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This is a TQ10 chassis that I purchased from noony. Not wanting to spend a whole lot of money I used a pro body and decals that I already had. So a little faskolor and some black dye for the rims and front tower this is what I finished up with. The tires are new tamiya 1.9 in the rear and traxxas 2.1 in the front.

Looks Great. Nice work on the body. How did the front tower come out? I am assuming you just ritt dyed it with the wheels?

front tower came out great . used rit dye just under a boil for about a half hour .

Looks grate,nice paint work.

tq10? do tell looks like a rc10 graphite to me..very nice buggy

karnivool wrote:tq10? do tell looks like a rc10 graphite to me

note the straight edges of the chassis.

That's awesome! I'm new to this site, but I have a TQ10 and am planning to restore it and I was going to do that exact same paint scheme (modeled after one of the old RC mag scans on this site). The only real difference is all my parts have been dyed black.

Can you tell me more about those wheels and tires you're using? Do those work with the original stock axles and hubs, etc? Maybe a link to buy new? I was thinking I'd have to pretty much replace the axles, carriers, and bearings with all B4 parts to use modern tires....

The rims that i used are stock TQ10 front and rears so the rears work with the 1/4" axles. There is a thread on how to convert over to 2.2 if you don't have the rims. I dyed the fronts black. The front tires are traxxas #1771 and the rears are tamiya # 53059 and purchased them from tower hobbies. The rc10 graphite i think had the same rims. I dont keep up on part numbers for the graphite rims maybe someone will read this an inform you. as far as other brands of new tires i dont know whats out there for sale. I think that the stock body for the tq10 was the sidewinder body but I used the pro body on this one. Im not sure on the history of the TQ10 (long arm or short arm)but it is a RC10 with the horizan hobby graphite chassis.