Juggular 4964 Posted April 6, 2019 I have 7-8 cars that have not been painted yet. And I just ordered an extra. It all started with "Maybe I should buy Lunchbox body for Midnight Pumpkin..." 18 years later, I'm afraid it's getting out of hand. Anybody else feeling the pressure from unfinished shells? 1) MP + LB 2) Subaru brat comes with 2 bodies. Maybe the Lexan body will go to TL01B? 3) Grasshopper w/ extra body 4) Ford Bronco body for... TLT-1, I think. 5) Fox w/ extra shell 6) Hotshot with w/ 2 extra bodies 7) Lexan Blackfoot (maybe go for F150 Ranger livery?) 8) Bolink Rough Rider Lexan clone. I don't have SRB, maybe for DT02? 9) Sand Scorcher body for... ORV? 10) Blazing Star body for Manta ray. 11) I'm still keeping an eye out for DB01 shell. Non-extra original shells to be painted: Sand Rover, Zahhak, Boomerang, Frog, Konghead, Alfa Romeo Giulia, NSU Prinz. [Edit: I forgot Fiat Abarth 1000] 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saito2 6686 Posted April 6, 2019 Yes! Very much so! I despise super-magic-mystery-wish-pray aspect of painting (plus god and planetary alignment) required for a good job. I have a back log of shells to paint and buy to finish my collection. 1.Bruiser body 2.Blackfoot body 3.Super Champ body 4.Boomerang shell 5.Hot Shot 2 shell 6.Super Sabre shell 7.Grasshopper 2 Super G body 8. yet unknown shell for my Bennett Clod Buster 9.Clod Buster body 10.Custom painted Clod Buster body for my Sassy Chassis Clod 11.Super Shot shell 12.Midnight Pumpkin body 13.Original boxart RC10 shell 14. RC10 Champ shell in some neon 80's/90's scheme 15. Madcap shell 16. Super Astute runner shell I've probably got to throw $300 into shells, bodies, repro decals and correct paint for all this. I just remind myself, when its done, it will all be over (until the next project springs to mind). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusanthony 361 Posted April 6, 2019 The list of what I need to paint is: 1. 40th 934 in Jager livery 2. 40th 934 in Vailant livery 3. CR01 Bronco because that truck is wearing a Blackfoot 4. Vintage Chevy Clod needs redoing 5. Grasshopper 6. Grasshopper Black 7. Grasshopper II 8. Bruiser Clone w/ 1.1 scale monster Hilux decals. Might go on a monster truck. This or number 11 for another TXT-2 9. 88 Chevy w/ Excalibur decals in Clod size 10. 88 Chevy snoop nose w/ Thunder Chicken for another monster truck 11. Proline Hilux might w/ 1.1 scale monster racer Hilux decals. Might go on a monster truck 12. New Bright Raptor body for re re Blackfoot 13. OE Dynahead 14. Bruder re-body on Dynahead 15. Finish clear coating Super Clod 16. Finish decals on M05 RA Alpine 110 17. Calsonic R32 Skyline, no chassis picked out 18. An R34 Skyline, no chassis picked out 19. Fiat 1000tcr, waiting for an M08 Ferrari 313 came with 2 bodies, haven't even opened it. That's the short list. Somehow I keep buying stuff though. 3 more show up this week too, An SMT10 who's original body will get sold, Lancia 037 and Wild One. Hope I can help you feel better about the never ending list😁 20. Forgot about the box art gold pan RC10 too 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted April 6, 2019 my empty head HA! just finished a M410 waiting on some BMW stickers, just popped in out of a box Mcallister Ford Racing NASCAR Truck, doing Mobil1 livery, i would of done ZEST but couldn't find stickers that size like my 1/24th PARMA 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J@mes 2326 Posted April 7, 2019 I got a couple of kits to paint before building, that’s the new method - paint then build. There’s a couple of others where I either need a new shell or the body needs fitting worked out but that’s it. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggular 4964 Posted April 7, 2019 Painting before building sounds like a very good idea. Reminds me of "zip-up-your-flies-before-the-belt-buckle" method. I forgot to zip up a couple of times. So I simply switched the order. I suppose that's along the same line of J@mes's method. 41 minutes ago, geniusanthony said: 1. 40th 934 in Jager livery NSU Prinze TT has "Jägermeister" too. Has anybody tried it? The alcoholic beverage? What is it like? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusanthony 361 Posted April 7, 2019 Black Liquorice after taste. It's really quite awful but some people really enjoy it as a shot. It is right up there with Tequila, an aquired taste. