The "Postman Brought Me" Thread

[16_Bit_Mr_J 201]

Something yummy 😁

 

[GeeWings 2830]

6 hours ago, 16_Bit_Mr_J said:

Something yummy 😁

 

Now that is yummy! Congrats!

[Superluminal 3750]

A copy of @optimaforever 's artbook of Kyosho Optima derived cars and few others - some very unique and id never heared of before.

The artwork is really nice and the production quality very good - its nice to see the chassis fully modelled on some of them as well so you can see the mechanical evolution over time.

[GeeWings 2830]

@Superluminal It's great isn't it? At the weekend I had a proper look for the first time since buying it and it's so well done. Have you seen his Top Trump cards too?

[Re-Bugged 10155]

An unexpected delivery,

 

3 Molotow chrome pens I didn’t order them, my son sent them out of the blue, perfect timing as my one has just finished 😃

[Superluminal 3750]

21 minutes ago, GeeWings said:

@Superluminal It's great isn't it? At the weekend I had a proper look for the first time since buying it and it's so well done. Have you seen his Top Trump cards too?

Yeah they're pretty cool! Amazing amount of work thats gone into it.

[Superluminal 3750]

19 minutes ago, Re-Bugged said:

3 Molotow chrome pens I didn’t order them, my son sent them out of the blue, perfect timing as my one has just finished 😃

What sort of nibs do these have? Are they like felt tips or a fineliner type point?

[GeeWings 2830]

You can get three different sizes. They also do ink for airbrushing.

I've got the big nib version and it's pretty impressive. You just need to be very patient in letting it dry or it is easy to spoil the finish. 

 

[Superluminal 3750]

Does it stick to lexan and can you paint ps paints over it?

[Re-Bugged 10155]

30 minutes ago, Superluminal said:

Does it stick to lexan and can you paint ps paints over it?

I believe @Juggular used one on the inside of a Lexan body, from memory it just looked silver from the outside, the PS paint was fine over the top of it.

I’ve only used it on hard bodies myself applying the liquid chrome over a mat black. 

[Superluminal 3750]

Sounds promising for some lightbuckets on bodies that are moulded into the offcut lexan around the main shell instead of the chrome plated platic ones

[Willy iine 18806]

@Re-Bugged  Would one be able to achieve a consistent flat (as in surface flat, not matte flat) finish for say a rear view mirror with those pens?

 

If so I need to get some.. my silver brush painted mirrors look horrid..   mainly due to uncontrolled metallic particle orientation.  But if it's chrome, perhaps I can do a wet coat and get a consistent glass like flatness.. (?)

[GeeWings 2830]

43 minutes ago, Superluminal said:

Does it stick to lexan and can you paint ps paints over it?

I've used it inside and out on Lexan. The problem on the outside is that it's easy to spoil the finish although you can touch-up as needed.  I would paint inside whenever possible though.

[markbt73 5316]

I got a couple more 1060 ESCs with pre-installed Deans plugs... and a bunch of replacement Tamiya plugs.

Weird and ironic, I know, but there is a reason. Newer cars = lipo = Deans plugs. Older cars = NiMH = Tamiya plugs. And a lot of mine are worse for wear, especially on the old speed controllers I keep dragging back from the dead. So I got replacements.

[OnTheTrail 1152]

11 hours ago, 16_Bit_Mr_J said:

Something yummy 😁

 

If you don't mind me asking, where did you find that motor?   Regular retailer or eBay?

[16_Bit_Mr_J 201]

2 hours ago, OnTheTrail said:

If you don't mind me asking, where did you find that motor?   Regular retailer or eBay?

Regular retailer. PBM Racing, I went to order another one not long after and they were showing out of stock so I might have had the last one off them 

https://www.pbmracing.co.uk/products/motors/_p_45461_kyosho-le-mans-490-30t-legendary-series-brushed-motor-37021-/

[Juggular 4964]

20 hours ago, Superluminal said:

Does it stick to lexan and can you paint ps paints over it?

