Wooders28 4723 Posted February 26, 2017 I've bought a new body set for my Optima mid custom special, and would like to paint it box art colours. The manual says to "paint the body in any color you like" and give 'kyosho polica color No 2230' and a list of colours, none of which look like the box art colours!?!? Anyone any ideas? Pic lifted off tinterweb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 17, 2017 Does this Tamiya PS-52 Champagne Gold, look close enough? Or Do I dare something a bit different and go for Tamiya PS-47 Iridescent Pink Gold?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted March 18, 2017 Our LHS just painted them PS12 Silver back in the day 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 18, 2017 I've seen a few in silver while I've been searching, looks to have been the done thing back then. Not sure i like the silver though! Tempted by the flip paint......( even if it goes against the box art original plan! 🤔) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted March 18, 2017 chameleon flip paint on vintage car suggests you need a Burberry scarf to simple text the 'chav' look, guv... Purple/gold is pretty severe, I think this is it (can't remember what I backed it with, possibly gunmetal not black):- I'm eyeing the PS Pearl White if I ever get around to doing a MidCS. Fascolor had a Faschange Gold which I love - it's a subtle golden sheen but translucent so your backing color show thru clearly but they seem to have stopped selling it. On MidCS also gotta consider color of underside peeking out from under wing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 18, 2017 3 hours ago, WillyChang said: chameleon flip paint on vintage car suggests you need a Burberry scarf to simple text the 'chav' look, guv... Mmmmmmm, thought it would be more subtle! ( why I don't know 🙄) The white is the mid custom box art, a body I toyed with getting as that's what I ran bitd.. Looking like its champagne gold then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted March 18, 2017 There's a Mid Custom & a Mid Custom Special... can't remember if colors were the same but they coincided with period when I hung around LHS too much right up until Lazer ZX appeared. If you haven't used the Anodised Aluminium PSes before, you can adjust how strong the color turns out. The Anodised is misted on over very lightly several coats, but even by time you've emptied whole can on 1 1/10 shell (not quite necessary... if I'm parsimonious can do 2-3 shells with 1 can but gotta be real careful to mist evenly) it will barely be visible, until it's backed. Backing with PS5 Black will give the loudest Pop, looking like the can lid. Backing with Gunmetal, Silver, Bright Silver, White... reduces that pop (in descending order). You can also back with other colors to tint the Anodised differently. Worth experimenting if you're so inclined. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 18, 2017 Thanks for the heads up re spraying, and yes I'd back it with black as I'd mask out the window/canopy, remove then cover with black. The body set arrived now, so wanting to get it painted asap!!🙄😎 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted March 18, 2017 Looks like a Marwan special haha have admired his stuff for years, haven't quite gotten around to ordering... I'm lost where to start Not a huge fan of blacked canopy, I'd rather do a dark tint... 4-6 coats of PS31 Smoke. Or BiTD ppl grabbed offcuts of tint film from the local car window tint shop's dumpster... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, WillyChang said: Looks like a Marwan special haha have admired his stuff for years, haven't quite gotten around to ordering... I'm lost where to start Spot on! The website said they where out of stock, so dropped him an email to ask when/ if they would be back in stock. Got a reply back a few days later to say there was one left, but a scratch on the underpan if I wanted it a bit cheaper! I'm going to run it anyway so, perfect! Sent me an invoice on paypal, job done. Wondering what kind of effect a dusting of ps52 then a dusting of ps47 then 52 etc , backed in black ( although you've got me thinking of the smoke now! 🤔) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted March 18, 2017 29 minutes ago, Wooders28 said: Wondering what kind of effect a dusting of ps52 then a dusting of ps47 then 52 etc , backed in black ( although you've got me thinking of the smoke now! 🤔) A muddy khaki coffee brown? Yeah was eyeing MidCS shell as I've got some ScaleSeries cars using the LWB gold chassis (& belt, I'd guess). Just swap to buggy shock towers & OptionHouse shocks and it'll be pretty much Custom spec if not Custom Special. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 18, 2017 I was of the understanding that it was only shocks, bearings and body that separated the custom from the custom special? Mmmmmmm, coffee brown, I was hoping for cool flip colour metal flake effect! 😎 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted March 19, 2017 Lame Flake?? i can't remember... Kyosho back then often had different specs in different countries. Some had a motor in kit box, some had countersunk chassis, red/gold/platinum shocks etc And also not unknown for them to change spec between batches, had kits that arrived with different Bridgestone Potenza tyres. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 19, 2017 Lame flake!? Not so catchy Still might try it though! 😎 Didn't realise they varied that much, I just presumed there where a few 'friday' cars! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yalson 514 Posted May 18, 2018 The Mid Custom was white on the box, if i remember correctly. My mate bought one in period and it came with a Kyosho Le Mans stock motor of some description, a rotary mechanical speed controller and also had the same body as the Mid Turbo LWB, rather than the peculiar bubble canopy one from the CS. The chassis was also made from a cheaper material than that on the CS and the Mid Turbo LWB. I always thought it was a bit of a dog, to be honest, although that may have been because he didn't maintain it properly and it was always breaking down as a result. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
