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Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:56 pm
by Toaster
I am having a serious case of deja vu and hoping someone might be able to help. Today after browsing through the Bay, I came across a listing with a car that just…I don’t know…I swear I have seen it somewhere before?

I thought perhaps it was from an article in RCCA where I do remember a RC10T with a similar paint job from BITD but I dunno lol perhaps I am having a seniors moment?

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:30 am
by Lowgear
I just saw it while browsing eBay, and said to myself the same thing! :shock: The first thought that came to mind was a Bolink display body as I swore they had one painted like that. After going through their old site via the Internet Archive, I found it was their Nomad body that was painted similarly.

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Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:31 am
by Dangeruss
Can you believe I've been having the same case of deja vu? Same exact paint job.

November 1992 cover of RC Car Action Magazine is the RC10T Nitro conversion truck with that paint job.

BoLINK also featured a '55 Nomad wagon in some of their ads with that paint job.

What's irking me is... I could swear that paint job originated from someone's race truck... But I can't remember whose...

BoLINK 55 Nomad.JPG

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Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:48 am
by Lowgear
Ha! beatcha by a minute with the Nomad body. :mrgreen: The Bolink and RC10T bodies were both painted by Motion Graphics. I never realized until now that they shared the same paint scheme. :o

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:18 am
by Dangeruss
Lowgear wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:48 am Ha! beatcha by a minute with the Nomad body. :mrgreen:
Yeah... but my pic's bigger than yours! :mrgreen:

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:40 am
by TRX-1-3
Only when I smell a hot Mabuchi 540 and MSC resistor. :lol:

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:08 am
by Lowgear
Dangeruss wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:18 am
Lowgear wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:48 am Ha! beatcha by a minute with the Nomad body. :mrgreen:
Yeah... but my pic's bigger than yours! :mrgreen:

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Oh, you said PIC! :lol:

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:55 am
by Dangeruss
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Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:05 am
by romulus22
I don’t have access to the magazines and definitely don’t remember the month and year. But I’m pretty sure I saw a how-to article showing how to paint that drip body in RCCA.

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:02 pm
by BattleTrak
RCCA July 1992

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Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:17 pm
by Dangeruss
BattleTrak wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:02 pm RCCA July 1992
Ok... that's the stuff... thank you. That was driving me nuts :lol:

The TRC/Composite Craft Python in that issue was the inspiration for the paint job on my JRxT/Nats truck back in the day. Mmm... good times 8)

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:50 am
by Lavigna
I am the very proud owner of that actual RC10T body painted for the RCCA magazine. It is one of the highlights of my RC collection.

Re: Ever have a case of R/C related Deja Vu?

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:45 pm
by BattleTrak
That’s awesome Lavigna!

RCCA must have really liked that body..they also put that painting article in the 1992 “R/C Car Painting & Finishing Techniques” special issue.

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