- '91 Stealth Masami replica -

[Asso_man!]

Ok the two bodies painted by Anthony quickly made it here, and I was totally stocked to see these in the flesh. I have here his first and last attempts (there were 4 in total) and you can clearly see how he got better and better at it and how close to perfection the last one is, that is the paler green one. I just couldn't wait to apply the truly amazing quality decals from Ultrahive, these two artists made this possible and I must again thank them big time for their awesome work!
Here are some pictures of what has been done today:



















Stay tuned!

[RC10resto]

Wow!
Very nice and by the book

[vintage AE]

I'm so happy to see them in somebody else's photos lol.

The stickers look amazing and the body with the stickers look even better. I also like how some of the stickers cover up some of my imperfections

Can't wait to see her mounted

[scr8p]

Looking good David!

[slotcarrod]

Just WOW! Now you will have to take as much care trimming as Thumb's for his weekly Brazilian!

BTW, you trimmed the Novak too neatly, but I'm just being anal. The build is just WOW!

[Asso_man!]

Just WOW! Now you will have to take as much care trimming as Thumb's for his weekly Brazilian!

BTW, you trimmed the Novak too neatly, but I'm just being anal. The build is just WOW!

Thanks for the compliments guys, but a lot of them have to go to Anthony and Louis, not forgetting Jake and Nikki who were instrumental in making this project a reality.

I am actually totally scared to trim it, more than I would be to trim Thumb's weekly Brazilian, there can always be something in the way that you cut unexpectedly right?

I also noticed the Novak sticker is too neatly cut, but there was nothing I could do about that as Louis' decals come already very neatly machine-trimmed on the decal sheet! I would have to go for an original Novak decal to recreate Masami's cut on that one.

By the way, I am missing the two black REEDY decals that go on the wing side dams, if anyone has them and could get rid of them, I would be eternally thankful! Oh and a Novak MC1 please, pretty please

[Jirka]

Those bodies are so close to real one as it is possible to do. Really good work.

Jirka

[slotcarrod]

I'm not home right now but I think I can help you with the Reedy decals and I may even have an original Novak decal. I will pm you for address later this week when I get home.

[Asso_man!]

I'm not home right now but I think I can help you with the Reedy decals and I may even have an original Novak decal. I will pm you for address later this week when I get home.

That would be really great, let me guess the measurements first on the wing before screaming hooray, these came in a lot of different sizes!

While I'm at it, I'm also looking for the shiny Yokomo one that is on the back of the wing, although I have no clue where these stickers were available from? The large red KO PROPO is also on the hunt list as well as the very tiny black Yokomo one that is supposed to be stuck on the left front arm (see pics below for reference).

[Vale]

Killer job David, can't wait to see the final result! Stay cool when triming the bodies! lol

A M1C has been sold yesterday on ebay germany... 14€

[jwscab]

is the silver yokomo sticker from a motor?

[slotcarrod]

I'm sure about any size Reedy for you, but pm me specs anyway. I may be able to help with the tiny Yokomo on the arm as well. I have seen that shiny Yokomo before, not sure if it was in my stash though?

[Asso_man!]

Ok I spent a few hours spread over a few days to come to this. Still some details to fine tune like opening the left side of the body and create an airflow hole, the rear side of the left pod should also feature a triangular cutout that allows a nice airflow above the ESC. I finally figured out why the front body mount was kinda of dirty: I believe Masami painted with a sharpie to locate the exact hole to be trimmed in the body by simply pressing the body over it and marking it underneath. At least this is what I did and worked like a charm. All the edges were smoothed with sandpaper. It actually looks too neat now compared to the real deal

[LTO_Dave]

That chrome Yokomo decal could be cut from the round one they used to seal kit boxes.

[vintage AE]

I haven't looked closely at the decals, but I can say I repainted that wing 3 times lol, and I'm glad I did, you are doing an amazing job David!