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11-09-2007, 11:22 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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|  My Side Project for My Wife
Here's something I'm doing for my wife. I've kind of gotten her interested in RC's lately and her favorite Sports Car is the Ford Shelby! I got a Tamiya TT01 Kit with the Enzo Ferrari body set and I finished up and test drove it. It has all stock Tamiya stuff and Futaba Tx/Rx but the new body is going on and it'll get many upgrades! So here's some pics and I'll add more later after it's been painted up.  |
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11-09-2007, 11:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England, Where the birds fly backwards.
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is this thing not gonna be able to go around corners then? Because you've out on an american car body  j/k
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11-09-2007, 11:32 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Planet Earth
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Looks good! You need wider rims.
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11-09-2007, 11:52 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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 American Muscle cars are the Sh!t! I'm gonna juice this thing up. I've gotten so excited about this little kit I'm gonna get me one myself w/ the Vodafone Mercedes Body. I'm gonna buy a Lotus Elise 190MM body for it and I'll also use the Enzo since the wife will never use it! Quote:
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11-09-2007, 12:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Damn....that Shelby looks awesome!! I think I might have to build one just like it. My father-in-law has a 65 fastback and I am sure he would love an RC of his car...
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11-09-2007, 12:57 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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Oh and I do suggest getting one...these kit are fun as heck. Shaft driven 4WD and it's a Tamiya, need I say more? | |
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11-09-2007, 02:08 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Deer Park
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Shaft driven 4WD and its tamiya... Biggest complaint for that kit, the screws holding the rear and front "bumpers" strip out VERY easily, switch to fine thread asap. the shaft at higher speeds actually distorts and will run out of its nest in the chassis. You NEED the alum shaft to keep this from detonating |
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11-09-2007, 02:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Here is a pic of his 1:1  It has a fresh 302 in it now and it drives nicely! Last edited by JeremyH; 11-09-2007 at 02:19 PM. | |
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11-09-2007, 02:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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I'm just a huge Taniya fan, always had good luck with there stuff.
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11-09-2007, 02:30 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aroostook county
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here you are, sir http://cgi.ebay.com/GPM-TT025-Alloy-...QQcmdZViewItem |
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11-09-2007, 02:39 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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Now I'm headed out to the garage to paint it up. More pics later.
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11-09-2007, 02:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=7597 http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/produc...ducts_id=14486 http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/produc...oducts_id=9486 | |
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11-09-2007, 04:55 PM
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11-09-2007, 05:01 PM
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Dam JeremyH that thing is Sweet! My wife just looked at it and I think she is drooling in the other room. She definitely like it!
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11-09-2007, 06:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Yeah, he has put a lot of hard work and money into that thing....that is why I think he would LOVE an RC replica!! Post up pic when you get yours painted! |
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11-09-2007, 07:46 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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I just finished taping it up. I'm about to go out and paint it and put the stickers on. She didn't want the white w/ blue stripes. The stripes are stickers so taping it up was a pain in the a$$! Pics coming. |
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11-09-2007, 07:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Looks alot better with the Mustang body on it. The HPI rims and tires will really make it. Nice and post the finished pics.
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11-10-2007, 06:46 AM
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11-10-2007, 07:00 AM
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OK. So here is the finished product (Well kind of!). I still have a few more stickers to put on it and the rear bottom section is a piece all by itself so I have to put it on tape it up and paint it. I think it turned out pretty good and the wife loves it so that's all that matters! I shouldn't have taken such close ups b/c it shows all the little mistakes I made. Oh well, Itry to be perfect but that never happens! The first few pics are to show ya'll the agony I went thru taping up the stripes b/c if it were painted any other color that went with the blue stripes then it would've been a hell of a lot easier b/c the stripes are stickers. Oh and the colors are Tamiya PS Orange w/ PS Pearl White Stripes backed w/ Tamiya PS White. Pics:
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11-10-2007, 07:31 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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That turned out well!!
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