Hello All, I'm New - Drift & Touring Tt-01

[VinceVegaUK]

Hay All,

Just signed up the other day and here is my 1st post. Im 28 and always wanted an Tamiya RC since i was a kid, two of my best mates had one, an Avanti 2001 and a Castrol Toyota Celica GT Four, i was soo jealous. Well 12 years on and i have one :-). I have a TT-01 Skyline R34 Z tune. I plan to drift with it and will be painting it in a drift style but will also tour with it. I'm in the Manchester area so if anyone knows of some good places to Race & Drift please let me know. will post pics after crimbo when i have built it.

I did have one question, is it best to trim the body and wheel arches before spraying the inside or after? I was just worried about a bit of over-spray or bleed creeping in under the cover film after cutting it so i was going to spray it then cut it!

Later

VV

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

[Jay61076]

I’m not sure if there is a hard and fast rule, I tend to do each one on their own merits sometimes its easer to follow the outline of arches and skirts once there painted other times it’s better before.

If you trim if 1st just leave the external protective film on and pop some masking tape over any exposed surface.

One thing to remember is take your time and if using several colours put the darkest on 1st then the light

That’s all assuming your painting a lexan shell, Also do a quick search on the forum as there are some great tips ( like warming spray cans in warm water to thin the pain)

Hope this is of some help :-)

[VinceVegaUK]

Yea i have been reading a lot on painting tips and there are some great vids on you tube but i never really found a definitive answer to the best way to trim a shell, before or after. Some say trim the shell but leave the wheel arches until after painting, others say trim all first then spray and others say spray all first then trim all last :-s.

I'm painting it metallic blue so will spray a thin sealing coat 1st then up to 2 to 3 more layers of blue and a final metallic silver backing of 1 or 2 layers. i will do this in reverse for the plastic body accessories such as the wing mirrors and spoiler. I have some cool sliver sponsor stickers in a range of sizes and a carbon fiber style vinyl for the bonnet to and some Carson Brake Disks so once its done should look sweet. Oh and i found a handy sheet of a small aluminum mesh from Halfords that's used to help body filler grip to body hole repairs on real cars, will work great for the grills.

Later

VV

[Mad Ax]

I've tried both methods of painting before - cutting first, and cutting last.

If you do the cutting first, then you will probably end up with some of the protective film damaged or peeling, especially if the flatten off the cut edges with some wet-or-dry paper like I do. However you can easily seal this up by running a strip of masking tape around each of the edges after you have washed the inside of the shell.

If you do the painting first then you don't need to worry about the film, but you do need to be a bit more careful with your trimming. If you use scissors, be careful that the blades don't scrape the inside while you're doing tricky bits like the wheelarch, otherwise you might take the paint off (I did this on my one-and-only paint-first shell). Also be careful with the sanding after you've trimmed the shell, as the paper can easily wrap around the cut edge and take the paint off.

As a general rule, I'd say cut first, paint second - but it does depend on the shell, some may be easier the other way around.

Ax

[Bin ^jammin^]

I always trim first then paint, and never have any problems with the overspray either, but i imagine if you paint first then trim you could easily damage your fresh paint.

[justjay]

as above...

I usually trim 1st then paint, I find it can be hard sometimes to make out exact wheelarch lines or bumper lines etc.. I have been known to part trim a shell.. for example leave about 3-4 mm round cut lines, Paint it then finish trim it afterwards...

I really don't like painting in anything other than single colour, as I aren't confident and don't like to ruin a body...

My best tip...

Buy a pre-painted one for runner purposes and leave yours in the box !!! I've just done exactly that with my silvia coppermix drifter... kept the body in the box and bought a scooby pre-painted shell to abuse...

[justjay]

oh and next time I'm over at the trafford centre I'll bring my drifter with me for a meet up and a car park bash if ya like

[VinceVegaUK]

Cool thanks for the tips i will see what the shell looks like close up on xmas day, had a peak when it came in the post a few weeks back but got told to put it away, lol :-) i think the wheel arches may be slighty cut already or have a deep groove to follow, i might part trim and then spray and then do a final trim and rub down to finish.

Has any one used the Yokomo Muffler set on a TT-01, does it fit Yokomo Muffler set i guess you could always improvise and mod it slightly.

