Yes those white parts are nylon/plastic - I have a feeling that they are the same shims that are used under the front arms of an earlier Associated RC12.... i'll have to check the spacing of the screws...Charlie don't surf wrote:I did on my first rear bulkhead and then I just used shims like Dan's car-
To do away with these shims, you would have to machine the material off the base of this part, as anything from the top would cause the bearings to potrude & foul the camber link plate. However I'm not sure if machining down the rear bulkhead is the solution... apart from the need for the shims, on my car everything lines up with the top deck being nice & flat - if I machined down the rear bulkhead on my car it would mean that i'd also need to machine down the motor mount & the chassis spacers to avoid fitting shims/spacers between the rear bulkhead cap & the end of the top deck part.
One thing thats interesting with my particular car, not only does the rear shock tower differ in profile to a kit-built 93WCS, but the single hole that picks up on the bulkhead cap fixing (the servo mount bit) appears to have been drilled by-hand as it is not quite central.... so was presumably supplied to the initial builder of my car without the hole in it
Inccidentally - the cut-out (that goes around the rear cap) in my tower has much squarer internal corners, so I could probably remove the spacers from beneath the rear wishbone mounts - along with the washers from beneath the central tower fixing bracket & still have clearance
P.S Car is look real nice with the wing mounted & yellow wheel discs - great work! Looking forward to seeing what you do with your bodyshell - I like your ideas of a later Masami scheme but incorporating the dark green base colour
Serious envy here buddy, thats a real labor of love there, so nicely put together!
