So, What Have You Done Today?

[GeeWings 2861]

33 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

The one I got is also 1/16.  I'm currently looking for small scale cars with variable steering/throttle (proportional) to zip around my pretend pylon test course.       

 

For me, a bit wet outside to take my 1:1 car out for a spin, so I think I am going to continue working on the F104 today..  mainly the wing/body and do some initial brush painting before spraying later in the week.

 

Ah, OK. It looks like a fun little bit of kit and a bargain at $35. Enjoy! 

[Andreas W 3145]

As a reaction to the thread about driving your buggys too seldom (and I surely do, due to heavy fokus on postal racing and that I prefer M-Chassis in the summer) I took the kids with me, made up a random track at a gravel fotball pitch and had a good time.

 

This was the first time I drove the Tomahawk after I rebuilt the drivetrain and that thing is immensely fun. It's fascinating how precise it is on loose surface with mini spikes up front. Almost feels like a well set up Escort MK2 in the 1:1 world, to make a comparason. 

[Nikko85 4396]

Put this together last night. FJ45 prerunner. Tl01 arms for much better articulation and track width. Going for a 21T motor for some good speed. 

 

[JimBear 1361]

Gotta love that driver cat (?) in there, @Nikko85!

[Willy iine 18843]

32 minutes ago, JimBear said:

Gotta love that driver cat (?) in there, @Nikko85!

His name is Edgarmon the cat.  

 

Finished up the chassis this am, will start the body in a bit.  

 

[Kowalski86 4964]

Took the Frog out for some off-roading, everything held up until the rear dogbone fell out again somehow.

[mtbkym01 4870]

10 hours ago, Falcon#5 said:

@mtbkym01 Happy birthday mate!

Thank you mate 

[tamiya_1971 728]

2 hours ago, Kowalski86 said:

Took the Frog out for some off-roading, everything held up until the rear dogbone fell out again somehow.

Great pics, looks like they were taken with a film camera!

[Kowalski86 4964]

1 hour ago, tamiya_1971 said:

Great pics, looks like they were taken with a film camera!

Thanks, my little "cheat" to film action shots is to use the video setting on my camera, then crop the photo. It harms the quality but keeps the file size small.

[Willy iine 18843]

5 hours ago, mtbkym01 said:

Thank you mate 

Happy Birthday!  

 

 

For me, I cut the body and painted the black section today.  Will spray tomorrow.  

[mtbkym01 4870]

Thanks @Willy iine

[GeeWings 2861]

Dusted off the Bullhead tribute I started a while back and made a little more progress:

This is a (slightly hacked) GF01 chassis with an old Radio Shack body (below) and some added ‘chrome’ parts from the Konghead.

 

Can’t decide if I want to get some scaled decals from MCI or just have it as is. I will probably dye the rims yellow to match the Jr. Version rather than investing in ‘chrome’ rims. 

[Nikko85 4396]

4 hours ago, GeeWings said:

Dusted off the Bullhead tribute I started a while back and made a little more progress:

This is a (slightly hacked) GF01 chassis with an old Radio Shack body (below) and some added ‘chrome’ parts from the Konghead.

 

Can’t decide if I want to get some scaled decals from MCI or just have it as is. I will probably dye the rims yellow to match the Jr. Version rather than investing in ‘chrome’ rims. 

Looks fantastic! Personally I really like the white wheels.

[Aerobert 2327]

4 hours ago, GeeWings said:

Dusted off the Bullhead tribute I started a while back and made a little more progress:

That looks awesome. I would put some stickers on it but would not go 'all-in'. I think chrome wheels would look great.

[GeeWings 2861]

30 minutes ago, Nikko85 said:

Looks fantastic! Personally I really like the white wheels.

 

1 minute ago, Aerobert said:

That looks awesome. I would put some stickers on it but would not go 'all-in'. I think chrome wheels would look great.

Thanks both. But now I have a wheel problem! Yellow. White or silver!!!! 😂

As for stickers, I reckon I will try and cut some flames from vinyl and see how it looks. I also need to add a flag but I guess I should go with Australian rather than US!

[Willy iine 18843]

I am ready to spray the F104 body, but I had to do some honey-do repairs in the mudroom floor trim this morning where I needed to use glue instead of nail to fix, so I need to wait for that to dry before I can set up my junk ghetto paint booth. 

