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Thats coming on really well Jon , still looking for that upright

Another rainy day, so made some more progress...

Radio box/motor cover plastics (once clean/oil free) looked very flat & cloudy ...





... but after sanding & polishing:





Underside of chassis brace was a bit scratched up:





... looks much better after sanding (although I'll probably fit it the other way up for the original finish):





Round aluminium bits after refinishing:





I've cleaned up the MSC & prepared for soldering, I thought I'd post the state of the motor connections though





Rough Rider rims given a bit of a tickle:





Old rubber bits socking in Glycerol:

Gee those rims cleaned up well, are you planning on adding the outer ring again? I've seen some bad soldering but

On balance the wheels are best left as they are now - if I had a sacrificial 2nd pair of wheels in the same size & same colour plastic I could cut a section out of, glue on & machine back I'd attempt it, but I don't & would have to do it in white - which means painting them... In that case they wouldn't match the fronts, so I'd have to paint them too - only I can't because they'd never come apart without destroying the tyres (boiling notwithstanding).

Did you get the PM regarding the front springs Jon?

Yes but I've been busy in the shed: all the pot metal bits after ultrasonic cleaning:





And after blasting with recycled glass grit:




It took just as long to empty the tank, hoover it out & put the fancy glass micro beads in (to polish/peen them back to the factory look), so that bit will have to wait for another day.

The result is very nice

Sent you a pm Jon.

Indeed To recap - this is why i don't want to use the existing bumper, "as is" it will I think let the side down ...the other hand I don't _know_ that it's going to disintegrate if I try to get the nasty black paint off (and the red underneath), I just think it's extremely likely:









This is your old one (top) and a Fighting Buggy re-re bumper (bottom), other than not being bent, damaged/in immediate danger of falling apart, the new one (from my spares box) is identical - apart from the text, hidden when fitted: on the original it reads "RC RACING BUGY (sic) MADE IN JAPAN" & on the re-re, well you can see it's different:










In other news, the pot metal parts have been back in the blasting cabinet for glass micro bead treatment + a quick scrub & are now as close to the factory finish as I can make them :







edit - I've also done the MSC/motor rewiring/soldering, but didn't take a photo as it's so boring.

Good grief those parts look impressive Jon very impressive , thanks for explaining the bumper, re re will look awesome .