Tamiya Buggy Champ - 2009 Reissue Rough Rider

[GreenBar0n]

I admire your persistence. You keep after it until it's perfect.
I'll give my paint jobs one shot and just live with all the imperfections. If I try to repair my mistakes, I always make them look worse.
The wheels and tires look amazing!!

Thanks so much! If I leave those mistakes on there, I can never enjoy the finished product, all I remember or can see when I look at it are the errors, and it will spoil the entire thing for me if I leave it that way. Not sure what the medical diagnosis for that is, but it's a lifelong condition .


Getting ready to spray the TS-26, it's a perfect day for painting out there.

[GreenBar0n]

Ran out of TS-26 white paint, thought one can would be enough, but didn't figure in my mistakes and do-over.

Can't peel this until I get more TS-26 to finish the weak lines, can still see a thin blue line.




Did get those drips removed.


Blue lines where the white didn't cover fully.


Just ordered another $80 in Tamiya paint, Thursday I should be able to finish the white. Have no choice but to leave it masked until then, don't know how bad things are under there atm.

[XLR8]

It irritates me to no end how Tamiya cans only provide enough paint for one small vehicle. If you need to paint something larger or correct any mistakes, you'll need to buy a second can.
Def not a fan but sometimes it's the only way to find the right color.

[GreenBar0n]

I know it's just my poor paint prep and inexperience that caused this - I need to get good, but until then, it's going to cost me for the quality I'm looking to achieve, with the skills I have

The good front tire.



Thursday is when the white paint is supposed to arrive.

[Dustydrone]

The build is looking great! I'm looking forward to building a car with this level of detail

[GreenBar0n]

Thanks for the encouragement! Hoping to see one of your builds too, when you get to it.

The one tool that makes every project easier, and turn out better as a direct result, is a lighted magnifier headset - imo. It's the most used tool out of any I own, would buy another today if mine got lost or broken.
https://www.amazon.com/OptiVISOR-Headband-Magnifier-Quasar-Lights/dp/B074ZNJ792


With a lighted magnification headset, no flaws can hide, which is why I'm constantly redoing things, can better see how bad things really are

[Dustydrone]

Thanks for the encouragement! Hoping to see one of your builds too, when you get to it.

The one tool that makes every project easier, and turn out better as a direct result, is a lighted magnifier headset - imo. It's the most used tool out of any I own, would buy another today if mine got lost or broken.
https://www.amazon.com/OptiVISOR-Headband-Magnifier-Quasar-Lights/dp/B074ZNJ792


With a lighted magnification headset, no flaws can hide, which is why I'm constantly redoing things, can better see how bad things really are

Thanks for the tip!

[GreenBar0n]

You're welcome!

[XLR8]

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With a lighted magnification headset, no flaws can hide, which is why I'm constantly redoing things, can better see how bad things really are

Ah HA, there's your problem! A "lighted magnifier headset".
Flaws don't exist if you can't see them so do yourself a favor and get rid of that thing.

[GreenBar0n]

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With a lighted magnification headset, no flaws can hide, which is why I'm constantly redoing things, can better see how bad things really are

Ah HA, there's your problem! A "lighted magnifier headset".
Flaws don't exist if you can't see them so do yourself a favor and get rid of that thing.

the camera unfortunately is not as easily fooled.

Got a UPS notification today, about a delivery for tomorrow but didn't say what it was, hope the white paint for this project gets here a day early.