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Been slowly rebuilding this one since buying it as a secondhand nightmare. The alloy was stripped, polished and anodised natural due to a bit of wear and the blue not taking ( it was originally a very worn faded gold from it previous owner) so we went back to natural for a better finish. It'll be finished up as a carpet rat, with trued foams......'cos i like 'em lol.

lee

Definitely looking to see this one completed...still going for a MS shell?

Yes bud, may paint a fill in in the meantime and send a Tamiya one off to Jon. Looks really nice in natural now as it goes, its made the whole package look cleaner and pretty unique.

lee

I love these Tamiya 4wd buggys,the 511,501 and 502, and the DB01 too. Post pics when you are done with it.

Its almost done now, just a couple of bits to add, install the running gear and bam. Its planned to be a carpet runner indoor, so i slammed it and trued some foams up. Just a quick iPhone pic, but its come up lovely compared to how i bought it.

lee

That looks purdy.

Awesome.

What foamies are they?

Thanks bud, the foams are by Contact, and they marry up to buggy rims like a charm.

lee

That's turned out amazing Lee...well done!

You need to take that large wing off of the front end, otherwise your body looks like its on backwards-

Is that a wing though? We have to fit shock tower protectors to our buggies at some carpet venues to protect the surface from crashing buggies damaging the carpet.

Cheers Naushad. Guys yes, it is a wing, and Paul is spot on, its fitted for carpet protection, as the club ill be racing at ask you do this, it just limits the chance of a tower snagging the carpet....... but ill try running in reverse just for you Reggie

lee

No one got the joke, look at that 3/4 perspective pic. Then take the wing (the big one lol) and put it at the other end. Looks like a current buggy now

I thought it was current
But, yeah it looks like a forward cab body if You look away from the rear wing.
Just add 4-wheel steering and going reverse would not really be backwards

Charlie don't surf wrote:No one got the joke, look at that 3/4 perspective pic. Then take the wing (the big one lol) and put it at the other end. Looks like a current buggy now

I got it, right away. With the bodies you see on cars these days, without the wings, you can't tell if they're comin' or goin'.