joeling

Come on down under !

Promote junior class to recruit them. Parents also play an important part. This is a lifestyle choice thing. Better than video gaming for sure. The club where I race has a junior class that actively promotes the younger ones to get into the hobby.

Cutting it close. Time to bug off to catch a flight that will end up in Perth back home tomorrow. Also visting Melbourne this trip for the first time ever. Migrated 30 years but first trip to Melbourne

Daylight shots & photo dump

Decided to do away with the LiFe battery and use a Lipo. Needs to be low profile for the bullets to clear the lid. Normal height shorty won't be able to clear this lowered section of the lid Bullets under the lid with a little room to spare

Coincidentally, I just did. Asked my housekeeper to help take a video

Fluorescent Green is not an easy color to get right. Most of my stocks are old. Did not turn out too bad.

Second body - Fluorescent Green Stickers in progress

Just finished mine as well HW Stock esc + HW 21.5T motor with a shorty pack

Added a small detail

Thanks. Manual ? It's the last thing I look at before giving up . In my mind, I will be racing this but the reality is that it will end up behind glass.

@Pablo68 10th scale nationals round the corner.

Any idea if Ultima sway bars will fit the JJs ? Are sway bars needed (stupid question I know) ?

Trying to emulate this scheme

Nearly done. Need to work on the fog lights

Installing stickers Stickers are done

Painting done Trial fit

White color painted. Backing color silver also painted.

Frst color painted

Spent the whole morning masking. Used the hard body stickers as templates to copy onto masking paper then adjust to suit. The dimension accuracy of the Kamtec polycarbonate body not that great. Specifically, it is a little short. Had to employ some elbow grease to get it to fit and adjust the masking to make it work.

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Had to raid the body post from this kit lying on the upper shelves for quite a few years now. Found the correct body post