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Dont give up such a nice build on a failed paint session. Its just to stripp and re work it. Keep it up!!

Beautifull work there! The wheels on these ar the one thing i have had the biggest problem with, They have always seemt to shalow in front, But you did a great jobb on them as always. I have the RainX kit but no decals so in the future i guess i will make a custom racer.

So i have cut up the body and made it 1mm wider on each side, front and rear as the original chassis 003 and 004. Which made the lines to blend better than in my experiment above. here it can be seen next to an other kit body, which would repressent version 1 of the body and hood if i have understood my sources correct, my thought was to build 2000 LM and 2001 LM but the body that comes with the decals for 2000 LM is not the correct one, the 2001 body is actualy more correct ecept for air intakes i guess which was different on chassi 001 and 002.

Looking great!

Cool build mate! Sucha a thing would rip! That huge engine must weight in about the same as the rest of the car ;D

Beautifull work! So much details! Absolutley incredible!

Made a new headlight assembly. no idea if it fits yet but we will see

Nice build! I like these bigg scale builds! and this kit seems way better than the Revell 1/16 kits that i have.

I have, as I wrote, had a problem with the body since the kit actually is chassis 001 and 002 with the narrow body. And in late 2000 they built chassi 003 which is the one racing in 2001 and which also has the most wins, 10 out of 17 races. So the 003 chassi and all the later ones are actually 3 inches wider than the two early cars. I wanted to replicate that wide body and after studying al photos I can find on these which I have managed to gather allot! I draw the cut lines on the spare body and went ahead. I extended the gap with a 1,6mm rod which compensates for the cut as well. So after the test run I will try the same on the actual body.. I just regret not doing this before cutting it in al its parts!!

Modeled a new difusor on pictures from the 2001 cars. Think it represents better the 1:1 of 2001 now.

Wow what a build! great work on sculpting that body!

Here is a mockup with the wheels that should represent the 1:1 wheels the best.

Thanks Pierre! Yes the panel lines will be taken care of soon Yes that might be a good thing, the OB piece is bulky and thick in every way. Yes i am, have two different setups, only thing i dont have is a good tire to print otherwise i would print them as well. Nice! I was reviewing your thread just now and they al look good mate! The chassi fitment to the body is something i have heared about earlier as well so was kind of prepared for that. The louvers was a pita to open but that is done on this body, still need to be done on the 2000 LM car. I have done that on my other C5-R chassi under the Silverado body so i am familiar on how to get posable steering Nice, will keep that in mind for color choise, i have bought LP yelow and will do a test shoot some day to show how that looks. Thanks for taking time to respond!

Nice builds Rich! Enjoy them both!

Nice build!

Nicke builds! I have gotten the tip to use thin pins that gotten drilled in to the chassis and the body to secure it in place. all your 3 builds look sharp as always!

Epic car and sound! Well both of them of course!

Nice work on those RC's! Och välkommen till forumet! Vi är några Svenskar som hänger här

Thanks Bob!

I do also have these wheels to try..

Haha! Thats exactly my type of humor! Thanks BTW!

Nice build! Looks like a good kit for sure!

Thanks! Thank you! There you go! We always learn something!

Thanks Pat!

Well the engine looks promising! But the Tamiya body and I am not on the same page so I try to massage the body to my liking by putting flairs and adjusting the rear quarters. The roof still feels to tal but nothing to do about that, when I make it wider it should look lower. Give me your two cents!