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CDUB wrote:

Which internal battery holder (2x2x2 AA) did you get? I need to replace mine. Where did you order it from?
 

Assuming you mean the 8xAA holder for the AW-27 steerwheel TX found some pages (and years) back, the supplier I got mine from no longer has any, but it was a generic Chinese made one anyway ... Take a look at ebay item # 355373834811, I'm not recommending that seller in particular, but the holder is the same as I bought. Note the "stud" connectors as usually found on pp3 9v batteries and their orientation - large/female to spring / negative terminal    

Thanks Jonny. Appreciate it.

eBay item # 327184523403 - Proboat branded version of the "mk.VII"


 

Spotted some NOS mk.i Acoms spare xtals on eBay (item # 188529847091), particularly interesting is the back, which shows part codes and presumably the full perm of mk.i set spares:

Not sure any of the NIP Acoms parts I've collected have that chart, I'm not thinking most are probably mk.ii, even if backwardly compatible.

Most are "safely" packed away (meaning I would have to look though every box/crate to find them ) but from memory they're like the leftmost one here - same green topper but nothing on the back, different part numbers (and different parts) - ASW-2 Switch Set (which is for using a 4.8v NiCd RX battery pack rather than a 4XAA alkaline holder) here.

Smaller pack on the right has a black topper with additional RiKo branding & is an AP-26 Mk.iii servo extension cable & is typical of the NIP parts I would consider "mk.iii".

Middle pack is AP11 mk.ii RX to mk.iii on Servo adaptor leads (no idea of the "correctT title, but that's what they're for) dating the transitional period when if you wanted a 3/4/5 channel Acoms set you still had to use the "early" AP-427/435 TX and ARB-427/435 but might have wanted to use more "modern" servos. 






 

Japanese made Acoms ASP-11 6v 1200mAH Ni-cd battery & UK made slow charger, metallised labels are rotting from the outside & they whole thing felt dirty, I gave it the light possible clean with a baby wipe & I swear half the ink came off
 
Note the price tags - 16.31 GBP for the battery and 5.99 GBP for the charger, and the name "Fratton Bargain Shop".

According to www.portsmouth....rs-3590481 it later changed name to Fratton Model Centre and was going to close in spring 2022, but according to their own website (www.frattonmode...o.uk/shop/) it continued until June 2024. At that point they moved, selling off the last of the stock under the name St Petrocks Models UK, but looking at www.spmuk.store, I think that's now over :(










 

Found some more bits, I hope this is not all of what I was remembering "whistle:, anyway:

Multiple AP-416 switch sets, same as ASW-2 posted earlier but with long black Acoms/RiKo cards.





Multiple AP37 servo (not sure which one, but it has a splined output rather than a square one) gear sets, all different & only one* doesn't have issues:
    * black gear set (4 gears, 1 shaft) on Long Black Acoms/RiKo card;
    white gear set (4 gears, no shaft) on Long Black Acoms/RiKo card;
    white gear set (2 gears, no shaft) on Long Black Acoms/RiKo card, appears sealed but can't be correct?;
    white gear set (3 gears, no shaft), no card but appears to be the same as the two "sets" above, open and is not correct;
    two black gears sets (4 gears, 1 axle in sealed inner bag, another set in outer bag) on short black acoms/RiKo card, has clearly been opened an re-stapled.



 

Two AP91 servo (again, IDK which but it has a splined output) gears:
    one white gear sets (4 gears, 1 axle + another tiny axle) on long black acoms/RiKo card;
    ditto in sealed inner bag & open outer bag, no card.





Multiple AG-4 (? struck through) / AP16 Connector sets on green Acoms cards (with nothing on back), appear to be adaptor lead for "old" ARA/ARB RXs to "modern" servos. Functionally the same as the AP11 set posted earlier, but with diffent "modern" F plugs.





 

Atcomi 936 TX spotted on eBay, would appear to be a model specific (and perhaps Japan only?) version of their Super Alpha TX - which of course is basically a fixed frequency version of the Acoms Techniplus "mk.i" TX.

Atcomi Lancia Stratos & Super 2 transmitter, scale 1:12ish & pretty high spec for a toy grade car (sold on eBay, item #800354174557)