A couple of my recent efforts

[DerbyDan]

My current Corally TC


And a shell I did for my friend (& team mate) I'm rather chuffed that this image has been used on the Corally UK website front page


And for a bit of vintage Associated, here's my RC12L (Graphite version) -that I painted back in the early 90s


Heres also a couple of touring car shells I painted that depict the 1-1 race cars that raced in the British Touring Car Series here in the uk in the mid 90s - the yellow & blue Renault is signed by the two drivers that drove the real thing.

[RedScampi]

Wow! Wish I could paint like that! Is the 12L body still in your possession and in that condition?

[DerbyDan]

Thank you

Re; the 12L, that photo was taken only about a month ago, the shell never got used

At the time I wanted the RC12 sticker sheet - but the shop only had stickers for the RC10 - Now these sticker sheets seem to be very desirable

[DerbyDan]

This is the Alfa 156 Bodyshell I was running on my Tourer before the White one at the top.... suffice to say it is now wrecked





This one I did for a guy at our club - the main design is a sticker that comes ready on the shell - I just added the black shadowing, lights & the main silver colouring.

[DerbyDan]

A couple of my latest;

A Clod Buster - my first attempt to paint an ABS shell, came out ok I think I actually found the truck at my local recycling facilty & paid £2 for it..... though much more has been spent on it to get it to where it is now!



This is a shell I painted for a friend - its a Mk1 Ford Cortina in the classic Lotus colours





Interestingly it came in two halves - presumably to enable the overhanging features in the shell to be moulded on a one peice mould?

[HotRodJosh]

Nice work Dan!
I REALLY like the 12L......

[RedScampi]

I love the Cortina! I knew a guy that had one of those in High School. At the time I thought it was funky and weird but my tastes have changed. Those are pretty rare in the US.

[jdenison75]

That green on the cortina looks great. Bet it looks really good outside when the light hits it.

[DerbyDan]

I love the Cortina! I knew a guy that had one of those in High School. At the time I thought it was funky and weird but my tastes have changed. Those are pretty rare in the US.

Yes, I bet Cortina's/Consuls are rare in the States..... my freind has a twin cam converted Ford Anglia (Harry Potter car) I know a few of those were officially imported to the States.

Here's yet another TC shell I did for a mate.... the combination of colours was inspired by a RC10 shell I saw on here

[vintage racer]

That Cortina looks great,who makes the body?I want one.My mate has an original Lotus Cortina race car so Im sure he would want one,we have had a couple as daily drivers for my wife,one was a consol that had the factory plastic on the rear seat and we also had a Anglia.I love the old small Fords.Another car Ive allways wanted to own is a Ford Pinto.We never had them in Australia.I wonder if manufacturers did an RC body for one of those?

[DerbyDan]

The company that make them is called RetroRacing - the shells are Eu39 which sounds quite a lot - but you do get some stickers & a set of Hex fitment minilite wheels.

The shells themselves are rather nicely moulded with overspray film - but I must admit that the lexan on this particular shell was very thin around the back - this was underneath the cut-line but with a bit of handling during spraying it split - which did spread up just up into the rear valance, which was a bit annoying

http://www.retroracing.com/epages/OVK.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/24042009-139628/Categories/Products

[DerbyDan]

I finished a couple of shells off this weekend... one was another TC shell like the White/Red/Black Corally in the pictures above for the same friend. The second shell was this MrLexan JRX2, painted in the Pro-formance box art scheme - I just need a complete JRX2 to sit it on!



Oh - & these are the current shells on my racers, sprayed up just before Christmas.

[YZ-10]

Fair play mate those all look spot on

[Coelacanth]

The Cortina's awesome.

[DerbyDan]

These are my most recent paint jobs;

Masami YZ-10


Now mounted (got some more decals to add )


Then last night I finished off this Losi XXT - this was my first attempt at using Liquid Mask


And this Lexus TC shell - which is going to be an Xmas present for a mate

.... back to good o'l tape for that one