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A real barn find - BMW 320/80 AC Shnitzer by Robbe. 

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A real car did attend DRM in 1980 competing with Capri Turbo, Porsche 935, Lancia Beta Turbo.... I really was impressed on the cars and their specs when was studying that racing era. There is a nice topic on Speedhunters “German Group 5 Heaven: DRM 1980” if you are interested. 
 

An inspirational poster below 🙂

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The car came in a very poor condition. Lots of scratches on the shell which hopefully can be fixed. Surprisingly, it is in working condition, but requires a good clean up, polishing and reassembly. 

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The rear tires are heavily worn so I have ordered a replacement for them. The fronts will be trued.

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The rest of the chassis looks to be fixable, but will see. 

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One of the unexpected surprises when I returned to this hobby, was learning about all of these iconic and sometimes obscure race cars, that are the basis for many of these models. It's made me realize how little I knew about racing history. Good luck with your resto!

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Chassis partially stripped down.

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Started to polish the elements 🙂 

Before and after pictures:

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Did not have enough time to keep my records here. The chassis have been fully rebuilt. For me it is a real pleasure to get familiar with this era of RC cars as I’ve never owned anything like this before. I must admit, that the materials used that days were very good. Very solid and beautiful design despite the particular model understood to be a very basic.


Of course, there were several issues such as bent damaged chassis plate (photo below) which was flattened to a quite satisfactory result.

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All parts were cleaned and all metal pieces polished (even bolts, nuts which were rust stained). The motor mount as example of before/after: FB45C1FE-E142-471A-BF6E-C443F1B49C92.thumb.jpeg.e8e1f887023d73a8035a943a85cbdf87.jpeg

The only elements which required a new paint job were servo mounts and a roll over bar. Alas, I don't have an opportunity to galvanize them, so a bronze paint was applied:

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And some pictures of the almost completed chassis:

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Sits on the shelf with the wheels painted chrome/bronze:

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Need to replace on/off switch and a new battery tray for the radio and as both are damaged. Also, some more bits such as main battery straps, a new battery itself to be sorted out. And the body of course. I believe it will be the most interesting part of the restoration) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome back to my neverending built) 

A lot of job has been made since my last update and the project is almost under completion.

New tires:

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Looks fantastic after truing:

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You may note the new on/off switch on the above picture)

 

 

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The body was cleaned and stickers removed. Gave it a bit of polish, but found a lot of deep scratches, dents which cannot be removed. In general, looks okay, but the decision was made to replace it.

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That's a real beauty! I have a Robbe Audi Quattro that needs a good strip down and clean, hopefully get around to it one day!

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6 hours ago, lupogtiboy said:

That's a real beauty! I have a Robbe Audi Quattro that needs a good strip down and clean, hopefully get around to it one day!

Thank you! I’m really in love with this car. It so mechanical, like the real cars of that era. 
 

Is the Quattro you have a dual motor one? 

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On 1/28/2022 at 5:15 PM, fwdjump said:

Thank you! I’m really in love with this car. It so mechanical, like the real cars of that era. 
 

Is the Quattro you have a dual motor one? 

Yes it's a dual motor one. I have to be honest, I bought it about 6 years ago and I've never run a single battery through it! It's sitting in a box in my storage container, waiting for the day I sort out my work bench to do some work on all of my collection....one-day! 

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On 1/31/2022 at 11:44 AM, lupogtiboy said:

Yes it's a dual motor one. I have to be honest, I bought it about 6 years ago and I've never run a single battery through it! It's sitting in a box in my storage container, waiting for the day I sort out my work bench to do some work on all of my collection....one-day! 

Hopefully, you will have an opportunity to run it in the nearest future ! 

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The new body trimmed and aligned on the chassis. Well, centering the body to make only two holes is a real task) E5F7F2DE-99CE-453A-A0A5-5AA9CB6DF02D.thumb.jpeg.c9e4edeab856affa008d7436e37de90c.jpeg

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I choose to paint it like Porsche 917K with gulf livery. 
 

Porsche museum car:

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The body was painted with Tamiya Corsa gray backed with white and silver. 
 

some masking process: 
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The stickers were custom made by MCI. The quality is a top notch as usual. 
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Final view with stickers:

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Added details with Kyosho micron tape

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Now I need to get it out to take some outdoor pictures)))

ps. Lighbuckets are coming next )

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10 hours ago, wtcc5 said:

Wow! The tape really pushed the look! Great work!

Thanks, did my best, but still not perfect.

Alas, due to poor light the color is not looks as good. Will make outdoor pictures once the light buckets installed. 

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