ended all the sand filled hoses and tyres would go in there and then it was hidden round the back so it couldnt be seen from the grandstand otherwise they kicked off about it.
Funny tho because we absolutely destroyed the grass and that could definately be seen from the grandstand.
Buggys were slowing down towards the end, and hybrid touring cars were coming into play, people were running touring car shells on buggys that had limiters in the shocks to take away the droop and foam tyres

Surrey radio controlled model car club then moved to Tolworth and built a purpose built on road track which went on to run for many years with the birth of touring cars and the F1 tamiya cars.....

7 years ago I took my then aged 6 son to race, he went on to race nationally in touring cars and has gone on to buggys and was top junior under 16 in the mid south this year.

Thanks dad it costs me a fortune!!!

I'll dig some pictures out and get Dudders to put them on here because I havent got a clue!!!

Thanks for the kind words for both Alan and Terry, Gareth Alans son and I are pleased they did a good job.
Mark Sadler

[Luke Burley]

Great thread. I remember wasp well. I started racing at Surrey radio control car club in 1986 and Mark Saddler, Guy Walker and a chap called Tom Colthard were unbeatable. I remember the swb cat had just come out and Terry Saddler was having to explain how to build the cars as the instructions were so poor!

It's amazing how many drivers from the club are still racing. There were so many great clubs back then and so much invention in customising kits. People I speak to now can't believe the number of healthy clubs and series that existed.

I saw the wasp car at the go at the nec (one of the most amazing meetings I have attended), it was a nice bit of kit with deleting wishbones etc. it suffered from being a bit heavy from memory.

If you do want pics of the old club I think I have some, with everyone racing on old school chairs!

Thanks for the memories,

Luke

[Dudders]

Mark,

Bring them to the Apex meeting, I'll scan the 100's in.... :woot:

All photos of the old days are ace!

[G stote]

There's so many great memories in this thread!

I remember Mark sadler and Guy being the top dogs down at sand down but don't remember Tom Colthard? i remember a chap called dean lazanta or some thing like that being up there?

Not sure if the wasp car was heavy to be honest, i seem to remember at one meet the cars had to fit inside a wooden box and weighed? i think the car just got through either weight or dimensions? i'm sure that meet was chesham track. (green banked corner with yellow writing on it?)

Jason A,
yes dad made ball raced diffs. i remember he had a gearbox in the kitchen (where he had the drawing board) and he used to spin and spin that gear box all the time!... it was silky smooth and ran on for ever!

Paul Manwering,
i really recognize the name but i can't seem to Put my finger on it..the sad thing for me is i didn't deal with my dads passing away very well and had to forget a lot of things just to get by, please don't be offended!
Feel free to reminisce the old times and jog my memory!

If anyone's got any old photos of the old sand down guys please put them up i'd love to see them! I'd especially love to see any pics of my dad sporting the track suit he always used to wear...great times!

If any of the old sand down guys would like to get in touch just punch in Gareth carl judd in face book.

All the best
Gareth judd (used to be stote)

[Peakey]

He also made machined ally parts dodgydiy:)

I just remembered he made ally wheels for top cats, boss cats and cougers! thay where flat faced made from ally, he also made a "pepper pot" design (like the old xr fords)

I know this is a old thred but I have been reading this and this week these turnd up I got of the bay
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/peakey29/Mobile%20Uploads/E15FE24D-285A-4BB0-BEF4-26F0CF422780_zpsqplwfrjr.png (http://s1345.photobucket.com/user/peakey29/media/Mobile%20Uploads/E15FE24D-285A-4BB0-BEF4-26F0CF422780_zpsqplwfrjr.png.html)

And the guy who I got them off Leon.dyson I think he's on here somewhere too had 4 or 5 different sets of them but I only realised that they were wasp ones when you said about the old pepper pot ones as he had a se that needed re finishing that didn't sell. They are very good quality work even by today's standards. Just thought I should ad to this great story

[Northy]

Check these bad boys out :D

G

[xfactor]

Very nice G. You havent got a Cougar WASP belt by any chance.......:D

[Peakey]

Check these bad boys out :D

G

Now that's just teasing :woot:

[CAT3K]

I know this is a old thred but I have been reading this and this week these turnd up I got of the bay
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/peakey29/Mobile%20Uploads/E15FE24D-285A-4BB0-BEF4-26F0CF422780_zpsqplwfrjr.png (http://s1345.photobucket.com/user/peakey29/media/Mobile%20Uploads/E15FE24D-285A-4BB0-BEF4-26F0CF422780_zpsqplwfrjr.png.html)

And the guy who I got them off Leon.dyson I think he's on here somewhere too had 4 or 5 different sets of them but I only realised that they were wasp ones when you said about the old pepper pot ones as he had a se that needed re finishing that didn't sell. They are very good quality work even by today's standards. Just thought I should ad to this great story

Are you sure those are a matching set? The fronts are 5 spoke, and rear 6 spoke. Also the rears have the drill holes that look like wheel studs, but the fronts don't.

