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Step 4: Body Paint and Final Details.

Paint is getting there, you just can't see the holographic metal flake in pictures.

Few more shots.

Headlights , in 3 pieces and ready for LEDs

Dash board , incredibly difficult to photograph and I made it I two pieces which may have been a mistake as the facia is Incredibly thin , I thought it might have been easier to paint with my fat fingers but I will probably have to make it one piece . 20230508_144821.jpg 20230508_144901.jpg 20230508...

That's really nice Mark , love the lights . I just had one of those thoughts, for the shelf it might be nice to have lights that can be hooked up to mains electricity rather than battery's. None of those cars I put leds on are for shelves :-). A rc car should not live on a shelf, but running outsid...

Let me correct that for you :) I feel the same way , I love driving them , only my 834b Dogfighter is resting now and I have a fully printed one to drive if I get the urge , the Sand Rover probably won't get driven hard or much and I do worry about the bodywork that I have planned , might get a Hol...

silvertriple wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 11:31 am I can see where you are heading to . Enligthed dashboard is going to be super nice

Yup , I have several colours of translucent paint I'm going to paint behind for indicators , ignition light , dials etc then just a single light sorce .

Threw a bit of chrome on the lights .

I had these larger 1.9 inch tires with a nice scale look that I tried and didn't like on my Bruiser clone , drew up a wheel and hub cap and printed them , still not too sure , if you look at old pictures of Baja Manx buggy the rear wheels are huge ... What do you think . IMG_20230509_131242_345.jpg ...

Excellent!

Rear lights drawn , printed and painted , again ready for lighting .

Gav', with all the love you are giving to this beach buggy, i'm starting to ask myself what are you going to do with the driver figure, because this car definitely needs one :-) You are right it needs a driver but I'm not in love with the original, I'll probably use the torso and legs but not the h...

Front indicators ( turn signals) and number plate light .

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