Finally it's done! Now I'm free to finish off my other projects. Hope you like her. I'll have better pics of the body with good lighting when I start up my gallery.
She's not looking too rusty anymore.
It can be run with either the original radio or the new 3 channel stick.
Lol! Looks awesome! I wish I had the patience to take a project that far!
It's time to stand up to the bully. Support the companies that support the industry, not the ones that tear it down. Say no to Traxxas Factory Works website
You could mod that 3ch if you wanted to get funky! Do it old skool!
It's time to stand up to the bully. Support the companies that support the industry, not the ones that tear it down. Say no to Traxxas Factory Works website
Thanks guys! Glad you like the way she turned out. Thanks to all that helped me out with info. I've learned quite a lot during this build. Just seeing all the awesome builds here was enough to keep me motivated and see this one all the way through. Now to get started on the rest of them.
gomachv wrote:You used a word rarely spoken on here.
"Finished"
Lol! Looks awesome! I wish I had the patience to take a project that far!
Thanks man! I knew I had to get it done before it became a stalled project. I have enough stalled projects to finish around the house. Hopefully this will become a trend.
gomachv wrote:You could mod that 3ch if you wanted to get funky! Do it old skool!
That's sweet! I wish they had added a neck strap to those radios. Those things are heavy! Although that car is capable of running it never will after all the work I've done on it. It's going on the shelf permanently.
Did you ever post the step by steps on restoring the the steering wires? I can't seem to find it here. Also of the images don't show up anymore, I guess because this post is old. It would really help if can find out how you restore your rusted parts, thanks.
I'll be restoring the original steering wires Monday and will show the steps. This part will be back in action soon!
Some of the images were indeed deleted to make room on my Photo Bucket account. Restoring the rusted metal is easy though. Just take some 600-400 grit sandpaper and sand off the rust until it's nice and shiny. Use a file to true up the ends of the rods for neatness if you like. Then sand again with 1000 grit and polish the rods with Mother's metal polish or a similar metal polish. I would then wax the parts with auto wax to keep them from rusting again. You could also put a light coat of oil on them for corrosion protection as well.
PlastiZapCA+ wrote:Some of the images were indeed deleted to make room on my Photo Bucket account. Restoring the rusted metal is easy though. Just take some 600-400 grit sandpaper and sand off the rust until it's nice and shiny. Use a file to true up the ends of the rods for neatness if you like. Then sand again with 1000 grit and polish the rods with Mother's metal polish or a similar metal polish. I would then wax the parts with auto wax to keep them from rusting again. You could also put a light coat of oil on them for corrosion protection as well.
Really useful info thanks. Will sand paper remove too much metal on more crucial parts like a drive shaft, upright shaft, affecting the roundness and diameter? Would their be any cons to it, where tighter tolerances are required between bearing and shaft? Would you sand yours on it on rotating lathe or drill?
I've found a carpet track near me for 1/12 race cars so it's time to build a runner. Thanks to Gomachav I now have one of his beautiful new RC12E chassis for this project. This will be a mix of old and new. I'll be using modern servos and a 2.4ghz...
Like I really need to start another project. :mrgreen: Anyway this will be an RC12E with the Greenwood Corvette body from TBG. This will have period correct electronics and it will be fully functional like all my cars so far. It will be a resistor...
Pretty much new around these forums, I have been registered for a little over a month now.
Basically been lurking around the site reading and looking at different threads. I stumbled across this site while researching some info on...
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As soon as I saw the chassis I knew I recognized it. Then I identified some of the other parts. I saw your original auction. Couldn't believe someone would take apart such s nice car that someone put that much time into putting together.
I've been interested in doing something different from 1:10 offroad buggies lately and had been eyeing pan cars on eBay the last several months, waiting for something good but cheap to pop up. I finally spotted a nice auction lot with carbon fiber...
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Why has that body never been produced?? I'd love to have one.
Manufacturers are too busy producing 8 versions of Mustang and 6 flavors of Camaro and a dozen iterations of Corvette bodies to develop a Grand National body, evidently. :roll:
What's the best way to clean off lightly rusted screws? I have a slew of them from a bunch of used trucks I bought over the last year or so, figured I would take a shot at rescuing them before placing and order with McMaster. The ball studs are just...
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I remember naval jelly from years ago, trying to treat the rust on my '84 Omni. I was looking at degreasers a couple weeks ago at Lowe's, and again today, they've been out of that stuff for weeks.
Soaked all the screws in Purple Power, rinsed them...
also, the motor is shot, i tore it apart today, the connecting rod was broke, the bearings were seized, i had to hammer on the crankshaft out to even get it to start moving. I am most likely going...
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It's a first run second generation. The newer ones had the blue chassis and the cylinder head you have, then went to a blue cylinder head and then finally to the 2.5 series engines. The first generation ones had a brownish-purple chassis on them....
well, im sure none of u know me(unless u know me from another forum), but a long story short, this was my first r/c. I got it when i was 7 years old, It was the early early version with the MSC, and no slipper, and once the slipper came out, i(my...