I've got a similar set on my Procat, but mine are all 5 spoke.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k244/pikergonecarpin/daaa1ddd.jpg (http://s90.photobucket.com/user/pikergonecarpin/media/daaa1ddd.jpg.html)

Paul.

[Peakey]

I didn't say they were a set I liked the look of them and they are destine for my bosscat when it gets built and put on the self :thumbsup:

[Baggio]

I have just found this thread and realise I am a few years behind the start.

I have never posted a thread before so hope this gets through to Garreth Stote. My name is Dean Lanzante, I raced the blue Wasp Fury and still have it. I have all the Blue ali parts and at the moment it is in carbon spec. The Red car which was Marks and mine had the ali parts replaced for Carbon and the ali wheels to plastic to reduce weight. I do remember you racing the Black car.

I thought there were 5 cars built, clear, black, red, blue and gold. Many parts had been made for the first production cars which we're going to be blue. These were all at a machine shop in Surbiton which was your Dads. There were not enough parts to make complete cars though. I seem to remember most of us used LRP motors in them.

There were 2 body designs, the early one was quite square and the one that was going to production was much more futuristic - for those days. I have both versions still.

Mark and I both raced them in the USA in 1991 I think was the year. Later that year we also ran a 2WD version.

If you are interested I can get the car from storage and photo it. I will also ask Graham Bates who I still am in touch with if he has any pictures from the track.

Does anyone else have the other cars?

DL

[Peakey]

You need to dig it out pal and get some pics we all would love to see it

[OptimaFan]

You need to dig it out pal and get some pics we all would love to see it

+1, please do

[Groomi]

+1, please do

Another nod of approval!

[Jirka]

Gareth! If You see this, please check Your Private Messages. I have something for You ;).

Jirka

[Peakey]

Gareth! If You see this, please check Your Private Messages. I have something for You ;).

Jirka

I'm not sure he will see this as he's not been on in over a year but if you pm Col he's admin and he might be able to get a message to him.

[johanbtj76]

is there somewhere there its possible to buy wasp Products to Kyosho?

[Welshy40]

Fibrelyte (link in my below name tag) do copies of the originals but of a better quality and much stronger, however only some but doubt they are listed as Wasp.

[Peakey]

Didn't fiberlyte produce the bits for WASP as the weave on them looks very similar

[isobarik]

Gareth! If You see this, please check Your Private Messages. I have something for You ;).

Jirka

so you hav e find youre way here ,. :)

mvh isobarik

[stucartwright]

Hey Paul

I simply can't believe i have found this thread leading all the way back to 2005, simply insane. Crikey, what a hall of fame of all the past drivers at Surrey Radio Control Car Club. Paul I ran into your brother a few times last year and never got around to talking about yourself. I remember those days of us practising in the back garden of our houses practicing ready for the race meets at Sandown.

Its so pleasing to read you still race, is that still the case?

Mark Sadler, such sad news to hear of your dads passing, I am sure like many he was the face of SRCCC and your mum Jackie. Remember those time so fondly, always very open and welcoming.

I have literally in the past three or four weeks got back into the rc cars, after spending many years flying planes, but the competition element is simply not there for me so I am now racing GT12 Superstox class.

One of my reasons for coming on here was to see if there are many others still living in the Surrey area that might like to rekindle the old SRCCC back together and get a good honest club back running in Surrey. What an achievement that would be.. I can but dream..

Anyhow, would love to hear more tales from the Sandown days... Sadly, my memory fails me at the best of times and names like Mark and James sadler, Guy Walker and Bob and of course my pit partner Paul M are the only real name i can remember. Oh, and Andy Hogg... he was a plane enthusiast too, which is maybe why I remember him.

Great to reminisce and hope I can inspire to more links to the thread.

