:: blade :: Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) as some of you may no, i have slowly been turning my old Tamiya TL-01 chassis into a drift beast, couldnt really have a focus doing the drifting could we, so i bought a S15 shell from R2 Hobbies, so here are the pics of the slow progress i will be making the shell it came with a few bits, 2 spoilers, wing mirrors, front and rear light buckets, wipersfinally masked part of it todaythe plan is, carbon fibre bonnet and boot lid, gloss black roof, metallic white body will be spraing the light buckets matte black too. I have the black and white spray on order so should recieve them soon, just need a few more bits to buy then i can carry on with the build thats it for now Edited April 22, 2013 by :: blade :: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugeyed Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Ooh nice matey, will look forward to more pics, was the shell expensive, and how long did it take to come , thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 think it was about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 looking good pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) recieved my paint today, but i buggard up thinking the white i was getting was metallic, i was wrong, need to get another can of transparent silver to start then spray the white to make it metallic so the painting of the shell will be on hold now till the end of the month till i can get some pennies to get some more heres my progress for today anyway its abit rough around the edges, as i used a stanley knife, not a scalpel, but considering ive not done it for about 8yrs i think ive done well as you can see, i now have a working bonnet vent and the front bumper has been chopped Edited October 22, 2012 by :: blade :: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbeef Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Owww potential right there. Cant wait to see how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 well not updated this in a while, but i bought the spray and stuff to do the carbon bonnet, roof and boot, but lost half or it somehow, but still got the black and white spray and the metallic spray so will carry on with it, will try and get the metallic spray on tonight and mask off the white bits ready for the black to go on tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 just been to put the 1st coat of pearl on now, and this is how it looks will give it another coat in 10mins and then leave for a few hours then mask it to put the black on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 well masked it up and put the black on, got abit of leak through on the front bumper, tried to get it off but hasnt budged so its staying, started getting the ivory white on it now, so will give it another 2 coats then the masks can come off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 well the shell is pretty much finished now all thats needed is some stickers to finish the drift look and fit my light buckets but need to spray them black firstpics carried on from the lastgot some leak through from my failed masking but not a bad overall job considering it was rushed here are my finished picswith wingmirrors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zardoz Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Looking good! Fantastic for your first shell mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teshi Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Agreed. I think that is good work! The metallic came out well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: blade :: Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 glad you like will update with more as soon as i have some spare money for some more stickers to cover up my mistakes and make it more like a drift car, will also be looking at getting my second shell to spray aswell, will need to think what to get yet tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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