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I feel like I’m getting lucky lately with these finds!!!

Wow, signed even, me want!!! Nice!

This needed some cleaning and a couple of wires replaced but it works well , had to download the instructions though .

Almost new truck, new wheels, new tires, (not pictured) new Protoform Rambunctious GT body. You have no idea how long I’ve been on and off searching to put this combo together. Now I need to find the advertisement from RCCA to show me how it needs to be painted.

OK, didn't come in the post, picked it up myself.

Some nice surprises under the bodies.

Quite the lot.

Did you find a duck under one of those bodies??

Chuck

No, but I did find a Rooster. Quite useful!

Bakauata wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:38 pm Some nice surprises under the bodies.

You can't just say that, and nothing more!!!!! Come on man, show us the good stuff!

Looks like a huge lot..... always great to pick up older unpainted bodies...

Alex

Hey! I was just waiting for you to ask.

Oh, found a Rooster and a Serpent btw, but I never liked snakes.

I'll get some photos up a little later.

One of the cars in the lot happens to be a Tamiya Michelin Pilot Ford Escort RS (58125).

Here's a peak under the body (or should I say through?)


This car has really raised my impression of Tamiya. It's a beautiful little car, with and without the body. Very nicely designed, and all about the Tamiya scale realism and detail.

It came with three bodies. The original is quite beat-up unfortunately, but the red and silver may look quite nice once I get the dust off it. I've seen online that the rear wings on these Escort bodies are often missing. Luckily, these two bodies have their wings and mirrors in place. The Mercedes is still clear and has one wheel well cut out.



The front shocks have been replaced by a pair off one of the other cars in the lot, but the Tamiya originals were in the box. The chassis looks complete and in really nice shape. The Novak speed control and Trinity motor look also to be in great shape. The original tires are in a bag, but they are crumbling.

Next car up is a Serpent Impact. Don't know much about these, and I'm not really interested. Will be cleaning up, testing the engine, (hopefully) having some fun in some parking lot, and then selling it off.
I'm not sure of the state of the drive belt. I've seen worse though.
Engine heat sink is loose for some reason. Will need to look into it.
Came with three used bodies and one clear, unused one.

Wow it's late!

The final car in this lot is this:


Another Serpent touring car?



No. Underneath the touring car body is an RC10 Graphite Team Car.


The graphite chassis is in excellent condition with hardly a scratch and no delamination. It has a nice Novak 410 M1c ESC, an aftermarket A&L steering assembly, an unpainted, uncut body shell, a front bumber, motor mount brace, the original wheels and tires in good condition, and a few other spares. Oh, and the box and manuals!


A couple of other nice things that came with the lot are a Trinity 1789 "Long Player" 18 turn double, and this NIB Kyosho Mega Motor which looks quite nice.


And two Tower Hobbies catalogs which I've been enjoying.

Finally got back to this awesome build. Here are some photos.

-limestang

Picked these up locally today. The old Custom Works Dominator was cool but the Track Master Equalizer SS with the serial # 066 really caught my eye. I'm going to have to do some research on this one.