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Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:25 pm
by Minisforever
One of the last few parts Needed for my masami stealth build. My first attempt at making these lil buggers (not done yet) Does anyone have have a set of these wing buttons that could help with dimensions?
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:33 pm
by limestang
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=36419&start=330[url][/url]
Great minds think alike - Parts are looking good!
- Limestang
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:21 pm
by Minisforever
Thanks limestang, what you did in an hour, took me a day!
Well Im a lil rusty haven't used a lathe since high school (back when schools had metal shop) I forget how much fun it is to machine parts. My speed is slow and extra slow
Now to find an anodizer
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:43 pm
by romulus22
If they aren't going to be handled shodog did a good write up on restoring some tecnacraft wheels of that color. I'd have to search later for it if it isn't found or posted.
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:51 pm
by jwscab
yeah it's basically yellow translucent paint, from what I remember. Tamiya I think.
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:41 pm
by romulus22
jwscab wrote:yeah it's basically yellow translucent paint, from what I remember. Tamiya I think.
Yep, can't find the original thread I'm thinking of but a couple samples in this post
shodog wrote:Those do look sick. I looked at the link you posted. Where can you find this stuff for sale at? Did you use the grounding color or sprayed over the original silver finish? I would like to pick up some along with the grounding color to do a rear triangle on my son's MTB.
Here is my old Suzuki Katana 600 that I restored. I polished the forks then sprayed them with Tamiya clear orange.
I have also them to spray tecnacraft wheels. I could have anodized them but the paint is reversible where as anodizing would be tougher to remove.
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:20 pm
by Minisforever
Great idea guys ! The color really close too. I'll try search for the thread thanks
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:28 am
by Minisforever
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:32 am
by romulus22
Shodogs post said clear orange? I would try orange.
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:41 pm
by shodog
The clear orange I closer to the AE gold color. The more you spray, the darker the color will appear
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:00 pm
by Minisforever
A big thanks to Romulus and shodog
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:17 am
by shodog
Wow! Those turned out sweet
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:23 pm
by aip47-2008
shodog wrote:Wow! Those turned out sweet
Yes they did! Nicely done.
Re: Yokomo wing buttons
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:50 pm
by romulus22
Looks great. At a fraction of the cost of the originals too I'm sure. Great job on them.