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Looking for the colors or how to make the colors of the orangish gold tub body. I spent about 30 minutes here searching and no luck. Never did a buggy before with my RC10. Now I'm realizing you almost have to cut the rear shock area of the body in half. Argh!

Some of the pics I have look as though the decals were installed inside the body.

Thanks

Butch
S. Jersey

I am not a paint expert by any means but I thought I would get the replies started. I have found that many of the old colors are no longer around. I am not sure if this is the case here or not. I do not know if you have an actual box or just a picture but I would get some red, orange and yellow and tweak the mixture until you get the shade you are looking for. I would use a scrap piece of lexan for a test and make sure the paint is dry as this can affect the shade.
Yes the body does get rather thin in the rear area. I remember my runners back in the day would always crack there. If this is for display you should not have any problems but if it is for a runner I used to epoxy fiber mesh to that area to beef it up some.

CamplinP I have the box and 11 photos of one off Ebay which looks just like the box color wise. I thought someone said awhile ago that they had the color or the color formula for the body. I haven't found it yet. I even emailed AE
and they have no record or any info on it. Since the RC10 gold tub is a big part of their history I thought they would have the info but they didn't. Now I would have thought to use colors of orange, yellow and white. Not red. So this would really be hit and miss for me!
Thanks!

Butch

OK. Right for the primary colors. I was meaning to have those colors to mix to come up to get the correct orange. You may not need any red depending on your orange color.
I would bet that no one at AE recorded what colors they used. Someone just painted up the body and photographed it.
I have seen a couple of box art reproductions on this site. If you could find one of those and PM the builder I am sure they would help.

Try posting in the "paint shop". I think they just used your basic colors with no custom mixing. Try posting in "if you could ask gene husting a Question".

rctenracer I took your advice. Hope this wasn't a setup!!!
Thanks.

Butch

pactra:

competion orange
daytona yellow
sprint white
airbrush
scrap lexan

have fun.

FordPSD wrote:rctenracer I took your advice. Hope this wasn't a setup!!!
Thanks.

Butch

not a set up just post in the tech section " gene husting" or paint section.Just trying to help.