207 - Acto Power Off Roader 2WD Motor #53122 (part 1)

In december 2021, from a local site, I've purchased in bulk this Tamiya Acto Power #53122 motor and a Reedy Ultra Mr. L motor. A kind of impulse buy but I've desidered the Acto Off Roader 2WD for ages. Both motors were used and abused, dirty and with the scars of a thousand of battles.

I've started to clean the Tamiya motor months ago and for the whole summer it have been forget between two windows in my parents home under the hard hits of summer sun and this worsen its conditions: the can color has faded, mea culpa.

This week I found the spares needed to refurb this motor: a new endbell habe been already delivered, a new armature is on its way and a repro decal have been ordered.

So, today, my Blitzer project have been set aside to deep clean the motor can emptying an entire can of brake cleaner, original shims have been saved and I've started to look for the info to remove the old paint and to refresh the motor also with a brilliant hand of pink one.

206 - "Three Is Company"

My collection of vintage brushed motors marks a +1 this week, it is a mint condition LRP Super Series motor that here is shown in company of its two brothers I already own.

As the others two it carries a "team tested" sticker but this time it says "37000" (rpm, of course), great!

I own (and use) another two or three LRP motor but this ore the ones with that sticker, a time or another I will gather my entire LRP bunch for a family photos.

205 - (Turning a) Stadium (In A) Blitzer Beetle

My attempt to turn my neglected Stadium Blitzer in a (sort of) Blitzer Beetle is going on. A brand new Kamtec body have been cutted and trimmed to allow my vision of a lowered body Blitzer Beetle to become real. The body height shown is definitive not the body position that will be moved forward.

I've switched the cracked and unsuccessful modified chassis with a new one and in re assembling the car I've noticed that upper holes in the front bulkhead were ovalized allowing the front end to move if pushed from the bumber so, playing with screws and with my Dremel, I widened the two holes using the Dremel and swithched the two self tapping screws with two step screws and now the front end look rock solid and the small movement disappeared. I will check the real improvement in chassis durability after a period of runs.

I have also placed all the electronics in place, its layout is definitive and easy to reach thanks to the wide room available in this fantastic chassis (that would deserves more attention by Tamiya), only the motor needs to be installed and my choice is for the LRP Super Series that already powered this car in the past years.

To delivery its power a steel pinion will be used but I will purchase ASAP a Robinson one because the Carson I've bought months ago is going rusty only awaiting to be used the widely boasted german quality -_-