Trafford Car Park might be better in the summer, i was looking for more clubs or indoor carpet drifting, a bit more organized. If you ever follow the real drifting and the rules its really intense battles. One car drifts in front and tries to get a fast perfect drift line through the course without hitting anything whilst the follower has to chase and distract the leader but without crashing or making contact with the lead drifter. The two rivals then switch and the highest total judge point score is declared the winner. I have seen a lot of US clubs with competition drifting but i need practice first too so street drifting and casual meets would also be cool.

I here there is an indor touring club in Formby near liverpool so i'm going to meet with a friend in the new year, they don't do drifting though :-(

Later

VV

[terry.sc]

All down to personal choice. I prefer to paint then cut, gives plenty of body to hold on to while painting.

The Yokomo muffler set is designed to fit on the rear of the Yokomo chassis, but it should be easy to modify it to fit. The HPI Body Tuner Kit includes an exhaust that attaches inside the body.

if you are into drifting the only racing is the national series, no local clubs have drifting competitions. For more information of the racing check here http://www.drccentral.com/uk/ and is run by TC member JT (D1RC)

For local clubs for touring cars in the Mancheter area there is only Poynton model car club who race at Poynton Civic Hall, or Stockport Model Car Club which I run on Thursdays at Cheadle Village Hall.

[VinceVegaUK]

All down to personal choice. I prefer to paint then cut, gives plenty of body to hold on to while painting.

The Yokomo muffler set is designed to fit on the rear of the Yokomo chassis, but it should be easy to modify it to fit. The HPI Body Tuner Kit includes an exhaust that attaches inside the body.

if you are into drifting the only racing is the national series, no local clubs have drifting competitions. For more information of the racing check here http://www.drccentral.com/uk/ and is run by TC member JT (D1RC)

For local clubs for touring cars in the Mancheter area there is only Poynton model car club who race at Poynton Civic Hall, or Stockport Model Car Club which I run on Thursdays at Cheadle Village Hall.

Cool might make it over to the Stockport Club. Im sure if we can start up enough interest we could get some sort of drift club going or a drift session at a club, i think its becoming more and more popular and is getting a lot of new people into RC. Im still up for Touring to though. I also plan to go here tooClickHere

Later

VV

[Victorious Secret]

Hi VinceVega,

Welcome to the site and like you I'm also drifter fan! I live in USA so I can't help you with the drifting track in UK.

As for paiting body shell, I prefer to cut then paint because I can make sure the edges are all painted as well. If you cut after paint, sometimes edge will show white after the cut.

VS

[VinceVegaUK]

Hi VinceVega,

Welcome to the site and like you I'm also drifter fan! I live in USA so I can't help you with the drifting track in UK.

As for paiting body shell, I prefer to cut then paint because I can make sure the edges are all painted as well. If you cut after paint, sometimes edge will show white after the cut.

VS

:-s confused, people seam to do it both ways, i will make my mind up on the day and see how it goes, watch this space for pics

Later

VV

[secretasianman]

there's no "proper" way to do it. I prefer cut first, paint after. if you take the scribe and crack approach, make sure you have a fresh blade so the overspray protection film on the outside doesn't get pulled. if you cut after painting, you'll find it might be harder to follow the lines on darker bodies.

[VinceVegaUK]

Well i finished it over crimbo, looks well sweet will post pic's soon , i took some cool ones out in the garden but since then i have added a carbon fiber bonnet sticker and more sponsor decals ,the body it's well and truly finished now just need to hop it up with some oil filled shocks, the standard friction dampers & springs are way too bouncy.

I went for the trim and paint method and just used some curved nail scissors, gave it 4 thin coats of blue and 3 coats of silver and dried each coat with a hair dryer.

Later VV

[mk1 golf]

have you seen this place: http://www.wmcc.info/

they race whatever they can, so long as there is two cars of similar spec turn up, they'll race.

indoor in winter, but just look at that outdoor track, its amazing!!!

they have started to race drift cars too!

i shall be making my way over sometime, when i get used to my new drift car...

ash

[VinceVegaUK]

have you seen this place: http://www.wmcc.info/

they race whatever they can, so long as there is two cars of similar spec turn up, they'll race.

indoor in winter, but just look at that outdoor track, its amazing!!!

they have started to race drift cars too!

i shall be making my way over sometime, when i get used to my new drift car...

ash

Yea looks cool, i have been in contact with them so will pop down sometime soon, just feeling the hole in my pocket at the moment and want to get a race shell as my 1st attampt im quite proud of and i need some oil shocks and a few hop ups. See you there if your going in the future

Later

VV

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