Brad Reelfs RC10 Replica /'93 FL Winterchamps Winner

[DaveM]

Yes, Nicely done!
Great work!

[slotcarrod]

I was texting back and forth with Brad this past Thursday morning. I mentioned that I was planning on taking the replica along for the concourse at the Vonats but that I wish I had the missing stickers to complete it. So he dug deep through his stash and managed to come up with what I was missing and overnighted them to the racetrack so they would be there the following afternoon.

So Friday night at the hotel I put the stickers on. I still have to cut the scoop open, but didn't want to get into that during the race weekend.

Brad's original

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And my replica

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The car also won "Most Authentic" at the concourse event at the Vonats which was pretty cool.

Very nice as usual. Your standards are only the best! So if you won concourse, I take it you had to race it?

[scr8p]

Thanks.

Nah, you don't have to run your concourse entries at the vonats.

[jwscab]

Although he did run a replica that was just as nice as the Reelf car.

[scr8p]

Yeah, I put just as much time and energy into my 2wd entry (maybe even more since I had planned to actually race it). And I'm glad I ran an under tray on it. The suspension parts and body still look good, as does the chassis and ano.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=41123

[Lonestar]

that's dead sexy...

[jcwrks]

scr8p, your attention to detail is truly admirable. The fact that bad Brad chimed in was unexpected to say the least. Congrats on the win.

[scr8p]

Thanks. Yes, Brad showing up in this thread was huge. There's no way I would've gotten anywhere near this level of correctness without his input.

[Lonestar]

You pretty much nailed it. The servo was a Futaba 131SH. The only "special" parts were white Composite Craft bellcranks (I got those from Ruffy) and machined shock pistons.

went back a few pages...

folks were using machined shock pistons already back then?!?

when you know how much performance difference a properly dimensioned piston drives, why am I even surprised they were doing this almost 25 y.a. already...I should have known it!!!

[BradR]

folks were using machined shock pistons already back then?!?

Actually, machined pistons weren't a common thing back then. This just happened to be around the time Associated released the 1-2-3 piston trees, and these were prototype #1 pistons.

[Lonestar]

folks were using machined shock pistons already back then?!?

Actually, machined pistons weren't a common thing back then. This just happened to be around the time Associated released the 1-2-3 piston trees, and these were prototype #1 pistons.

Cheers Brad - interesting... Once the design was finalized, were the top official pilots running pistons from the piston tree, or machined ones? Because (properly) machined ones would work have likely worked better anyway

[scr8p]

Got the scoop cut out last night. I was sweating bullets doing that...... just waiting to slip.

[BradR]

Cheers Brad - interesting... Once the design was finalized, were the top official pilots running pistons from the piston tree, or machined ones? Because (properly) machined ones would work have likely worked better anyway

As far as I know, everyone used the production pistons after they became available. In hindsight, maybe we should have kept using the machined versions.

[BradR]

Got the scoop cut out last night. I was sweating bullets doing that...... just waiting to slip.

It takes nerves of steel to cut up a concourse winning body.
The whole build is awesome. You got all the details right. Great Job!

[Lonestar]

Cheers Brad - interesting... Once the design was finalized, were the top official pilots running pistons from the piston tree, or machined ones? Because (properly) machined ones would work have likely worked better anyway

As far as I know, everyone used the production pistons after they became available. In hindsight, maybe we should have kept using the machined versions.

Appreciate the info...

indeed, machined would have been better looks like this didn't prevent the A team from winning anyway!