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2 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

That sucks.  I too enjoyed the last 2 years working from home.  I mean 2020-2021 were the best 2 years of my entire life, actually.  :lol:   

 

I will not call it best years of my life but rather best years of my working life considering I have a bullying racist sexist manager in the office. Not needing to see him for 2 years is great. 

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I will be grateful when we are allowed to go to the office again. We will keep on working from home for 3 or 4 days out of 5 but I found out I liked my job not for my job but for my colleagues. I had not such a good time the last two years...

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19 minutes ago, Tamiyastef said:

I will be grateful when we are allowed to go to the office again. We will keep on working from home for 3 or 4 days out of 5 but I found out I liked my job not for my job but for my colleagues. I had not such a good time the last two years...

Yeah, I think most people are like you.  I am an introvert and dislike being around people in general (I'm not shy by any means), even though you'll never notice it as I am good at hiding it.  I work for a large investment firm so it is a very socially centric work place.   And I travel for business all the time so it just stresses me even more.  But my job pays well for my toys so I just suck it up and force myself through it every day.  

Like the Frog, no guts, no glory.  lol :lol:

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Painted the wheels and roll bar of my F100 GF01 monster truck. For the wheels I had to strip the chrome first.

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Will take better photos tomorrow in sunlight but very glad at how it has turned out. The roll bars will quickly chip, but it's black underneath so it will look fine! 

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Started on my Police SD1.

3D printed the custom made lightbar, well the base and top in grey resin to test fit it. Sits and looks perfect :D. Just need to sand down the inside a little where the supports were.

Tomorrow i´ll start on the clear pieces.

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4 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Yeah, I think most people are like you.  I am an introvert and dislike being around people in general (I'm not shy by any means), even though you'll never notice it as I am good at hiding it.  I work for a large investment firm so it is a very socially centric work place.   And I travel for business all the time so it just stresses me even more.  But my job pays well for my toys so I just suck it up and force myself through it every day.  

Like the Frog, no guts, no glory.  lol :lol:

I hear you Willy.  A little personal quiet “me” time is great way to decompress after a long day at work. RC cars is a great way for my mental wellbeing 

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51 minutes ago, Frankster said:

I hear you Willy.  A little personal quiet “me” time is great way to decompress after a long day at work. RC cars is a great way for my mental wellbeing 

Yeah, completely agree.  Hobbies are great!  

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Had a moment of weakness and ordered a TA02 Lancia 037 kit from Tamico. Probably could have gotten it a little cheaper (free shipping anyway) if and when they come back in stock in the USA, but you know what they say about a bird in the hand...

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Finally got the Jimny shell onto the GF-01 chassis and out for a drive. I’ve added plates on the rollbars for race numbers, the obligatory NoS bottles, reg plates, some extra spots and some metal for the lower bumper. I’ve really enjoyed fiddling with this one.

The drive didn’t last long though as it’s 35c here in Melbourne and I’ve got to get the BBQ going soon 🥵 Happy Australia Day all!

Jimny 2

 

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37 minutes ago, Re-Bugged said:

Doneski..

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That is mean looking. Your artwork has really accentuated the curvaceous body style of the Mk1. As usual a spectacular masking/paint job. What chassis is it on and who makes the body. I think it the best Mk1 I’ve seen?

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1 hour ago, Busdriver said:

That is mean looking. Your artwork has really accentuated the curvaceous body style of the Mk1. As usual a spectacular masking/paint job. What chassis is it on and who makes the body. I think it the best Mk1 I’ve seen?

Cheers mate 👍🏻,

It’s a L&L body, but came up on a well known Aussie seller’s eBay shop so went with them rather than risk it coming half way around the world.

I started with this one..

https://landlmodels.co.uk/collections/rally-car-bodies-190mm-200mm/products/mk1-escort-body-shell-kit-190mm 

I think there are other liveries available to now.

Its on the TT02 chassis (set at 251mm W/B) from my MK2 GT kit, as the TT02R I had originally planned for the Escort got stuck sitting in Belgium for months. So looks like the GT will be upgraded to an R now it’s arrived 😁

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Today I've spotted the tire wear on my M07. Got to get some spares ready i think.

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Paint is still wet, but Willy’s body will look like so..

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Pushing to get Willy painted today..

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mou chotto..

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Finale for today..

Ran into a hiccup at the very end where the mounting nut inside Willy’s helmet cross threaded and started spinning inside his neck.  I could not tighten nor unscrew his head off so ended up carefully tearing his head off the nut and modified his neck to glue onto his body..   :lol:

Wasted about 30 minutes, but all good now.. 

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Get last touchs on two drivers, one for my Bear Hawk and the other one for a futur project. First try to model something with the Tamiya putty, I added the visor on blue helmet.

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Need some advice.  Looking to mask headlights on a kit that does not have any light buckets. Intention is to use kit decal headlight lenses but remove them in the future once I figure out a solution. Due to the shape and size I need to use liquid mask.  Trying to do this on the cheap if possible and want to avoid buying a bottle when I won’t be using this much.  I have seen videos of people using simple Elmer white glue for static models. Will this work on RC cars with polycarbonate bodies and polycarbonate paint?

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4 minutes ago, Frankster said:

Need some advice.  Looking to mask headlights on a kit that does not have any light buckets. Intention is to use kit decal headlight lenses but remove them in the future once I figure out a solution. Due to the shape and size I need to use liquid mask.  Trying to do this on the cheap if possible and want to avoid buying a bottle when I won’t be using this much.  I have seen videos of people using simple Elmer white glue for static models. Will this work on RC cars with polycarbonate bodies and polycarbonate paint?

Funny you should ask… My daughter wanted some PC sheet painted recently and we used Elmer glue (it was the pure white stuff not the fancy slime making stuff) and then sprayed primer on it (Vallejo I think). It did a pretty good job but I did remove the glue very quickly after painting. 

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3 hours ago, Frankster said:

Wow @Willy iine you must have steady hands.  Looks great

Thanks..  problem for me is I honestly cannot see exactly where I’m painting even through my magnifying lens with light ring.. so these are some of the last ones I will be making as my vision progressively worsens.  

So, do all your painting while young.   :D

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1 hour ago, Frankster said:

Need some advice.  Looking to mask headlights on a kit that does not have any light buckets. Intention is to use kit decal headlight lenses but remove them in the future once I figure out a solution. Due to the shape and size I need to use liquid mask.  Trying to do this on the cheap if possible and want to avoid buying a bottle when I won’t be using this much.  I have seen videos of people using simple Elmer white glue for static models. Will this work on RC cars with polycarbonate bodies and polycarbonate paint?

Depending on how curved it is, I’d just use vinyl or just an excess area of your decals.

Some heat gun to assist in the contouring.  

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1 hour ago, Willy iine said:

Thanks..  problem for me is I honestly cannot see exactly where I’m paining even through my magnifying lens with light ring.. so these are some of the last ones I will be making as my vision progressively worsens.  

So do all your painting while young.   :D

Have you looked into eye lense replacement? My 80yr old Aunt had done and now doesn’t wear glasses anymore. My Dad has had it to with the same results. It’s more or less like a permanent contact lense and is a simple procedure. 

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