WASP decals
 

I still have some decals.

WOW now those decals you never see anymore :woot: any chance of getting a hi res scan so we can get them remade?

I know a man who can on ebay who will sell at a reasonable price so as per Peakeys email a pukka high res scan of these will be perfect.

Someone has kindly spent the time scanning old mags for any wasp stuff and emailed them to me, many thanks to Jirka.
I also found some old photos while moving house which I'll try and locate again.

i shall post the emailed picture in a bit

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If anyone has any machined wasp products ie anything in ally or nylon and your willing to let it go for a price let me know as I would love to have some of the bits dad made.

Nice images,brings back memories, i was in most of the fabiix ads when these were advertised, and a couple of the kyosho guys including me used sometimes the wasp spur with changing sections as 99 or 101 came in handy.

Think your dad had the spur gears made by RW Racing so may be an idea to contact. Also think a few soldering irons are still left with Spec racing, best soldering iron ive ever used, wouldnt and still dont use anything else.

I remember gear sets in the factory on the bench but I don't recal them being made so you might be right.

I only saw dad for a few years and even that was every other weekend so the information I have is very limited, a lot of you guys probably know more than me.

I managed to track one of these down last year but I'm afraid to say it's going nowhere

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4qzoqadi.jpg

It now lives in my XLS

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...psnxjwiymc.jpg

Some nice history there on Wasp. Thanks for sharing

If you can get a hi-res I can remake these in work if wanted :)

Man I wish we could still get some of his gear today....... I'd be absolutely broke by the time I'd finish ordering parts but it would be worth it lol.

I love the look of the cat rear geared gear box and the moulded tub chassis for the cougar and bosscat would have been bought for sure:drool:

A couple of weeks back I dismantled a Kyosho Salute I'd gotten as a spare parts chassis and found something I think would fit in this thread.
I just copied the text from the post I made over at RC10Talk, http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.ph...461540#p461540,
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As mentioned previously I got a spare part Salute chassis last week because it had the Belt Drive Kit I was looking for.

Something about it, maybe the red/brown belt got my spidey sense tingling though...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8597/2...0c7d1524_c.jpg

Began dismantling the chassis to take a look.
First thing I noticed was it didn't have the lexan cover for the pulley gear.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8645/2...9b566fa5_c.jpg

Rear gearbox.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5520/3...4358ce76_c.jpg

The inside.
https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5339/3...04603699_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8410/3...469740bf_c.jpg

Rear Diff:
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5737/2...915aee6f_c.jpg
https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5777/3...80e38217_c.jpg

Front gearbox:
https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5481/3...20dce039_c.jpg

Front diff:
https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5441/2...17034105_c.jpg
https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5542/2...a003e7e2_c.jpg

Not quite sure what I've got here. Looks like someone took a belt and some belt drive diffs and just chucked it in there.
Don't recognise the diffs either as I compare the parts with this http://theoptimahouse.blogspot.se/20...or-optima.html.

The belt pulleys on the diffs seem to be made of metal.

Anyone that can identify what I've got here?
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With the help of this thread, people at RC10Talk and some other facebook groups I've come to the conclusion that I've stumbled across a WASP Belt Drive for the Optima. :woot:

There is a wasp spur gear system for the Lazer zx/zxr on ebay.

Thanks for the thread revival I've just realised I've got one of these yoke chassis and the belt kit to go with it so I know what I've got to build now!
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...so2ygll1v.jpeg

wasp belt drive
 

The pictures shown I believe were from the parts G Stote Dad, Alan and my dad Terry created to turn the original kyosho optima into a belt drive rather than the chain it came with.

I read earlier somewhere that someone thought RW made the spur gears,
To clarify Alan Stote bought a gear cutting machine and produced them on site along with all the other parts for the rc world he made.

I should know.....I spent days at the machine making 48dp and 64dp spurs for various cars. Then dad and alan decided to make a blank that fitted in the slipper clutch and spurs that could be changed without dismantling the slipper tension you'd spent ages sorting out!!

Back then gear ratios were really important for run time, heat and speed so they were being changed a lot more than today!

I have spent ages at mum and dads hunting for any of this gear but sadly I can't find very much of it.

What I do have is a lot of memories from a number of people that have written some nice stuff on here

If you turned up a set of those wheels that would be great to go with the car I'll eventually get round to building. The chassis will be going off to a friend to copy soon so there maybe more popping up.
I've got a small collection of wasp stuff if you ever fancied letting anything go

Great thread

Did you use any of the wasp stuff you had off me peaky or is it for show?

Not all of them Daz I'm sure most are still in a box in the garage, I did use a couple of the layshaft holders

Any chance you know the number of teeth on the belt for this Optima kit?
The belt I have has some small cracks so I can't use it in a runner.

I'm looking at MXL-belts like these but I don't want to order at random and don't feel like counting the teeth either...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/B280-B285-B2...nGmBfHlftb9g1Q

Found some pics of WASP bits
 

Having a sort out in garage I found these
I have also found some proper old pictures of when I went to the Chicago hobby fair with these great names...Cecil Schumacher, Ron Winter, Pete Stevens, George Land, Alan Stote the man who made the bits for my dad bless him Terry Sadler!!
Enjoy or not a little history!!

No idea on the teeth of the mid 4 belt sorry dude

Wow!!! I still cant get enough of this stuff, it was the thing to have when I raced seriously and know was used by top ten finishers in the nats. Great designer who could put ideas into a real design. Wasp will continue to live on.:thumbsup:

Found a few pictures from Chesham? With the silver car which I belive was the first/prototype?
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...C8FB8FC3_2.jpg
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Lazy bugger just get a white marker pen or paint and mark every tenth tooth easy as that

Great pictures! Those are at Eden Park, was called Eden Park Overlanders back then, these days it's called Eden Park Raceway and has changed a bit, but is still instantly recognisable from those pics. :)

Ok,those photos make me feel old,I was there:lol:

I was around 8ish years old at the time so around 30 years ago?.....Jesus:o

WASP racing 12V soldering Irons, with the big tip. where can i buy one still?

1985 :D

I bought an iron a few years ago and knew it was one of the last but do have spec racings email address. Am pming you now

Cheers.

I've got a new in packet iron, my original is still going strong

Blimey! 9 years ago i posters this and there's still some love for the WASP products:)

Im blown away with the comments and the following the products had... it really means a lot to me...