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ESC #3 My Novak1 was DOA and the Novak T4 really did not fit very good. The orange anodize on the Spektrum A5070 servo needed something to balance the look. Also the amp draw on the servo is pretty high so I got a Spektrum Firm ESC, BEC has 7.4V and 4amps available for the servo. Tucks in the chassi...

A Duratrax Evader BX RTR. This car was a knockoff of the Losi XX and sold by Tower Hobbies. In almost ideal condition, this almost 20 year old car only shows it's age due to the tires being somewhat too hard so they have been replaced. Updated thread with additional pics https://www.rc10talk.com/vie...

The second revision came by way of another Evader that was in much better condition. Again a complete teardown and rebuild. The second car's chassis and arms were almost perfect. A plus was all the original electronics. A like new Duratrax dtxc3300 photon speed 20t was included. Other than an origin...

Love the truck.
Has an awesome stance, and with those tires and wheels, very nice.
You said amazing painted A&L Roadkill body, you were right!

Chuck

Frankentruck My 2 cents Probably too late now... Get rid of those awful Irwin taps. I hate those things Amazon Drill America - DWT57048 4-40 High Speed Steel 2 Flute Spiral Point Tap, DWT Series No need to overdrill the aluminum. I am sure there are even better taps but I like these taps waaaay bett...

Congats on the win Juicedcoupe.
Well done

Chuck

I was reading a thread "Repairing Novak 4 esc _ what tools and what parts?" and it got me to thinking. When originally building my TOMSE I wanted to use my Novak1 ESC only later to find out it was not working. First I tried to look for any info on early Novak repairs and pretty much drew a...

Would there ever be a reason to use ribs in the rear?

Too funny

sorry if offensive
Chuck

Before reading the build thread for RC10resto's Edinger I hadn't ever seen it.
After reading the thread I was hooked.
A really nice example of an early RC10, that is what it's all about.
Congrats Brian!
Love the car.


Chuck

BBQ pork butt sandwiches with chow and swiss on a toasted hoagie.

Dry rubbed and on the grill for an hour.
Slow cooked in chicken stock with onions, carrots and celery. Defatted and pulled.


Chuck

My 1986 Kyosho Rocky.

Totally torn down and cleaned/restored.
New body, paint and decals.
Trinity Speedworks - 427, 15 turn for 4wd.
Everything on the car is original other than the motor, speed control resistors and the new body.




Chuck

For me it was the mid 50’s. Glenview Naval Air station. standing on Lehigh Rd just outside the perimeter fence of the air field. Not cars but RC airplanes. The Academey of Model Aeronautics was holding their national event at the Naval Air Station in Glenview, IL. It was held there about every 4 yea...

Really nice car jcwrks!
Congratulations on a convincing win.

Chuck

Picked up this Doberman a while ago. No body, rock hard tires , quite a few scrapes and scratches and poorly repaired servo mounting tabs. playtron doberman.1.JPG playtron doberman.2.JPG playtron doberman.3.JPG playtron doberman.4.JPG playtron doberman.5.JPG playtron doberman.6.JPG Chuck

Fairly recent expansion

Chuck