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HI!... Well I finally picked up the two RC-10's from a friend's buddy. One is a Gold pan "A" chassis and the other is a TEAM car "B" chassis.

The Team car I plan on restoring to original rolling chassis but it will have modern ESC with brushless motor.

The Gold pan will be a custom built RC-10.

Here's what they looked like when I 1ST got them :

HI!... The TEAM car :

HI!... I started working on the TEAM car the last few days.

I have a buddy that owns a powder coating business, and I'm going to get him to redo the chassis black again.

I have a sand blaster in my shop that I'm running fine glass bead through. I glass beaded the chassis, motor cage and front support.

Before :

HI!...

After :

HI!... I have all the original AE white plastic parts removed and ready for the whitening treatment.

So what are you going to do with the aluminum parts? Anodize or Powdercoat or??

Charlie don't surf wrote:So what are you going to do with the aluminum parts? Anodize or Powdercoat or??

HI!... As I mentioned a few posts up I will be having the TEAM car chassis powder coated black.

I dropped it off at the powder coaters tonight. He said it will be done in a day or two.

I stopped off at the drugstore tonight also and picked up 1 liter of Hydrogen Peroxide for $5. LOL! It's the 3% solution. Just need to head to Home Depot now to get a UV light.

THE H.P FREAK wrote:HI!...
I have a buddy that owns a powder coating business, and I'm going to get him to redo the chassis black again.

I see, now-

HI!... Well I picked up too large glass jars with plastic lids from the dollar store tonight. Also grabbed some aluminum foil. Picked up a 26 watt UV light from a local pet store. Man for only 26 watts this thing is super bright.

Just currently soaking all the white plastic RC-10 parts in a container full of CLR kitchen/bathroom cleaner. I want to make sure the parts are super clean before I put them in the Peroxide. Probably going to soak them for 2-3 days. I'll post up pics when their done.

Can you post up finished pics and the process you use to whiten the parts? I've never heard of this treatment before.

HI!... Well I let the parts soak in CLR kitchen/bathroom cleaner for a few hours and then I scrubbed them clean with a fine scrub brush. This is how they turned out :

Off the car :



After cleaning with CLR :



Then I dropped them in 3% Hydrogen Peroxide under a 26 watt UV light with reflective aluminum foil.

HI!... Well it's been 3 days since I submerged the RC-10 white parts in Hydrogen Peroxide with a UV light shining on them. I removed the parts today and submerged them in some RIT whitening solution.

This is how they turned out :

Before :



After washing with CLR K&B cleaner :



After 3 days in H/P and 30 minutes of RIT whitener :

HI!... Well I got a few EBAY parts in today. For this build and some others.

Original TEAM car chassis (B) stamp :

The chassis is in good shape. No bends, cracks, no extra holes drilled. Quite a few light scratches on the bottom, but those will easily be sanded of and then I'll run it through my glass beader.









Finally found some original NIP uni-dogbones for the TEAM car :



Then got some RPM front/rear "A" arms :



Also got the decal sheet from Doug :



I'll be driving 2 hours tomorrow to meet up with a guy that's selling me 4 RC-10's plus a crap load of extra parts.

- 1 Gold tub (A)
- 1 World car
- 1 Graphite car
- 1 TEAM car

I'll post pics when I get them home.

HI!... Well I got the RC-10 "TEAM" car chassis back from my powder coater. Turned out very well. Only cost $17(CAN) It's high gloss black.