Think I've fooled around with this project long enough so I've got off my arse and I'm going to finish it up. I now have period correct servos and motor for this car just need to install them. I'm hoping I can have it done by the weekend. One of these days I'll find a vintage battery and cover to top it off.
This is not the final product. I've got to finish cleaning up the wind screen and polishing out the body to remove overspray. I've just put it on to see what it will look like. The body is an original Associated TOJ dated 1978.
I'll probably add panel lines from the outside even though the original car didn't have them. I'm trying to keep it looking close to the original although the decals will be different.
I'll be repainting the wing again as I didn't have the correct size decals on the first try. I had to do a lot of work to the wooden wing as it had a lot of moisture damage.
Lookin good
I never have the patience for perfection, mine all end up looking like runners. Very impressive workmanship!
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Thanks guys! It's been hard work but really fun at the same time. Hopefully I can get my other 12's finished up too. I'm ready to move on to the buggies!
You could make the stickers yourself if you wanted. There is clear vinyl on the market that can print on your ink jet printer. It looks awesome. I think the brand name is pollio or something. I'll see if I can find you the info.
For making stickers, would be a colour laser better than the inkjet printer? I saw at that papilio there are different film versions for colour lasers, which one would be the best? I have no clue on such things but actually wanted buying a colour laser printer since some time.
I've made my own stickers with my inkjet printer and those clear sticker sheets. One thing to look out for though is that even once they're dry they can smudge easily, so it's best to give the stickers a coat of laquer/clear coat.
CAT3K wrote:I've made my own stickers with my inkjet printer and those clear sticker sheets. One thing to look out for though is that even once they're dry they can smudge easily, so it's best to give the stickers a coat of laquer/clear coat.
Paul.
Paul,
Check out this video and he explains how to use a clear cover like i was saying instead of spraying clear coat. [youtube]YKxFTirkI-8[/youtube]
he tells you exactly how to make the decals and what paper to use. The paper is rather expensive but I think it would be worth it. I improvised with what i could find locally and was disappointed with the results even though they looked ok.
my stickers/decals
because i could not locate clear vinyl i used white paper stickers with a nice clear cover. Because of this i had to put a background color on the stickers and try to match the color of the car. Going around the track it looks great. Just up close its like "oh i see what you did". lol.
I've found a carpet track near me for 1/12 race cars so it's time to build a runner. Thanks to Gomachav I now have one of his beautiful new RC12E chassis for this project. This will be a mix of old and new. I'll be using modern servos and a 2.4ghz...
Like I really need to start another project. :mrgreen: Anyway this will be an RC12E with the Greenwood Corvette body from TBG. This will have period correct electronics and it will be fully functional like all my cars so far. It will be a resistor...
Pretty much new around these forums, I have been registered for a little over a month now.
Basically been lurking around the site reading and looking at different threads. I stumbled across this site while researching some info on...
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As soon as I saw the chassis I knew I recognized it. Then I identified some of the other parts. I saw your original auction. Couldn't believe someone would take apart such s nice car that someone put that much time into putting together.
I've been interested in doing something different from 1:10 offroad buggies lately and had been eyeing pan cars on eBay the last several months, waiting for something good but cheap to pop up. I finally spotted a nice auction lot with carbon fiber...
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Why has that body never been produced?? I'd love to have one.
Manufacturers are too busy producing 8 versions of Mustang and 6 flavors of Camaro and a dozen iterations of Corvette bodies to develop a Grand National body, evidently. :roll:
What's the best way to clean off lightly rusted screws? I have a slew of them from a bunch of used trucks I bought over the last year or so, figured I would take a shot at rescuing them before placing and order with McMaster. The ball studs are just...
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I remember naval jelly from years ago, trying to treat the rust on my '84 Omni. I was looking at degreasers a couple weeks ago at Lowe's, and again today, they've been out of that stuff for weeks.
Soaked all the screws in Purple Power, rinsed them...
well, im sure none of u know me(unless u know me from another forum), but a long story short, this was my first r/c. I got it when i was 7 years old, It was the early early version with the MSC, and no slipper, and once the slipper came out, i(my...
also, the motor is shot, i tore it apart today, the connecting rod was broke, the bearings were seized, i had to hammer on the crankshaft out to even get it to start moving. I am most likely going...
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It's a first run second generation. The newer ones had the blue chassis and the cylinder head you have, then went to a blue cylinder head and then finally to the 2.5 series engines. The first generation ones had a brownish-purple chassis on them....
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