j-sou's DS: NIB--> new built--> "dark trick"--> done!

[urpaldan]

[THUNDERSTRIKE1]

DS QUALIFIER BLACK PLASTIC SHOCKS AND FOAMS ON BLACK WHEELS AND BLACK CENTERS AND came with the msc.And i just happen to have one .It was test run.But body and decal sheet untouched,all in the original box an manuals too.don

[hugger19]

here is the hot trick version

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[j-sou]

here is the hot trick version

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Yep! That's the one that gave me the idea. I saw it in the Hot Trick thread and said it would be cool all black.

I gotta pick up some paint this weekend and get the body done.

[hugger19]

o cool

[PlastiZapCA+]

That's a nice car. Is that a Jetta Mk4 body?

[j-sou]

That's a nice car. Is that a Jetta Mk4 body?

Thank you! It was a fun little project. And yes, it's a mk4 Jetta. I'll post some updated pics of the body when I'm back in town!

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

I missed this one. That looks awesome!

[Sixtysixdeuce]

Nice!

I've started getting sucked into the DS here lately. Not good, not good.........

[j-sou]

Nice!

I've started getting sucked into the DS here lately. Not good, not good.........

I gave into the dark side too I almost sold this when it was NIB too! Glad I didn't.

[j-sou]

I guess this thread needs to be wrapped up since the car is done....

side note first- out of curiosity I tossed a couple of the new 6279 ball cups in with some other parts I was brightening up. It made them an even worse color! This pic doesn't really show the greenish color they are from the factory, but I think everyone has figured that out by now and had a few laughs or grumbles over it. Anyways... don't bother tossing them in the hydrogen peroxide.


however, they do dye well! Here's the crappy ones from above on the left, the dyed on the right, and a row of fluorescent yellow ends from RPM at the top for comparison.


and since I wanted everything either black or fluorescent yellow, I dyed a set of the 6272 ball stud foam dust covers black. They dyed really well. No heat, in a water bottle with black Rit dye for a day. Then rinsed them well and dried them. That's all it took.


While I was getting the rest of the fluorescent yellow stuff ready, I started making the styrene parts for the body.



And here's the body painted, chassis finished, and splitters/diffuser ready to install

[j-sou]

...and the finished pics

[RC10resto]

Very nice and unique

[GoMachV]

WOW! That looks great Jeff!

[a01butal]

That car looks great, doesn't get much better, a real work of art!