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congrats @coxbros1 and everyone who entered this months' BoM build (of the month... )

Truing comms is a blast! I do them once in a while too, with the very eXtreme (=Early Hudy, sold by GM) lathe I had from last millenium... Can't help you on your specific Earnie lathe issues, but the tricks I remember for a good cut setup are: - nice clean bearings - wrap the pulley on as circular a...

utieh wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:10 am

Lonestar wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:43 am Très joli! Gilles is back on Rc10talk !

I think you remember me from either RCTech or Petit RC, it's my first time posting on RC10talk

Well you signed on in 2008

For all of you who can live with hex wheel adapters here's what I use for modern 2.2" rims: THESE HPI Adapters The "red" ones are a direct fit to the 1/4" axles, BUT you have to sand down or cut off the part circled yellow (for buggy rims and non HPI truck rims) If you combine t...

Here's my Baja Bug Ultima from 1988 - bought in 1998 at a time when eBay was mostly uknown... probably one of my first vintage RC purchases (I mean, beyond what I bought in the 80's!). I rebuilt it fully with the LeMans Motor back then, and painted/decaled it as the previous owner had not gone to th...

Looking good

Tamiyadan gone ! That's a real loss , he was helpful and insightful ,its a shame . I agree, it is a shame. I really hope it wasn't due to anything that I said. Dan had made 2532 posts so it must have taken him a lot of time to edit and replace them with a dot. He will be missed. If this is what hap...

the snap rings do wear out and don't snap that well any more after a while...

Good info guys, I try to make sure to orient all the plastics with the flat side down sand down all nubs lather whole assembly and assemble a very smooth shock......................................................... flat side up, I'd say... they "unsnap" at the pull, so when the shock co...

Gonna look very interesting

So you're using RC10 arms in the end?

looking good despite the bigger bore shocks, the somewhat very-yellow gold ano, and those 2.2 rubber monstrosities

That decked out TRX-1 is S*I*C*K

Dear mods

Is it me getting like too old to type on a computer, or has the pinging function been disabled?

Thanks in advance helping my old fart self

Paul

As the title says , I'd like to know how reliable an old vintage ESC would be , something like a Novak 410 for instance , I like to run my cars so any electronics need to work plus I don't want to ruin a nice vintage bit of kit by using it . So are any of them properly reliable to use or are they j...