RC Photography Tutorial
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- Published: Saturday, 01 March 2025 18:11
- Written by Eric Albrecht
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Let's explore how to get nice bright, sharp photos of RC cars on a plain white background.
Building A Wild Willy “Prototype” Replica
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- Published: Friday, 08 March 2024 11:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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Building a tribute to the Prototype Tamiya Wild Willys, or another excuse to have another vintage Tamiya RC car ;)
Neutralising Alkaline Battery Leaks With Citric Acid
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- Published: Friday, 05 January 2024 11:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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It’s a little more fuss than using lemon juice, but is it better?
Make Your Own Vintage Transmitter Lanyard
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- Published: Friday, 29 December 2023 11:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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Red and yellow and green and brown, orange and plain white and blue, I can string a rainbow, string a rainbow…
Making new XR311 torsion bars
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- Published: Saturday, 15 April 2023 13:00
- Written by Gabriele Andreoni
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The weak point of the Cheetah 58007 and FMC XR311 58004 models are the torsion bars.
Neutralising Alkaline Battery Leaks with Lemon Juice
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- Published: Sunday, 22 May 2022 13:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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Is fixing corroded terminals easy-peasy, lemon squeezy?
SRB Front Arm Stripped Thread Repair
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- Published: Tuesday, 29 December 2020 13:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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How to fix stripped threads in Tamiya “Pot Metal” parts.
Make your own "Wild Willy" family
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- Published: Sunday, 13 December 2015 18:34
- Written by Jonny Retro
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... this is my take on how to perform the required head swappery
SRB Metal Cleaning/Restoration
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- Published: Friday, 23 October 2015 02:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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One of the great things about older Tamiya RC cars is the amount of metal parts - but how to clean them?
Building the Tamiya "Original Body"
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- Published: Friday, 07 August 2015 02:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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The "Original Body" double page spread appeared in most of the RC Guide Books between 1987 and 1993*
Cleaning Plastic Parts With Peroxide
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- Published: Saturday, 18 July 2015 02:00
- Written by Jonny Retro
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It's a sad fact that the plastic parts many of our toys are made of degrade over time.
