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Some more of Bolinks bodies here. The dirt oval molds went to Wind Tunnel Racing.

https://www.windtunnelracingproducts.com/index.php?cPath=42_27

Yes, that is the person (Reinaldo) that sent me this one to document At risk of hijacking the thread :lol: but it is relevant, Reinaldo has a Youtube channel and he did an overview of the prototype before boxing it up and shipping it off to Jeff, if you haven't seen it check it out: https://www.you...

When an ex-CML driver tells you he has a stripped down one off trailing arm 2wd car in his loft.... I was buying some MG motors off a guy around 18months ago and when i met up with him for the exchange he told me that he was at one time a team CML (Central Models) driver, and that he had been given ...

One of those well intentioned, poorly conceived exercises in adolescent impatience and disappointment. Lesson learned. :lol: Sounds familiar... I had a box delivered from TBG. Including decals from MCI. 8) And then I took a deep breath and started cutting and masking and painting and applying decal...

While waiting for a few pieces I sat down and re-envisioned the lethal weapon. Parts are getting low, and belts don’t like modern brushless power. The drawing is a b6.3 transmission stuffed inside a lethal weapon footprint, slipper adjustment hanging out the left side. The print shown is the dr10 ve...

A couple of outdoor pictures to better show the true colors of the bodies.

If we all step back and remember what it was exactly that made R/C so immediately fascinating, most of us would probably say it was a level of realism involved. Both Kyosho & Tamiya gave us the chance to feel what real racing was all about, but it’s much more affordable and a lot less dangerous....

I'm sorry if there is some crossover for the people on Facebook here, I literally joined FB so I could get on the RC groups (after many years of avoiding it). I've been working on getting the parts together to rebuild the RC10 I raced in the late '80s on the old school dirt RC tracks of the Northeas...

This process has become one of the most satisfying parts of restoring these old vehicles for me! The process of hydrating, cleaning, and whitening is tedious and boring, but the payoff is just so worth it in the long run! :wink: For medium, I use Salon Care 40 Volume Clear (liquid) or Creme (cream d...

Small bit of progress on the lightweight... as well as dropping the matching D&D Graphite front shock tower on, the unused NODIS gearbox is also now fitted, albeit without the motor plate which will be getting a little surgery pretty shortly before going on. What is apparent is that the large ho...

Yup, slot brushes.... harking back to the slot car origins of many of the RC motor builders. Quite a few motors can be found with modular endbell slot conversions - there were a few companies who offered them. I try to collect them whenever i come across them. I am waiting on delivery of an early Tr...

MarkyDents wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 12:30 pm Did all the aluminum endbell Team Checkpoint motors have such adorable sized brushes ??

I have to say, those tiny brushes look the part of pure race. But i prefer the standard size. They last way longer and can rip just as hard. Our Brutus motor is proof of that.

There is certainly a performance difference, hence why they began messing around with cut brushes later on to essentially achieve the same thing, and also Gil Losi Jr. won the '85 off road Worlds using a Kyosho-based Trinity motor with the slot brush modular endbell. That, and the looks, is why they...