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Hi folks, Thought I would share my latest runner project on which I ce been working for some months already. Collecting parts in a pandemic situation is not easy and takes even more patience than us usually. Anyway, I started this with random parts from the stash. The Graphite chassis was a must and...

I have incorporated a lot of mods on this already, the main one being the use of long printed arms that retain the same design as the originals but that are 5mm longer on each side for the front ones and 10mm longer for the rears. The wheel base is also increased by 5mm in the front arms. This set u...

It is all at mock up stage right now but quite advanced still. All white parts while undergo a black Rit Dye bath ultimately. The use of the longer a-arms also enables to use bigger front and rear shock bodies, a recurring issue with big bore shocks. Right now I have in the 23mm bodies and 21mm shaf...

I also wanted to flip the shorty servo and free some space in front of the battery to mount weights, receiver and ESC. The steering design from Niki is brilliant for this and available from Shapeways. The only mod I will bring to it is cutting the side ears and fabricate a steering rack for a better...

I also wanted to flip the shorty servo and free some space in front of the battery to mount weights, receiver and ESC. The steering design from Niki is brilliant for this and available from Shapeways. The only mod I will bring to it is cutting the side ears and fabricate a steering rack for a bette...

Looking even better than the inspirational model!
I wish I could buy a kit from you

Parts have been degreased, cleaned and deburred. Now ready for a black azabache Rit Dye bath!

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:48 am Submerge them all until they dye!!!!

Dye’em all and let God sort them out

Ok so all parts and more for future projects took a good dye bath. AE parts take the dye quickly, it was not the case with the 3D printed parts: they took almost eight hours to get to a gun metal/deep blue/blackish colour. They are still wet on the below picture.

Getting closer and closer to a roller! Still waiting for the 870c universals to get there.
I fabricated a stab bar with random parts for the rear.
Next up are rebuilding a Stealth and filling shocks.

Thank you so much! I’m really honoured to win this year’s contest with this special tribute build to Gene Husting. It was a very close win though and I want to congratulate all other contenders with their beautiful entries. The idea of a calendar would be fantastic with a part of the proceedings tha...

Quick update here as this beast is now almost ready to turn some laps next spring. I recently offered a runner to my younger son and we plan to have fun at a track nearby that recently opened. I’ll make sure to post some videos here afterwards. I’m really happy with overall result and the car seems ...

Here is a body off shot with its cute brother. Further down my son’s runner.

Sacrilege, blasphemy! Maybe Scr8p would disagree here but I’m ready for an argument.
Kidding aside both look great but the paint on the RC10 shell is just more gorgeous. And “tub” for French people leads to a good laugh as it means penis in slang lol, which lead to a fun comment on Facebook

Cool build David. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the printed parts hold up for you. Thanks Jason, I will report back here soon hopefully as spring is coming and the track is reopening. I haven’t had any track time for 15 years so you can be sure these parts will be properly tested :mrgreen: