Starting this thread as a common place for all vintage 1/8 scale onroad cars. Show your Delta, Thorp, Marker, MRP, Dynamics, Associated, or whatever car you have. Show vintage stuff as old bodies, rare motors, carburators or mufflers. Ask any...
This is my first rc car back in 1985-86. It's now odd parts or part on an Off-road car (pictures of it later).
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I think those wheels must be some of the most hard to find parts...
In Scandinavia the 1:12 got the nick name The confectionery box . The lexan radio tray with the wells really resembled such a box. I'll keep my eyes open.
Saw this parts car on ebay and thought it looked like something cool to build up but after some research looks like finding parts is next to impossible.
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I've been asking Vectorsolid through eBay messages if he would sell me the Paragon mod motor he has that I want. It just got listed for significantly more than it's worth to me. It that is Bob, I'd hope that we could work a deal outside eBay, but...
I purchased this roller from a guy that I horse-trade with semi regularly in regards to RC cars. He B/S/Ts in all RC, and he gives me a buzz when he gets vintage stuff. These are great guys to have on your side! From a couple of cars I had gotten...
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Is this for a shelfer or a runner? I don't know what you mean by pro results ...but by coloring the white edges of vinyl sticker paper with a black Sharpie does about as good a job as anything to make the red blend onto a black body with barely...
Well well well what do we have here?
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I've actually built most of this last night. and I'll post more details later on but this is a cool little kit, and the quality is pretty damn good. Carbon, aluminum and injection...
Is this a Vicfor Concept 1? It looks like the t-bar is not original but I believe I have the original parts. Scooped this in a lot with a RC10T2 today. I could not find much information about it except it was designed by Arturo Carbonell back in the...
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If you show the parts, maybe we can sort out.
Btw the bulkheads at your car look like Litespeed for the right side and Associated for the left.
I just wonder why someone exchanged the original ones.
Anybody ever own one of these? From what I could find on the net (not much), it was a very limited production car that had a stealth tranny in front! Crazy! Anyway, check it out. Pretty cool. I'd love to try and re-create this thing.
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And of course built when 3d printing wasn't a thing.
He did give it a run again not so long ago
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This is an Academy Minicraft Lazer, a Hornet knockoff from the 1980's, that I finished restoring a few weeks ago. I picked it up for $20 on Offerup from a guy who listed it as a Kyosho Hornet and completed the...
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Nice find :D Ampro Engineering on YouTube did an episode on these , probably the best equipped Hopper out there , there was a ton of clones of them in the 80s , even Traxxas made one called the Cat but theirs cannot have been a clone as Traxxas...
Not all of you will be aware that as well as motors and ESC's, Nick Adams of Demon Power products also dabbled in the 1/12th market, and for the 1983 season he developed his 'Demon MF-1' car (sometimes also called the MF-83 designating the year)....
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She is hanging on to it as a tribute to her father although has agreed to send me the axles for this car so I can finish it.
Good to know, a lot of these pieces of RC history end up being sold off or thrown away. Of course there's plenty of us who...
I scored this one for a very good price thanks to Phin. Can't wait to rip it apart and clean it up, it's new but very dirty!
Sold by Robbe, manufactured by BlueBird makers of the optima clone we all love to hate, the Growler! Seems to share a lot...
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Hello from Germany!
Even though the thread is a bit older now, I have a question on the subject:
I also own two used Robbe Cheyenne, one with the monoshock layout at the front, the other with conventional suspension. Both also differ in the...
Anyone with firsthand experience with a Hobby World (Jamara / HobbyLand / etc) Valiant II? It seems to have a few names, and sold through multiple distributors starting in 1993. Jamara in Europe, HobbyLand in US?
Seems to be a TRX-1 clone with an...
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Have had the Vailant Truck version years ago, seems from about Y2K !?
I had one of these new back in '91 Im not actually sure when they were released officially, I think it was 1990? correct me if I'm wrong.
I remember being extremely impressed by the quality of this truck, and its construction. I absolutely...
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Finished the build minus the body, used all new/very good electronics, all Futaba, as per the box. Enjoy!
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I haven't decided if I'm going to tackle the body or have a pro do it. Not a terribly difficult scheme, but I'd hate to...
here is my rc10ds hot trick car, well its an rc10 chassis converted to a ds. bought car from site sorry cant remember who i got it from. wheels,tires,chassis are all new. ya its a lil dusty lol :) DSCN3371.jpg DSCN3372.jpg DSCN3373.jpg
When i was running in the 1991 Radio Race Car Series in the UK, there was a guy who ran the then fairly unheard of TOMY Intruder, the guy being called Matt Hodgson. Matthew was a great adversary of mine and we had many close races that season. I was...
