So, What Have You Done Today?

[Pizza Frog 691]

13 hours ago, BuggyDad said:

You could make one out of other things 😉

Although mine's more modified, as a minimum it's a Blitzer Beetle with different wheels and yellow shock plastics. 

Yeah, I know, that's only got one actual Falcon part in it but hey ho, it's an option! 

That's a nice Falcon, the body looks very natural on that chassis. 

[Andreas W 2280]

5 hours ago, Frankster said:

Seeking buggy livery advice
I did not want to follow box art and had some Momo livery decals destined for touring cars handy.  Here is a color photocopy mock up for review.  

What do you think?   

I may not install the center racing stripe as I have mixed feelings on the design

 

 

I think that looks ace and is a brilliant alternative to the FD  box art.

[BuggyDad 5393]

6 hours ago, Pizza Frog said:

That's a nice Falcon, the body looks very natural on that chassis. 

Thanks! The BB tub is the Falcon part and although they redesigned the front bulkhead/suspension for the BB, that area is dimensionally good for the body still. Really the only areas where the body needed cutting around anything new were the rear shock tower and my own steering mods. 

[Andreas W 2280]

On 4/8/2024 at 3:26 PM, jonboy1 said:

Same here! The question that bothers me most is, why? I don't reckon there are that many models that I have bought brand new wheel and tyre sets for. For example, I have 2 touring cars, both of which have wheels fitted, yet I have at least 5 sets of wheels and tyres for touring cars in my spares box - all brand new. Why?? Where have they come from?? 

Hehe. Since the tyre-sources tend to dry out when the season starts I have stocked up on Shimizu tyres and also got 4 sets of Ride 60D. Wanted to mount a set yesterday in preparance for the Endurance Postal Racing: Bummer. Ride tyres are Ø47mm (and I have almost all the M-Chassis rims in the world - in 42mm). Nothing other to do than place an order to get the fitting wheels (utilize what you already have, we call it). There's a discount on the normal Carten wheels,  so well why not get a set for the M-08 as well. Let's try a set of 40 shore Ride on the front of the Carten M210R when summer temps come. And that's how it goes . 

[Pizza Frog 691]

2 hours ago, BuggyDad said:

Thanks! The BB tub is the Falcon part and although they redesigned the front bulkhead/suspension for the BB, that area is dimensionally good for the body still. Really the only areas where the body needed cutting around anything new were the rear shock tower and my own steering mods. 

Is the body from Team Bluegroove?  I've always liked the look of the Falcon body.

 

[Nicadraus 6434]

I still have a few unpainted bodies kept. Corolla WRC, Subaru WRX Sti, Mustang 350GT Bulit, Fiat Abarth 131 and this Celica ST165 that I worked on today. I stayed away from box art and conventional finsihes like the Repsol and Marlboro. So I did my own scheme.

This magnetic body post guide is very effective.

Masking.

All black areas

Love this spray can holder/sprayer.

Masking for the red areas

Finished. I re-arranged the decals (Oops someone might call me out for not saying "stickers" ). Added Castrol as its theme.

[BuggyDad 5393]

4 hours ago, Pizza Frog said:

Is the body from Team Bluegroove?  I've always liked the look of the Falcon body.

 

Mine is Kamtec. It's not the sharpest body but it's pretty good and I think for a Falcon runner it's more than adequate. 

[mtbkym01 4173]

@Nicadraus do you have a link for those body post markers?

[Ferruz 12616]

Fantastic work on that Celica @Nicadraus, turned out lovely 

+1 for the Momo livery @Frankster, like others already said it's gonna look great.

[Nicadraus 6434]

3 hours ago, mtbkym01 said:

@Nicadraus do you have a link for those body post markers?

Here you go.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005447900758.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.e1f2638bBJYZYi&browser_id=30b0fbe5cd2e49aab8adf7ad2f89c8d6&aff_trace_key=3449469a9411431e8893bd54803763df-1712797785262-04840-UneMJZVf&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=jbagfdecawaycvyh18ecab5e15917d919a9cbc6e34&gclid=&pdp_npi=4%40dis!SGD!9.39!5.23!!!6.78!3.78!%402101c80017127979011262351e2d93!12000033119791401!sea!SG!0!AB&algo_pvid=a59cd943-d8d7-42a6-952a-7b5b5d4c02e1

[Frog Jumper 3817]

New roll bar on the CC02.

Likely a vintage Pro-Track for BF.  I bought this used on ebayz and hit it with some 3000 grit and metal polish.  After an hour or so I got most of the road rash out.  I think it came out nice.

 

 

 

[Pizza Frog 691]

The Sandhopper has a new driver and I put a bunch of stickers on the rear end.  

[Jonesy924 137]

On 4/9/2024 at 1:14 PM, Grumpy pants said:

380 motor or 540? 

540 sport tune, needs new rear tyres as its extremely hard to keep in a straight line 🤣

[Verskis 377]

Almost finished the Porsche today. I forgot to draw the panel lines before taking the picture, and it doesn't have the lights yet.

[Verskis 377]

Panel lines now drawn with a pen, and I also made the racing numbers from a white tape, as this body will be used on a touring car race on next Sunday.

[Fuijo 913]

If you've ever had the misfortune to paint 787B wheels, then you have my heartfelt sympathies.

Hateful, hateful things they are.

I'm now going outside to shake my fist and shout obscenities at some clouds.

 

[Frog Jumper 3817]

3 hours ago, Fuijo said:

If you've ever had the misfortune to paint 787B wheels, then you have my heartfelt sympathies.

Hateful, hateful things they are.

I'm now going outside to shake my fist and shout obscenities at some clouds.

 

Go outside and smash a TT02 on the ground a few times.  That’ll relieve some stress…. 😛😛😛

[Ray_ve 1165]

Ordered a center gearbox gear and brushless motor for the budget build. I still have a leftover ESC from the bad motor set I bought a while ago, and a leftover center gearbox/motor mount that did not fit another car. 

[jonboy1 3333]

16 hours ago, Fuijo said:

If you've ever had the misfortune to paint 787B wheels, then you have my heartfelt sympathies.

Hateful, hateful things they are.

I'm now going outside to shake my fist and shout obscenities at some clouds.

 

Hateful, but soooo purrrty too 

You've done an awesome job there! 👍

[Re-Bugged 11297]

On 4/9/2024 at 10:12 PM, Grumpy pants said:

On the back of yesterdays successful sale I have now listed another set of 4 wheels and tyres for sale…  on fire now 😂

Steady on, next you will be saying you got all those rusty screws out the XV-01 😉

[Grumpy pants 5251]

16 minutes ago, Re-Bugged said:

Steady on, next you will be saying you got all those rusty screws out the XV-01 😉

Hmm, well nearly just 2 bevel gears to remove from the diffs and the it’s the big clean up 😂

 

[jonboy1 3333]

Just now, Grumpy pants said:

Hmm, well nearly just 2 bevel gears to remove from the diffs and the it’s the big clean up 😂

 

photo's or it didn't happen

 

[Re-Bugged 11297]

Just now, jonboy1 said:

photo's or it didn't happen

 

You’ll have to wait till it’s in the Sale & Trade section for that 👍🏻

[Grumpy pants 5251]

38 minutes ago, jonboy1 said:

photo's or it didn't happen

 

Yep, that’s fair 👍

[Grumpy pants 5251]

39 minutes ago, Re-Bugged said:

You’ll have to wait till it’s in the Sale & Trade section for that 👍🏻

This is so true there’s absolutely no point in me pretending otherwise 😂

@jonboy1 has said just the same thing to me 😊