Nice, good score. Its always a bonus with the box and all the documentation! Plus I am a Fiberglass G-10 fanatic! So what are you plans, runner or shelfer?
I have an rc10lso graphite I have had since my early teens. I just got it out and revived it. Im totally hooked now! No shelfers here! Going to run that baby! Probably going to revive a few of them and race em with my kids at a local track. When I was a kid I couldn't afford this stuff now its like a crazy addiction. I never raced before but I am going to start out just having fun and see what happens.
The chassis / G-10 Fiberglass parts will clean up nicely, with a hand brush and either simple green or greased lightning. also you can chase the screw holes with a countersink bit, just enough to not only clean them out, but even out any wear, then seal them with some CA and you will have some screw holes that look good as new, and will not wear out as fast. Just take it easy with the Countersink! Good luck with the restoration.
Looking good sofar, and the custom bits are nice too! I like the fact that you are using G-10 and aluminum, kind of keeps in spirit of the Original Car.
Thanks. I decided I really wanted to replace the black carbon items with something closer too white too keep the white look going with the car. The aluminum nerf wings I made because I thought they would set the cars look off a little. Not to mention the strength they have. I love the chance to add a custom spin in things too. I am having trouble getting the white plastic parts to turn really white again. Tried a few things so far. I ordered a blue aluminum screw and nut set for it. As a last resort I might die the plastic royal blue to go in spirit with the blue hardware. Possibly even black. The more white the better though. I have other cars that are all black so I would really like to make this one with as much white as possible without dropping any more cash. After all I am going to run this when I am done. What's the fun in building it if you can't play ha ha!
Well, just to throw it out there if you have not tried it, there is a thread in here to turn White Nylon parts white again with Hydrogen Peroxide, again, that is if you have not seen it, or tired it.
Yeah I tried 3% for a day. Then 50-50 bleach and water. Then oxyclean with 3% peroxide under a UV light for a few hours. That helped enough. I got excited and put it together. Going to run it a bit this weekend. I can work on details as I go. Here is the progress
Hey guys I am finally to the point where I am ready to start building my CNC mill. The project will consist of converting a Sherline CNC mill into an extended travel machine. I purchased everything I need including the stepper motors, and stepper...
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Built your own cnc mill and are now making custom parts!? Wow! 8)
You could meka extra cash to support the off road buggy :lol: You do great work...If you get enough requests and really want to hook us fellow mmembers up just list what you will make with prices...If you need parts to use as templates everyone on...
After the successful builds of the first three SWB models I thought it was time to look at the LWB ones. The Optima Mid Custom will be my first Optima Mid LWB ever :wink:
It was released as a budget Optima Mid with its Black Dumper shocks...
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Truly amazing work and attention to detail in this MID build. It's very refreshing to see the car built exactly the way it was intended. Very neat. These shots could be used as a luxury build manual for the MID. Top notch work and very inspiring!...
I need to make a few more parts out of g10 fiberglass in gold. Might make some aluminum parts and get them gold anodized. Ive been thinking about setting up my own anodizing station. I might design some custom front end suspension at some point as...
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Thank you. Yeah I love skulls if cant tell ha ha. I need to get my arse in gear and work on this again though.
I got a killer deal on this RC10T from eBay. I threw in a bid just for the fun of it and won! Ended up being around $80 after a refund in shipping since I was close. The car was used only a few times from what I can tell. Everything is in very good...
Hello Guys, today at a local R/C swap meet y was walking looking for RC10’s and did not see anything but I did see this and it caught my eye and I cud not resist so I got it. One of my favorite all time cars it the Optima but the Ultimas was one of...
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It will probable stay clear for some time, I usually keep them clear until is time to run/race it. When the painting time comes up it will probable a late 80’s style.
Thanks for the comments; it was a cool project for me, something different from...