Best Wishes

Stuart Cartwright

[G stote]

Had a new lad start at work who's into rc cars his dad also remember sand down rc club which reminded me about this thread.

Hi dean, now that you mention it I do remember the gold car, your right I did have the black car but unfortunately it was thrown out by my mother as it was stripped for cleaning and she thought it was scrap or something? Totally devastated.

Yeah I remember the LRP motors, pink,white and blue seems to ring a bell and one of them was a struggle to get to the end of the race if I remember right?

If anyone has any pictures feel free to email me.... juddzey25@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers

Gareth

[isobarik]

Very nice G. You havent got a Cougar WASP belt by any chance.......:D

I have some lazer zxr belts wasp header :)

mvh isobarik

[SERENISSIMA]

I still have some decals.

[Peakey]

WOW now those decals you never see anymore :woot: any chance of getting a hi res scan so we can get them remade?

[Welshy40]

I know a man who can on ebay who will sell at a reasonable price so as per Peakeys email a pukka high res scan of these will be perfect.

[G stote]

Someone has kindly spent the time scanning old mags for any wasp stuff and emailed them to me, many thanks to Jirka.
I also found some old photos while moving house which I'll try and locate again.

i shall post the emailed picture in a bit

[G stote]

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/8A065640-EFFD-4A98-A164-74ECBD2AFC7C_zpsgw6wts8r.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/1A901A76-6218-4C49-BB16-AFEFBBD88B81_zps5m8ik9ig.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/5CA63F71-206B-4298-B5D1-57112D95C7D1_zpssnul09xh.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/DD39E390-5145-46DE-9253-3CDB19A25534_zpsnhbrjlgv.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/D70DE02E-CA39-49A0-8C03-EA67FE6D2D3F_zps3z0nmau6.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/182DBDD2-6297-4EFC-88BC-1709CAE6C7C9_zps2454oyz1.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/F51389CD-9E00-492F-B5A5-35338B93387F_zpspfxhmnex.jpg

[G stote]

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/CEDB198D-2CDE-4037-B2DF-38E1EDFDFCF7_zpss5nrp011.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/B22DBD35-3333-41FA-AA65-E5AF03435BB0_zpsiwvzrzvx.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/C91EAFD5-DC8C-48BB-B370-5D31B9312365_zpsssapoql0.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/81150075-A6A8-4985-B787-5869455DDDC6_zps0nlbvtik.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/2946B434-7551-48E2-A02E-491F1E8C434D_zpss29vkr34.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/6EB493EE-623A-43E4-8A3E-08304F61A72D_zpsbfdd5trd.jpg

[G stote]

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/3F0ABAE7-BDD0-4869-B3E4-FE4D673E6348_zpsyrdf9hsr.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/53717916-C918-4A67-99CB-7500E9EE97C0_zpsfzrzhtlo.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/BD788A09-E15E-4E11-899D-7CFCE2D17691_zps4ossoee6.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/34B32EA4-5094-4F16-84A3-709D3772ED45_zpsetufgrzh.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/94E71EB4-E78D-4D1D-B0CB-501FA5A77C32_zpsw9ihem6m.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/3561E37B-826F-4F00-89DD-05E046B8FE49_zpsdez0ta9z.jpg

[G stote]

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/9EFA611A-AA56-4690-8CF9-34A1C796102C_zpswqeivdsw.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/25F8C5B3-F284-4605-BED2-05FC09409384_zpsflatbb4j.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/664DE98E-7A86-47CD-A5AB-133180AA761D_zps2179fo5j.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/30362415-5AEC-4385-AE69-9D7EB9B4D8AC_zpsm2uabgjg.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/4B37A13D-CA10-4B43-BBDC-346ECB8D5DA4_zps5cobnmkc.jpg

[G stote]

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/E2D9B89F-B083-4955-8C46-8544554391C7_zpsqqxswiah.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/5085EA7E-4C87-493B-8512-AC20298E59FE_zpspxju89qs.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/94385E69-2B34-40BE-A612-5EFEE956B609_zps1d3xvbit.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/E5739A47-789F-4B84-9C98-7C942B821A52_zpsk0p394yl.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/1C86AABF-E53C-472E-8C81-5C6635B776B7_zpsw1f7gvzz.jpg

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/7D52C110-8F92-4EF5-8A75-E6BD2BDCE6AF_zps0pbegvxs.jpg

[G stote]

http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj494/Gtrimming/76F742C5-A7DB-4475-9749-7FDE3B943426_zpsb3q33zpd.png

[G stote]

If anyone has any machined wasp products ie anything in ally or nylon and your willing to let it go for a price let me know as I would love to have some of the bits dad made.

