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  7. Posted

    Yesterday I come across this "Fox" at the Fleamarket. I did not buy it but I still couldn't help to take a picture of it with the cellphone.

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    And last Wednesday a lil action with some friends and some Porsches, too.

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    The onroaders belong to my buddy Ian and his daugther  [@tatamiyarc on IG].

    Y'all stay safe and have a good Tuesday! :)

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    33 minutes ago, KEV THE REV said:

    If you use the masking tape then it needs to applied with some pressure to prevent beeding of the paint , easy as you go at first to get round curves and bends then press in firmly . I use a wood tea stirrer to flatten down the edges . Use the tape to mask the edges then use newspaper to cover the rest of the bulk . Small details like the arms etc can be covered with the Tamiya tape only in tight layers

    Yes, Kev. That's definitely something to keep in mind if you go for a perfect paintjob. By the way, what a LOVELY Holiday Buggy! :)

    The other stuff i like a lot is Humbrol's MASKOL. Once you get used to it you will be able to avoid using masking tape on curved surfaces plus it works super good.

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  10. Posted

    On 12/26/2021 at 1:39 PM, JeffSpicoli said:

    Love the way the black cans look.  I need a few more black sport tuned for my cars.  Harder and harder to find.  I wish the sticker was placed so you read it from the back.  

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    Nice buggy there Jeff :)

    Back in the day I used to spray enamel over the silvercans. What I dislike a lot about the new ones is the silver endbell. Looks super tacky on some cars imho.

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  11. Posted

    6 hours ago, Jorgen said:

    I have just finished my Holiday Buggy and need to paint the last details.

    I have bought the paints and masking tape but not sure in what order to do things. I have never done this before, and using masking tape is new to me.

    For the cockpit, what is best to do first? mask of the body and arms with tape, then spray with TS-6 Matt Black? Or paint the whole thing black. Will the acrylic paint cover well on the black then?

    Same thing with the Jerry cans. If I paint them all green, then put the tape around the leather straps, will I not tear off the green paint when removing the tape?

    What brushes would be the best? Pointed or square heads?

    Do I need thinner like X-20?

    Greatly appreciated if anyone could help med out:)

    Happy new year!

    Hi there Jorgen,

    I'll tell you how I've done that in the past (cockpit). You paint the arms and the tshirt first. No need to make a perfect job on the borders at this point because after doing so you will have the chance to perfect those borders with a brush and a lil matt black. That makes a perfect line and looks nice. Once all dry you can mask with tape and a piece of newspaper the driver's arms and chest, and then you fill the matt black with a brush. It isn't complicated at all. I prefer the square brush for this job, the pointy one works better for real small detail (like the eyes of the driver).

    The masking tape AND the enamels you bought for your build are the absolutely best stuff money can buy so I would be extremely surprised if you ever get to tear any paint. Just be sure to remove the tape before the paint dries completely.

    Oh, and you don't need thinner, unless you use an airbrush.

    Good luck with your Holiday Buggy, and don't forget to share pictures of it once ready :)

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    23 hours ago, El Gecko said:

    Still haven't found time for postal racing this month (possibly the week after xmas if the weather is ok), but this weekend was full of RC and full of Sludge! (Sledgehammer)

    Had Friday off work, and my wife and I have been wanting to check out the aquarium and conservatory on Belle Isle, so we took a little day trip out there. She snuck a pic of me blasting around on the beach afterwards trying (not) to scare the swans away.

    Had a lot of fun jumping the dunes, but I cut it a bit short because a grain of sand got stuck fast in one of the gear teeth. I pulled the gearbox when we got home, and I'm not sure why I did that because it was an external gear and I wouldn't have had to remove the gearbox at all :blink:   But... while it was out.... I cracked it open and repacked the diff with grease. And took about 5mm of spacing out of the rear damper springs when I put it all back together.

    Then last night, we walked around the neighborhood looking at xmas lights, and it's a good thing we had the truck's LEDs to light our way, because it saved us from stepping in some big puddles! And it was nice seeing where the giant concrete cracks and heaves were, so we didn't trip over them (no streetlights here).

    Finally today we had an errand to run a few towns over, so I grabbed it again and we stopped along the way to explore somewhere new. Had a nice long walk on some crunchy icy slick snow-covered trails down by a lake, and the truck was right with us the whole way. Softening the rear suspension in combination with the additional weight of the light kit, etc. gave it a lot more traction, and balanced it out better so it can climb steeper grades and looser surfaces.

    But I did find time to paint the tire letters while it was in the garage. Everything looks better with tire letters IMHO even this crusty old turd :lol:

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    Thanks for sharing these pictures here. I always had a soft spot for the Sledgehammer. It was named the car of the year in RCCA back in... 1990 or 1991? I once had a Hawk but it just wasn't a Sledgehammer. Hopefully someday I'll come across one of those sweet Traxxas chevys :)

    17 hours ago, Ferruz said:

    Found this photograph, which I overlooked in the past but now find quite important. Not because it portrays 8 yr old me (apparently Batman was the thing 🤣) but because... look at the bottom right! A glimpse of my Kyosho Big Boss, looking so young back then 😁 maybe I'll be lucky and find better ones, I'd love that

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    Good old 1989 !!! Blob7

    15 hours ago, 3speeder said:

    My son and I ran a few cars yesterday.  The hornet is his first tamiya and he built it by himself.  We ran the crawlers too and our stampedes (no pic).  We drove RCs for a few hours and it was awesome.

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    Lovely! :)

    I just LOVE the wheel/tire combination you have on your Bruiser truck. I like white wheel for off roaders (and chrome for onroaders instead). Also, those IMEX mud tires look spot on!  Thumbsup

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  15. Posted

    You definitely don't like the car. And while I am not going to call it pretty, the Frog can be made to look better -just like you said.

    I did not wanted to mess the original chassis, but I changed tires and found some fantastic paintscheme to make the car look more like my type of buggy. I know you can certainly work the car to meet your tastes, Max!

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    And if for any reason your customizing work doesn't do, then you can always put your Frog beside a Falcon on your car shelf -you'll see there is no easier way to make the car look gorgeous! ;) :D

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  16. Posted

    On 12/16/2021 at 5:38 AM, OoALEJOoO said:

    Awesome livery on that Porsche! :wub:

    Be sure to check my buddy Ian's IG @tatamiyarc he's got great custom work of the sort.

    Presidential election here today. I voted as early as possible so I could have some time to do some stuff and relax (while these guys here are leading us to some unsophisticated type of XXIth century communist regime, oh well) so I'm working on the Bruiser cab again. As you can see I got done some friction weld with some old ABS Tamiya tree to fill a hole in it. It worked out nice fortunately. Still more to do, though. Here's some pictures.

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    Removed mold lines then done some sanding. A must for anybody working vintage bodies.

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    Still lots to do. I'll share a couple more pictures later.

    Y'all have a good one! :)

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  21. Posted

    On 10/25/2020 at 4:43 AM, Toolmaker72 said:

    [...] I’ll use either a red or dark grey chassis but that depends on the body and wheel colour. 
    Would be nice to see some pictures please if that’s ok 😊

    thanks in advance 

    Rob

    Forgot to show you the painted wheels. I chose some vanilla yellow for them:

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    Y'all stay safe and have a good week! :)

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