{"id":2466,"date":"2021-01-20T04:44:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T04:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2024-09-25T08:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T08:21:56","slug":"toy-grade-rc-car-restoration-and-conversion-to-real-rc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=2466","title":{"rendered":"Toy Grade RC car restoration and conversion to &#8220;real RC&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2538\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-1024x643.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-768x482.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-1536x965.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-1246x783.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-675x424.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577-480x301.jpg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/213e15d4-ea7a-40bb-87e3-f634f7f1f577.jpg 1613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book is all about Toy Grade RC car restoration and conversion to &#8220;real RC&#8221;. Remember the 80s where we had Taiyo, Nikko and Bandai producing RC buggies giving us endless hours of fun and enjoyment? After 30+ years these RC cars are seriously aged. For them to run again a lot of things have to be fixed. And the electronics are likely dead already so you may as well go the real RC route by using real RC car electronics on them.<\/p>\n<p>In this book, a Bandai Intercepter (aka Monogram Tornado) 1:10 4WD is converted to &#8220;real RC&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Order: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mike-yu\/toy-grade-rc-car-restoration-conversion-to-real-rc-using-bandai-110-4wd-rc-car-for-demonstration\/paperback\/product-v84g57r.html\">https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/mike-yu\/toy-grade-rc-car-restoration-conversion-to-real-rc-using-bandai-110-4wd-rc-car-for-demonstration\/paperback\/product-v84g57r.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbIMG_20210126_130207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2887\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbIMG_20210126_130207-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" 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Remember the 80s where we had Taiyo, Nikko and Bandai producing RC buggies giving us endless hours of fun and enjoyment? After 30+ years these RC cars are seriously aged. 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