Assembling the Car

Materials

There are a few things that you really should have before you start building your car. Some of these include:

1. A nice-sized table
2. Newspaper or a towel to lay on the table; some of the things that you will be working with can damage table surfaces!
3. Ample lighting so you can see what you're doing
4. A screwdriver
5. Some needlenose pliers
6. flush cutters (for breaking plastic parts off of the plastic trees, optional)
7. A hobby knife
8. Some small scissors
9. Lexan-safe paint (if you need to paint the body)
10. Plastic model glue (possibly)
11. Threadlock (optional)
12. CA Glue (for tires)
13. Anything else you think you might need!

Actually Building It

Now it's time to actually build the car. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with the manual, and, if you need to, highlight the English version of the instructions, and make notes to point out any important parts that you think you might forget. I can't give you much help in this aspect; vehicles widely differ from model to model.

There are a few parts that are common between all vehicles. One of them is gluing the tires. Basically, in order to do this, you just need to first seat the tire on the wheel rim, and then squeeze the tire so that the area where the rubber and plastic make contact on the inside can be seen. Just squeeze a little CA glue around the edges on the one side, let it dry for a minute, then repeat on the other side. Make sure you don't get too much glue clumped up in one spot; doing so will make your tires have an asymmetrical shape and thus will make your car handle strangely. CAUTION: CA glue is a type of superglue, so it will stick to your skin VERY WELL!

The other part that is common among all vehicles is the radio setup. If your car is nitro (gas) powered, you must have a receiver pack (4 or 5 cells) to power your receiver. If it is electric, and your receiver has a B.E.C. (Battery Eliminator Circut), you can just leave the battery connector open. Generally, you should connect your steering servo to channel one, and your throttle device to channel two. If you have an electric car, follow the instructions that came with your ESC or MSC; if it is a gas powered car, follow the instructions that came with your model on how to install the servos that control throttle and brake.

Continued:
1.Buying a Car
3.Painting the car