I suppose I could spray in the screened patio, but don't feel like bringing everything just to paint that little body.. it has a fin at the top where I know for certain spray will not reach, so I need to decant into one of the 40+ empty Spektrum receiver bubble packs I have laying around and brush paint the area first..  wish me hope please.. 

[Nicadraus 6789]

Happy birthday @mtbkym01

[Mark_McQ 462]

Just found out on a whim that the ABS Beetle body is a close fit on an Axial SMT10 chassis. With a bit of trimming in a few places on the body and chassis it could be a nice pairing. Might have to invest in another body now.

 

[TurnipJF 10942]

30 minutes ago, Mark_McQ said:

Just found out on a whim that the ABS Beetle body is a close fit on an Axial SMT10 chassis. With a bit of trimming in a few places on the body and chassis it could be a nice pairing. Might have to invest in another body now.

 

If the Tamiya ABS one fits, so will the Kamtec polycarbonate one. Possibly a lighter and more robust choice for a MT?

[TurnipJF 10942]

17 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Happy Birthday!  

 

 

For me, I cut the body and painted the black section today.  Will spray tomorrow.  

Looks great so far! Looking forward to seeing the finished product. 

As for the fin, spray seemed to get in there okay on the two that I did:

 

[Willy iine 18843]

So I sprayed the F104 body and the driver helmet.   The helmet I used my usual TS leaf silver and the body I used a combination of PS anodized aluminum, TS leaf silver (by mistake), then PS silver.  LOL.     oops.
 

I knew this was going to happen because I am dumb and clumsy..and it did, without fail.     

99.2% I think it will be fine given I gave it a pretty decent translucent coat of PS anodized aluminum before I accidentally applied the TS.  I've successfully painted TS over PS on polycarbonate in the past without any cracking or peeling, so..  with hope I should be okay. 

 

[Nick-W 2044]

17 hours ago, Willy iine said:

For me, I cut the body and painted the black section today.  Will spray tomorrow.  

That looks great. I’ve been trying to find a F104 for months now but it’s proving elusive. 
 

The Egress chassis is finished but I didn’t get chance start on the bodywork as work is back in the way. 

[Willy iine 18843]

8 minutes ago, TurnipJF said:

Looks great so far! Looking forward to seeing the finished product. 

As for the fin, spray seemed to get in there okay on the two that I did:

 

Wow, your cars looks great!!   Thanks for sharing.  I was very pleased to see the kit came with black wheels.   

[Juhunio 7117]

Following on from an earlier post in this thread (A Tale of Two Skylines), I made a decision...to sell the finished vintage 50430 body set (now sold) and keep the other one that I had drilled for the Surikarn body posts on my TB Evo III bits-a-build. It is such a specific set up that I was unlikely to be able to sell it and there was no way I could just chuck it out, so I kind of had to make the best of it.

This meant I needed to find suitable 24mm rims for the Evo III and in the end (at least for now) I have settled on these 47302 5-spoke white rims with pre-glued tyres

They're not the worst match in the world for the R32 Gr.A in the short-medium term. I know there are some vintage Cross rims that will be perfect but having missed out on a set I need to wait for another to appear on the Japanese auctions 

But these look pretty good, particularly when placed side by side with my Calsonic R34 which I also just finished stickering over the weekend. Sitting on its correct 6-spoke white rims, the two make a pretty good looking pair I think

[svenb 4675]

29 minutes ago, Juhunio said:

Following on from an earlier post in this thread (A Tale of Two Skylines), I made a decision...to sell the finished vintage 50430 body set (now sold) and keep the other one that I had drilled for the Surikarn body posts on my TB Evo III bits-a-build. It is such a specific set up that I was unlikely to be able to sell it and there was no way I could just chuck it out, so I kind of had to make the best of it.

This meant I needed to find suitable 24mm rims for the Evo III and in the end (at least for now) I have settled on these 47302 5-spoke white rims with pre-glued tyres

They're not the worst match in the world for the R32 Gr.A in the short-medium term. I know there are some vintage Cross rims that will be perfect but having missed out on a set I need to wait for another to appear on the Japanese auctions 

But these look pretty good, particularly when placed side by side with my Calsonic R34 which I also just finished stickering over the weekend. Sitting on its correct 6-spoke white rims, the two make a pretty good looking pair I think

Very nice Matthew

I have a Calsonic r33 body which I think is the 58314 supplied. Looks very much like yours but with different wheels 🤔