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aeiou wrote:Nice project. I'm a fan of the DS and that's the first one I've seen with the MIP tranny. Cool stuff.

Are these the pieces you're looking for?:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX3003&P=7

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0095p?FVPROFIL=++&FVSEARCH=8874

Thanks for the kind comment Paul and yes these are the ones I'm after and I already ordered them last week. I also plan to install real lights in there I'll keep you guys updated when the body will be painted, but that will most probably take months, so stay tuned!

I recently found some nice add-ons for the body: a nice double exhaust pipe as well as rear-view mirrors that will perfectly match the ones in the 1:1 picture. Last but not least, a nice set of LED lights that will make it totally scale. I just need to find a very good painter now

SWEET!

Who makes that trick looking exhaust?

That set up would look fantastic on a Baja project I'm doing.

I've got a buddy of mine who 's putting an HPI Camaro body on his...It looks just like it was made for it!..PERFECT fit.

I'll put a picture of my shelf queen DS up soon.

Right now it's got a Bolink '65 Mustang on it, but I think I'm going to take it up a notch or two in the detail department..I've been inspired by this site...I may been defecting to the Chevy side soon....

Some small update here, found some nice RPM gold knock-offs that resemble the ones that are on the #23 car, I might have to paint them with a glossy green to obtain a blue shade. I would like to find to wheels that looks like the ones in the pic, but I haven't found anything yet, if anyone has an idea, please let me know. I also added a HPI 2 speed trans and a Stealth tranny coming form a world's car. The body has been in the painter's hands for months now, I hope to get it soon

David,

Who makes the 2000 GT body? The accessories look to be from ABC Hobby, which IMO makes some great bodies. The new stuff is VERY detailed.

Can't wait to see the finished result.



MOmo

After 6 months at the painter's, I finally got the body back and painted. There are no decals on it so far, everything is painted! Not the best job ever, but that will do, especially as I got it for free. I now have to trim the body, add the exhaust pipe, wipers and back mirrors from ABC Hobby and a few decals. To finish it, I would like to find rims that match the real thing as much as possible, but I didn't come with anything so far, any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!

that's looking good, though I didn't think it would look like this in 007 style.

All those high detail bodies are very nice but, yes, hand-painting the chrome accents, lights, grill, ... is a difficult job.

Mr. ED wrote:that's looking good, though I didn't think it would look like this in 007 style.

All those high detail bodies are very nice but, yes, hand-painting the chrome accents, lights, grill, ... is a difficult job.

You're right Erik, from now on I'll call it "my Toyota is fantastic"

I'm almost sure every single detail has been airbrushed by the way.

Asso_man! wrote: I'm almost sure every single detail has been airbrushed by the way.

woow, that must be even harder: I know I would loose my patience completely masking those small curved areas.And I'm p

and beleive it or not, this is how I got it 3 years ago, it looked like it has been found in the bottom of the ocean

Must have been a clay oval racer!

Asso_man! wrote:and beleive it or not, this is how I got it 3 years ago, it looked like it has been found in the bottom of the ocean

Wow!

I've never seen a DS with a T2 chassis before.

Small update, I roughly trimmed the body this week end to see how it sits and it looks like I will have to trim the front bumper a bit to make it fit perfectly. I also mounted the back mirrors that perfectly match the real car. The body mounting holes do not match at all the ones from the DS and anyway I would prefer not to have to drill extra holes to attach the body. I saw this system from ABC Hobby not so long ago and thought it should do the trick:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ABC-HOBBY-STEALTH-MOUNTS-TAMIYA-HPI-YOKOMO-TC4-TC5-XRAY_W0QQitemZ260442386655QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ca39370df&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I have those same mirrors retro-fitted to my 1968 volvo amazone!
The ABC solution looks good. I used to make velcro mounts for my bodies (before I stopped caring about a couple extra holes) but those mounts looked kinda ugly when the body was removed.

Wow, David that looks great! I remember as a kid seeing one of those at the local car dealership back in PA. They kept it covered up in a dark corner of the dealership.