CE and Worlds car build log
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:28 am
So I had a question that turned into a build thread in the electronics section, but that wasn't really the right place for that. I wish I could find some pictures of the CE when I first got it back when I was 8 years old. I had wanted a little toy car that the body popped up when you hit a button on the controller. Instead my dad got me an RC10. Which I know, you're saying I must be spoiled, but no. My dad did this as a present for himself to build, we didn't do it together, as I realize now is half the point of getting a kit for your kid - building it together. Once it was given to me at Christmas, he was done with it. Enough e-therapy. I enjoyed it and somewhat beat it up for years after that. Finally at some point it did what a lot of these did and went back into the box and into the basement. Except at some point I had taken it apart and lost most of the transmission pieces, as I found out earlier this year. Onto the (re)build!
I didn't take a pic of it in condition I left it as a 14 year old, but here it is all torn down. The white nylon pieces are segregated since I did the UV lamp / peroxide trick with them. That seemed to have worked well:
The spur gear was not whitened and shows the before / after.
Starting to come together...with some NOS Andy's parts I bought.
Rebuilt the shocks
I dived into the world of modern electronics and got it a 13.5T motor and lipo batteries with the help of this forum. In looking for parts I stumbled across a relatively cheap and complete Worlds Car and bought that.
CE Running!
Only to find that the 3/16" CVA's (since I lost the original dogbones apparently) are short and the axles pop out. So instead of putting spacers in the shocks, I thought that some limiting straps might be fun:
And finally I painted up a body using an airbrush and parma key lime pearl:
I didn't take a pic of it in condition I left it as a 14 year old, but here it is all torn down. The white nylon pieces are segregated since I did the UV lamp / peroxide trick with them. That seemed to have worked well:
The spur gear was not whitened and shows the before / after.
Starting to come together...with some NOS Andy's parts I bought.
Rebuilt the shocks
I dived into the world of modern electronics and got it a 13.5T motor and lipo batteries with the help of this forum. In looking for parts I stumbled across a relatively cheap and complete Worlds Car and bought that.
CE Running!
Only to find that the 3/16" CVA's (since I lost the original dogbones apparently) are short and the axles pop out. So instead of putting spacers in the shocks, I thought that some limiting straps might be fun:
And finally I painted up a body using an airbrush and parma key lime pearl: