show and tell, German RC12E

[toybaron]

Recent ebay pick up, was posted here and I clicked in and won it. Turns out to be a real nice kit with complete paperwork including template and instructions in both German and English. Bolink had a hand in this providing motor, body, wing and mics...can any of the experts add more detail to this models place in time (around 1980 I guess) and anything interesting/unusual/important about it?

Nice car in the vein of keeping it simple....

[clinehobbies]

Great find. I like it!

Nice pick up on the motor, lightweight radio try and the body!

[templeofspeed]

Recent ebay pick up, was posted here and I clicked in and won it. Turns out to be a real nice kit with complete paperwork including template and instructions in both German and English. Bolink had a hand in this providing motor, body, wing and mics...can any of the experts add more detail to this models place in time (around 1980 I guess) and anything interesting/unusual/important about it?

Nice car in the vein of keeping it simple....

Looks to be a later production 1982-1984 12E (they were available until 1986 or so). A 1980 would have still had a white Kydex radio tray unless it was upgraded to the fiberglass version at some point.

If the original 1/12th scale parts listing is in the pile of paper it should have a date on it...

If it still had it's original white front suspension blocks it would be much easier to tell...the last few years of 12E's used the second generation 12i blocks with a wider opening for the spring kingpins although they used a different kingpin, and nylon spacers instead of springs. The very earliest cars had a Kydex servo saver a'la RC250/300/500 and the rear bearing blocks were essentially flat on their backside, plus no brace between the wingtubes...The very last version came with the "wedge" chassis and the middle sized servo type (think S32H/S132H) fiberglass radio tray and a considerably larger rear wing tube brace.

Funny things those 12E's... I think I'm up to seven different versions in my collection now.

Nice that the weightsaver radio tray (as pointed out by Bill) is in that lot, what's the part number on that wiring harness, 3732?

Here's a link to my 1980 12E for reference:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2707

And some weightsaver stuff courtesy of Darryn:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3023

The Bolink stuff would be nice for a late 70's/early 80's Electric Car or Performance Car.