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38 minutes ago, Yoshimitsu said:

With the help of a very nice man on here I received these.

 

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 Just wondering if anyone has seen any new/other liveries for these shells? 

I wish someone would do the Rothmans decals for it.🙏

What bodies are these?   Hard to see from photos

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Pulled the masking tape off today.

Couple of very small overspray issues to deal with (masking lifted in a couple of places while I was spraying) but those can be easily dealt with.

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Here he is with his sister (that one nearly done) :)

 

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46 minutes ago, Frankster said:

What bodies are these?   Hard to see from photos

They look like MK2 Escorts to me 🤔

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7 hours ago, Juhunio said:

I wish!

I would like to see your collection some day.. I bet you have a nice collection of awesome road and off road cars…!!

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28 minutes ago, casethejoint said:

Pulled the masking tape off today.

Couple of very small overspray issues to deal with (masking lifted in a couple of places while I was spraying) but those can be easily dealt with.

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Here he is with his sister (that one nearly done) :)

 

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Very nice!!  

I also like how you painted the sunroof on the SandScorcher.  :D 

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Just working on some more 3D print stuff.

Adding reinforcement to my Audi TT02 splitter. Got some printing and testing to do on various stuff for the TT02.

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-RC Perspective

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1 hour ago, Frankster said:

What bodies are these?   Hard to see from photos

51658 Ford Escorts. If you zoom into the placard you can see it ;)

-RC Perspective

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@RC Perspective Nice!    I need to make a splitter for my Wheeler.. but in my case I have to rely on my ruler and wobbly lines using a pen on plasticard.  :blink: no 3D design talent here.. 

 

So yesterday evening we had a rare but very scary incident hunkering down in the basement as my house with pretend RC shop was in a path of a potential tornado.  Winds picked up and there were reports of hail 2" in size in the neighboring town.  With hope, my house and cars parked outside made it through undamaged, but that was just shear luck.  

Which brought me to thinking I have insurance on my house, cars, life, and musical instruments, but nothing on my RC..  I wonder if I can get coverage.. not sure.  I will need to check available categories under personal articles policy.  However, with my degrading vision, even if I got my funds back, I don't think I'm going to get another chance to rebuild it all.. I can't even paint a City body without straining my eyes. :wacko:   so it might not even make sense or matter if that happens. 

Enjoy your RC life to the fullest everyday!  :D 

That said, my reprinted nicherotors chassis half is expected to be delivered later today!  I'm going to do some basic decals later this evening on the City body. 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

@RC Perspective Nice!    I need to make a splitter for my Wheeler.. but in my case I have to rely on my ruler and wobbly lines using a pen on plasticard.  :blink: no 3D design talent here.. 

 

So yesterday evening we had a rare but very scary incident hunkering down in the basement as my house with pretend RC shop was in a path of a potential tornado.  Winds picked up and there were reports of hail 2" in size in the neighboring town.  With hope, my house and cars parked outside made it through undamaged, but that was just shear luck.  

Which brought me to thinking I have insurance on my house, cars, and musical instruments, but nothing on my RC..  I wonder if I can get coverage.. not sure.  I will need to check available categories under personal articles policy.  However, with my degrading vision, even if I got my funds back, I don't think I'm going to get another chance to rebuild all of it..  I can't even paint a City body without straining my eyes. :wacko:   so it might not even make sense or matter if that happens. 

Enjoy your RC life to the fullest everyday!  :D 

That said, my reprinted nicherotors chassis half is expected to be delivered later today!  I'm going to do some basic decals later this evening on the Coty body. 

 

 

I'm really just starting out with the designing part. I seem to have a pretty good handle on it though. And it's great for ADHD LOL.

You must be in the plains, with that heat advisory and some moisture, it can turn stormy really quick. Living in FL I can relate. From sunny to pitch black in minutes down here.

Glad everything made it through!

-RC Perspective

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2 minutes ago, RC Perspective said:

I'm really just starting out with the designing part. I seem to have a pretty good handle on it though. And it's great for ADHD LOL.

You must be in the plains, with that heat advisory and some moisture, it can turn stormy really quick. Living in FL I can relate. From sunny to pitch black in minutes down here.

Glad everything made it through!

-RC Perspective

I've seen your cars and I can tell you definitely know where to tighten things up on the car lines.  :D  

Yeah, we are definitely at the mercy of the weather gods for sure.. I felt completely helpless.. 

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1 minute ago, Willy iine said:

I've seen your cars and I can tell you definitely know where to tighten things up on the car lines.  :D  

Yeah, we are definitely at the mercy of the weather gods for sure.. I felt completely helpless.. 

Thanks! I do pour a lot into just about everything I do or try. Just wait until I post the RC4WD TF2 scale truck build!

Instead of feeling helpless (it is what it is), Instead I'm just in awe of nature. Love watching the lightening and feeling the thunder.

-RC Perspective

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I also like how you painted the sunroof on the SandScorcher.

Thanks - it's not painted though, it's alloy :)

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43 minutes ago, casethejoint said:

Thanks - it's not painted though, it's alloy :)

Even nicer!!  :D 

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5 coats of PS-17, backed with two coats of silver, and a heavy coat of black.

I'll let it sit for a day or two, then pull the masking and do the stickers.

Well... after a bit of cleanup.  While the Tamiya tape held great for the green and silver, I forgot to make sure all the edges were still sealed before the final black coat, and did get a bit of creep.

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1 hour ago, RC Perspective said:

51658 Ford Escorts. If you zoom into the placard you can see it ;)

-RC Perspective

Nice.  All 3 same body?   Can’t wait to see final outcome

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Just now, Frankster said:

Nice.  All 3 same body?   Can’t wait to see final outcome

They appear to be the same.

-RC Perspective

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Crazy!

so so many nice picture those last two days!

hard to fire the „like“ or lets say „love“ button all the time! What an excellent community!

 

Just opened a little Box in my mail… looks like I have something to do tonight!

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Finished my Stadium Blitzer Beach Basher, built for when we go camping in wales with my grandson in a few weeks.

 

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Actually yesterday and not rc but!!!!!85EE4675-D737-417A-BCF5-FE2BD38AB1B3.jpg
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this one garage of 7 owned by a private individual. A charity event that I was very lucky to be invited to. His whole collection is worth between £50-70 million.

 

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Okay

so I transformed my CF-Robot to my Optima…8028AB6A-D8A5-40B2-ABDA-A82C354A9F7B.thumb.jpeg.dee8b8ffd0dbc0abf55ed389b85c9b0e.jpeg

 Looking good and solid in the front

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and pretty sweet in the back too

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lets hope they will live longer than the original ones… where I glued/sealed the boarders wich so much love :-/

 

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I received the reprinted chassis half today. :D 

Also did minimal decals on the body again to finish it off.  I think I’m going to need to make a license plate for the car however.  

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Slow progress, but managed to lightly spray the nicherotors Wheeler chassis to better color match the chassis halves color.  I just used TS matte black.  

This is probably all I can get to today, baby steps until Friday.. 

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I was running low-ish on some paints so placed order along with a SandScorcher spare body set.  That will be my next project using existing chassis.. not sure whether I will do a touring version or a shortened comical version just yet.. nor battleship red or not.  :ph34r:

 

 

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