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Fun article Jeff. Going way back... When I started in 1978 most people were using 1000mah GE Ni-Cd's or Saft. The GE's had a green shrink wrap on the individual cells, or white shrink on 3-cell sticks. The Saft sticks were white also. Around 1979 the Sanyo 1200 SC cells came out with the yellow/red ...

YOKOMO RANCH PIT SHOP LATE EDITION 1986-87 New to the Museum a wonderful RPS Yokomo. This kit has an interesting box I have not seen before. Also the rarely seen blue shocks. This Car has many aftermarket upgrades. Upgrades are as follows: Front Aluminum lower arms (Black), Front End C-Hubs Aluminum...

I picked up a sizable vintage collection today from a from a guy who was a hobby shop owner and a dirt oval racer bitd. This is one of the cars in the collection. I dont have any knowledge of dirt oval racing or Custom Works cars. He told me that Darren Zimmerman (I hope I have the name correct) Bui...

love this car :P Me too, it wasmy first pan car ;) --------------------- Next step : the end is near ... https://media.joomeo.com/large/5a8093f3ce3b3.jpg https://media.joomeo.com/large/5a809409a8325.jpg https://media.joomeo.com/large/5a809420312ed.jpg https://media.joomeo.com/large/5a80942dcc5f9.jp...

The Bantam Midget was the servo that Novak used as a base for their own. Here is one in kit form

the original Bantams were developed by Dick Rehling and Bob Novak. It’s common to see them with the D&R label. This was early 70’s, not sure what year the Bantam Midget arrived. Ace was a catch all for a lot of different companies that went out or sold out.

This may help; no can colors, though:

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=18586

Definitely a nice pair of cars you have! I've been searching for a Signature Series kit for years without any luck. Your car even has the same serial number as the #66 Equalizer I built in honor of my Dad's old racing number. I believe the nylon/Delrin parts were machined from white and dyed black. ...

Well this is nice to find here on an RC forum - a dedicated Slot Car section. Slotties are a passion for me . Vintage 1:24th and 1:32 scale from the 1960s especially. I have to say my favourite slot cars were made by Tamiya , COX , MPC , Monogram and Scalextric. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4...

Here is a old Trinity brush chart. While you might not be able to find these exact brushes, it should serve as a good guide

Lol, the whole reason to convert to hexes was the lack of availability of the original pin wheels. Now that pin wheels are re-released...

TRC Composite Craft Assembly Instruction Manual For Lynx II Series Including Step-By-Step Pictorial Reference Guide Special thanks goes to member ELF-BMX for taking the pictures of the pages for these manuals. https://www.rc10talk.com/gfx/dlbutton.png *Due to size, this file is hosted remotely.

just had this painted by Andy for my vintage 12l resto...Simply Stunning!

Truing tires is a messy process, the foam dust gets everywhere. More time is spent cleaning it up then the actual process.


Bye bye old decrepit donut.....


And there you have it, one nice new donut.

Today marks the 15th anniversary of RC10Talk. https://i.imgur.com/BNmrw.gif I just wanted to thank everyone for their continued support and contributions in preserving this wonderful hobby that is R/C. More specifically the "vintage" side of it. Some changes will be taking place sometime ...