Lucky new owner of a Pro Cat!

[Brandon G]

Hard to believe its been over 2 years since I got this buggy... Here are some pics...

Box ain't pretty, but its what's inside that counts..

Build to follow!

[Bormac]

Shaawingg!!!!!

[Brandon G]

Here we go...

[Brandon G]

Continued...

Only thing worth mentioning was the fiberglass chassis pieces. They came with some flashing on them from incomplete router passes. My guess is they got really close but not fully done to leave the pieces still attached to the main plate. Break them off like a parts tree when done. Required a bit of filing/sanding to get everything smoothed out.

[Brandon G]

Continued...

Not really sure what the purpose of the lexan dust shields in the rear hubs are. I realize they are supposed to shield dust, but they don't look like they would be very effective at it.

[DerbyDan]

Beautifull! - you sure can't beat new-from-packet/box parts!

You could always tell the lazy builder of a Schumacher when the G/FRP parts hadn't had the stop-start 'nipple' filed off

[crusaderlyf]

I dream I can find cat nib kit to my collections, SWB cat、cat xl、cat xls、procat & bosscat.but they hard to got now

[CAT3K]

I like it when someone is brave enough to build a NIB

You're right about those lexan dust shields, they were next to useless and ended up holding in the dust rather than keep it out.

Paul.

[Brandon G]

A little more progress made!

Had to do some hand fitting on the chassis where the upper wishbone mounting blocks hinge in. The back screws were binding and I had to relieve the top chassis plate just a bit to allow clearance.

Also the lower wishbone would not snap into the pivot ball unless I took a hair off of the bottom of the front hub dust shield.

Kit was missing one M2X16mm screw for the steering rack. Got one coming...

[Brandon G]

Coninued...

Shocks went together rather well. I wasn't too impressed with the amount of flashing that was on the plastic shock parts. They needed a lot of cleanup. I added some associated upper spring guides. There was nothing included in this kit to locate the springs at the top of the shocks.

Motor is a Race Prep modified.

[DerbyDan]

Looking great!

Its interesting to hear about your experiences with needing to make 'adjustments' to parts to get them to fit together properly... something that seemed necessary more than most on Schumacher kits of this era. In some repects its not suprising that I struggled building my TopCat as a young teenager.. these where cars that you really needed an eye for detail when building them to get them to work well on the track. Its funny hearing comments from poeple assembling their 'new' RC10s & moaning about the fit of some of the parts... but that was how it was back then

In some ways things don't change too much - on assembling my brand new TeamC TM2 I had to just clearance out the front wishbones a little to ensure free movement on the front bulkhead/pivot block, also the battery brace needs 'adjustment' to make sure you don't short out the batteries on the carbon! I've heard similar things from my mate who recently built up a Kyosho RB6

[DerbyDan]

Oh yes I forgot to mention that there wasn't anything to locate the spring in front of the spacers on these earlier Schueys - it wasn't until the release of the Varishock that I think something was included

It would explain why most shock bodies on used cars are well scuffed?

[stickboy007]

Very nice. Daddy like.

As for the investment aspect, for some kits, they're worth plenty whether you build them or not. Over time, as kits get lost, scrapped, or whatever, they become more rare, so even a good condition built one, like this one, will gain value over time. Regardless, I agree with your sentiment. These are meant to be played with, or at least built. It's only money, right?

[Peakey]

I like it when someone is brave enough to build a NIB

Paul.

Looks like I'm gonna have to finish the semi built bosscat kit I have just picked up.

Btw it looks very nice and I am a bit jealous. Ok alot