OSRC
I wanna be Dave
When I burn out on scale rigs or get hung up on something, I've been tinkering with vintage rigs. I've picked up a few over the years and I like cleaning them up and modding them as I go, and it keeps the creative juices flowing... 
Figured I'd create a thread to post them in - I can't be the only vintage guy here.
The Futaba FX10 has a special place for me, it was my first "hobby grade" RC car. I beat the holy out of the car for a few years, and somehow it held up, and was eventually succeeded by a Kyosho Raider. Little did I know that I was opening the door to a hobby that would stay with me for almost 30 years now.
So anyway, enough memory lane. I had picked one up a while ago, and it was a shelfer for me - basically has a place of honor on my workbench. I wanted to run it, but didn't want to ruin it in any way. After a little horse trading, I picked up a second one that I plan to run. Basically go out in the backyard and bash it like I would when I was 15. It was in great shape when it arrived, and was immediately torn apart. Let the build begin!
The biggest mod is going to be up front. I picked up a CRP suspension conversion for dirt cheap, and it gets rid of the front swing axles/spring shocks and replaces them with an upper/lower control arm setup and provisions to mount oil shocks. This looks like it came straight from 1990, copied instructions and all.
While it was all apart, I cleaned the chassis and gave it a coat of paint. Also hit the body with some black and red as well just to give it a different look.
While waiting for the paint to dry, got working on the rear gearbox...Bearings! I saved forever for a bearing set back in the day. Today, I threw in some spares out of my bearing box.
Made a mistake here. When I pulled the outdrives out, I saw they had no pin connecting them like modern Tamiya's. So I pulled one out of a new style outdrive, cut it to size and stuffed it in. Later, I found the pin had just stayed in the diff gear. I should have swapped them out, but I left the homebrew pin in. More on that later.
Cleaned up transmission and a 550 Redcat brushed motor. Should be plenty of power, but not too much.
Rear clip back on the chassis, and I modded the suspension for a bit for smoother travel. The dogbones are a bit long and they compress when the swing arms are level. I shaved a mm or so off each end and they arms then move freely. Can see the left arm is naturally dropped and the right one is hung up.
More to come..
Figured I'd create a thread to post them in - I can't be the only vintage guy here. The Futaba FX10 has a special place for me, it was my first "hobby grade" RC car. I beat the holy out of the car for a few years, and somehow it held up, and was eventually succeeded by a Kyosho Raider. Little did I know that I was opening the door to a hobby that would stay with me for almost 30 years now.
So anyway, enough memory lane. I had picked one up a while ago, and it was a shelfer for me - basically has a place of honor on my workbench. I wanted to run it, but didn't want to ruin it in any way. After a little horse trading, I picked up a second one that I plan to run. Basically go out in the backyard and bash it like I would when I was 15. It was in great shape when it arrived, and was immediately torn apart. Let the build begin!
The biggest mod is going to be up front. I picked up a CRP suspension conversion for dirt cheap, and it gets rid of the front swing axles/spring shocks and replaces them with an upper/lower control arm setup and provisions to mount oil shocks. This looks like it came straight from 1990, copied instructions and all.
While it was all apart, I cleaned the chassis and gave it a coat of paint. Also hit the body with some black and red as well just to give it a different look.
While waiting for the paint to dry, got working on the rear gearbox...Bearings! I saved forever for a bearing set back in the day. Today, I threw in some spares out of my bearing box.
Made a mistake here. When I pulled the outdrives out, I saw they had no pin connecting them like modern Tamiya's. So I pulled one out of a new style outdrive, cut it to size and stuffed it in. Later, I found the pin had just stayed in the diff gear. I should have swapped them out, but I left the homebrew pin in. More on that later.
Cleaned up transmission and a 550 Redcat brushed motor. Should be plenty of power, but not too much.
Rear clip back on the chassis, and I modded the suspension for a bit for smoother travel. The dogbones are a bit long and they compress when the swing arms are level. I shaved a mm or so off each end and they arms then move freely. Can see the left arm is naturally dropped and the right one is hung up.
More to come..
