Greenish blue nylon parts on a black tub RC10?

[SmallScaleSmitty]

I just bought a black tub RC10 buggy from tbfoto in the BST section. It has some greenish blue nylon parts. What's the story with these? When I got out of the hobby in the 90's, they still had white parts. How long were they in kits?

[mikedealer]

bad dye job probably, good news is you can make them black by using rit dye in hot water for a few min

[SmallScaleSmitty]

I thought maybe that was the case. I couldn't find any mention of any other stock nylon colors besides white and black. Thanks.

[RedScampi]

Those parts were probably dyed black at one time. Time and exposure take their toll. i recently picked up a 10T from Matt (matthew john) that had all the white parts dyed pale purple, at least i thought so until i took the wheels apart. The insides of the wheels look like they were dyed yesterday. Very dark purple. It almost matches my Plum Crazy Plymouth!

[tbfoto]

Your buggy is already boxed up and shipped out. If I had seen this thread before I shipped it I would have taken a few close up photos for you. I got the buggy with the parts that way. If they are dyed....it was done pretty well. Even the tranny is this color. I thought it was neat...different....cool! Maybe they are dyed like the others say but either way...its different. You can be the judge in a few days.

Thanks....enjoy

tbfoto

[SmallScaleSmitty]

Your buggy is already boxed up and shipped out. If I had seen this thread before I shipped it I would have taken a few close up photos for you. I got the buggy with the parts that way. If they are dyed....it was done pretty well. Even the tranny is this color. I thought it was neat...different....cool! Maybe they are dyed like the others say but either way...its different. You can be the judge in a few days.

Thanks....enjoy

tbfoto

That's ok. I wasn't concerned with it. Just curious. I'm still debating on wether I'm goint to replace with white parts or keep the black and dye the greenish parts. I don't know. It'll give me something to tinker with. Probably not gonna dump a whole lot of money into it.