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White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:59 am
by xxxmain
I'm currently working on three YZ10 projects right now and since I'm missing parts from all three I'm doing a little work on each machine as the ever elusive parts show up on ebay. I got a hold of some white arms a while back and finally got around to bolting them onto something. Below are some build pics of the project so far. I bead blasted the bulkheads and sprayed a layer of clear Testors Dullcote on them to keep the oxidization away. A quick chassis bath in the magic juice got the chassis pretty clean leaving only a few small blemishes. I also found a set of woven carbon fiber shock towers that look gnarly on this sucker.
I have all of the drive components so I'll be slapping those in shortly. I'll update pics once I get the diffs and center shaft done. I'm missing bulkhead caps for the front and rear and I want to find a set of gold Associated shocks too. As I said, I'm missing parts for all of my yokomos but they keep trickling in over time. Here are some pics so far... more to come as this project progresses.
Jeff
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:32 am
by andsoitiswritten
Wow, looking pretty good. Be nice to see how it progresses.
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:36 am
by Charlie don't surf
Very nice! were those arms from Heyong? I wanted them so bad!!
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:43 am
by Bimdapogs
Very nice, Jeff! Where did you have the parts blasted, and how much? The mag parts on my 870C are almost black.
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:44 am
by 59burst
yes I believe the arms and towers were from me through ebay. nice project indeed
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:49 pm
by fastang
Looks great Jeff! Are those the cells I sent you?
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:30 pm
by vintage AE
wooo, sooo clean
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:52 pm
by xxxmain
Bimdapogs wrote:Very nice, Jeff! Where did you have the parts blasted, and how much? The mag parts on my 870C are almost black.
I did the magnesium stuff myself as per this forums amazing advice!!!! I ordered a small bead blaster from Hobby King and built a blasting box so I could keep the mess at bay and also capture some of the bead media again for reuse. I wrote an article in Xtreme RC Cars Magazine about the build and it was in the Mar. 2011 issue. Below are some pics of the box and the bead blaster I used.
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:53 pm
by xxxmain
59burst wrote:yes I believe the arms and towers were from me through ebay. nice project indeed
Ha ha, this is brutal to admit but I actually dreamed about Yokomo white arms the night that I placed my ebay bid!!!!!
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:55 pm
by xxxmain
fastang wrote:Looks great Jeff! Are those the cells I sent you?
Hey Mike, nope, that's the 1200 SCR you sent me and it's sitting in one of my other Yok projects that I'll be posting pics of shortly. I must say, that car looks way better with the 7th cell
Thanks again!!! This forum is so amazing.... anyone who is into vintage really needs to be a part of this network of great people.
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:16 am
by Jay Dub
I think you should dye the arms black...
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:13 pm
by 59burst
Jay Dub wrote:I think you should dye the arms black...
are you serious?
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:30 pm
by Charlie don't surf
59burst wrote:Jay Dub wrote:I think you should dye the arms black...
are you serious?
That would be awesome!!!!!
Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:26 am
by Jay Dub
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Re: White Arm Yokomo YZ10 Project~
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:30 pm
by Bullfrog
Very nice build there, i'm actully doing the same as you, white arms as well, i've been slowly collecting parts to complete my build.
cheers Rob