So, what did you do RC today?

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Re: So, what did you do RC today?

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username333 wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 2:34 pm How do you clean up the white plastics so well?
Clean parts real good with soap and water, or with an ultra-sonic cleaner. Then submerge and soak them in 12% hydrogen peroxide for a day or two or three, and put in direct sunlight as long as possible. Duration of time will depend how yellowed the parts are. Then soak in water for at least a few days to rehydrate the parts , this will help keep them from being brittle.
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username333 wrote: Mon Jun 02, 2025 2:34 pm How do you clean up the white plastics so well?
Brushed them tossed them in some dilluted simple green in my ultrasonic cleaner and then brushed them again when i took them out. These weren't horribly discoloured like I've seen some others just a bit dirty. Didn't do the peroxide bath on this stuff.
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I have my doubts on the durability of this particular material But I mounted up my own set of wheels inspired by the Prolines of old.
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0500 leave out for one of our tracks larger indoor races that had a disappointingly small turnout

I thought the flourescent colors looked cool in the pre dawn light though
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Charlie don't surf wrote: Sat Jun 07, 2025 7:46 pm I thought the flourescent colors looked cool in the pre dawn light though
OOO... How about Cosmic RC Racing?

Flourescent barriers, flourescent painted cars... then, just...

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Dangeruss wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:18 am
Charlie don't surf wrote: Sat Jun 07, 2025 7:46 pm I thought the flourescent colors looked cool in the pre dawn light though
OOO... How about Cosmic RC Racing?

Flourescent barriers, flourescent painted cars... then, just...


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That would be pretty fun
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RogueIV wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 1:36 am
Dangeruss wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:18 am
Charlie don't surf wrote: Sat Jun 07, 2025 7:46 pm I thought the flourescent colors looked cool in the pre dawn light though
OOO... How about Cosmic RC Racing?

Flourescent barriers, flourescent painted cars... then, just...


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That would be pretty fun
In the dark with only glowing barriers, fun for onroad maybe. Offroad, with my luck and already poor vision during the day as it is, I'll nose dive into a triple or jump off track and break everything..........
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Post by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB »

I wasn't real sure where to put this. Interesting but not really new topic worthy.
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THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:54 pm I wasn't real sure where to put this. Interesting but not really new topic worthy.
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Well... I finally got around to putting these classics out on display.
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Dustydrone wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:49 pm Well... I finally got around to putting these classics out on display.
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Oooo, very nice display! But now I have a question. Is that PCM radio used with one of these three?
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Frankentruck wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:54 pm
Dustydrone wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:49 pm Well... I finally got around to putting these classics out on display.
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Oooo, very nice display! But now I have a question. Is that PCM radio used with one of these three?
The PCM actually lives with a vintage RC10 CE. It's just a cool display piece.
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Post by juicedcoupe »

I haven't done a motor rehab in a while, so it seemed like a good idea.

I had a 1st gen Reedy Radon from a parts lot that had clearly been overheated some.

After tearing it down, I don't think it was run much. The brushes and comm were glazed but otherwise in good shape. I went ahead and cut the comm one pass.

I replaced the shaft end bushing with a bearing. The endbell uses a weird spherical bushing, so I cleaned it up with Brasso.

Disassembled the endbell to clean and polish everything. It actually had threaded spring posts and brass inserts.

Polished the can, set the endplay, and reassembled it with new brushes and springs. I was able to save the original caps so I reused them.

The original decal had seen better days, so I used this MCI that I had.
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Slammed that Cirrus clear servo into the SWB TRX-1. Kind of a corny theme of clear-to-smoky electronics, but if you got 'em all, why not? "shoulder shrug emoji"
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Post by Frankentruck »

That's a really cool buggy! Does it have a paint job already? Could have a light colored front to darker back theme. Or flames in the front making smoke towards the back. Yeah, THAT would be real simple to paint. :lol:
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