I'm about to start a cleanup/restore on my Marui Ninja. It's in a pretty bad state and parts are hard to come by so most likey it will just be a tear down to clean and rebuild with what I have, unless parts fall from the sky
Has any one had experience with the repo body from penquin? Is the quality good?
Nice project you got ! It's seems almost complete.
I bought several bodies from Penguin : they are affordable but the lexan is too flexible , so they can easily crack at corners for example , I use them for the shelf for now .
Looks like a good starting point , very intact , from what I've read its the rear bumper mounts broken off the gearbox that you'll struggle to find parts for , otherwise a good clean and a new body will have it looking much better , I must admit I find them very Marmite ( love it or hate it ) with the body style but that's just personal taste , is it going to be a runner or a display car ?
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Dadio wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 4:13 am
Looks like a good starting point , very intact , from what I've read its the rear bumper mounts broken off the gearbox that you'll struggle to find parts for , otherwise a good clean and a new body will have it looking much better , I must admit I find them very Marmite ( love it or hate it ) with the body style but that's just personal taste , is it going to be a runner or a display car ?
It's almost all there and you are correct the rear bumper mounts are broken off the gearbox and bumper is missing. The center shaft and joints is missing, I picked up new center joint from ebay and the shaft looks easier enough to make. A cleanup and new body should bring it up. It's going to be a display car, so I will just keep my eye's open and replace parts as I go.
blast wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:57 am
Nice project you got ! It's seems almost complete.
I bought several bodies from Penguin : they are affordable but the lexan is too flexible , so they can easily crack at corners for example , I use them for the shelf for now .
I was going to get a body from tbg but he has nothing listed at the moment, so I might just wait until he has some.
Pyxster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:16 am
Tamiya Legends on YouTube just restored a Ninja, he used a repo body and decals. You could look up his video on how it worked out for him.
Here's a link to my Marui Shogun resto, pretty much the same car. Maybe it might be useful. I know I had to deal with a cracked bumper mount on the rear gearbox too, fortunately mine wasn't broken right off...what a brainfart Marui engineers had when they figured it'd be a good idea to have hinky-dink plastic tabs to mount the bumper directly molded into the gearbox...sheesh! But these silly but major design flaws are found in all Marui cars from that era. Very few survivors and parts are scarce & expensive. Fortunately for you, I think Ninja parts are somewhat more common than Shogun parts.
I've managed to source some NOS parts for this. Got some wheels/tires/chassis and miscellaneous parts on the way.
I just need to fabricate a rear bumper, does anyone have one liying around they can measure and maybe send some good quality pics?
Parts are starting to arrive, just waiting on the new body/decals. Also got some bearings coming. (hopefully they're the right size)
Only thing needed now is the rear under guard and center drive shaft.
Check this out I got it today in the mail...Some guy said he had some old RC he wanted to get rid of for $20 and I happily volunteered to give it a new home...I dont really know anything about these cars...Are the collectible? what are they...
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LOL,
still it would be easier and cheaper to find someone to paint this for you than to get the decals.
It's pretty tough to make the decals on a flat sheet, shaped so they they will appear straight on the curved body.
bit of trial and error which...
These two are on a local auction site with a buy now of $180 I'm thinking about buying them just because they seem cheap..what do you guys think?
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I have both sizes of Shogun, only a 1/10 Ninja , and much as I quite like QDs especially mint boxed ones, they aren't worth more than £30 posted tops I reckon.
The 'MARUI NINJA' would argueably have to be one of the sexiest off road buggies from the 1980's. (we atleast I think so- LOL!)
Years ago I owned a pretty beaten up one of these cars and without new lexan or decals floating around back then I...
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That's another great looking car! While I lik this particular car I'm not a real fan of the spaceship shaped rigs. They are an aquired taste. :wink: I have a Coors Melling T-bird chassis that will be getting a Ninja-style makeover soon!
Few weeks back, the postman delivered 3 parcels, among which there was two Marui rare cars: a Ninja, and a Shogun (from two different origins). It is quite exceptional get a Shogun, but to get a Shogun and a Ninja the same day is probably...
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Another body cleaned...
Red and white went out quite quickly. Black followed... After 24 hours of green bath I decided to remove it from the bath and take the gold out with paint killer. The body is a bit damaged at the front right, probably due...
Had one as a kid, and I picked up a non-running example a couple years back. I think now is the time to get it going. I don't want to bash with it, just poke around the front/back yards.....since parts are expensive and hard to come by.
We'll start...
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Just got my Big Bear out of the attic. Tires are shot, speed control is shot, want to get it going. I e-mailed 1001modelkits.com to see if they had any recommendations.
