XRAY - Model racing cars

Greetings XRay drivers around the world, I am new to RC America/XRAY team/brand. My experience with the car on the track and on the bench has been really fantastic so far. I am looking forward to representing RC America/Xray and Trinity at the upcoming Reedy Race of Champions in May. Many thanks to Barry Baker and Ralph Burch for this opportunity.

I figured I'd post a little tech tip or two to kick things off...I have illustrated a few of my own suggestions that can be applied not only to the 008, but to other kits/accessories as well.


General Building Tips-
I have been doing this for years, but I figured I would go ahead and show everyone one of my trick personal building details: the China marker (aka wax pencil, available at most art or office supply stores) of a contrasting color (yellow is used below) to help identify your spurs and pinions as well as hubs, caster blocks, and more. The technique is to rub/burnish the soft wax pencil along the embossed/stamped surface of the gear/hub/etc so that enough wax is deposited to fill the crevice. Next, take a rag or shop towel, with a light spot of motor spray, and wipe away all the excess wax, leaving only the wax inside of the embossed/stamped area. That area now contrasts enough visually with the black gear/hub/etc, to be easily read or identified. It's not as tedious or difficult as it may seem, trust me.

A 008 rear hub, 1 degree, right-


A 008 caster block, 4 degree, right


Here's an RW 96 tooth spur gear, along with the 20 tooth mid pulley on the 008-



Now the next tip, I can't take any credit for. (Although I do and I will take credit for the ones above!:sneaky:) I snagged this one from Arun Misra at Nexus Racing in Atlanta, GA (nexusracing dot net). This technique will make it really easy to identify the roll center mounts on your car or in your parts box. Grab all your roll center mounts, take an enamel-based paint pen (again, available at most art or office supply stores) and apply just a dot of contrasting color (I chose yellow) on top of the molded dot on each of them. Allow it to dry. If you make a mistake, just take a rag and some motor spray and the paint will come right off.

A 008 rear, mid roll center block-






Go ahead and keep that China marker and paint pen in your tool box; chances are you'll find a few more uses for it. And if enough of you guys dug this post, maybe I will try to show a few more in the future...Enjoy!

wow!

I know what ill be doing to my T2 tonight

Ed