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And my solution to the red light problem 😉 They are red 5 mm leds which fit perfectly….. ( in fact on the Lamborghini Cheetah they were orange ) I haven’t decided if I’m going to wire them or not, what do you think……. Tom

BTW here a picture of the decals I made…..

Hi, Thanks for your comment…. I read you are working on 5 XR311’s ! 😂 What a coincidence, I am working on 5 Cheetah’s 😂 , we indeed DO have a problem ! Also working on 3 XR311’s….. Your Cheetah came out great !, and don’t forget to show your progress on the XR’s Cheers Tom

Very nice rebuild !! If you need some decals, i made the myself and got a spare set !! Btw, I’m also very interested in the headlight lenses !! Did you find out what you bought? cheers Tom www.mp44.nl

And one cleaned ! and painted much better

And so it begins I first started to very carefully remove the (painted) parts and started cleaning them. a little bowl of 99% isopropylalcohol , a wooden toothpick and a lot of patience best is to let it sit for a night, so the paint softenes up Halfway there

Picked this up yesterday : “Almost” complete Cheetah in very good condition ! The tyres are in great condition, the set got an extra set of Cheetah tyres, and an extra set of original XR311 tyres, the original Tamiya NiCd battery is also included, and the mirrors are there. also the front lights are in great condition and not fogged The original Acoms AP227 Mk. II is present with the brown flag and rope As you can imagine i am very very happy with this one….. It was found when a House was emtied after the owner passed away and the family didn’t want to empty the house. The person who does this job (i don’t know how it’s called in english) first wanted to throw it away because he didn’t know what it was, but decided to put it on a dutch auction site. so i bought it very cheap (relatively ofcourse) and i want to restore it to it’s full glory I can see the previous owner was very carefull with it, and although i don’t know the original owner i want to restore it , and am sure he would be happy to know that it is in good hands now……. Tom www.mp44.nl btw, I am going to dedicate a part of my site to the Cheetah and XR311, the link will follow also I created a facebook group only for XR311 and Cheetah , so join if you like that, it will be for trading parts and if people have something to offer or are searching for parts : https://www.facebook.com/groups/912034240843503

Hi do you have them already? Or are you still looking for them...... cheers Tom

And the final step !!!! And here she is !!!! I must say I loved to put this one together.... here a small youtube film where you can see her run I hope you like the build... sorry for the delay but it's finally complete And I'm working on my next project, The Cheetah !!!! Cheers Tom

Only 2 steps to go Step 31 , final construcion of the body And again the parts needed And the final result That concludes the build of the body.... only thing left is putting the parts together, and she's ready to roll !!!

And lets get on with it...... Step 30, the front lights and wind shield The parts needed And construction of the windshield And front lights Not too much but getting there

And lets continue with step 29, which involves the driver , and fitting the lower body to the upper body. here the parts involved hardly noticable, but B10 and B11 are attached here and the lower body attached to the upper body and here a few pictures of the assembled and painted driver. the body without driver and with...... hope you like the painting of the driver Tom

Soooo here is step 28, the seat assembly with of course first the parts needed and the lower body here the seats and parts are painted and assembled to the lower body detail of the seat and fire extinguisher and seen from the rear

Guys..... I noticed i never finished this topic...... I shall finish it..... sorry fot the looooooong delay :) Tom

And step 27 let's get on with the body... it's pretty fragile, so I hope I don't destoy the car with the first test runs Parts The back part mounted and inforced with some evergreen strips..... and detailling the dashboard looks pretty good if you ask me the fuel lid I presume and an overview of the upper body mounted and painted.... Tom