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Tomy went all in with the Intruder in 1990, and came up with a car which was equal to anything else on the market at that time. I can speak from personal experience having seen Matt Hodgson run his Intruder throughout the 1991 season in the UK. It...
So I have finally gotten around to rebuilding my first hobby grade RC car. I started searching for a rebuild candidate about a year ago, and couldn't find any at the time. Then I missed out on a pretty good deal on a pair of them. Then it just...
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Didn't get fancy with the decals because, TBH, I was ready to move on. Introduced it to the rest of the family.
Picked this up on ebay approximately 15 years ago was a display model never ran .was missing the tire when I bought it .still need one green dot trc for it.
Lol!
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I think there are some 235 mm body's being made still.
Definitely worth finishing!
LurkingCAT gave me this car for donating to the website a few weeks ago and I've decided to do some work to it recently. Not sure what compelled me to get this car, but it's nearly as old as me. I do intend on driving this car, lightly, at least a...
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Didn't think about it when I sent the car, but I actually have a new Coyote saver in black. Same tree as the grey silvertriple posted above. A little donation to RC10talk and I'll send it your way if interested.
Some time ago I came across an Ebay listing for an old Hyperdrive car. The seller mentioned it was an old National record holder in its day. I was interested but let it pass and moved on. The listing was removed so I figured it sold long ago. Then a...
This chassis will be the subject of all my attention while waiting to find a second one to possibly ride...
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I just caught up on this and Wow :!: ,Great job , I can't believe you did all that in Tincercad :!:
Thanks for including the failed steps , it really shows what's really involved in doing a project like this , must have been a hard decision to cut...
Just started going over it, pretty neat. Came from an ex-Jomac team driver. Features factory drilled wheels, graphite diff axle, lightweight spur gear, Novak Bantam Midget servos with factory black cases, 1200SC batteries (still good), Parma flat...
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.........just something about them.
I don't exactly know what it is, must be the elegant simplicity. A bit of flexy plank with electrics and wheels, fine tuned to be a slot car with steering... and every manufacturer (and builder) put their own...
I did a search on Formula 1 R/C cars at the forum, but found nothing beside Tamiya and Kyosho.
So not disturbing these with offtopic postings, I thought it might be a good idea to start a new...
After reading the Tomy read-ups by Tamiyadan I started wondering if anybody has some personal experience with the Academy Wyvern line-up; another model often claimed as a copy of the yokomo of back then
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Very cool! I like the 3 spoke wheels. I had loads of the Schumacher 3 spokes for my CAT and Cougar 2000s.
well this chassis has been kicking around on this site for some time. highwayracer got it from andy than sold it to scr8p than i just bought it :). here is the message from highwayracer (I bought a ton of prototype items and which included a few...
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well its done!! IMG_8043.jpg IMG_8044.jpg IMG_8045.jpg IMG_8046.jpg IMG_8047.jpg IMG_8048.jpg IMG_8049.jpg IMG_8050.jpg
Here is another project underway. I think this is an old Hyper drive H10. I am not sure but I think it was their first 10th scale pan car. A fairly nice car looking past the goofy tires stuck on the rims. Guess they wanted an off roader. It has a...
Been tinkering with this project for a few years and finally found a few parts that were crucial to the build to get me going , I tried to incorporate thee H10sc bottom chassis stiffener plates to form a top deck brace and wasn’t satisfied with how...
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Sweet! Locating parts for these old cars is a lesson of patience. I wind up making my own though just to get me through the build. I enjoy your progress so far.....great job!
Thank you 🙏🏼
it’s all part of the process in this game Patience!...
I have an assortment of FX-10 chassis that I am looking to break down into builds. I knew my best chassis was pristine outside of some orange spots on it. Its like some spots of dried up Coke. I looked at some of the other chassis, and noticed this...
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I've had good success peroxiding white Clodbuater wheels, I don't know what material they are made out of but it worked great.
I've also always wanted to give a vibratory polisher a try for old plastics.
Found this Ena 3D on eBay with a story that assembly had been started and never finished. I figured there had to be a reason but took the chance anyway. It arrived yesterday and I couldn’t help finishing it- everything was there :shock:
It’s not...
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How do the wheels fit on this: standard cros-pin and 12mm hex, or something which could easily be converted to that?