@Re-Bugged has a very good memory!  I've done it almost 3 years ago.  

Yes, Liquid Chrome sticks to Lexan. It's shinier looking from inside than looking from outside, but it's quite usable. 

It has to be dried well.  I would dry at least 12 hours, even though it's acrylic. (I tried the same trick on some other shell. It didn't work well because I only waited for 2 hours on that shell.)

After completely drying, you can paint it over with PS paint.  

You can see that there are tiny bits of PS orange penetrating. But it's difficult to see.

(This is not because Liquid Chrome dissolved. This one was well dried. When you draw, it leaves some spots uncovered. If you draw over it again, you'll make it worse. But it cleans like magic with rubbing alcohol. So you can re-do from clean slate again.) This was drawn by hand, because the shell has nice grooves running along.)

I put the sticker only on the door at this time.

(Eventually I cover them all with stickers. My aim was when the sticker gets peeled off, my Prinz would keep the silver trim under it.)  

I tried masking. It doesn't work. Masking might work if you air brush?  Liquid Chrome is so watery, no masking tape can stop the seep from a pen. 

(Please excuse the film)  If you compare liquid chrome to Tamiya PS Silver, Liquid Chrome is a bit brighter and more silvery.  

I only use it on small spots like this grill. (Even this, I think I'll cover it up. Hand-drawn grill is never as sharp as a sticker.)  You can't use it on wide areas with a pen. As mentioned, you'd need an airbrush for that. So I had to use Tamiya silver on the bumper. Tamiya looks more like magnesium aluminum than "silver."  

But for small spots like door handles, Liquid Chrome is very convenient. You don't have to mask anything. You draw with a pen. If you mess it up, wipe it away with alcohol and do it again. (everything was done with a 2mm pen) 

Drawing on the outside would be shiner. But if you touch it 5 times, it will be all gone.  So unless you want to clear coat it, you have no choice but to do it under the lexan. 

 

[Re-Bugged 10155]

The bigger the area the harder it is to get a glass like finish from the pen @Willy iine, I did all the trims and bumpers on my Brat. The bumpers could be better but was my first time with it and I was more than happy. Practice does make perfect. 

Air brushing is the way for a floor less finish..

Search air brushing Molotow chrome on YT brings up lots of results 👍🏻

[Kol__ 3377]

Received a beautiful stash of new Madcap parts today. Including an uber rare new still sealed in bag chassis.

After 5 1/2 months of searching, I now have almost all new parts to do a shelf queen build and now only need some hardware (but can probably make do with existing screws etc.) and the blue shocks X parts tree! Anyone got one?

 

[slydar 241]

21 hours ago, 16_Bit_Mr_J said:

Something yummy 😁

 

Yeah unobtainable PS-1 and PS-5! 

Oh the beetle is pretty cool too 😉

[M 800STD 586]

 

[alvinlwh 5895]

From Modelsport, a 4.5T motor. Time to try and kill some gearboxes. 

From Aliexpress, a surprise. A package that according to tracking, had been returned to sender upon landing at Heathrow, containing a measurement guage, turnbuckle spanner, motor fan (to keep the above motor cool while trashing some gearboxes) and a shocks pliers. 

[mtbkym01 4008]

10 hours ago, Kol__ said:

Received a beautiful stash of new Madcap parts today. Including an uber rare new still sealed in bag chassis.

After 5 1/2 months of searching, I now have almost all new parts to do a shelf queen build and now only need some hardware (but can probably make do with existing screws etc.) and the blue shocks X parts tree! Anyone got one?

 

I don’t have the parts tree, but I do have the shocks

[Kol__ 3377]

37 minutes ago, mtbkym01 said:

I don’t have the parts tree, but I do have the shocks

Ah thanks mate. Yeah I've got a few sets of used shocks, but sadly I've become obsessed with the idea of doing a new build with all 1989 original parts as they would've been from the NIB kit. This hobby can do some pretty strange things to ya I tell thee!!

[Goudar 526]

Finaly got this one for my next resto/build project !