Popular Post ChrisT Posted April 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2019 It ain't no Tamiya, but she's a gooden Stumbled across this on ebay a few weeks back and it actually looked pretty decent. Apparently is was on the market years ago but it was bought back! Anyway, having received it, I was quite impressed, for £30 delivered, not bad. The quality of the lexan is very very good, detail is very good too. Cut lines were a bit faint so I used masking tape to stop me wandering off the line. It's sold as a 257mm wheelbase shell, however once cut out (not the wheel arches at this stage) and sat on top I realized it was a bit off. Line up the front wheel in the arch and the back wheel is pushed back to the rear of the rear arch. Being sat on a TT-02 chassis there was an option to flip the rear upper and lower arms to reduce the wheelbase to 251mm, this was actually more accurate to the body. 257mm would be OK but you'd need to faff around centering the shell and cutting the arches off line, seemed a bit messy to me. Decals, better than most, print and colour is good, but anything that gets stuck round a curve tends to peel back like the main headlights and front indicators. This was easily solved by some CY glue and a pin. The shell doesn't come with mirrors, easy fix with some Fastrax ones which happened to come with 2 wiper sets, of course these were also added for a bit more detail. Cockpit set was also added (I quite like these All in all, it took about 3 weeks on and off, here's the finished product. RCON Ford RS200 Shell TT-02 chassis reduced to 251mm wheelbase Tamiya rally cockpit set Tamiya 10445676 wheels sprayed TS-21 Gold MCI Racing logo's added to wheels and tyres Unbranded rally block tyres Fastrax mirrors and wipers Additional panel lines added, Kyosho micron tape Front splitter made from cockpit set offcuts 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Not one of my favourites if I’m honest, but as always, you’ve nailed it! have you thought of getting some wider hexes to push the wheels out a touch, they look a little tucked in. (Could be the pics showing them tucked). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Gaz! said: Not one of my favourites if I’m honest, but as always, you’ve nailed it! have you thought of getting some wider hexes to push the wheels out a touch, they look a little tucked in. (Could be the pics showing them tucked). Thanks Gaz. It does have wide hexs, with washers ? just couldn't squeeze anymore out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 can't see any pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, hiho said: can't see any pics Odd, I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty napalm Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 That is a thing of childhood dreams Done a top job mate Smells proper mint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 12 hours ago, Scotty napalm said: That is a thing of childhood dreams Done a top job mate Smells proper mint Thanks Scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 can see them today excellent work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Been checking out a lot of your builds, ...great job/s. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, GMballistic said: Been checking out a lot of your builds, ...great job/s. ? Thanks. Very enjoyable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 On 22/04/2019 at 19:33, ChrisT said: Thanks. Very enjoyable The 2 Mercs I saw of yours were very well done. Nice attention to detail. I used to do a lot of 1/24th scale models because of the high level of detail you can put into the models. Keep doing what you're doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 8 hours ago, GMballistic said: The 2 Mercs I saw of yours were very well done. Nice attention to detail. I used to do a lot of 1/24th scale models because of the high level of detail you can put into the models. Keep doing what you're doing. I've done a few 1/24 scale. I agree, they are very detailed but my skills and patience are not on par with the requirements of a build I just find 1/10 a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 RS2000 is one of my all time favourite cars and this looks spot ?? I’ve never built a shelf queen before but this may tempt me as I couldn’t run something so nice ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Bix said: RS2000 is one of my all time favourite cars and this looks spot ?? I’ve never built a shelf queen before but this may tempt me as I couldn’t run something so nice ? Thanks Bix ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 16 hours ago, ChrisT said: I've done a few 1/24 scale. I agree, they are very detailed but my skills and patience are not on par with the requirements of a build I just find 1/10 a lot easier. Yes as I've gotten older I do find working on a 1/24th scale can be frustrating at times. Haven't built one in years. I do like the larger scale models nowadays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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