JeffSpicoli

How did you mask the outside for the rollbar painting?

Fitted skid plate. I think I've got enough paint splatter. Now to figure out how I'm going to paint the rollbars.

Got after it with the pink. Not sure how much more splatter I'm going to do. Since the shell is staying clear, it will be a fine line of too much and not enough splatter. Also trying to decide how to paint the rollbars. Inside or outside. I'd like to do them outside with a matte finish if I can figure out a way to do it. RC Retro Channel did it on his build. I liked how it turned out.

I unboxed an Associated Electronics RC 10 40th Anniversary Edition - I got #4364. I'm starting to think this run is going to be 5,000 units. I did not see a number published on their site - which I think was on purpose. I think they wanted to gauge sales and not give people a tip off on how many there would be to create some panic buying - like I did lol I haven't decided, box art or not, but I'm leaning toward not. I'm leaning toward something sorta out of the ordinary. To be honest, I really like the silver chassis and parts of the CC better than the gold parts despite them being iconic. Your color combos are more limited with gold parts.

Yeah that would be awesome. A white and green Hornet would be interesting. I like mixing the hobbies. I have a 87 Kuwahara Magician EX which I restored in 2011 to blue and pink. It was OG dayglow yellow and black. In 2019 I did a 87 Haro Master build to build the bike I would have LIKED to have as a kid. The master is where I came up with the colors for the Tamiya 58025 Golf Group 2 racing I built. My teenage years in suburban America was Tamiya R/C, BMX, listening to Posion and Motley Crue, and a Kathy Ireland and Alyssa Milano poster on my walls lol I had a Hornet and a Blackfoot, eventually I got a brand new RC10. I briefly had an Associated 12i pan car. Which I wish I still had.

2019 Tacoma - Cavalry Blue

I'm sure many saw this story - the IRS and the new agents are coming after eBay, Etsy and other online sellers. In the short, the 2024 rules are - anything above $5000 must be filed as income. In 2025, anyone selling $600 or more must file it as income. What is most insane about this - is if you decide to clean out your house or sell things you don't use anymore, if you break these thresholds - the US government considers it income. Never mind the fact that you: 1. Paid income tax on the money you used to originally buy the items. 2. Then you paid sales tax when you purchased. And now you will pay a 3rd tax when you sell over $600. This is beside the fact that I still think the government charging sales tax online is a scam as well. I had about $8000 worth of stuff on eBay last week, 2 sets of wheels for cars, a underwater camera housing, a suspension, and some other stuff. Listen, if you are an online retailer, and your core job is selling online, fine. But if you are cleaning out your house, you have a regular job, and you sell on eBay, that's not income. Well, it is starting this year and next. My reaction is simple - I will no longer sell on eBay or I'll sell til I get to $601 and make the IRS do "paperwork" or accounting over a $1. I'll stick to online classifieds. I refuse to pay income tax on money and possessions that were taxed already. It's bad enough eBay's fees have gotten out of control. I sold a $650 laptop the other night and paid $97 in fees. end rant! https://abc7news.com/amazon-ebay-etsy-third-party-sellers/12926032/

For sure, simpler times. Less chaos. More culture, more unity, everyone was just having a good time!

absolutely. when I was a teenager doing this in the early 90s, I would use brush paint usually, and a brush and flick that way. i'm using the spray paint now and soaking the tooth brush head and then flicking that way. my only disappointment is some of the opacity of the yellow. i don't know why it's not going on more opaque. i'm heating up the can with warm water, and shaking for 1 minute minimum. appreciate the compliment. i'm stuck in the 80s and 90s. Most of the influence is from art, new wave music, and 80s bmx culture. someday i will own my grail bike, the 87 Kuwahara Bravo Pro in paint splatter finish.

Added yellow. Hobby shop is out of PS-29, ordered 2 cans online. Def needs more pink.

Yes, my mind and my soul are in the 80s. Forever. All of my kits in my showroom follow a contemporary/80s/miami beach color scheme. When I was a teenager, I had a Hornet, and I had the Parma lexan Grasshopper body for it, which I ran in paint splatter theme with a pink backing color. I also had a VW Beetle body in lexan that I did the same with and mounted on the Hornet chassis. I couldn't help myself I started the green. I will likely do the yellow tonight and then do another round of pink tomorrow. Ordered a nose plate from Shapeways.

Started some testing on a J Concepts RC10 body for my RC100 CC BlockHead Motors paint splatter body. Ran out of PS-29, so will need to make a run tomorrow and continue on. Using a new technique and using a toothbrush to splatter the paint. I like this method a lot and it works well.

AE shipped me my 40th anniversary RC10 yesterday. So I get to build another one next week Not sure what I'm going to do with that one, probably box art I guess.