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[blackace183]

Picked this bad boy up for $11.00 at Michaels.
Be posting updates like always!
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[GoatGuy]

Good deal. Let the glue and paint flow................

[blackace183]

Had some time tonight after lacrosse to work on it. Got the frame painted in red and the block fukky done.
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Im very happy with the decal sheet. Everything is very crisp!
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Sparyed the body. I didnt have metallic red so i just shot it in a candy red.
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Still no school with all of sandys damage but im working so i dontknow if ill have anytime to work on it.

[Droppedgmc]

Nice! did you use a 50% off?

[blackace183]

Welll i walked in with the 40% one but the woman gave me 50% lol

[blackace183]

Should i wire this up?

[Droppedgmc]

I would if you have the time

[RANDY L]

hi
great choice on color,the real car was a pearl white base with candy red over it
thanks Randy Ludi

[bryan_m]

lookin good!

bryan

[blackace183]

hi
great choice on color,the real car was a pearl white base with candy red over it
thanks Randy Ludi

lookin good!

bryan

thanks!

[blackace183]

Okay i finally have time to work on this so il get an update up sometime tonight.

[W-409]

Should i wire this up?

Yeah, absolutely! This kit is very good quality and nice basis for adding some extra details.

Here is my engine of this same kit, for a little inspiration and maybe reference too. It's still in progress, though. http://www.modelcars...showtopic=39369

Can't wait to see more.

[bryan_m]

oh yea, you gotta wire it..... well, at least plug wires.

cant wait to see more
cheers
bryan

[blackace183]

I dont have a drill or any model wires, what can i do?

[W-409]

I don't know if some Hobby Shops there have wires and other aftermarket stuff, but one way to make wires is to stretch a piece of parts tree with heat to get small diameter wire which can be painted to whatever color you like. It works almost as easily as Aftermarket plug wires do. Or then you can simply order those wires online. I don't know where those are cheap or where they are expensive or anything like that, since I don't live in the USA. Someone else knows this better.

And for the drills, I guess they can be ordered too?

[dimebolt]

Looks great so far. What you need is a pin vise, and a set of small drill bits. I get my bits at Wal Mart with the Dremel accessories.
Old telephone wire is another source of plug wires.

[blackace183]

I don't know if some Hobby Shops there have wires and other aftermarket stuff, but one way to make wires is to stretch a piece of parts tree with heat to get small diameter wire which can be painted to whatever color you like. It works almost as easily as Aftermarket plug wires do. Or then you can simply order those wires online. I don't know where those are cheap or where they are expensive or anything like that, since I don't live in the USA. Someone else knows this better.

And for the drills, I guess they can be ordered too?

Looks great so far. What you need is a pin vise, and a set of small drill bits. I get my bits at Wal Mart with the Dremel accessories.
Old telephone wire is another source of plug wires.

thank you and i stripped category 5 wire and got wire that looks to scale. i hate working with heat and plastic cause it never ends well.... lol..... but i think i may invest in a drill today.

ill have more update today/tonight.

[blackace183]

Started working on it a bit. Im grounded so nothing esle todo lol. Ran a fuel line not looking to do more wiring with out having a drill small enough. But heres my progress.  IMG_00000484.jpg   78.84K   19 downloads
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This was the plan i used for the fuel lines.
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[blackace183]

Got small things done. In the process of decaling the body.

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