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I bought this on eBay last week, I'm hoping it'll just need a quick tickle up (recreating a few decals) rather than a full blown restoration

I don't get on very well with RWD cars at all, let alone a lightweight racer like this, so I'm already thinking a heading lock heli gyro will be a must if I have aspirations of ever driving it...

Always cool to restore an F102. My kinda car.

Well, it's arrived ... and it's not a 58105 FW14 ...


It's an 58069 FW11

It's not all good news, but I post later - I did have all the details typed out but I lost the post

I should have noticed the front suspension...

Edou wrote:

I should have noticed the front suspension...

... and the decals ... and the rear wing mount ... and the ears on the side pods

That's a bit much to ask from that picture, but okay.
The front setup should have been an obvious giveaway though...

Jonny wrote:

Well, it's arrived ... and it's not a 58105 FW14 ...


It's an 58069 FW11

It's not all good news, but I post later - I did have all the details typed out but I lost the post

An even better deal then (at least in my mind...)

and I allready thought mine was missing some things, beside's the louse paintjob and the decals.



so it is a FW14

My helmet is peeling and crusty




I did think it was just these two that needed replacing, but TBH all the decals are are peeling and/or wrinkled ...




Paint is a bit thin, but as it looks ok from the other side, I'll either leave it or just put another coat or two on ...




Underside looks barely used ...

... but the muck on the shock & gears really don't add up:










Acoms AS-11 servo & AR-227FE make sense (part of an Acoms Techniplus mk.V set, circa 1989) ...








But the motor doesn't - that's a much, much later one