Funny you bring up Orton, I almost said "this charger was so hideous that even Tekin wouldn't copy it" haha
All kidding aside, I know chargers of the day were basic and I'll agree it probably worked fine, but his schpeal sure sounded like it was a space shuttle not a paper airplane
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Coelacanth wrote:... Like the way hinge pins were mounted on their control arms, with a bloody screw & washer. All they had to do was drill 3mm holes in the things and use e-clips to hold them in, for Pete's sake.
Can't drill a 3mm diameter hole in a 2mm thick arm. What you could do, if you really want a captured hinge pin, is get two sets of Hot Trick arms and screw them together to make a thicker, heavier arm.
Or they could've simply machined the ends thicker. But that's what I mean, Hot Trick stuff always cuts corners in the most illogical ways. It usually ends up looking good, but falling short functionally or structurally.
esaresky75 wrote:Is there a brand name on the amp?
Looks like a Proton Corp car amplifier from the early nineties. I think they could have used a bigger case for that, or how to sell you something bulky when it could be the size of a match box.
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He he that's funny but actually more advanced than what I was using bitd , my friend had a Tamiya fast charger , the one with the 15min clockwork timer that plugged into the cigarette lighter in a car , I checked it's resistance and bought some resistive wire , measured out the length that gave the same resistance , made spools that kept the wire separated then put then in a ventilated plastic box with a switch it was really crude but as an 11 year old it was in my price range and it worked as well as the Tamiya one , I just had to set a countdown timer on my Casio digital watch to tell me when to switch it off
Maybe Hot Trick would have given me a job
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Just picked this little beauty up at a local garage sale this morning. The guy who sold it to me said that it used to belong to his son and that it had not been used in many many years. You can see it still has bits of mud stuck to it from it's last...
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That looks sweeet! highwayracer.
I need to get on the ball regarding my RC10 Hot Trick build. It will probably get started in the fall or winter as I am very busy now.
Back in the days I had one Hot Trick car. My Tamiya Fox got a full Hot Trick conversion, resulting in a dramatic change of appearance, a debatable upgrade in driving characteristics - and confusion of threads in my screw box. Today I have several...
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The runner - made for vintage racing.
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Preliminary assembly to find the right shock set up. The relevant tracks require a ride height at +/- 20 mm. Ending up using 0.71 up front and 1.32 at the rear end.
Oh man, this brings back memories. Had their thin fiberglass chassis and trailing arms on my RC10 way back when before coming to my senses and getting a Composite Craft graphite chassis and A&L trailing arms. :lol:
Finally! Some progress in building/restoration for me. I found, after much searching, a decent Hot Trick chassis to go with all the parts I've collected over the years. The nose plate is not perfect, but I've yet to see another Wide Foot front end...
on the rc10 arms, the kit uses small phillips head screws, what is exact replacement size. and does anyone think they make a common hex head the same size?
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The screws used to hold the hinge pins are 1/4 4-40. The screws that attach the shock mount to the arm are 3/16 4-40. There are plenty of 4-40 hex bolts you can use as replacements for the Phillips screws, although button heads would be a good...