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OCD 514 Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, geniusanthony said: Black Liquorice after taste. It's really quite awful but some people really enjoy it as a shot. It is right up there with Tequila, an aquired taste. Meh, it's really more of a liqueur with all of the added sugar... and it's a rather low 70 proof, whereas most tequilas are around 80 or more. I enjoy the anise (licorice) flavor, but Jäger has way too much sugar for my personal liking. Fun fact: Jägermeister literally means "hunter master" in German, which is why we got all of the fun orange-colored race cars -- Because the "safety orange" color is synonymous with hunting apparel. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACCEL 2014 Posted April 7, 2019 just googled all to know about Jägermeister it would make a great movie, right up the there with The Deer Hunter. always enjoyed the Livery have a few slots of them, never did like the liquid. every one i've ever known couldn't hold it down. some drinks are for taste and enjoy but not to get plastered by, oh forgot about my MAN Shell (race truck). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted April 7, 2019 Coming from the real car world, where cars and parts require lots of space and are very hard and time consuming to move around I've learned to: - never start a new project while still working on one - always start with the body - never ever stop in the middle of a build unless you're waiting for parts... - ...which, of course, you ordered immediately when you found that you needed them... - ...and of course, from the supplier most likely to deliver immediately, regardless of price, location or shipping costs - keep runners separate from builds, but treat them the same, if they break, fix them immediately before breaking another one - aim for 100% fleet operational readiness, all the time. If it doesn't run, fix it. Don't t park it unless it's completely ready to go again. Never ever put it aside to "sort out later", or that kind of stuff will start to pile up on you. - break down every sub-assembly or job into steps that can be finished on the same day you started them. Human minds work better that way. - never buy stuff that can't be operational on its own, like extra bodies or cars with major parts missing, unless you have a clear idea of what of what you already have you're going to junk in exchange or how you're going to complete them. - throw stuff out, do not hoard random parts - keep everything unbuilt that you've failed not to hoard in the box, sealed, out of sight, until its time comes It's a bit of an "empty your mind" thing I guess, and I've found there are lots of people who can handle doing 30 projects in different stages all at once, but I for one certainly can't. Especially the "throw stuff away" part seems to work very differently for different people. Some people get inspired by piles of stuff, and come up with amazing ideas by just looking at what they have laying around, but I need a "clean sheet" approach, an empty table. If I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with something, then it has to go. All my cars are ready to be run. Put a battery in and go. Every single one of them. All my unbuilt kits are sealed, stacked up and stored out of sight. My workbench is empty. My tools are in their drawers. Yes, there are three boxes slowly filling up with parts for three upcoming builds, but I'm not even thinking of starting any of those until everything is ready, and today I'm not starting anything else either, because I'm going racing today, so I'll need the space and time later to fix whatever I'll inevitably break. 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinjpayne 273 Posted April 7, 2019 Unpainted extra bodyshells awaiting inspiration: Ford Escort Mk.II without decals - Retroracing x 2, Rally Legends x 1 Hyundai i20 WRC with decals - Tamiya x 1 Fiat 131 Abarth without decals - Rally Legends x 3 BMW E21 320i Turbo Gr.5 with Sachs decals - Carson x 1 Toyota Celica LB Turbo Gr.5 with decals - Tamiya x 1 DN-01 Zahhak without decals - Tamiya x 2 DF-03 Avante Mk.II with decals - Tamiya x 1 DF-03 MS with decals - Tamiya x 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin_Mc 411 Posted April 7, 2019 Bodies trimmed but not painted, in the order i bought them (some have a chassis chosen for them, other’s don’t) - 1. Skoda Fabia WRC 2. BMW M3 Schnitzer 3. Porsche 996 Turbo 4. HPI Grave Robber 5. Dodge Status 6. Dodge Status 3.0 7. HPI Mondeo BTCC 8. BMW 320is 9. Zakspeed Capri 10. VW Golf mk1 11. VW Golf mk2 still to be trimmed & painted - 12. Ford RS200 13. Ford RS200 Evo 14. Lancia Delta S4 15. Lancia Delta S4 Stradale 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truck Norris 2237 Posted April 7, 2019 One or two... 1 Proline