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I bought a handful of Sanyo NiCd's to play with and decided to make a couple batteries. You could easily make a vintage looking pack for a runner or even just for display. The only downside is the cost involved is pretty high, ie roughly $30 just for the decals for one 6 cell pack. I made a 4 cell f...

Before there were battery bars we used braid.... which is probably still superior to a bar to be honest.


All soldered up

A couple things to add.

Before tinning the battery ends, I scuff them with a flapper wheel on a Dremel.

And be sure to glue both sides of the pack or it might curve. Or it could just be the glue that I used (E6000?)


If needed, Integy still makes the jigs for pack building.

Yes, scuffing the ends of the cells is advisable. Some cells had a coating in which you physically could not solder to and had to be removed. The solder flowed out ok on these cells so I didn't bother with that step. Definitely glue both sides, it increases the pack rigidity tremendously. Those inte...

Nice build!! You can still buy brand new 2500mah Panasonic SCR cells (Super SCR's), plus there's a good seller providing all the re-wraps (customized if you like) to match'em to OG red Sanyo cells. Actually, all in...about the same cost as bitd for a race pack. Braid...not bars=Nice! 20240308_15333...

Nice job on those batteries, I tried to buy Panasonic 1700 SCR's but they were discontinued. Are those genuine Panasonic cells? The green cells were sold as Sanyo 2500 SCR's. I must say it was fun breaking out the old pack building stuff. Like most people I threw away all my old packs and now wish I...

I used to use Shoo Goo back in the day or CA glue, with Shoo goo hard to find here I used Selleys Quick Fix Ultra Repair. I'm pretty happy with it as it's thick enough not to run out, it's clear enough, it's slightly flexible and strong. Plus the nozzle is a good size. The trick I found for a good b...

here is my vintage custom painted ford f350 dually with custom made rear spoiler, bug deflector and sun visor. chassis isn't as nice as the body but o well

Mines a small entry, and I mean really small. IMG_20240910_082337375_HDR.jpg IMG_20240910_082510939_HDR.jpg This is my NRC K24, a 1/24 scale Ultima Pro Replica with a lexan wing by Jason Cooper, paintwork by Dominator Airbrushing and custom mini 5 spokes by me. Really fun to drive, if not a bit over...

MCI has Sanyo battery labels and they look excellent...plus they have 20% off this weekend...u will need yellow or red shrink depending on which label u pick..then go clear over that...it's a 3 step process but looks excellent...pic about 4 post above this are the MCI labels

I'm sure we all remember the giant glass case of R/C cars at Toys R Us, and not to mention the aisle with all the NES flip cards where we would stand for as long as our mom would let us and try to determine which game to buy from reading the maker's outlandish descriptions and a few microscopic scre...

I bring a classic my brother and I completed. It is a 1996 Yokomo YR-4M. It is resurrected to absolutely mint kit form, including the odd tire combo that came with it new. Its got a cool jack shaft setup to operate the 4wd. Also, a super smooth high revving Tamiya 13T Dyna-Run mod brushed powerplant...

Gonna try again.

Tamiya Super Hornet.

MCI has Sanyo battery labels and they look excellent...plus they have 20% off this weekend...u will need yellow or red shrink depending on which label u pick..the go clear over that...it's a 3 step process but looks excellent...pic about 4 post above this are the MCI labels Love MCI, great selectio...

UMP silver label Brushed motor, im told its UMP diamond electric power motor. 17 turn, double wind. Never seen one here before, but the seller sent me the details for it. Ill add it to the "next project" list, which really means "ooohhh thats shiny "and sweep the other dozen half...