Bolink Bandito Build up (updated 6/17/10)

[reign79]

Well the starting point is this little dirty bug hoping to find a period correct bolink body rear pod is used but i have a aluminium technique that should make it work.

[mrlexan]

hoping to find a period correct bolink body

Hmmmmm

[reign79]

Yes that could pretty much translate...... Mr Lexan i need a body please i Will send ya a pm

[racer484]

Just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents on this one. I raced a 1/12 Bandito for Bolink back in the day. The only Bolink body I could get The Bandito to handle with was the BL-2050 Ferrari 312 Open Sports. Other team guys had good luck with Bolink Schkee. The only other Bolink bodies that I remember guys running on a Bandito were the BL-2075 Porsche 917K or the BL-2094 March 82G GTP. Hope this helps.
Marc

[tiger1]

RACER484:

How did this car handle? Was it good or not? Especially when there is quite a sort of complicated suspension system in this car.

[racer484]

How did this car handle? Was it good or not? Especially when there is quite a sort of complicated suspension system in this car.

The Bandito handled pretty well when it was set-up properly. It was pretty forgiving and less twitchy than say a Super-Phaser. The front suspension worked fine and didn't need much maintenance, it was similar to the Schumacher B car front set up. In my opinion the problem with the car was, unless you drove it perfectly clean it would tweak easily. I can remember it holding a tweak from just clipping a dot. There were too many screws holding the tray to the chassis. They seemed to shift, making the chassis twist then hold that tweaked position.

[tiger1]

Thanks for your first hand professional experience sharing

[reign79]

A little progress literally i forgot how tiny these things are

[templeofspeed]

Sweet little Bandito, it almost makes me want to build my Parma Euro Panther.

[reign79]

Some more updated pics now for that body

[templeofspeed]

It looks very industrial with the chrome wheels and no tires. Are the wheels some of the Steve Rule closeout items? They do look a little too modern for the chassis, they are very 12L like. Shouldn't it have the black wheels with Road Hugger tires?

Still an outstanding car.

[reign79]

Yeah just threw em on for the pics there ae 12l wheels the road huggers are going to pretty hard to find. i do have some new 12e rims that might work. I like the whole no foam look it gives it that museum look

[templeofspeed]

The chrome Paragon dish wheels would look pretty good on that.

[reign79]

Now that you mention it i believe i have a set with rubber caps i will have to look

[reign79]

Well i think the paragon's will stay got some period correct wirring and steering servo and sanyo's. Man trying to fit a old futaba reciever on this thing Maybe what i got on there is enough.