F250 2 Subaru Legacy TRF 3 Durga 4 GT86 1 5 GT86 2 6 Avante 2001 1 7 Avante 2001 2 8 Peugeot 306 Maxi NIB 9 Fighting Buggy 1 10 Fighting Buggy 2 11 Toms Exiv 12 Impreza 2008 Arai 13 Porsche GT2 14 306 Maxi 3 15 Avante 2011 16 TamTechGear 934 Jäger 17 Sand Scorcher 2 18 Golf24 2 19 Porsche GT2 3 (49387) 20 Porsche GT2 4 (49387) 21 Avante 2001 3 22 Sand Scorcher 3 (body only) 23 Bush Devil 24 BMW M3 Jäger 3 25 Peugeot 406 ST 26 Porsche GT2 6 27 Mercedes 190E undrilled 1 (Diebels (1)) 28 Alfa 155 (ltd re-re, no stickers) 29 Amarok 2 30 BMW 320 WTCC 31 Silvia Coppermix 32 Porsche GT2 8 33 Porsche 934 49400 10 34 Porsche 934 49400 11 35 Porsche 934 49400 12 36 Focus WRC 1999 37 Alfa 155 Ltd original 38 Escort Cosworth Repsol 39 Agrios 2 40 Ford Mondeo 41 Twin Detonator 2 42 911 GT1 43 Porsche 934 49400 13 44 Porsche 934 49400 14 45 Zakspeed Capri Wurth 46 Calibra DTM 47 Impreza 1997/1999 48 Escort Cosworth Tiger Stripe 49 Lancer Evo V 2 50 Vectra JTCC 51 Accord Aero Custom 52 Alfa 155 DTM Martini 53 Lancer Evo VI 54 Audi R8 LMS 55 Motul Autech GT-R 56 Subaru BR-Z R&D Sport 57 Alfa 155 Ltd original 2 58 BMW M3 GT2 2 59 Porsche 911 Carrera 60 Skyline R34 2 61 Lancia Delta Integrale 2 62 Impreza WRC 07 63 BMW M3 GT2 3 64 BMW M3 Jäger 4 65 Nissan GTR Sumo Power 66 Ford F-150 Baja 67 Skyline R34 body only 1 68 Skyline R34 body only 2 69 Porsche 911 GT1 boxed 70 TamTech Porsche 935 71 Suzuki SX4 WRC 72 Escort Cosworth Pilot 73 Subaru Legacy V2 TRF 74 Alfa 156 Selenia 75 Honda Accord Racing ‘96 76 Subaru WRX STI Nurburgring 77 Hi-Lux Monster Racer 78 Escort WRC 79 Focus WRC 2002 80 Lancer Evo V WRC 81 Escort Cosworth Repsol 2 (kit box) 82 Focus WRC 2003 2 83 Volvo 850 BTCC 84 BMW M3 Jäger (5) 85 Escort WRC (kit box) 86 Porsche GT2 (5) (49387) 87 Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 88 Castrol Celica 89 BMW M3 Jäger (6) 90 BMW M3 Jäger (7) 91 Toms Exiv (2) 92 Mercedes 190E undrilled (4) 93 Lancer Evo IV 94 Lancer Evo V (original boxed) 95 Toms Levin 96 Toms Supra GT 97 BMW M3 Jäger (8) 98 BMW M3 Jäger (9) 99 Lancer Evo IV body only 100 Peugeot 306 Maxi undrilled 101 Opel Vectra (2) (kit pull) 102 Escort WRC (boxed) cut 103 Renault Clio 104 Juggernaut 2 (1) 105 Nissan R91CP & Group C Cockpit set 106 Peugeot 306 Maxi undrilled (2) 107 Nissan R91CP (2) 108 Mazda 787B 109 Audi A4 STW 110 Jaguar XJR-12 111 Mercedes C11 112 Citroen Xsara (drilled rear only) 113 Porsche 934 Vaillant Tamico special 114 Citroen Xsara (drilled rear only 2) 115 Focus WRC 2002 (2) 116 Porsche GT2 show special (PIAA wing) 117 Hi-Lux Monster Racer (boxed) 118 Skyline R32 119 Focus WRC 2003 (boxed) (2) 120 Escort WRC (kit box) (2) 121 Mercedes C-Class Promarkt 122 Porsche GT2 show special (PIAA wing) (cut) 123 Focus WRC 2003 (boxed) (3) 124 Honda Accord Racing ’96 with JACCS stickers 125 Ford Mondeo (Boxed) 126 Toyota Celica WRC DF-03 RA 127 Hyundai i20 WRC 128 Toyota Celica WRC undrilled 129 Citroen Xsara WRC (boxed) 130 Audi A4 STW (2) 131 Focus WRC 2003 (undrilled) (plain box) 132 Toyota Yaris WRC 133 Mercedes AMG GT3 134 Toms Levin (2) 135 Mercedes 190E undrilled (5) 136 Calibra DTM (body only) 137 BMW M3 Auto Tech 138 Citroen Xsara WRC (boxed) (2) 139 Renault Clio (2) 140 Impreza WRC 2008 (2) 141 Volvo 850 BTCC (3) 142 Focus WRC 2001 (2) I use an average of £15 in paint per shell, so that's £2130 in paint costs. It takes me about three months of RC time to do them to my standards, so another 142 will take me until I'm 75. Better get cracking! 1 6 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin_Mc 411 Posted April 7, 2019 Are you 39 years old? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Re-Bugged 10152 Posted April 8, 2019 Every time I see you aquire more shells @Truck Norris I couldn’t help thinking about the amount of paint you will need 🙃 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusanthony 361 Posted April 8, 2019 I like this thread it is a nice reminder of what my queue looks like, also I now feel better about my list. Feel better as in I am not alone or too over the top. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy_w_beans 4272 Posted April 8, 2019 @Truck Norris for the win! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butler 338 Posted April 8, 2019 Love the warning that you shouldn’t attempt to surf in a pickup. 142! 