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[porl]

I've nearly finished making my Tamiya RC Mini so I'm after some ideas for colour schemes. So lets see yours. Also what glue do you use for the tyres?

[Archived4]

ill upload a pic of mine tomorrow. needs a new shell though haha! and super glue?

[porl]

ill upload a pic of mine tomorrow. needs a new shell though haha! and super glue?

Just need to put the wheels on mine and paint the shell

[UBSTANKN]

I painted this about 8 years ago. I thought it came out pretty good. Coincidentally, apart from the Union Jack on the roof, it matches my Mini perfectly (which I bought 6 years after I made the R/C car!)



-Mike

[porl]

I painted this about 8 years ago. I thought it came out pretty good. Coincidentally, apart from the Union Jack on the roof, it matches my Mini perfectly (which I bought 6 years after I made the R/C car!)



-Mike

What paint did you use?

[UBSTANKN]

I believe I used Tamiya spray paint for Lexan bodies. You have to spray it on the inside of the shell. I masked everything carefully with brown packing tape because I had bad luck with masking tape.

-Mike

[porl]

Looks really good. Im unsure what colour to do mine

[brum,brum,mike]

Tamiya paint is good, it's surprising how far a little tin goes.

We bought 6 cans to paint our HPI baja 5sc body shell which is huge to say the least, it only need two and a bit cans which is nothing considering the size of the shell

[porl]

Anybody else got one they want to show off?

[porl]

Do you paint it before or after you cut the shell out?

[silver_toes]

Here's my shelf queen. E-bay bargain with all the radio gear included



I have purchased a new shell and plan to paint it up to exactly match my mini - even down to the Webasto sunroof. I have even kept a small bit of the old sunroof material which was replaced last year - sad I know

[porl]

That's looking good. It's not sad

[porl]

Here's my shelf queen. E-bay bargain with all the radio gear included



I have purchased a new shell and plan to paint it up to exactly match my mini - even down to the Webasto sunroof. I have even kept a small bit of the old sunroof material which was replaced last year - sad I know

Have you started on your new shell yet?

[silver_toes]

No, it's still bare plastic. Not sure what paint to use. I want to exactly match my car but i know the Haldfrauds paint isn't right as i've used it to touch up bits on the car and it definitely doesn't match.

Wondering where to get an exact match from.

[porl]

Ive bought Tamiya paint to do mine. What colour is it?