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This is ridiculously awesome, amazing work! I can't wait to see each new step.

Hello Doug, your project looks great! I have the same MJF front bulkhead and when drilling hinge pin holes with 3.2mm, I really got a lot of material out. Take a closer look at the first picture. Also screw holes had enough material. I cleaned them first with 2.0mm and tapped 50% of screw lenght. To...

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XLR8 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:37 pm What a nice replica! Well done!
What issue of RCCA covered this car? thanks!

That's very nice, using a pattern. I have an old drill press with a cross slide vise. I know it wold be time consuming but this is my technique... Once I've made my marks on the piece I clamp it in the vise. Then I take a 1/4" (new) counter sink bit and using the cross slide vise, get it center...

Cheers mate!

It's looking really nice. Love the bumper, excellent shape on that part! It looks like you could counter sink the screws?

Can't wait to see it and great job by the way.

Several of the decals were included on the body when I bought it on ebay. However, many of the decals were incorrect. I had many of the correct decals in my private stash, a couple I got from MCI, and several of them were graciously given to me from several members both here and on Facebook RC forum...

It depends on who the service targets as a customer. Materialise is mainly oriented towards rapid prototyping as part of research and development. Their customers require the high-tech only they can offer, and the faults revealed by the prototype early in the design stage allow cheaper corrections c...

Amazing project XLR8!!! A real inspiration!

My unconscious self is doing the same thing motivated by your mad skills.

My conscious self is dragging his feet hoping for Jake to do round two.

I guess those little aluminum washers are gone now. "This is an automated e-mail from Team Associated. You had requested to be notified when a specific item came back in stock. Part #: 6936 (Washers, #4, aluminum) Item Status: This item has been discontinued" Is there a suitable replaceme...

Fantastic, a build that I'll bookmark!

That turned out great!

This type of build is why I love rc10talk. Amazing work!