Looking great, sure wish my white parts were still white
What did you do to polish up the motor?
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Looking great, sure wish my white parts were still white
What did you do to polish up the motor?
Thanks gomachav! I still like your black 12i. It looks right to me.
To polish up the motor can I used fine steel wool dipped in Mother's metal polish. After cleaning off all the gunk with the steel wool and polish I used plain paper towels to polish out the impurities. I'm not sure why, but paper towels work much better than cloth for polishing metal. I just kept polishing until I was satisfied. It's still not perfect, but I can live with it. It runs great too! If you look on page three of my 12E resto you can see some of the stuff I use for metal polishing.
Thanks man! Since I couldn't find a mod motor I had to make it look fast.
if it don't go fast.......chrome it!!!!
Seriously though, regardless of perfect originality of parts finishes etc- this is very much a great restoration! Hurry up on that IFS!!!
Thanks Charlie! I hope to get the IFS together by the end of the week. It had some kind of grease smeared on it which yellowed pretty good. I'm thinking one more week of soaking in peroxide out in the sun should do it. The shock will get the polish treatment and full rebuild. I like my cars sleek and clean. Can't wait!
With the exception of a body this car is done! I ran it in our conference room at work last night and had a blast! Really couldn't open up the throttle on it as there's just not enough room up there ,but the difference between this car and the 12e is obvious. The handling is impressive and she has a tight turn radius thanks to that IFS up front.
Omg when I first saw the car move I thought you were on asphalt! I about died! When I saw it was carpet I was OK again lol
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gomachv wrote:Omg when I first saw the car move I thought you were on asphalt! I about died! When I saw it was carpet I was OK again lol
Never! That gives me the chills just thinking about it. This car will probably never touch the ground or carpet again after this.
I just picked up this parts car for my carbon fiber 12e experiment. I found a track that runs 1/12 races so I need a runner now. I think half of it's junk but it has some good parts I can use like the rear axle and motor mounts. Might try an experiment by adding a front suspension like you did.
I have a couple weight saver replica upper and lower chassis if you shoot me your address I'll get one out to ya.Then you will have a solid runner without the guilt
You have to promise to take pics and video tho
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gomachv wrote:I have a couple weight saver replica upper and lower chassis if you shoot me your address I'll get one out to ya.Then you will have a solid runner without the guilt
A quick question -
The first 1/12th onroad I drove seems to be an I model. I´ve purchased this one from memory, but I remember the radiodeck to be longer. Did someone cut the radiodeck or did it come in this variant aswell?
I'm restoring a blast from my past, an Associated RC12i and I need some help please. I am missing the chassis plate stiffener piece that ran down the center of the lower chassis plate. I believe it was made of Kydex???? Can anyone confirm...
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So it was actually made of graphite, not kydex? Thanks for the part #.
I think the first ones were Kydex and they were wider than the later graphite version. The Kydex one was inteded to dampen vibrations but it didn't really do very much. The...
I want to purchase this car from a seller but not 100% sure its a RC12i original. Was the Rc12i kit ever release in Black Fiberglass ?
I am not sure if they car has anything missing, or modified from what the original should be. Maybe you guys can...
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pretty much got your answer but here is the bible on values for these on this board :wink:
Todd
Haha i didn't know there was a rule for this, but good to know
Thanks to a good friend, I now finally have a car that I have been struggling to track down for a long time. As a young teenager growing up in Perth Australia, this was the last pan car that I ran. I remember thinking what a revolutionary design the...