The Yankee Doodle dandy rc10 build
 

Ok here we go , it's my rc10 classic rebuild , an impulse buy as I wanted an original rc10 to race , impulse buys can be two things , your Best Buy or your worst , I think this was the latter ,on a plus side it's an early A stamped chassis .

Pics below of how it came to me and hence the title when you see the paint scheme .


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Progress will be slow , but I started it months ago so I have some pics , but hope to have it finished before the outdoor Season starts .

My main plan for the build is to keep it as original as possible but to make it reliable and to cope with brushless power .

First up was to find and fit a stealth transmission unit .

My good friend Andrew supplied the parts .


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Chassis needs drilling to accept the transmission , also supplied by Andrew and an A stamped chassis too .


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Some new goodies bought .

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I found the best way to clean up the white nylon parts was , to put them in boiling hot water with a mix of fairly liquid and vanish and left them to soak over night , unfortunately I don't own a dish washer otherwise I'd have used that method .

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They came up better than I thought .


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Can't beat a sweet rear end .

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This is as far as I've got now .

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I need to put spacers between the shock piston to limit the movement of the shock and some O rings to space out the drive shafts to make them sit centrally in the out drives .

good on yer matey
no it may never be a shelf queen but who gives a damn I have a similar rc 10 lurking in a box which may or may not get similar treatment

if you wanna shelf queen buy a new one and save it . Don't get me wrong I also love looking at the painstakingly accurate rebuilds some guys have done and there impressive creations . I have one or two nice vintage cars and a lot awaiting some TLC but I doubt any will be worthy of "shelf queen" status

I too have boughts some "dogs" but also been fortunate to buy other peoples pride and joy

always remember we are only temporarily looking after them till someone else does !!

regards and keep going

Dave

I have a dishwasher and a wife the dishwasher is less temperamental :D

dave

Looks nice matey.

I think you have Andys white arms on the front of that and a nice Parma clear gear cover.

Will be nice to see the finish....:thumbsup:

definately looking better than mine now!! havent you made any of your nice alloy bits to put on it yet?? not showing off your machining skills!

I've made a couple of alloy spacers for it,but haven't had the time to go back in the workshop and do some more :cry:

I know I've already seen the pics but they look more impressive on my iPad rather than my phone :thumbsup:

Can't wait to see it finished Kev mate

A bit more done today .

Fitted some lovely carbon fibre :)

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A rare purple carbon piece :)



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Front end nearly all built up :)


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She who must be obeyed stopped play :(but the last pic is as far as I got with the build today .





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Thanks to Mark aka xfactor for his help , if only my builds were as nice as his , but they're an insperation for us all :)

looking really good there!! certainly puts mine to shame.....

Looking nice, if you want to keep the driveshafts central and can't get hold of the kit springs (#6372) then 1/2 a ballpoint pen spring in either side pretty much does the same job :)

Thanks Pete , I've ordered (#6372) and thanks for the tip regarding a ballpoint pen Spring :thumbsup:

More trick bits on their way :drool:

Thank you Mr Sooty :thumbsup:

I've made some nice alloy bodyshell mounts for my rc10's

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Fitted :)


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They look cracking matey.

Just a tip for you Kev. If your keeping the standard steering bellcranks, fit a zip tie either side of the saver arm.

We used to do this back in the day to take the slop/play out of it if your running it.

Looking good matey...........:thumbsup:

or tight rubber o rings to stiffen the steering up without losing the servo saver action altogether

Thanks Mark , I'll be making a few more alloy bits for the rc10 when I get the time :thumbsup:


Cheers Sooty :)

What we used to do was fit zip ties to lock the saver up. This will give you positive steering left and right.

Then I used to run a Kimbro servo saver on the servo.

But did go on to use the R.W ballraced steering. Like so many did.

I've made some more nice aluminium parts , this time slotted spring perches .

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Look good all fitted :)


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I mock fitted the steering servo to work out the best place to run my shortie lipo's .



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I think where I have it located in the above pic will give me the best balance , I'll need to make something to hold the Lipo in place , but I have a plan ;)

Liking the alloy bits!

I've been running my shorty lipo in the standard position behind the servo, which leaves plenty of space between lipo and rear bulkhead for a pile of lead weights!
Others have fitted their electrics in that space, but I feel it needs the weight. Needs weight in the nose too.

Thanks for the info Pete , I might try it first where your running yours and go from there , can't wait to use it and see what it's like :thumbsup:

Nice, are you dipping the shocks into something to take the rest of the stuff original coating off as well?

I may de-anodise them completely and polish them , I'm not 100% sure yet :thumbsup:

As you see them on the car is how they came to me .

After much deliberation, I decided where I wanted the battery to sit , so I masked up the chassis and drilled and counter sunk the new holes , I used two original plastic battery mounts , one I had to cut down to fit the shortie as it was too long when they were butted up togeather.

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I'm not to sure on the battery clamp ? Opinions / suggestions welcome .

I was thinking of cutting the clamp flush where it's bolted on now and then making another clamp from the left over carbon ? Or not ?

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nice machined alloy one using the four screw holes on the battry boxes, come on, you know you want to......

I've been thinking about that :thumbsup: but carbon looks so nice :)

Looking good Kev mate , nice machining as always :D

Carbon fibre to match the rest of the car I think would look great for the battery strap! But definitely to fit the 4 screw holes in those battery trays (please stop using Phillips screws though!):woot:

I like the idea of polishing the shocks to match your alloy bits. Talking of which....

I've taken a look through my spares box and have a spare set of RW steering, but there's a catch!
It only has one alloy post and that one looks like one of the threads has stripped, they could do with a clean up too.
But if you fancy making the new posts then you're welcome to have them, pm me your address and I'll pop them in the post :thumbsup:
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Thanks Pete , carbon fibre it is then , I've pm'd you about the parts :thumbsup:

I've made some nice carbon fibre battery clamps and some aluminium thumbscrews :) I made 5 thumbscrews so that I can keep one in the pit box as a spare .



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Looks pretty good I think .

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Another angle:)



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Looking mighty fine there Kevin, love the thumbscrews.
steering was posted today :thumbsup:

Thanks Pete :thumbsup:

The custom carbon straps look sweet Kev :)

Pete kindly donate a RW vintage steering set up , unfortunately the threads in the aluminium bush had stripped , but Pete knew I'd be able to work my magic and sort out the threads ;)

I had a think about how I could make the system better , so I made some threaded top hat bushes ,you can see the original bush in the pic .


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All fitted and now I have a ballraced steering set up .



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And another pic .


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Looks good in my opinion :)

Awesome matey. Looks great........:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Nice work again Kev, glad you found a bit of time to do your own stuff after making my Yoke bits:thumbsup:

Thanks Mark , getting there slowly :thumbsup:

Cheers Timmy , well I thought while I'm out in the workshop I may as well make some bits for myself :thumbsup: