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Disassembled a friend's '91 Team car.

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:18 pm Disassembled a friend's '91 Team car.

Oooo, he's got the fancy adjustable angle rear suspension
.

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:28 pm

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:18 pm Disassembled a friend's '91 Team car.

Oooo, he's got the fancy adjustable angle rear suspension
.

No kidding, I was wondering what that was. So is this thing some kind of special or what?

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 6:09 pm

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:28 pm

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:18 pm Disassembled a friend's '91 Team car.

Oooo, he's got the fancy adjustable angle rear suspension
.

No kidding, I was wondering what that was. So is this thing some kind of special or what?

I've got one. While cool, it's more annoying than anything else.

I had gotten an AE RC12 and finally decided to try to clean up the CF chassis.
Started with the worst part, which wasn't really that bad.
I used some Alclad II Aqua Clear as a "filler" in the scratches. Then sanded to 3000 and polished it.
It isn't perfect but it is a whole lot better than before.
The Alclad is my go-to for top coats and now scratch filler.

Before
After
Chuck

radioactivity wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 8:49 pm I had gotten an AE RC12 and finally decided to try to clean up the CF chassis.
Started with the worst part, which wasn't really that bad.
I used some Alclad II Aqua Clear as a "filler" in the scratches. Then sanded to 3000 and polished it.
It isn't perfect but it is a whole lot better than before.
The Alclad is my go-to for top coats and now scratch filler.

Chuck

Nice work! What did you polish it with?

Thanks!
Same polish I always use on aluminum, lexan and now carbon fiber, Meguiar's Ultimate.
I put a healthy daub on a flat sponge polishing pad and spin with a drill.
To be honest, I really could not pick up the very minor scratch remnants with the camera, but I did try.
Way better than it started.

Chuck

radioactivity wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:14 pm Thanks!
Same polish I always use on aluminum, lexan and now carbon fiber, Meguiar's Ultimate.
I put a healthy daub on a flat sponge polishing pad and spin with a drill.
To be honest, I really could not pick up the very minor scratch remnants with the camera, but I did try.
Way better than it started.

Chuck

Meguiars Ultimate and 105 are highly under rated. They've been my secret for years

RC10th wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 4:48 am

radioactivity wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:14 pm Thanks!
Same polish I always use on aluminum, lexan and now carbon fiber, Meguiar's Ultimate.
I put a healthy daub on a flat sponge polishing pad and spin with a drill.
To be honest, I really could not pick up the very minor scratch remnants with the camera, but I did try.
Way better than it started.

Chuck

Meguiars Ultimate and 105 are highly under rated. They've been my secret for years

Pro tips.

After purchasing a few cars over the past couple of weeks, it was time for a trip to my ex-hobby shop owner to see if he had anything for the new cars. He didn't have anywhere near what I was hoping for, but a couple of things. I was hoping he had a couple of original AE 1:8 GTP bodies, and I knew he had a Mauri Big Bear chassis hanging on the wall, so that was enough for the trip. He didn't have any AE bodies like that, but I found a HPI 1:8 GTP body, and although not of the actual vintage, the body is acceptable as a substitute IMO. He was more willing to sell the Big Bear than I expected, so I did get that, although I had to take apart the whole rear end to get the motor out? Really weird design! It had a gemworks motor in it that I wasn't interested in, and the price basically doubled with the motor in it, so out it came. With that kit, I now have 6 Big Bear tires that aren't cracked or falling apart!! And I am hoping that at least four handle being disassembled and reassembled. Then I just did a random search as usual, and came up with some rear HPI five-stars to match some fronts I had gotten from him previously, an older Traxxas 27mhz rx, exhaust deflector, a Bolink lowered RC10 front shock tower, a couple of Losi front buggy wheels, a free battery pack, a glow plug, and a JG RC10 MT conversion kit with the wheels and adapters removed. I already have some CRP MT wheel adapters, and never really liked the CRP MT body kit, so hopefully now I have the parts for a decent conversion.

RC10th wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 4:48 am

radioactivity wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:14 pm Thanks!
Same polish I always use on aluminum, lexan and now carbon fiber, Meguiar's Ultimate.
I put a healthy daub on a flat sponge polishing pad and spin with a drill.
To be honest, I really could not pick up the very minor scratch remnants with the camera, but I did try.
Way better than it started.

Chuck

Meguiars Ultimate and 105 are highly under rated. They've been my secret for years

Meguiar's is great for lacquer as well.
Like a mirror.

Soldered up a battery pack for a truck that I'm working on.

it's a bit related to RC, as I noticed that reels/shorts are generating more views than longer video formats... I decided to experiment a bit...

Tore apart an 17.5 SP5 that was acting like it had an eclip stuck in it. No eclip was located lol

Charlie don't surf wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2024 8:48 pm Tore apart an 17.5 SP5 that was acting like it had an eclip stuck in it. No eclip was located lol