[Welshy40]

Nice images,brings back memories, i was in most of the fabiix ads when these were advertised, and a couple of the kyosho guys including me used sometimes the wasp spur with changing sections as 99 or 101 came in handy.

[Welshy40]

If anyone has any machined wasp products ie anything in ally or nylon and your willing to let it go for a price let me know as I would love to have some of the bits dad made.

Think your dad had the spur gears made by RW Racing so may be an idea to contact. Also think a few soldering irons are still left with Spec racing, best soldering iron ive ever used, wouldnt and still dont use anything else.

[G stote]

I remember gear sets in the factory on the bench but I don't recal them being made so you might be right.

I only saw dad for a few years and even that was every other weekend so the information I have is very limited, a lot of you guys probably know more than me.

[Peakey]

I managed to track one of these down last year but I'm afraid to say it's going nowhere

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/peakey29/51243FAF-785B-48A5-8DFA-338CFF73B0CF_zps4qzoqadi.jpg (http://s1345.photobucket.com/user/peakey29/media/51243FAF-785B-48A5-8DFA-338CFF73B0CF_zps4qzoqadi.jpg.html)

It now lives in my XLS

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/peakey29/XLS/32D84EF6-112F-45B7-9710-8536B1EEB169_zpsnxjwiymc.jpg (http://s1345.photobucket.com/user/peakey29/media/XLS/32D84EF6-112F-45B7-9710-8536B1EEB169_zpsnxjwiymc.jpg.html)

[Naushad]

Some nice history there on Wasp. Thanks for sharing

[36racing]

WOW now those decals you never see anymore :woot: any chance of getting a hi res scan so we can get them remade?

If you can get a hi-res I can remake these in work if wanted :)

[Retro RC]

Had a new lad start at work who's into rc cars his dad also remember sand down rc club which reminded me about this thread.

Hi dean, now that you mention it I do remember the gold car, your right I did have the black car but unfortunately it was thrown out by my mother as it was stripped for cleaning and she thought it was scrap or something? Totally devastated.

Yeah I remember the LRP motors, pink,white and blue seems to ring a bell and one of them was a struggle to get to the end of the race if I remember right?

If anyone has any pictures feel free to email me.... juddzey25@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers

Gareth
Man I wish we could still get some of his gear today....... I'd be absolutely broke by the time I'd finish ordering parts but it would be worth it lol.

I love the look of the cat rear geared gear box and the moulded tub chassis for the cougar and bosscat would have been bought for sure:drool:

[HatTrick]

A couple of weeks back I dismantled a Kyosho Salute I'd gotten as a spare parts chassis and found something I think would fit in this thread.
I just copied the text from the post I made over at RC10Talk, http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&p=461540#p461540,
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

As mentioned previously I got a spare part Salute chassis last week because it had the Belt Drive Kit I was looking for.

Something about it, maybe the red/brown belt got my spidey sense tingling though...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8597/29855541304_760c7d1524_c.jpg

Began dismantling the chassis to take a look.
First thing I noticed was it didn't have the lexan cover for the pulley gear.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8645/29855533144_3e9b566fa5_c.jpg

Rear gearbox.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5520/30187899860_934358ce76_c.jpg

The inside.
https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5339/30369482942_9404603699_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8410/30449859096_15469740bf_c.jpg

Rear Diff:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5737/29855518434_78915aee6f_c.jpg
https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5777/30369468942_8d80e38217_c.jpg

Front gearbox:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5481/30486418445_9720dce039_c.jpg

Front diff:
https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5441/29854035323_a817034105_c.jpg
https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5542/29855587764_eea003e7e2_c.jpg

Not quite sure what I've got here. Looks like someone took a belt and some belt drive diffs and just chucked it in there.
Don't recognise the diffs either as I compare the parts with this http://theoptimahouse.blogspot.se/2008/05/belt-drive-kit-for-optima.html.

The belt pulleys on the diffs seem to be made of metal.

Anyone that can identify what I've got here?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

With the help of this thread, people at RC10Talk and some other facebook groups I've come to the conclusion that I've stumbled across a WASP Belt Drive for the Optima. :woot:

[Welshy40]

There is a wasp spur gear system for the Lazer zx/zxr on ebay.

