Masami WCS 93 replica (43 month update) 11/2013 NIP chassis

[Charlie don't surf]

I acquired this 94' Dogfighter from PBR Allstar and thought I would take a different approach than he did on it ( although he himself did a great job bringing it back to life)-


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Here is a teaser for now, I have a few more key parts to make, and install for the tribute car-

But so far I have added NIP-

AE Hard annoed .71's and 1.32's plus alum caps
Pink wheels ( opened but new )
Proline 8086 rears, 8025 fronts ( thanks Al )
RCPS Square links ( thanks Mig )
Yoke rear wing ( thanks Brian )
RCPS Steering brace ( thanks Devon )
Factory hardware-
Black annoed 8/32's underneath
incorrect but temp Buds wing mounts-

I have for or have comming-

Pink Yoke wheel dots-
TCS-
Black bellcrank set-
Rear Mag bulkhead and cap
Correct body and tray

Things to make-
Steering rack
WCS rear tower and rear vertical ball stud mounts
"masami" modded front and rear arms if I can find a backup pair just in case I mess up-
wing mounts at the tower and the reverse wing buttons used

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[R-NO]

I think this may help you

[m_vice]

Nice Pic R-NO, thanks.

[kenooze]

R-NO, if you have more parts, please provide us.

Reggie, I have few of your needed parts.

[Charlie don't surf]

R-no, more info please Cedric-you will have PM soon

[R-NO]

Hey all,
to Charlie don't surf,
Masami not only drilled the arms, but the front and rear bulkheads as well.
There are actually plenty of differences with the '94 Dogfighter. You probably know them. The rear end is obviously different. You might be able to come around that though, but the chassis itself has a different shape.

I do own one of the original WCS made for the '93 Worlds in Basildon. A couple of years ago I started to collect stickers to do a Masami replica as well . Got most of them, but still missing a few unfortunately.
The one thing that I am really missing are the pink wheels with the 8 ribs stiffener on the outside.
The later '94 Dogs and the Pavidis Edition came with those 8 ribs wheels in black. I found white ones on eBay, but never got the chance to find pink ones.
I can't really see on the picture you posted whether those are the old original flat dish pink wheels or the WCS 8 ribs type?
Anyway, if someone reads this and has those wheels, please send a PM

to Kenooze, send me PM if you have a particular request

[kenooze]

Reggie this is a view of the special parts from the WCS.

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[isobarik]

I actually wanted to buy an wcs but the sales man said hat the new yz-10 had better diffs and the shocks was included.....i remember that it was expensive

So i left empty handed....

mvh isobarik

[GJW]

i nearly bought the one on ebay a month ago, lucky for my pockets my wireless net connection frooze on me when i went to bid great project on the rise here.

[Charlie don't surf]

Update for this project, I spent some time today cleaning up my shop so I could look for some parts for other members. But since I had some table space after the cleaning I thought that I might get some work done


I made the steering brace from black g-10 and the steering rack from fiberglass like Masami's actual car

100 Yoko 001.jpg

and also change the RCPS links to shorter ones ( because of the steering rack ) and changed to black ball cups as his car was

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I also went ahead and put a few of the correct stickers on the correct wing ( I still need to find the purple Novak's and the KO Propo's )

100 Yoko 003.jpg

Then painstakingly cut up the pink wheel dots, and placed them in the recesses ( 8 ) of each wheel--I could only do 2 wheels before going nuts

100 Yoko 004.jpg

I have still to find a few things, namely the TCS shaft and backplate- but so far it's been a fun build

[tiger1]

Very nice car. Anyone know why Masami had a steering rack on the car?? Reduce bump steer? or just to make it complicated?

[Charlie don't surf]

The only thing that this rack does to this car ( bump steer and didn't change ) is speed up the initial steering movement because of a little mechanical advantage from the "swing" of this particular rack-Seeing how he always overpowered his servos to get more speed anyway-the increased speed is my best guess

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More progress I found the right Trinity Ti screws for a few places, and I cut down the front shock tower eliminating the outer holes in the production front tower

100 Yoko 007.jpg

And also spent another hour cutting and placing the wheel dots on the left side wheels

100 Yoko 006.jpg

So one other major thing that I need to do is aquire ( you know who you are ) a NIP rear Mag bulkhead and cap and fabricate the rear end that masami had

And----send the correct body to Doug Carter for a Masami/Takitani paint treatment

[amuse]

Hey Charlie, i think i might have the KO sticker. As for the Novak, if you can send or post a pic then i can tell you if i have that one also. i am pretty sure i have that "brush stroke" one on the body.

[Charlie don't surf]

That would be a nice thing to find


the Novak's and the K/O's--LMK what you might have and what I can get you for em'

Reggie

[scr8p]

i'll get'cha a bulkhead, reg. don't worry about waiting for that other guy to get his act in gear.