Tamiya

Cheers, yeah I’ve been looking at the bundles etc and how it all works out. I’d def hope to keep it under £200ish drivable If possible. I’m going to hold off for now as I’m a sucker for new hobbies...

Thanks for the offer @doubleodavey but I suspect I’ll enjoy the unboxing and building more than the driving so would rather start from fresh :)

Yeah, the unboxing and the build is half the fun tbh.

New wing day! Deeper/wider wing needed for racing later in the year. Test fit looks pretty good.

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Ah! Finally got to see the colour in its full glory!

Like the new wing. Clear/unpainted is definitely the way to go.

Go on @Matisse, get in there

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303536721825

I see this as success

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That Evo would have to be a shelf queen at that price!

Sold! 1.3K

Wonderland Models in Scotland seem to do some well priced package deals.
http://www.wonderlandmodels.com

Yeah. BNIB of one of the holy grail kits.

Amazing that someone paid it

Win.

Also a win with my eldest

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Her trying to get a video of it running, turns out it’s hard to drive and film at the same time.

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Awesome.

Loving this Grasshopper. Image stolen from Instagram.

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Squeeze!

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For the next shell planning a gunmetal to maroon sick fade. But which way round? Gunmetal or maroon at the front?

I would go maroon front, don't know why, just would.

You reckon they would fade well? One is a candy and the other is a flat colour right?

I’d be tempted to do a fairly basic masked transition from one to the other with a black outline. Maroon from the front. Couple of ‘escaping’ outlined maroon bits towards the back of the shell

Or something

The gunmetal is the backing for the candy maroon, so maybe?

Either way, it’s the two paints I have right now and fancied trying something else

Test spray on an off cut will tell you!

Airbrush arrived a couple of days ago. Waiting for pro line paint to come back in to stock :/

But that would make sense and since when have I ever bothered about that......

Also.

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Those Mantas or the other one I can’t remember the name of?

Both OG Mantas

I recon it might work.

My secret to doing a sick fadez is to spray clear lacquer down first and fade the lightest colour onto that while it's still wet, You'll get a great gradient then. Definitely do a test card first though, so you know how much of a blend you want.

I've used this technique for a few years, worked well when we did a load of Le Creuset prototypes for a project, fading the orange into red.