The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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The diff balls on the outside are much better, thanks @XLR8!
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Should be easier to complete this from here on out.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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Reference pics of the actual movie car, for this page.
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The Dead Pool RC Corvette chase scene.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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GreenBar0n wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 9:02 pm The diff balls on the outside are much better, thanks @XLR8!
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Should be easier to complete this from here on out.
Those two look great - like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. :D
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XLR8 wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 9:18 pm Those two look great - like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. :D
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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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GreenBar0n wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 7:30 pm
XLR8 wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 5:37 pm My memory is failing but aren't the inner holes for screwing the gear to a slipper clutch?
I think if you've fully populated the outer set of holes, you should be good. For reference, an early AE spur only holds 8 balls so installing more is just a bonus.
There's only (6) inner holes, and (12) outer holes. So the pattern is strange with (8) diff balls.


RogueIV wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 6:19 pm what do you mean by "inner ring"? There's only 8 balls that go in the spur gear.
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The asc6693 Kimbrough 81T 48P spur gear, has (18) holes in it, not sure what I was supposed to do here.
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I have another (10) diff balls, should I really add all of them? Seems like overkill.
Hmm that's interesting. I'd just use the outside ones. The Kimbrough was made to bolt to different hubs I don't think the holes were originally meant for balls.
Consistency is the key I keep misplacing.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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RogueIV wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 10:26 pm The Kimbrough was made to bolt to different hubs I don't think the holes were originally meant for balls.
Knowledgeable folks told me those inner holes would line up perfectly with early Schumacher slipper clutch housings (Cougar 2, Bosscat, CAT 2000, etc). I was able to find Schumacher spurs, so I haven't yet verified.

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1911Colt wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 8:23 am
RogueIV wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 10:26 pm The Kimbrough was made to bolt to different hubs I don't think the holes were originally meant for balls.
Knowledgeable folks told me those inner holes would line up perfectly with early Schumacher slipper clutch housings (Cougar 2, Bosscat, CAT 2000, etc). I was able to find Schumacher spurs, so I haven't yet verified.
Glad to know what those inner holes are for, was too coincidental that the diff balls fit in all (18) of the holes, it makes sense that the Kimbrough is a generic spur gear, and can be used for other cars also.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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GreenBar0n wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 5:22 pm
Just found out that the Futaba FP-T4L Tx, has throttle and steering combined on the right stick.

As preposterous as the notion is of this movie being based in any truth or reality, when they show Rook driving the RC vette in the movie, he uses the right stick only, and technically this Tx would allow for exactly that.
That would be possible with any 4-channel 2-Stick remote and a 4-channel Rx.
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Chewbacca wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 3:51 pm
GreenBar0n wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 5:22 pm
Just found out that the Futaba FP-T4L Tx, has throttle and steering combined on the right stick.

As preposterous as the notion is of this movie being based in any truth or reality, when they show Rook driving the RC vette in the movie, he uses the right stick only, and technically this Tx would allow for exactly that.
That would be possible with any 4-channel 2-Stick remote and a 4-channel Rx.
When I was a kid and saw this movie, that was the unbelievable part for me, driving with only one stick. I never had airplanes, thanks.

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Took a quick inventory of the project.
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Last parts to dye and re-dip.
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In the bath now.
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Back in 20 with the results.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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The last of the dye is completed, the shock towers did take about 20 minutes more than everything else, and (3) total baths to get that dark, they looked purple before.
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I think I'm going to build the shocks up first, and then paint them, seems the cleanest and most hassle free.
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Wheels are still being designed, it seems the knock offs being exactly like the movie, might have been a difficult request, I'll find out more soon.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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Awesome to see your replica decals are on their way. On the wheel nuts, how're you having The Dead Pool versions differ from his standard knockoffs?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201754071816

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Dangeruss wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 8:12 pm Awesome to see your replica decals are on their way. On the wheel nuts, how're you having The Dead Pool versions differ from his standard knockoffs?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201754071816


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Thanks on the decals! It took a while to decide on those, hoping they are exactly right.

The knock offs on the movie car were made by GH, or DH, those are the initials of the guy making them around that time, it's like an Arabic name; I'm sure someone here knows the correct name and initials. They were like stock ones.
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The Dhawk ones are more squared off.

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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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Are you thinking of HG? Hammad Ghuman? They didn't come into the rc market until waaay later but they did make knock offs
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Re: The RC Corvette in - (1988) The Dead Pool - Clint Eastwood

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Not many original parts on, TDP car. The axle stubs I got were NOS, and check out the shelf wear/patina.
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Birchwood Casey blue kit does it again, got a lot of mileage out of that kit so far.
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Got as far as I could this evening. Those roll pins in the rear axles, and those turnbuckles, for (2) cars, wore me out. Tomorrow is another day, only one set of turnbuckles per day for me. :D
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