My Vintage Box Art RC10 replicas

[Ruffy]

This 3rd labor of love continues forward:
Here is my 3rd Box Art Body work I just got to this point. I'm about 3/4 of the way to completing it, and used an airbrush to do everything you see painted. I still have to do the flat black on the outside surfaces to give it that extra depth, but I also like painting the black on the inside in case the external flat black gets scratched. This 3rd body came out pretty good due to taking my sweet time, but I notice this is taking me longer than usual due to age, eyes, hands and making use of a larger magnifier for fine details. Once I finish the outer flat black surfaces, then I can cut the windows out and she will be ready for the window netting, fog lights, stickers and driver figure.

[Ruffy]

Wing now nearing completion; body still requires for me to purchase a flat black for painting the outside black areas.

[Ruffy]

Applied the flat black to the exterior surfaces.
Next step is to cut out the windows, then apply nets, lights, stickers...

[Ruffy]

Windows cutout now.

[Ruffy]

Window Net on the right side finished.

[Ruffy]

Window nets and fog lights installed.

[Ruffy]

Thursday 9/10/2020 Update:
Driver Figure tiny Team Associated sticker completed.

[Pyxster]

It's probably been asked on here before, but I wasn't having luck in a search. What's the best way to attach the lights to the body?

[Ruffy]

Pyxster, The way I do it, is I drill a .08" hole into the body where I want the lights, and then I use 2-56 threaded screws to attach them. The AE fog lights you will need to drill and thread a hole in for the 2-56 screws. If you use the Rough Rider lights as I have here ( the original box art used the Tamiya fog lights, they are larger diameter) then I use a 2-56 hex nut, bonded into the fog light slot, so that it will accept the 2-56 screw.
This picture here of one of my latest builds, Tri-Themed RC10, shows the smaller Associated Electrics fog light from the kit on it. I generally use the AE fog lights on my custom builds, but for the Box Art I use the Tamiya Rough Rider lights and driver.



This is my final "Curtis Edinger" build image, and it has the Tamiya Rough Rider fog lights on it. You can see they are much larger.

[Ruffy]

My 3rd Box Art replica is close to completion, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

[Pyxster]

As with all your builds, amazing work.