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Painted, decaled, waitin on Willy. Still more work to do like dremmel of useless plastic on chassis, replace cheap bearings I had put in with nicer, rubber shielded ones, and add shims to the axles on the inside of the gearbox to get rid of the slop.

MelvinsArmy wrote:Awesome project. I like that you're not going brushless and sticking with an old Monster Horsepower motor!
I've been considering doing a Corvette monster myself.

Anybody remember Kyosho's monster vette?

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I had one of those monstrosities as a kid, built it new from kit and... rather disliked it with a strong emphasis. AND That car was the first thing that went through my mind when I read the topic! I do think the OP's one is much cooler then that brittle Kyosho monstrosity

Chris

Starting on Willy's dome piece...

Tamiya pure white



Masking and Tamiya light gunmetal



Masking removed

Red stripes added





Gold stripes

#2 from a vintage Hotshot sheet.



I love the Autographics logo. Soo old school...

Great detail-work there. That's what I call good head.

A little detail work...

Make sure he doesn't kink any of the straps in the buckles

A little NOS...

Still need a shifter for Willy. Looking for a small skull, 8 ball, or dice. Even though you won't be able to really see it, that's what I want to do. Waiting on Tamiya pearl clear to finish off the helmet and then I'm on to electronics.







Front view. Might ditch the GoodYear logo. Overall I like the look of this. Should be a fun runner and less prone to flip with its lower center of gravity.

Finally got around to finishing this. Head doesn't turn still, maybe next year.

Vintage

I think i have seen little 8balls or dice in those jewelry places with all the stuff for little girls with my neices. For building your own bracelets and such.

very cool, i love the way the body looks on the lunch box and willy looks like he was meant to be there..
now to find a use for the lunch box body... from memory they fit nearly perfect on a M05 chassis..

I forgot I still had the full body set...