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Really starting to look the part now!!!! Love it.

Thanks for the encouragement dinglem.

This is something else! Awesome work. What gearing are you going for on it??? I know what i run my Silver Dot at in my 2wd so interested to see what you select. Do you know what Jamie ran with?

Here's another piece of the puzzle for you - going into the post to you tomorrow

dinglem wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:41 am This is something else! Awesome work. What gearing are you going for on it??? I know what i run my Silver Dot at in my 2wd so interested to see what you select. Do you know what Jamie ran with?

Here's another piece of the puzzle for you - going into the post to you tomorrow


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Those stickers look great, thank you very much

As far as gearing goes... Artistic license will prevail, I will give it an educated guess limited by my stock of pinions.

Back then everybody ran 32dp the readily available spur gears where the kimborough (however that is spelt) Luckily those are still available today
The only spur that is large enough for the stock gear cover is the 54T anything smaller does not allow a low enough gearing.
BITD (1988) I used to run 54 spur 9T pinion with a 2x17 1200mAh cells.

Considering that in 1986 cell matching was not en vogue and that the silver dot being a milder motor 2x21 I geared it 54spur 12T pinion (brand new vintage Schumacher pinion).

dinglem wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:41 am
Here's another piece of the puzzle for you - going into the post to you tomorrow


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Did you get these stickers made, if so is there scope to get Demon motor labels made?

Very cool build, very period and brings back memories of seeing RC10's with heavily drilled chassis'

winner_evo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:49 pm

dinglem wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:41 am
Here's another piece of the puzzle for you - going into the post to you tomorrow


83656172_3186140518080238_8464887491055321088_n.jpg

Did you get these stickers made, if so is there scope to get Demon motor labels made?

Yup, we can now potentially reproduce Demon motor labels, assuming we have a perfect original.

dinglem wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:32 pm
Yup, we can now potentially reproduce Demon motor labels, assuming we have a perfect original.

Cool, I could do with a couple of motor labels. Is it not possible to make one using a rough decal and just changing the text on them as there's a few variations of specs & a couple of different phone numbers.

Thanks for the encouragement guys.
Here from another angle.

Wing painted. Took me two tries.

bluewormx wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:55 am Wing painted. Took me two tries. 84772775_119522022927184_8957040496354525184_n.jpg

Really great build, +1 for Tux on your keyboard =)

Really great build, +1 for Tux on your keyboard =)

Thanks Nick, All open source software here.

Stickers came in today Inkscape used for graphics work. Big thanks to dinglem’s buddy Del from Delcal Graphics.

I just opened up this last picture you posted alongside the matching one of the original car from your first post.

This is now cRaZy good!

Thanks dinglem,
Still lots of things I'm not happy with, ball cups, tyres, a few more things... I'll probably be upgrading as I source the parts.

My fingers are sore from sanding