[Peakey]

Thanks for the thread revival I've just realised I've got one of these yoke chassis and the belt kit to go with it so I know what I've got to build now!
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/peakey29/C6990FD7-C4CE-426C-AE32-859D075F7C5E_zpso2ygll1v.jpeg (http://s1345.photobucket.com/user/peakey29/media/C6990FD7-C4CE-426C-AE32-859D075F7C5E_zpso2ygll1v.jpeg.html)

[masons01]

The pictures shown I believe were from the parts G Stote Dad, Alan and my dad Terry created to turn the original kyosho optima into a belt drive rather than the chain it came with.

I read earlier somewhere that someone thought RW made the spur gears,
To clarify Alan Stote bought a gear cutting machine and produced them on site along with all the other parts for the rc world he made.

I should know.....I spent days at the machine making 48dp and 64dp spurs for various cars. Then dad and alan decided to make a blank that fitted in the slipper clutch and spurs that could be changed without dismantling the slipper tension you'd spent ages sorting out!!

Back then gear ratios were really important for run time, heat and speed so they were being changed a lot more than today!

[masons01]

I have spent ages at mum and dads hunting for any of this gear but sadly I can't find very much of it.

What I do have is a lot of memories from a number of people that have written some nice stuff on here

[Peakey]

I have spent ages at mum and dads hunting for any of this gear but sadly I can't find very much of it.

What I do have is a lot of memories from a number of people that have written some nice stuff on here

If you turned up a set of those wheels that would be great to go with the car I'll eventually get round to building. The chassis will be going off to a friend to copy soon so there maybe more popping up.
I've got a small collection of wasp stuff if you ever fancied letting anything go

[daz75]

Great thread

Did you use any of the wasp stuff you had off me peaky or is it for show?

[Peakey]

Not all of them Daz I'm sure most are still in a box in the garage, I did use a couple of the layshaft holders

[HatTrick]

The pictures shown I believe were from the parts G Stote Dad, Alan and my dad Terry created to turn the original kyosho optima into a belt drive rather than the chain it came with.


Any chance you know the number of teeth on the belt for this Optima kit?
The belt I have has some small cracks so I can't use it in a runner.

I'm looking at MXL-belts like these but I don't want to order at random and don't feel like counting the teeth either...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/B280-B285-B290-B295-B300-B310-B320-B330-MXL-Synchronous-MXL-Belt-in-closed-Loop-/322255036355?var=&hash=item4b07e59fc3:m:mT406IAI9nGmBfHlftb9g1Q

[masons01]

Having a sort out in garage I found these
I have also found some proper old pictures of when I went to the Chicago hobby fair with these great names...Cecil Schumacher, Ron Winter, Pete Stevens, George Land, Alan Stote the man who made the bits for my dad bless him Terry Sadler!!
Enjoy or not a little history!!

No idea on the teeth of the mid 4 belt sorry dude

[Welshy40]

Having a sort out in garage I found these
I have also found some proper old pictures of when I went to the Chicago hobby fair with these great names...Cecil Schumacher, Ron Winter, Pete Stevens, George Land, Alan Stote the man who made the bits for my dad bless him Terry Sadler!!
Enjoy or not a little history!!

No idea on the teeth of the mid 4 belt sorry dude

Wow!!! I still cant get enough of this stuff, it was the thing to have when I raced seriously and know was used by top ten finishers in the nats. Great designer who could put ideas into a real design. Wasp will continue to live on.:thumbsup:

[G stote]

Found a few pictures from Chesham? With the silver car which I belive was the first/prototype?
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/35A4DFF0-54C2-4455-89DE-78DBC8FB8FC3_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/17B579AB-7DB6-42BF-8E89-DB485299FE36_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/BACE034F-3BBD-47BC-A8DE-ED6EF531018B_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/BBD24AB3-4233-4C3F-B42B-477658E3D3D9_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/AF49E5F0-5797-4B5F-93F5-228E6E41EB27_2.jpg

[Retro RC]

Any chance you know the number of teeth on the belt for this Optima kit?
The belt I have has some small cracks so I can't use it in a runner.

