Great thread. About time I contributed I reckon :)

Let's start off with some of my RC10s':

Worlds Car:

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p.../RC10WC005.jpg


Graphite with Racecraft shell

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...RAPHITE004.jpg


Original RC10

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...0/RC10A009.jpg


RC10T

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus224.jpg



I've got quite a bit of a vintage collection so will post up some more soon :)

Apologies if the pictures are too large. If they are giving anyone any problems then I'll see about resizing them and editing the posts.

Ok, here's some more of my collection. I have massive love for old Yokomos and here's some of mine:


Lovely original YZ834B

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus296.jpg


Recently restored original spec YZ870C

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...OMO870C037.jpg


Heavily modified YZ10 Works 92. So much has been modified or upgraded on this car that there is too much to list here.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus249.jpg


YZ10 94:

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus213.jpg


Shout out if you want to see anymore :)

Some Optimas

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...ps1a67416d.jpg

As before mate, a lovely, lovely collection.

Thanks Neil ;)

This has to be one of my favourite angles of any car...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...psbf7968ce.jpg

Brings back a lot of good memories.

Fabulous cars really! Please show us more of them :drool:

NOT...AT...ALL.... BIGGER IS BETTER!!!!:woot:

Ask and ye shall receive............ Here's some more of my fleet:

Shumacher CAT XLS

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus187.jpg


Schumacher Procat

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...CHERPROCAT.jpg


Kyosho Progress

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus458.jpg


Kyosho Turbo Optima

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus080.jpg

Kyosho Optima Pro

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus359.jpg



More soon.............................................. ......

Damn.. that Turbo Optima looks evil from that angle! :wub

Re-re Avante

Alan, very nice Avante! I want one so bad!!!
Have you taken any pics of the Avante with the Javelins wheels on? I bet it would look awesome!

This thread is awesome :thumbsup:

Great to see these cars from my childhood, happy memories...

@Sludgeguts, your collection is amazing!! Do you have more to show pal?

Here's some more of mine to cast your eye over:

Nice original Tamiya Avante with Technigold Motor and CPR 100F Unit.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus242.jpg


Highly modified Tamiya Manta Ray. Apparently this was quite an accomplished racer for it's previous owner back in the early 90s. Fitted with FRP lower and upper decks, carbon prop shaft, one way in the front, ball diffs, alloy motor mount, Hi Cap dampers and much more. It originally came fitted with a Challenger 12t motor which was past it so I fitted a period Kyosho 12T item and this thing flies on 2s lipo and the handling really is very good indeed. The shell is a Yokomo YZ10 item modified to fit the chassis.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus393.jpg


Nice original Tamiya Super Champ with some alloy parts.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...olympus380.jpg


New built original Tamiya Top Force.


http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...OPFORCE001.jpg





More to come.............................................. ......................................

Wow what a nice collection!! Congrats :thumbsup:
Also those shots are super nice, you can almost see the ants lurking in the floor!!! What camera are you using?

What brand was the Challenger motor, Reedy? If my memory does not fail Reedy's where 19 turns, man those motor where awesome! With a little timming they where very fast. I had like 3 or 4 of those until a few years back. I missed the old days when brushed motors ruled, they needed a lot of mantainance but that is just part of the hobby. I remember winding my own rotors and experimating with different wire gages and number of winds and wires, sometimes I've built a complete fail, but sometimes they ended up being very good.
Does anyone know how to weld wind wires into the comm tabs? I once tried with common wire solder but when the motor heated up it just created a mess inside of molten solder.

I think you only have to use silver solder, which requires higher temps to melt.

Yes I kinda miss the black art of motor prep too :bored:

Hmmm, that would be very tricky not to burn the comm while soldering te silver. I will get a silver soldering rod and give it a try on a spare comm and see.
BTW I started a thread just to talk about the black art of brushed motors :thumbsup:

Thanks Optiman :) I'm using an Olympus E400 to take the pictures. It's old but a nice bit of kit.

Not sure on the Challenger motor. Still got it somewhere so will dig it out and confirm.

A couple of recent additions whilst I'm here:

This is a Kyosho Optima Mid with a difference. Fitted with an MRC Santana shell and lovely Polaris alloy rims. Reedy Modified motor and Futaba MC 112B ESC fitted. I have quite a few Mid's that need new pictures taking of them or restoring.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...AMID7UP002.jpg


A rare one this. It's an MRC MRX 2WD from the mid to late 80s.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p.../MRCMRX001.jpg


Still have some more to stick up over the next few days.

I only have one vintage ride, but all my racing gear is still with it, and she runs.

My up'd to death lazer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps54fa874e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pscb4c44d6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps1f38a9b4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps9ebc038d.jpg

Fitted with ball diff in the rear, one way diff in the front... Fibre lyte chassis, ally wishbone hangers, slipper, ball raced UJ covers and extended swing shafts. Traxxas shocks And the coveted (at the time) black Hpi spiked wheels.

Needs a new shell though.