well after about 54 hours of soaking in the 3% hydrogen peroxide solution under a uv light here is the final outcome. the pictures do not do these parts justice at all. the parts have came out wonderfully and i am proud to say that this method has been a complete success.

now i just have to do all the rest of the parts.

well when i got the durango prototype chassis one of the first things i noticed was that the front end was tweaked pretty good. the nose plate was bent back and so were the front chassis posts. the front and rear posts were also threaded with a metric 3mm thread pattern. being in the states and having everything in a standard thread pattern i also wanted to change the posts over to a standard thread. well finding someone to make these little posts for me really started looking bad. i was getting quotes of $50 and more. it gets worse.. that was per post!

well i found a guy that was able to make them for me a good deal cheaper than that. here are how the new posts look. i am very excited with how they came out and how the car will look once i get it together. stay tuned!

well i have been doing some experimenting  on how to get those old yellowed associated parts lighter in color. i have figured it out.

after cleaning the parts (i use lysol kitchen and bathroom cleaner) place them in a glass jar. fill the jar with common 3% hydrogen peroxide (the stuff in the brown bottle) so that the parts are all under the solution. now ether sit the jar out in the sun or under a uv light. let sit for as long as needed to lighten the parts.

now the white team associated parts were never a true white. so this will not make them that  way. it will only lighten the parts so much. it will not remove color from dyed parts. well here are some pics showing the differences side by side. this was after a 4 hour treatment.

i have dropped off my wife’s rc10t chassis at the shop to be powder coated. now i can sit and wait for them to call and tell me it’s ready. hopefully it gets here soon.

the color chosen for the chassis is white.

i finished the storage drawer units in the  shop now. man do i have enough room to last me a little while at least. i also cleaned up the shop a little and sat out all of the rc fleet so everyone can see how it has grown. now to delays in posting the rc500 you see in the pics has been sold and is no longer in my possession. it has a new home with another collector.