Well this will be my third 1/12 scale car I have owned. I keep selling them and regretting it. I have pretty much sourced everything needed to build this car, just waiting on the rest of the items to arrive. Everything is new except the pivot pockets (I wanted white ones and they are impossible to find) and the dynamic strut front end. It is pratically new though so it fits right in with the build.
Thanks to Phin, Niki and Gomachv for helping me get the parts need for this car and another one I have planned.
Hopefully I should have everything I need to finish this car in the next 1 -2 weeks. Once completed this car will remain in the collection, so hands off slotcarrod .
Very nice! Will be fun to see this car come together. I'll have to branch out to the newer 1/12 cars like this later on. After I get all of my 12E's done that is.
I got some parts in but I am still waiting on the the rest of the parts so this car can be completed. I decided to go ahead and update the rear axle so this car will accept the newer 3 bolt rear wheels. I need to strip the blue anno from the parts though since it won't fit in with the build.
I wanted to build this car completely new but some of the parts I need are sowmwhat tough to come by. The car will be 90% new when done. On a side note, i wanted a white spur gear, looked on eBay and found an HPI spur that would work perfect. I bought two of them, got them here and the spur gear is nothing like what was pictured. In fact I don't think the spur gears I received will even be close to working. I will know once I get close to finishing the car.
What are you looking for in a spur? Tooth count/pitch/color. I may either have something or can tell you what I have used. For a 32p in white, rj speed has one.
I just love these parts builds. I am finishing up a similar parts build 10L and it has been a lot of fun while not ruining an actual kit. Love the 3 hole conversion as well, should make tire choice a lot easier.
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Ok didn't have many pics during the build for this car but I was finally able to get it done. I ended up converting the car to a newer axle to run newer wheels which will also set me up for a project I have in mind when I get home. My ultimate goal is to run this car if I can find a track.
I still need to put the servo in it and give it a paint job but that will probably come later after I get home to the US. calling this one done for now. Built from 90 percent new parts and is in remarkable shape.
I have terrible lighting here so my pics are somewhat dark.
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
Seabass wrote:Ok didn't have many pics during the build for this car but I was finally able to get it done. I ended up converting the car to a newer axle to run newer wheels which will also set me up for a project I have in mind when I get home. My ultimate goal is to run this car if I can find a track.
I still need to put the servo in it and give it a paint job but that will probably come later after I get home to the US. calling this one done for now. Built from 90 percent new parts and is in remarkable shape.
I have terrible lighting here so my pics are somewhat dark.
First post on the forum, Used to run an RC12L at club and national level in the late eighties and have recently returned to racing GT12 in the UK so have got the bug to pick up ideally an original RC12L to get running at our carpet track....
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Agreed it's an LW with dynamic front. Check the front of the chassis to see if it looks like anything has been cut off. I've cut them before to save a chassis that has had the nubs damaged from a crash.
Just picked this up for cheap to use for carpet racing and I'm not sure what I have now that I brought it home. The front suspension looks like 12ls, but the chassis looks like 12l, as the front of the chassis does not have body mounts? Is that...
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Awesome! Thanks for the info! Any advice on set up? Does it need a rear shock?
For completing a RC12LS project I need to know the length of some standoffs. These are the ones used for chassis brace and dampener assembly. Manual tells part# but not length.
I have some standoffs laying here without bag so don´t know if could be...
More than a year ago Niki came up with this very special RC12LS spare chassis. We knew drivers from Associated Team Finland used such chassis at the 1995 Euro Champs held in Bretby, UK but not much more information. In the meantime I found a...
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Thanks. :wink:
Hmm, from what I saw Phil Davies used a silver spring, even when it may be a different one. Or do you have pictures showing Davis´s car other than RRC, maybe at Swedish or Finish magazine?
Maybe the car hiding below that body was not...
I had a few days off work so took the opportunity get on with some of my R/C projects which included making a start on my new-build JRX2.
First, I dug out all of the parts that i've collected over the years. This collection was started following a...
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Sorry chaps! I've only just noticed that this thread got 'bumped up' - unfortunately JRX2 No.3 kinda stopped along with that last post about a year ago.... all the parts are residing in a box ready to be assembled into a car..... which probably...
Now I'm not a big fan of nib collections, I just don't see the point, never have done, until this arrived today. 8)
The fact that it's near perfect, 25 years old, and Senna's car, makes me want to keep it as it is, but that does kinda go...
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Hi - given the age of this thread this may be a long shot but I’d hugely appreciate scans of the manual if you happen to have it still, please? I finally retrieved my kit out of the storage unit it was in for many many years and all the parts are in...
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