Incredible_Serious wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:15 pm
Got a large lot of parts in the mail yesterday and today, including Tamiya bodies and a couple of chassis, and boxed but untested ESCs from Futaba and Novak. Along with everything else, this little gem was a welcome bonus! This is a Tamiya Acto-Power TRF-Tuned motor... and I know they must be rare, because I had to look it up to find out what it was!!!
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Certainly, it needs a bit (read: a LOT!) of a clean, but it's rarity alone makes this the needle in the large pile of needles . As a comparison, a new rotor (armature) for one of these sold recently for almost US$50, and there's a new can up for sale currently, with a price tag over US$80... and that's the only two items I can find on eBay!
Much better day
Alex
That is a rare find indeed! I was always curious how they anodized two colors on the end bell. Must have been expensive to do so. I haven't seen very many of these around. I would like to see it restored.
GeneralZod wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:01 am
That is a rare find indeed! I was always curious how they anodized two colors on the end bell. Must have been expensive to do so. I haven't seen very many of these around. I would like to see it restored.
In all honesty, I was never going to bring it back to how it should be.... so I threw it back up on eBay on it's own. Did pretty well, too, which was pleasing.
Luckily, the car it came with (Tamiya TA01/02) still proves a great source of parts, as tearing it down showed it had been built with full bearings and an alloy motor mount... expensive upgrades back in the day.
Alex
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Incredible_Serious wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:15 pm
Got a large lot of parts in the mail yesterday and today, including Tamiya bodies and a couple of chassis, and boxed but untested ESCs from Futaba and Novak. Along with everything else, this little gem was a welcome bonus! This is a Tamiya Acto-Power TRF-Tuned motor... and I know they must be rare, because I had to look it up to find out what it was!!!
20190702_101518.jpg
20190702_101510.jpg
Certainly, it needs a bit (read: a LOT!) of a clean, but it's rarity alone makes this the needle in the large pile of needles . As a comparison, a new rotor (armature) for one of these sold recently for almost US$50, and there's a new can up for sale currently, with a price tag over US$80... and that's the only two items I can find on eBay!
Much better day
Alex
That is a rare find indeed! I was always curious how they anodized two colors on the end bell. Must have been expensive to do so. I haven't seen very many of these around. I would like to see it restored.
I agree; that's a pretty cool looking motor. I don't know this for certain but I believe that the end bell is semi-finished on the CNC, then it's anodized and returned to the CNC for a final selective skim cut to expose the bare aluminum. Maybe the finished part is clear anodized - not sure about that. In any event, the two-tone ano is almost certainly a more costly process overall.
A derelict in need of some tlc.
The road tires are interesting - never had them before. I want to build something to run around the church parking lot.
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limestang wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:24 pm
I got this today, but it shrunk in the mail.
What is this?!
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limestang wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:24 pm
I got this today, but it shrunk in the mail.
What is this?!
It’s the graphite parts for a 1/32 scale RC10. I posted a few months back a miniature RC10 created by Nigel - search NRC-32. Nigel did an amazing job designing and building this fully function 32 scale RC10 replica. It’s an awesome project. I have been collecting parts to make one. Fibre-lyte still makes the chassis, shapeways many of the plastic items, Other parts come from the Losi Micro-t. I hope to post the build in the coming weeks.
Hey Mark, I heard a rumor there is a cheap knockoff of the micro T now. Seen it? Search LT832T on AliExpress....around $28!
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limestang wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:24 pm
I got this today, but it shrunk in the mail.
What is this?!
It’s the graphite parts for a 1/32 scale RC10. I posted a few months back a miniature RC10 created by Nigel - search NRC-32. Nigel did an amazing job designing and building this fully function 32 scale RC10 replica. It’s an awesome project. I have been collecting parts to make one. Fibre-lyte still makes the chassis, shapeways many of the plastic items, Other parts come from the Losi Micro-t. I hope to post the build in the coming weeks.
AE RC10 - Made In The Eighties, Loved By The Ladies.
Blue Was Better - now, Blue Is Bankrupt.
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I've been digging, doing some research, tapping into the past. On my journey I've Found some very interesting early posts by a lot of currant members here in the archives. Very interesting stuff! I encourage newer members to do the same, as the old...
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Nope. I'm not clicking on any links in this thread because I know one of them is going to be Farmer's pic. :P
None of them were about that picture.
But now one of them refers to it.
But seeing how often it is mentioned in this thread, it sure...
I built this today, its just a start, it was hard to get a picture of the whole track, unless I stood really far away... anyways more to come soon. its gonna be a lot of fun and was not too hard to do for just a few hours work! i made the rails out...
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any suggestions???
thanks
asa
Big jumps and take some pictures of cars in action :D Looks amazing, I'd love a garden!
Thanks to Hoopty for the design, and Mrlexan for the production. They look great. And Thanks again Jay for the body and wing to put them on, can't wait to get 'em dirty. :D
-Anthony
The seller even included a free gift of 4 bearings. Wow, can't wait for my tires to show up too (same as what's in the pic here).
Got a bunch of stuff now, including the RC Channel rear metal kit, SRB alloy chassis and nose. Just need the RC4wd...
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since there is no rc4wd local distributor here in our place, they didnt ship here without approval, wasted a lot of good stuff from them (we need to order in a long process)
Going though my old pitbox I found a untouched b4 sticker set including window masks.
Is there already a scan of these in the group? Otherwise, how would I go about getting a good scan to upload?
. As a comparison, a new rotor (armature) for one of these sold recently for almost US$50, and there's a new can up for sale currently, with a price tag over US$80... and that's the only two items I can find on eBay!
