UK Lightweight Racer
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:33 am
So, this is one i am building to run... in fact it is going to be a back-up car for another unusual RC10 I am building for the UK Revival meeting over the summer. It therefore has a spattering of used and older parts, but will also have some nice UK-biased bits and bobs too.
It is based around a very neatly lightened gold 'A-stamp' chassis I picked up on eBay fairly recently. It was just too well executed not to purchase so I absolutely had to have it, and when it eventually arrived I was not at all disappointed. It is straight and still extremely rigid, aided I presume by the cross-braced design.
I recently picked up a pair of front/rear D&D Graphite shock towers, which i traced back to having been purchased from Penn Models in Wolverhampton in the mid to late 80's, so being my local model shop and also being one of the main D&D stockists, they too had to go on. The front tower is for a widenose, and as i had a wide Hot Trick nose plate in my stash, that was also added. Not sure whether to lighten that yet.... we shall see. The motor plate which came with the lightened chassis has also had a little material removed too, so i will more than likely use that for the final build.
I also had a goldpan liner sat around, so knowing the British weather I have decided to add that as well in order to protect the electrics. I will be using an early and unrestored Laser esc in this, as it feels very period-correct for a UK lightweight racer. The shocks on it at the moment are Associated, but i have a new set of Brimods ready to go on, and the gearbox is a 1986 NODIS pre-Stealth 3 gear which i picked up recently.
Just at the mocking-up stage but i think it looks fine so far. The bodyshell is my absolute favorite RC10 variant; the Penn Jackal. I love how low-slung it is, and again with Penn being my local shop and owner and shell designer Ian Littley being an old friend of mine, it seems only right.
It is based around a very neatly lightened gold 'A-stamp' chassis I picked up on eBay fairly recently. It was just too well executed not to purchase so I absolutely had to have it, and when it eventually arrived I was not at all disappointed. It is straight and still extremely rigid, aided I presume by the cross-braced design.
I recently picked up a pair of front/rear D&D Graphite shock towers, which i traced back to having been purchased from Penn Models in Wolverhampton in the mid to late 80's, so being my local model shop and also being one of the main D&D stockists, they too had to go on. The front tower is for a widenose, and as i had a wide Hot Trick nose plate in my stash, that was also added. Not sure whether to lighten that yet.... we shall see. The motor plate which came with the lightened chassis has also had a little material removed too, so i will more than likely use that for the final build.
I also had a goldpan liner sat around, so knowing the British weather I have decided to add that as well in order to protect the electrics. I will be using an early and unrestored Laser esc in this, as it feels very period-correct for a UK lightweight racer. The shocks on it at the moment are Associated, but i have a new set of Brimods ready to go on, and the gearbox is a 1986 NODIS pre-Stealth 3 gear which i picked up recently.
Just at the mocking-up stage but i think it looks fine so far. The bodyshell is my absolute favorite RC10 variant; the Penn Jackal. I love how low-slung it is, and again with Penn being my local shop and owner and shell designer Ian Littley being an old friend of mine, it seems only right.