Rory Cull Rc10 Replica / '91 Euros

[GoMachV]

Oh wow I have one of those too...didn't know they were "good"

[RC10resto]

yes good, because you need one to make one of these

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=186&hilit=halsey+replica&start=15

[scr8p]

the halsey replica........another one of my cars that will probably never be "done".

i messed up when i did that car, drilling all the holes in the chassis. i only had 3 small pics to go by when i started it and one of those pics were from a later car ('88). well you can see which one i chose, the wrong one for an '85 replica.

but then while doing research for my cliff lett '88 roar nats car, i found this pic of halsey's car from the same race.

and here's the chassis i drilled out for the '85 replica.

my plan is to find a nice short arm 6 gear car, and swap the chassis between the two. then build a replica of his '88 nats car with the drilled chassis and remaining parts. why not, right?

[a01butal]

Looks like the JG a1 bumper in the picture of Jay's car is the red version, but then I'm color-blind.

[scr8p]

Looks like the JG a1 bumper in the picture of Jay's car is the red version, but then I'm color-blind.

Yup, the '88 car has a red bumper. Which is good because those are easy to find.

[Charlie don't surf]

The Keil cells are easy, they aren't labeled with matched stickers just keil stickers....which I have

[scr8p]

The Keil cells are easy, they aren't labeled with matched stickers just keil stickers....which I have

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[scr8p]

And we're off...

I tore the team car down this morning. Gonna get the white parts scrubbed up and ready for a short peroxide bath. I don't want them super white. And if I feel like it, I may get the diff and shocks rebuilt so they're ready.

[scr8p]

it was nice out yesterday so i soaked the parts in peroxide until the storms came through. they don't look that great in the pic for whatever reason, but nice in person.

i also got some parts dyed. the rear arms, and a nice used stealth case that was dyed black previously and just needed to be freshened up. i don't have a pic of this car from the back so i don't know if the case should be black or white. a few other drivers, cliff lett's 90 roar, and i believe steve chamberlain's 91 roar cars had black trans cases to go along with their black rear arms. i don't know if they were trying different materials or what. so i figured this car being of the same time frame, i'd go with the black case. if good pics ever surface, i can always swap it for the white one if that's correct.

i guess when i get home from work tonight i'll get the forward/inline battery box holes drilled and countersunk on the tub (offset only on this one) and start throwing some parts at it.

[scr8p]

Man.... they really look BAD in that pic.

[Phin]

Hard to tell in the pics but shouldn't the rear bulkhead be black too?

[scr8p]

In the body off shots I have of the car everything is white except the rear arms...... and I'm guessing the trans case. The pics aren't from this exact race though, but close.

[Phin]

I'm looking at the color photo on the first page of the thread and it seems like the "wing" of the rear bulkhead (where the 9 camber link holes are) is black.

Here's a zoom of what I'm looking at:

[Charlie don't surf]

Most of the drivers trimmed the ears off and used the longest setting at that point, my guess is your seeing the void and resulting shadow

[scr8p]

I'm gonna say its just a shadow, but I could be wrong. I'm going by rory's car in the first 2 pages of this thread.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=24518