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Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:22 pm
by hpirc10l
Just sharing HPI wide chassis rc10l.
HPI wide chassis, upper & lower pod, rear brace, front arm brace, shock, and hubs.
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:46 pm
by Lavigna
That's a great looking chassis! Love the lines. Wheels are great too. Are you planning to build it up?
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 2:22 am
by azone
Very nice! And it even has some decent carbon fiber. The late-80's early 90's early HPI had crappy looking carbon fiber much like the early RC10L parts. The epoxy wasn't full/smooth so always has lots of divets and inconsistencies but those particular parts look excellent. Would love to have that example.
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:02 am
by treystoys
Would have been a dream 10L for me as a kid! I got as far as the kick up lower pod plate with mine and that was it. Really nice looking build you’ve got there!
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:09 pm
by hpirc10l
Lavigna wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:46 pm
That's a great looking chassis! Love the lines. Wheels are great too. Are you planning to build it up?
Eventually will add electronics, paint Associated Nissan GTP body, and might change the wheels.
Place on display case.
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:30 pm
by ELF-BMX
azone wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 2:22 am
Very nice! And it even has some decent carbon fiber. The late-80's early 90's early HPI had crappy looking carbon fiber much like the early RC10L parts. The epoxy wasn't full/smooth so always has lots of divets and inconsistencies but those particular parts look excellent. Would love to have that example.
Im the opposite, i love the HPI texture graphite. I love the early release 10L chassis’s. To me they feel and look like real carbon fiber with the actual fibers still poking out. Yo me the flat glass looking carbon fiber of today looks fake. The glass looking new stuff looks cheap to me while the vintage graphite/carbon fiber looks so quality.
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:13 pm
by azone
ELF-BMX wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:30 pm
azone wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 2:22 am
Very nice! And it even has some decent carbon fiber. The late-80's early 90's early HPI had crappy looking carbon fiber much like the early RC10L parts. The epoxy wasn't full/smooth so always has lots of divets and inconsistencies but those particular parts look excellent. Would love to have that example.
Im the opposite, i love the HPI texture graphite. I love the early release 10L chassis’s. To me they feel and look like real carbon fiber with the actual fibers still poking out. Yo me the flat glass looking carbon fiber of today looks fake. The glass looking new stuff looks cheap to me while the vintage graphite/carbon fiber looks so quality.
Nice. I'm not a carbon fiber expert but I am quite anal and ocd
the early RC10L chassis almost looks like cardboard in a way. I never cared at the time but in re-making some of my originals I find I gravitate toward the smoother stuff. In any case this car here is absolutely amazing. It's deserves some period electronics.
Re: Hpi wide chassis RC10l
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:54 pm
by jonboy
Lovely project there.. I couldn't bare to run it & mark it up.. Could do with 10L re-re Now so we can keep our originals safe