😨 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J@mes 2326 Posted April 8, 2019 This thread has helped reduce my spending on RC this month, last night I took a sand scorcher body kit out my basket before completing an order, it had been sitting in there a while with the idea of putting it on a monster beetle type of thing. Thank you @Juggular 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5316 Posted April 8, 2019 On April 7, 2019 at 1:51 AM, S-PCS said: Coming from the real car world, where cars and parts require lots of space and are very hard and time consuming to move around I've learned to: - never start a new project while still working on one - always start with the body - never ever stop in the middle of a build unless you're waiting for parts... - ...which, of course, you ordered immediately when you found that you needed them... - ...and of course, from the supplier most likely to deliver immediately, regardless of price, location or shipping costs - keep runners separate from builds, but treat them the same, if they break, fix them immediately before breaking another one - aim for 100% fleet operational readiness, all the time. If it doesn't run, fix it. Don't t park it unless it's completely ready to go again. Never ever put it aside to "sort out later", or that kind of stuff will start to pile up on you. - break down every sub-assembly or job into steps that can be finished on the same day you started them. Human minds work better that way. - never buy stuff that can't be operational on its own, like extra bodies or cars with major parts missing, unless you have a clear idea of what of what you already have you're going to junk in exchange or how you're going to complete them. - throw stuff out, do not hoard random parts - keep everything unbuilt that you've failed not to hoard in the box, sealed, out of sight, until its time comes It's a bit of an "empty your mind" thing I guess, and I've found there are lots of people who can handle doing 30 projects in different stages all at once, but I for one certainly can't. Especially the "throw stuff away" part seems to work very differently for different people. Some people get inspired by piles of stuff, and come up with amazing ideas by just looking at what they have laying around, but I need a "clean sheet" approach, an empty table. If I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with something, then it has to go. All my cars are ready to be run. Put a battery in and go. Every single one of them. All my unbuilt kits are sealed, stacked up and stored out of sight. My workbench is empty. My tools are in their drawers. Yes, there are three boxes slowly filling up with parts for three upcoming builds, but I'm not even thinking of starting any of those until everything is ready, and today I'm not starting anything else either, because I'm going racing today, so I'll need the space and time later to fix whatever I'll inevitably break. All good advice, most of which I seem doomed to ignore... I'm especially bad about not throwing things out, particularly the leftover parts form a build or the "dregs" leftover from a lot buy (all the little orphan parts that don't fit any vehicle I have, but are "too good" to throw away). It's time for a harsh cleanout of things like that, but I'm too busy starting new projects or puttering with half-finished ones to get around to it... As for the original question, I believe I only have 4 unpainted body shells at the moment: an M-chassis VW Golf, an M-chassis Mazda MX-5 Miata, a Lunchbox, and a Subaru Brat hard body (part of an unbuilt Brat kit). And I have some sort of plan (or at least inkling) of what I want to do with them. I wish I could start a project, see it through, and no move onto the next one until it's finished, but my mind simply doesn't work that way. If I'm deep into a project, focused, and enjoying myself, that's one thing, but if I lose interest or I can see the project drifting off or going badly, I can't "push through" just for the sake of finishing it. It goes from "I want to" to "I have to," and there are enough things I have to do. Hobbies should be something I want to do. That doesn't mean that I won't go back to something, sometimes even years later. I also have gotten better about writing down a project idea instead of jumping into it. I have pages and pages of notes about things I may or may not ever get around to building, but getting them down on paper at least gets them out of my head so I have a chance at focusing on the thing in front of me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggular 4964 Posted April 8, 2019 1 hour ago, markbt73 said: It goes from "I want to" to "I have to," So true. Hobby should be fun. I should remember that there is no duty to "finish." I figured if I stopped getting new ones, I'd complete the projects. Like a recovering alcoholic, as soon as I said that, I get M05 NSU Prinz--because it was cheap. I might as well accept the fact that I'm an RC addict. I thought about keeping it in the box like S-PCS. But that's like asking a cat to resist catnip. Try as I might... Resistance is futile! