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I needed a tire truer for the 1/24, so I built one

What a mess
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OK, 20 minutes into the acetone bath and we are seeing results, as evidenced by the slimy feathers of yellowy clearcoat floating away from the wheel. 20240112_083622.jpg OK, before and after about 1.5 hrs and some close in toothpick work.. Left before, Right after. Acetone. 20240112_091857.jpg Edit:...

I acquired a new build buggy from mikea96 several years ago. I was very pleased with his vision, but the purist in me decided to strip it down and make it an AE parts car only. The pic below shows some of the original parts that were sourced. Neon yellow chassis is an original B stamp. Other parts w...

We're going racin' again !! This time with an RC10T3 which isn't my favorite truck but on paper it's ideal for vintage racing. The SRT will sit on the sidelines for now. Many thanks to Alex for selling me this blank canvas to work with. So far I've torn it down and thoroughly cleaned everything and ...

IMG_0842.jpeg I’m new to the whole build thread thing but I like this car enough that it should be fun to document. I’ve been collecting Andy’s parts for a while and have several builds near completion. This one I thought was complete until I saw last years BOTY winner and the effort that went into...

I moved into a new house and have not fully unpacked all the RC stuff after the move. The bin that I stored the torn down buggy in was missing many parts, so I've been digging through moving boxes over the past week looking for the rest of the car. It's funny (and a bit sad) when I find cars/parts/t...

TBG Pro-Line Vision body finally painted.
I use Faskolor Faspearl Black. It gave it a brownish tint that goes well with the red, orange, yellow and white.
Fastint on the windows.
Now for stickers

Well she's all built, as a runner. Using the turbo scorpion wheels for modern carpet tires, had to cut down the fronts a bit to fit narrow tires. Decided on going with a different rear wing for now but added some similar flair to it, with the end plates.

Had a little time today to do a little more work on the car. I received the TPS shock pivots so I installed those on the MIP shocks. Put some black AE ball cups on the turnbuckles and got the front end on the car. I did use a set of Andy’s front axles. I also changed out the Andy’s castor blocks tha...

What does ROWR stand for !?!? On the first box I made it for myself and it said team associated. Well "they" didn't like that, understandably, so I changed it. Just to make sure I wasn't stealing a fake victory too I decided to change it from ROAR to ROWR so there would be no confusion th...

Another little update today. I’ve been debating on whether to pull the FT blue shock caps as they didn’t come on the market until late 90s and aren’t really correct on this car. I really like the looks of them and have a few sets on different models that they really shouldn’t be on. In the end a goo...

Only thing left are a couple of decals and the fuzzy dice.

Small scratches can be fixed with Birchwood Casey Aluminum black.
Clean surface with acetone.
Apply Aluminum Black with a cotton bud or brush.
Rinse with water.
Polish with dremel and cotton wheel.

Here is a photo of it where it’s going to stay.

I have located a body for this. I’ll leave it like this for a bit and get the body on it when it’s time for a decor change.

IMG_1139.jpeg IMG_1140.jpeg IMG_1141.jpeg When I get home I’ll work on installing the electronics and see if I dare solder everything up. 😬 also need to put a pinion on. The one thing I usually leave undone on a shelfer is no shock oil. Super excited about how she’s coming along. Glad I decided to ...