Rc10L cleanup

[ra272]

Hello, I picked up a dusty Rc10L on ebuy.

It came with a novak T4, Sanwa-Airtronics controller, a race pre motor, an horrible Mercedes body, the box and few miscellaneous parts.







Nice T4, I hope it's still working.



I don't think this car ran a lot: a thrust bearing is missing, and the rear axle is not aligned with the pod.



Sadly, it has probably hit a curb...



First thing to do: fix the graphite chassis.



The worn part is cut out, and a small piece of carbon is cut to fit exactly like a puzzle.



Parts glued together and sanded.



Then the finished repair, with countersunk hole.

[GoMachV]

Very nicely repaired! I'm impressed!

[ra272]

Thanks.

All the parts have been whitened in an hydrogen peroxide bath under the sun.



Then all aluminium parts have been cleaned and slightly polished.

[ChisaiKuso]

Wow! I am very impressed by that graphite repair.

[ra272]

Thanks, it's even more impressive with the bumper mounted.



Those cars are really easy to rebuild.

[RC10resto]

Well done

[Wazza22]

Thats beautiful! I love the original 10L more than any other 10th scale pan car. I had one new when they came out and from memory had a reedy gold star motor.

Please post more photos when you can

Cheers

[V12]

Nice repair and project.
The RC10L was my first 1/10 pan car as well, got it upgraded later with the reactive caster front end.

I have no original RC10L left, but a RC10LS and the old front end so could do the L if I ever want to.

[ra272]

I really like the simplicity of the 10L. The chassis is cleaned and rebuild, next I have to install electronics.

I will probably keep the Novak T4 if it still works, with a mild brushed motor.

[ra272]

Old tires have come off really easily with petrol, and original wheels are still in very good shape.

Only problem is to found fresh tires...

After a few research, I decided to use 6 front Tamiya F104 tires, with two tires glued on each rear wheels...a little expensive (30$ for 6 tires) and a little stretch (tires are 42mm id, rims are 47mm od), but I'm very happy with the result.

[sandkil]

Just WOW
Very nice clean up/resto.

[ra272]

Thanks.

I rebuild the motor: com cutting, cleaning, bearings oiled and new Peak brushes.



Electronics cleaned and installed as described in the manual.

[ra272]

I cleaned the transmitter, it's not legal to use it in France (75mhz is for radio and tv reporters), but I think it's a really cool looking thing.

The body is too ugly (could have been in the POS challenge), so I bought a new 962 TBG (Andy's repro ?).

[Wazza22]

ra272,

That looks great. There is something about the simplicity of the first 10L's that always draws me in! I miss mine

Cheers

[scr8p]

looks good. nice work on the chassis repair, too.