RC10 Team car restoration

[JosephS]

Quick story with the tires, this came with the original white wheels, not sure of the exact size but the rears were a little smaller diameter than the fronts. I am pretty sure the fronts are 1.9". The wheels were a bit scratched up and had some paint on them so I wet sanded them down at bit and ended up spraying them with Tamiya white primer.

I wanted to keep the rims but put modern tires on them so I bought a set of Proline ribbed fronts and Schumacher carpet rears. To get them to fit on the rim I just a section out of the tire and glued them back together with tire glue.

Your build is coming out so nice. I'm taking a ideas for my own.
Any ideas on what you are doing for the body and wing?

[JohnE]

Quick story with the tires, this came with the original white wheels, not sure of the exact size but the rears were a little smaller diameter than the fronts. I am pretty sure the fronts are 1.9". The wheels were a bit scratched up and had some paint on them so I wet sanded them down at bit and ended up spraying them with Tamiya white primer.

I wanted to keep the rims but put modern tires on them so I bought a set of Proline ribbed fronts and Schumacher carpet rears. To get them to fit on the rim I just a section out of the tire and glued them back together with tire glue.

Your build is coming out so nice. I'm taking a ideas for my own.
Any ideas on what you are doing for the body and wing?

I bought a Mirage body and wing from Team Blue Groove, it's a reproduction but it looks pretty good.

[JohnE]

Here is the body, it's a reproduction Mirage from Team Blue Groove in Canada. It came with a new rear wing. I had the wing wire and buttons from the kit, I just had to take some paint off of them before I put them on the new wing. It's hard to tell in the picture but the black and red are metal flake which ended up looking pretty cool.

I bought a set of RC10 Cliff Lett decals form MCI Racing for some of the big Reedy and Associated logos, I have used them before and the quality is very good. Some of the other decals like the Cobra Lathe are from my OG stash

[JohnE]

Ended up making a last minute change with the rear wheels, I bought another old car (rc10 champion edition) for another build I am starting and it had a pretty decent set of 2.0 rear wheels. I was looking around at some cars from back then and I saw a few that had black wheels. I primed and painted these and they came out pretty good.

Here are some pictures of the finished car.

[JohnE]

A few more pictures of the finished car and the parts I ended up using.

Started with a #6035 Team Car kit with bearings
3D primted front arms
25 degree front caster blocks
Lunsford Titanium turnbuck set
Lunsford Titanium hinge pin set
RC Screwz stainless steel screw set
Steering bellcranks from a RC10 Worlds car
Hi Tech HS-625 metal gear servo
Kimbrough servo saver
Novak XXL receiver
Novak T4 speed controler
'Reedy' 17 turn double
New fiberglass rear shocktower
new bearings for the rear hubs
3D printed rear Andy's arms
Boki gear cover
Team Blue groove mirage body and wing
Proline ribbed front tires
J Concepts carpet rear tires

[JohnE]

few more pictures

[XLR8]

Looks totally legit John -- like a real vintage race car.
I really like the paint scheme and the use of white and black wheels.
Very nice. Well done sir!

[JosephS]

few more pictures

That's a build to be proud of. It looks fantastic.

[JohnE]

I ended up making a late in the game change to the front end.

I was looking around ShapeWays and found these 'aftermarket' front arms, they are modified to move the front wheels forward by 5mm which gives the car a bit longer wheelbase but a much meaner stance. The designer said they it will make the car handle a bit better on carpet tracks since it pushes the wheels up a bit so the noseplate should not scrape as much.