I'm looking at MXL-belts like these but I don't want to order at random and don't feel like counting the teeth either...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/B280-B285-B290-B295-B300-B310-B320-B330-MXL-Synchronous-MXL-Belt-in-closed-Loop-/322255036355?var=&hash=item4b07e59fc3:m:mT406IAI9nGmBfHlftb9g1Q

Lazy bugger just get a white marker pen or paint and mark every tenth tooth easy as that

[Groomi]

Found a few pictures from Chesham? With the silver car which I belive was the first/prototype?
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/35A4DFF0-54C2-4455-89DE-78DBC8FB8FC3_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/17B579AB-7DB6-42BF-8E89-DB485299FE36_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/BACE034F-3BBD-47BC-A8DE-ED6EF531018B_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/BBD24AB3-4233-4C3F-B42B-477658E3D3D9_2.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz203/juddzey455/AF49E5F0-5797-4B5F-93F5-228E6E41EB27_2.jpg

Great pictures! Those are at Eden Park, was called Eden Park Overlanders back then, these days it's called Eden Park Raceway and has changed a bit, but is still instantly recognisable from those pics. :)

[racingdwarf]

Ok,those photos make me feel old,I was there:lol:

[G stote]

Ok,those photos make me feel old,I was there:lol:

I was around 8ish years old at the time so around 30 years ago?.....Jesus:o

[neallewis]

WASP racing 12V soldering Irons, with the big tip. where can i buy one still?

[daz75]

WASP racing 12V soldering Irons, with the big tip. where can i buy one still?

1985 :D

[Welshy40]

I bought an iron a few years ago and knew it was one of the last but do have spec racings email address. Am pming you now

[neallewis]

I bought an iron a few years ago and knew it was one of the last but do have spec racings email address. Am pming you now

Cheers.

[Welshy40]

I've got a new in packet iron, my original is still going strong

[G stote]

Blimey! 9 years ago i posters this and there's still some love for the WASP products:)

Im blown away with the comments and the following the products had... it really means a lot to me...

[Rocker79]

Blimey! 9 years ago i posters this and there's still some love for the WASP products:)

Im blown away with the comments and the following the products had... it really means a lot to me...

I’ve still got the soldering iron from 1993, nothing can beat it!

[G stote]

I’ve still got the soldering iron from 1993, nothing can beat it!

know idea where the soldering irons came from but i know for sure they didn't come from my dads place.

[Welshy40]

Same here, great product that did what it stated, plus won events and my soldering iron never failed me, loved it so much have it still and still going strong. Tried a few things they made and were well though out and designed. He made a difference to a lot of people and must be looking down at us knowing he made a difference.

[teamxray]

Wasp racing done the soldering irons then SPEC RACING brought wasp racing out and we Refined the iron under our banner

My Late father and i was SPEC RACING

[daz75]

Wasp racing done the soldering irons then SPEC RACING brought wasp racing out and we Refined the iron under our banner

My Late father and i was SPEC RACING

Is spec racing still a thing? Or has that gone too?

[teamxray]

Sadly we closed shop but im still about racing

[toyracer69]

Hi, Ian, any idea where we can get replacement tips for these soldering irons? :thumbsup:

[isobarik]

Soon it will be a big day im waiting for some diffbearings and balls for the same, and then it will happen

mvh iso

[Bungleaio]

Hi, Ian, any idea where we can get replacement tips for these soldering irons? :thumbsup:

I managed to get a new old stock one in the summer from another racer, I was made up. I've had my iron since 1996. It would be amazing if they were brought back into manufacturer.

[Leelar74]

I bought some copper rod and asked Clive Lyons to cut and turn it down to size works a treat

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copper-Round-Bar-Rod-5mm-to-60mm-Diameters-Various-Lengths-Available-/113587766730?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

[teamxray]

Still got some of the spec irons if people need to buy one
Pm me

[isobarik]

isnt any weller tip sutable

[toyracer69]

I bought some copper rod and asked Clive Lyons to cut and turn it down to size works a treat

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copper-Round-Bar-Rod-5mm-to-60mm-Diameters-Various-Lengths-Available-/113587766730?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

That'll work for me. Just need to measure the OD of the tip. pretty sure its 10mm.... :thumbsup:

[beale]

I've picked up a lazer ZX with a MMS layshaft and Wasp slipper, unfortunately the slipper ring and 2 spring washers are missing, still a couple of spurs on ebay, question is does anyone have the bits or could show me the spec of the ring so I can manufacture a replacement or alternative, can get springs direct from Belville if needed although slightly different

[isobarik]

i would love to know where they ordered the famous lazer zxr wasp belts from i mean i have a set but i want some more .

mvh iso