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That's because the FXT and FX10 were a joint venture between Tamiya and Futaba. Basically Futaba decided they'd try selling their own R/Cs so they commissioned Tamiya for the job. Why they did it is anyone's guess. It was probably the brainchild of a product manager who thought it was a good idea. I...

Literally just won this pile on Ebay. Gonna do a box art mint restoration. The pic is from ebay, dont have it yet. I do already have a new body and decals comin, along with new wheels and tires. Tires are like the originals comin from kuwuit. Shocks will be comin from Japan so gonna take a while, bu...

1) yes, CE and Team share the same arms. The color variations were running changes to both. 2) that’s a personal preference, I prefer my kits that are built to have era correct pieces in them. There wouldn’t likely be much of a discount because they won’t have a use for an old outdated radio. 3) per...

Hello and welcome to the forums. :D To build upon what Jeff has already said, since you are thinking about buying both cars, maybe you could consider choosing one to use as a runner and keep the other for display and in pristine condition. Of course, you can always buy a vintage derelict beater RC10...

If it does go thru (which it probably will if u have no compression) and u cant find a new piston and sleeve (i found a nib piston/sleeve for my cz-2 in my nitro brute. Ut got lucky) you can always send your piston/sleeve to RayARacing and he can repinch it for about $20. That will get your compress...

You have rebound in the shocks. Pretty normal on kyosho golds and bladder shocks. There is fine line between rebound/air in the shock. It can be done tho. Just takes patience.

One possibility is you might have just a tad too much oil in the shock body. What I do is fill up the body with just a bit too much oil, then when you press down on the rubber diaphragm, it squishes out the extra oil...wipe it up and screw the cap on. That usually gets it right, but if it still deco...

RC10s and LEGOs …. This thread is awesome!

Good luck with the build! I just rebuilt an A stamp for a runner as well and I'm loving it. I have play in both front and rear suspension at various points, even with brand new parts. In fact, my brand new rear hubs and all control arms produce more play than my old original pieces. But since I'm no...

That car should make a perfectly suitable runner. The re-released RC10 parts will fit the vintage cars - all critical dimensions are the same. The only exception that comes to mind are the rear arm inner hinge pins - the re-re ones are too short to fit the vintage arms. This is true for both the &qu...

That's a nice collection of spares although I have no idea what's in the two mystery bags. Seeing that bag of bearings brings back memories. I recall that AE bearing sets were always very expensive. Today, I buy bearings from Avid. You're about to embark on a pass-time that I've grown to enjoy. I li...

Hey guys, thanks. I eventually popped it off by wedging a plastic scraper in there. I didn't want to get any solvents on the plastic pasts, and was disassembling so I could dunk all the metal parts in kerosene, which is what I do most of my cleaning with. I used to scrub plastics with kerosene too,...

Please don't apologize for an extensive post. I come here for information and camaraderie. The more time I spend in here, the better. That looks like a great haul. There's almost nothing better than picking up a box of RC stuff and getting to dig through it. Keep the updates coming.

Yes you can swap armatures around. :D Just make sure you shim leaving a correct amount of end float, that's really the same on brushless motors also. Back in the say all the western motor manufacturers bought their "blank" motors from several Japanese companies: Yokomo, Epic, Kyosho, Sagam...

6636 for the 6 gear was a silicone grease (the newer stealth grease is not silicone). I suspect you would be just fine using that. As far as the balls go, they usually snap into the stock gear but some aftermarket gears are a straight hole making them fall through. It won’t hurt anything so long as ...