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/7/2019 at 10:46 PM, Truck Norris said: One or two... 1 Proline F250 2 Subaru Legacy TRF 3 Durga [...] 142 Focus WRC 2001 (2) I use an average of £15 in paint per shell, so that's £2130 in paint costs. It takes me about three months of RC time to do them to my standards, so another 142 will take me until I'm 75. Better get cracking! Yikes. That's like 120 cubic feet or 3.55 cubic meters of shells, roughly equal to the volume of water in 24 average-sized bathtubs. You'd need 10 Tesla Model 3's to have enough trunk space to fit them all. If you managed to stack them 6' high, at average storage space rental rates in my area, you'd spend roughly $250 per year in storage fees, totalling $9000 (if you manage to not let the total number of shells exceed around 180, ever) by the time you're 75, and that's not adjusted for inflation or price increases. Storage costs will add roughly $63 to your $20 paint expenses for a total of $83 finishing cost per shell, excluding labor. That's almost $12000 just to finish what you have, without figuring in anything you'll doubtlessly buy in the 36 years to come. That's roughly 1/3 of the cost of a new Tesla Model 3, and then you'd only need 9.66 more just to transport all those shells. You could, however, buy one brand new Chevrolet Spark for that kind of money, and... you know what, forget it. Having 142 RC shells is actually by far not the worst way to spend $12000. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5316 Posted April 8, 2019 42 minutes ago, S-PCS said: Yikes. That's like 120 cubic feet or 3.55 cubic meters of shells, roughly equal to the volume of water in 24 average-sized bathtubs. You'd need 10 Tesla Model 3's to have enough trunk space to fit them all. If you managed to stack them 6' high, at average storage space rental rates in my area, you'd spend roughly $250 per year in storage fees, totalling $9000 (if you manage to not let the total number of shells exceed around 180, ever) by the time you're 75, and that's not adjusted for inflation or price increases. Storage costs will add roughly $63 to your $20 paint expenses for a total of $83 finishing cost per shell, excluding labor. That's almost $12000 just to finish what you have, without figuring in anything you'll doubtlessly buy in the 36 years to come. That's roughly 1/3 of the cost of a new Tesla Model 3, and then you'd only need 9.66 more just to transport all those shells. You could, however, buy one brand new Chevrolet Spark for that kind of money, and... you know what, forget it. Having 142 RC shells is actually by far not the worst way to spend $12000. You left one very important rule off your list earlier: Never, ever, ever do the math. You don't want to know. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggular 4964 Posted April 8, 2019 30 minutes ago, markbt73 said: You left one very important rule off your list earlier: Never, ever, ever do the math. You don't want to know. lol... However, "no math" applies to mere mortals like me. Since TruckNorris has top notch skills, I'm sure he doesn't have any problem selling completed shells. If he gets $120 each (and subtracts $20 for paint), I'd say Truck Norris is sitting on $142,000. I have a feeling that he might enjoy doing the math. [Check out some cars done by Truck Norris] 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted April 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, Juggular said: lol... However, "no math" applies to mere mortals like me. Since TruckNorris has top notch skills, I'm sure he doesn't have any problem selling completed shells. If he gets $120 each (and subtracts $20 for paint), I'd say Truck Norris is sitting on $142,000. I have a feeling that he might enjoy doing the math. Um, that's true "no math" right there, or shouldn't that come out to more like $14200? Then again, $120 for one of those shells? There's commercially available mass produced 1:18 die-cast stuff out there that's not nearly half as detailed, nowhere near as unique and doesn't even move under its own power that easily costs more than $120. I don't know if there's a market or a price for these handbuilt miracles, but personally, if I wanted one of these, I'd be prepared to spend way, way, way more than $120. I have to agree, if I had those skills and 142 shells, I wouldn't worry about math or no math either. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites