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RC10 box art project
Finally decided to bring to light the complete box of parts I've been accumulating since 2009 and started tearing some old plastic bags. Worked a bit on the front end and still debating whether I should modify the front kick up, have the motor plate back holes filled and everything re-anodized the same color including the front shock collars. We'll see, I think I'll assemble the whole car first and maybe do that at a later stage.
Reference: Donor cars, both early Edinger ones from 1984: The very very first Novak ESC featured on the box: Custom parts made by Fibre-Lyte: FRESH PLASTICS :!: 1984 6-GEAR PARTS: Comparison shot showing the custom box art shock tower on the left and a '84 one on the right: Assembly: Shocks (front collars need gold anodising): I'll use 4 original recessed spring cups, above are 4 reproduction made a few years ago. They are much brighter. Some progress on the chassis: Shocks are done: Tires had seen a better life, especially the rear ones, which are softer than the fronts, and were a bit cracked, so I went to the pharmacy and bought a bottle of glycerin to feed them and prevent further drying. It is a natural compound that helps preserve natural rubber. Silicon-based treatment should be avoided as it accelerates aging. It gave the tires a new youth definitely. After the treatment: Next is assembling the front and rear sway bars and chop the front nose tubes, stay tuned! Last edited by Asso_man!; 08-07-2015 at 10:14 AM. |
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Nice.
MiCk B. :-)
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That is going to look better than the box David 😎 and I'm loving the shocks and that heatsink looks great on that Novak might have to strip mine 😁
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Thanks for the nice comments fellas Car is now sitting as a full roller waiting for the rest of the electronics. Not so sure about the servo used so I'll go for an early standard Futaba one. Yesterday I noticed the ESC switch is not the original one that came with the Novak but can't bring myself to change that. I will have to be creative on the antenna mount as well.
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Nice, both the base material and what you are making of it.
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Thanks a lot!
Here is the beautifully painted body I got from Doug (Squarehead design) years ago along with the wing, window netting from HotShot and Tamiya SRB driver. There will be some homework to complete this! |
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Very nice. I've got to get a new shell and get it painted in box colours for my rere shelf queen car.
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This looks like a artistic recreation of a masterpiece. Going to be beautiful when you finish it. Are you going to run it or is this going to be a museum piece.
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Thanks a lot for the compliments. It will be a shelf queen indeed, no chance these really hard to find early parts are being at risk of being broken and not being replaced because of scarcity. I have a few runners for that
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I found a NIB Airtronics servo that is probably period correct, not sure what model was used exactly, but I know for sure it was an Airtronics because of the 2 black and 1 grey cables featured on the box art picture. Maybe someone has more info on the release year of this one?
And I also rewired the ESC and added the correct plugs. |
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Looking good though 😎
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No I didn't and I'm afraid no one would be really able to tell now as the original chassis on the box was stolen like 25 years ago at a show if I remember correctly. They still have the original body though or a double at least.
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