RC500
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:06 am
Hi All
Picked up a RC500 over the weekend!
This is one car that I have wanted but figured I would never get a hold of.
Funny how when your not looking for something. it falls in your lap.
I went to look at a King Hauler and low and behold a filthy RC500 was sitting in a pile of nitro cars.
When I say filthy I mean I don't think I have seen a car so dirty, It looks like it has been run very very little.
I take that back the King Hauler is probably dirtier, I thought the chrome parts had been painted gold, nope, nicotine stained is more like it!.
The car has a OS Max .21 on it and it is stuck, will disassemble and soak in nitro, maybe try heat.
If this motor is not salvageable is there anything modern that I can replace it with?
I would rather stay with a vintage motor but finding parts could be a problem.
I plan on stripping and cleaning it, what would be the magic solution to turn the yellow parts back to white or close to it?
I've read about using peroxide on RC10 parts, will this work with RC500 parts?
I do have a body that I found in my stash, it's an Associated Porsche 935, been out of the bag for years and is scuffed and scratched but still well useable.
On the lookout for a Greenwood Corvette body.
Also have f/r tires-rims nib and it needs them, this car has the quick release hubs too!
Has anybody found any tires rims that will work as replacements? I would like to use something else for running.
Would love to see other pics of RC500's
I'm sure as I get into this I will have more questions.
Will add pics this evening, I know everybody likes pics!
Mike
Picked up a RC500 over the weekend!
This is one car that I have wanted but figured I would never get a hold of.
Funny how when your not looking for something. it falls in your lap.
I went to look at a King Hauler and low and behold a filthy RC500 was sitting in a pile of nitro cars.
When I say filthy I mean I don't think I have seen a car so dirty, It looks like it has been run very very little.
I take that back the King Hauler is probably dirtier, I thought the chrome parts had been painted gold, nope, nicotine stained is more like it!.
The car has a OS Max .21 on it and it is stuck, will disassemble and soak in nitro, maybe try heat.
If this motor is not salvageable is there anything modern that I can replace it with?
I would rather stay with a vintage motor but finding parts could be a problem.
I plan on stripping and cleaning it, what would be the magic solution to turn the yellow parts back to white or close to it?
I've read about using peroxide on RC10 parts, will this work with RC500 parts?
I do have a body that I found in my stash, it's an Associated Porsche 935, been out of the bag for years and is scuffed and scratched but still well useable.
On the lookout for a Greenwood Corvette body.
Also have f/r tires-rims nib and it needs them, this car has the quick release hubs too!
Has anybody found any tires rims that will work as replacements? I would like to use something else for running.
Would love to see other pics of RC500's
I'm sure as I get into this I will have more questions.
Will add pics this evening, I know everybody likes pics!
Mike