Getting this away from the what is it thread
I may have finally figured out who built these cars. ParDelBolTr Llc. :roll: :lol:
Edit: Or maybe Magic Touch more likely :?:
The original car
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Totally stripped to bare chassis...
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Incremental but better
Lightly sanded and polished the chassis, got rid of 80% of the scratches
Cleaned and blackened all the steel screws
Cleaned and put the original white plastic nuts on that hold the wings
New G10 plate/ballstud mount on motor...
I have posted these up on a few FB pages over the last couple of days, but thought I would add them on here as there have been a few posts about Brimods over the recent years. One mentioned how hard it was to add the cap O-ring seal without it...
Anyone know anything about this? Interwebs search does not produce all that much. Edit: I am realizing this is the same / similar to a Robbe Panterra. And the fact that Panterra is mentioned, makes it more awesome!
I am picking up this little beaut...
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any chance you happen to know where to find parts for these?
Ralph @ wms rc shop seems to have the front knuckle(s) you need:
He is in Germany, so shipping will be a little $$$ and long, but he is a nice guy to deal with and prices are good.
I've been poking around the web and here to try and find a manual on this thing. Any body have a lead on where I might be able to find it? I have been trying to contact a guy (Danny something) That apparently at one point had made it...
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wanna sell it?
The past few weeks I have been working on getting one I had sitting for 25 years. Finally got it running decent and today... was a bad day lol
and this stupid ass 75mhz futaba decided to lose contact at less than 100 ft while at...
I have posted up a fair few cars with the more typical 6 hole Gisom alloys, and also my Coyote build has the lovely gold set of tri-holes pictured here, but I have never started a specific thread for them I don't think. Gisom are Italian-made, and...
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Regarding the Gison header card - I do have a new in packet pair of the gold rims too, and they also have a Gisom sticker inside too. I just cannot bring myself to open the packet though, as much as I want to get my hands on that original sticker....
That's right folks, I'm up to TWO runners out of my collection of 100. :mrgreen:
The end is how I remember the grizzly most. On its lid.
And I am driving one handed and filming with the other no no comments from the gallery :mrgreen:
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Apparently YouTube links aren’t working and photosuckit screwed us royally but I did re add a couple links to the first post showing it running in the snow and then on ice the next day.
Mine lacks the one way bearings, it has the late style front...
I just bought a Varicom Big Grizzly at an auction. I'm trying to research it but I can't find much info. I've seen posts calling it crap and also calling it rare. It was stored ina barn so it's dirty, but in great...
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From the few Big Grizzlys I have seen on-line, it appears there are different color/logo schemes. Mine looks different from the ones I've seen but mine definetly says Big Grizzly on it. There is one on eBay right now and the motor is definetly...
I'm super happy to have picked up this Schramske Engineering Hurricane. I learned of these cars about 9 or 10 years ago from a member on here named pancar .
It's definitely a unique car based on a Losi JRX2. This car has Raborn spring retainers and...
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To me - in the UK - that looks so weird as nothing like that was raced here.
But it's so cool 8)
Very clean example. All original 99% complete. Hope you enjoy.
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Thanks Dadio
The new car I plan to finish the body out a little further than the last one. I would’ve eventually put more stickers on it. The matte color wasn’t planned. Just kinda how it ended up.
I believe that I just acquired some incredibly rare and cool pieces of RC history, so I am starting this thread to discuss the company and its products.
Very little (if any) information seems to be available on the Internet about Lightz Products. I...
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I had a look and the ads never changed, all the same....
will have pics of the winning car and the body i bought from the 95 oval champions drove by wood racing (mike wood sr/jr) plus an extra goodies. here is the link for a little history of the car and wood racing. mike wood went on to work for trinity...
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here is the pic of the car and trophy blown up as best as i can. 243457409_1556227924713857_2813255854984466769_n.jpg
After collecting & sitting on these cheetah parts I finally gave in and built what I could =
cheetah parts have a certain quality & feel that no other comes near to Imo when it comes to oval/circiut chassis , I had to build it .
Only thing that I...
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That thing is so cool looking! Love the wheels too.
I’ve had this for 10+ years and prior to that I tried to buy it off of an old friend of mine for 10+ years. I never knew what it was until I had it in my possession. 66F7EFC0-EE18-418B-85D0-5F0693BD0D0D.jpeg D8BD1EEB-CCBF-40D7-8D84-AD7A49798E46.jpeg...
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Yes you are correct, SECO QC rear. Unfortunately not too much info is available online for these cars. Thankfully one of the members of Quarter Scale Legends was good enough to inform me of what make and model it is. From that I was only able to dig...
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