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And the Family Photo:

Paint used was: Tamiya Spray Metallic Purple Tamiya Spray Translucent Yellow Decals are what came in the box, which is the 40th Anniversary sheets and the 4WD sheet. I went with purple and the yellow windows as a nod to my original RC10 Championship Car, which was Yellow with purple 'van halen' stri...

Indoor lighting shots

Front 3/4:


Rear 3/4:


Side:


Bird's Eye from above!

Body trimmed, painted, decals on! Rough trim. I went ahead and put in the holes for the pin posts, but uh...well, the front diff pushes the front end up. And the back post looks like it needs another spacer or two to be high enough. I'll probably patch those holes somehow (I have some lexan with the...

3D Printed a nifty shock stand. The holes are actually a bit large for the shocks, but it still helped keep them organized and upright for filling with oil. https://i.imgur.com/3smrO9d.jpg Front Shocks on: https://i.imgur.com/ulGldMS.jpg Rear Shocks on: https://i.imgur.com/3FG5rhM.jpg Battery tray i...

Rear A arms, drive shafts and a bunch of turnbuckles tonight! Rear A Arms in. https://i.imgur.com/xmMk2ia.jpg I built the shafts per the instructions: 3 shims and the blue spacer on the outside (flat side out). We'll see once shocks and tires are on if the whole 'about to fall out' syndrome is happe...

Hey all! So, my little history with RC. Back in the early 90s I got a Championship Edition RC10 Gold Pan. I didn't have (or didn't know about) a track nearby, so it spent time running around a nearby parking lot. I managed to slam into a curb pretty hard, and broke one of the rear arm mounts. While ...

Overhead view. Next up is rear arms, a lot of turnbuckles to build and adjust, and then on to the shocks.

Front end is tight! Has a lot of stuff crammed in there.

Well, I got focused on this session, and managed to forget to grab pics of the subassemblies going in the tub. But here's the chassis stiffeners, rear bulkhead, shock tower, and transmission all mounted in the car. Also, installed and adjusted the belt. Moving right along! https://i.imgur.com/A7U09e...

and mounted in the car. I kept putting the shafts in the outputs, but of course every time I move the car, they slide out. so... yeah.

Front hubs assembled

Front drive shafts assembled

mounted in the tub

Not sure if Decepticon or front shock tower and arm mounts...