Restoring old cars

[super__dan]

So I've got a couple of RC10's coming, which I'd like to make one nice car out of and have some spares left over.

Now I'm not going to be rebuilding to concours standards like Jimmy but I would like to make things look nice and clean. So any tips on cleaning up the old skanky bit's would be helpfull.

I've imagined some bathroom cleaned on the plastics and some brasso on the hinge pins and shock shafts??? The first shell coming is hideous so will be an outside one colour paint job unless the 2nd is better.

Can you still get the diff plates does anyone know as I bet that will help loads!

Dan

[jimmy]

you can get the shells, I just bought two, six quid each. hardly worth painting an old one on the outside.

Acetone does a good job of cleaning up some stuff, I left the graphite chassis in acetone to get rid of all the superglue on the chassis

I polished the shock shafts on the rc10 in my dremel with some tamiya polishing compound.

[shinytopman]

Originally Posted by jimmy

you can get the shells, I just bought two, six quid each. hardly worth painting an old one on the outside.

Acetone does a good job of cleaning up some stuff, I left the graphite chassis in acetone to get rid of all the superglue on the chassis

I polished the shock shafts on the rc10 in my dremel with some tamiya polishing compound.

Hi Jimmy,
The shells you say about, where can you get them from? is it in the UK?
As i've got an old RC10 World in need of a new shell, and ive looked everywhere without success.

Any help greatly appreciated !

Cheers,
Sam

[jimmy]

up until last weekend youve been able to buy them direct from Associated (www.rc10.com) but they had a big clear out so might all be gone. very sad.

there are shops that still sell these parts however, tower hobbies is one, but others sell them too.

[shinytopman]

Cheers Jimmy, 2 on there way from Tower

1 Happy Bunny !

[notlawnomis]

I'm suprised someone like Kamtec aren't doing replica shells yet for more of the vintage cars, like some of the Tamiya reproductions they do now!!