Well, it's coming along. Scored most of the parts I needed in the form of a mostly complete truck with black arms. Luckily, pretty much everything on it was in real good shape except the trans brace, which I found a nice used one from Valkyrie. Still waiting on a few pieces, but I do have an engine en route. Eventually I'd like to find a more period-correct motor, but for now, a brand new Picco .12 RC Speed I scored for $32 (still in transit) will look good sitting in it.
This was the chassis I found on eBay:
And this is where we're at after a couple cans worth of brake cleaner used for hand-scrubbing with toothbrushes and Q-tips, and a little more than a day in 20% peroxide:
Mostly new hardware, but I did re-use ball studs & turnbuckles. Ball studs got polished, turnbuckles wire wheeled and reblued. They look brand new, and this way we get to retain correct hex turnbuckles.
I also decided to use the universal joint axles that came with some arms/carriers/mounts I won for $5. I don't know that they were available circa '93/'94, but they look nice.
Incidentally, the white RC10T I scored for $50 as a parts truck ended up cleaning up real nice. I snaked the tires and rear wheels for the GT, but reassembled the rest of it. I might just build an electric shelfer, too!
Also found brand new Associated XP1903MG servos for $5/ea. I know they're not period correct, but they look nice, and get these things close to being 100% AE builds.
I'll do a full-on photo session when it's 100% done, just thought I'd update the progress so far.
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