Truck Norris

Definitely seeing some inspiration from my own M3 interior I've since added a visor:

The Mountain Rider shown isn't an official photo, it's my photo of my truck. Somehow it got picked up and has made its way onto all the RC news sites. The big clue being how it's shot on a sheet of glass to give the reflection (which Tamiya never do), but you can also spot the second door mirror, no chrome paint on the A pillar drip rails and no white "TOYOTA" lettering on the tailgate (which I've since corrected).

I love that green too, but as this is my full size toy I would say that! I'd seen that thread (been lurking for a while) Nice work! Mine's got RCDamper shock towers, 100mm Ansmann oil shocks, 12T brushless. Painted pearlescent white and the wheels are (originally yellow) BF Xtreme painted matt black. Not done much on it recently but just made the jump to lipo, got a couple of batteries and charger arriving this week.

Thanks! Rattle cans using the box art specified TS-39 Red Mica. I used Tamiya fine grey primer, TS-30 Silver Leaf (as the Red Mica is slightly translucent), the TS-39 then TS-13 clear lacquer. Black side badges and window trims again with a can, TS-29 semi-gloss black. Brushed X-11 for the silver bits. Aside from a Blackfoot Xtreme I badly painted for my brother about 3 years ago this is my first hard body. (My Blackfoot III has a Twin Det polycarb shell, Tundra was second hand and already painted and the Scorcher and Clod I've done since this Hilux) Second attempt on this shell though as I dropped it first time

I bought and built a Mountain Rider a couple of months ago, plus a second shell and all the relevant parts to make a Bruiser body as well. I've painted that one TS-51 Metallic Racing Blue but I'm not happy with it and it's too cold to paint so will redo it in Spring. It's an amazing looking truck but the last thing I'd want to do is put a brushless setup in, unless it's a crawler one. I've got a 35t brushed motor in mine and even that feels too fast. It's just not a very stable truck and the suspension travel is quite limited. I'd be more concerned with damage to the body that stripping gears - given how long it took to paint and detail I'd be mortified to even scratch it! Here's mine: