Graupner Radicator Experts

[DennisM]

Finally got them both cleaned up and reassembled

[GoMachV]

Wow! Love em!

[TRX-1-3]

These are really cool. Eagle chassis with Magnum trans and buggy wheels/tires. I like the wheels with bigger holes.

Nice buggies!

Mark

[DennisM]

Thanks for the kind words -

As for the wheels, the fronts are Tamiya Super Hornet - the rears I can´t remember, I´m going to need a little help from Mr.ED, he´s got some 12mm hex? while mine are Traxxas or losi? crosspins.

[DennisM]

Perhaps I should just take up designing clothes for gay men

[Mr. ED]

Thanks for the kind words -

As for the wheels, the fronts are Tamiya Super Hornet - the rears I can´t remember, I´m going to need a little help from Mr.ED, he´s got some 12mm hex? while mine are Traxxas or losi? crosspins.

I did have a full set: with the matching front on bearings. But I sold them to bearrickster around 10 years ago.
I think they were a french make, maybe drastic?
EDIT: https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=4719&start=15#p50718

DRASTIC indeed

[TRX-1-3]

Perhaps I should just take up designing clothes for gay men

Do you do flowing shirts with ruffly sleeves in satin?


Is that body TRX-3 or early Bandit? I see the B-pillar molded in there.

[DennisM]

Thanks for the help on the ID of the wheels, Mr. ED.

TRX-1-3 :
Satin is my favorite fabric, after that comes velvet

The body is sold as being a TRX-3 repro (Penguin UK). I have an original Expert body but it was cut too rough to be worth spending two hours on.
Plan is to order a couple of Expert repro bodies AND then start masking AGAIN

[RCveteran]

So these were effectively a Blue Eagle with Buggy tires?

[jwscab]

I say they are more like a Rad2, with a bullet chassis and bellcranks. Or are those chassis painted graphite?

[RCveteran]

I have a new blue eagle which as the bullet shaped chassis and yes it was painted. I think of the RAD2 as TRX3 with a plastic chassis in the middle.

[jwscab]

yeah, I have a blue eagle with the bullet shaped graphite chassis too....i thought initially someone did a crappy job painting it, it turns out it was traxxas that painted it. I stripped the paint off.

but it's hard to tell in the pics above if the chassis are the eagle chassis or not....

[RCveteran]

Yes, I wonder why they painted them?

[Mr. ED]

Not just any black paint: a hard glossy coat with gold and purple glitter. The perfect match with dennis paintscheme
The original body is the same as the standard radicator right?

[DennisM]

OMG OMG OMG....... He´s done it again (waiting for the crowds chear to calm down)

Another Radicator Expert dressed to ..... I don´t know what.
30 something year old stickers, plastered on a re-pro body meant for a TRX3 - how low can one sink.
I need to get a hobby