I Found One!

[william g]

What about a nice pine green with silver (chrome) flames, now THAT would stand out


Electro,
And I also think, fill in the antenna hole and make it come up through the bed would look much better.

 

[Locoboy5150]

Originally posted by madhaw@Sep 24 2006, 06:34 AM
will hotrod flames look nice?

Flames *always* look nice on any vehicle in my opinion, model or full scale.

 

[4wdmt]

Thanks madhaw.

I agree, any paint job with flames looks good. Just don't do it the way they did in the other forum (real flames) :rof .

 

[madhaw]

oh oh! how about "realistic (air-brushed) flames" instead of th usual "graphic design type of flames" on hotrods?

something like this..

that is IF i can pull it off. :ack

 

[rx78gp02]

madhaw where you from?

A fellow rock crawler here just got back from there and said that the phillipines had the hilift out for 6 months or so.
sort of makes sense to me since thats wehre i think tamiya has their stuff manufactured.

 

[madhaw]

rx78gp02, i'm from bulacan.. sort of a "state" next to manila. just an hour and a half drive.

really? 6 months ago? i havent been to the LHS for months until recently. i should have been there earlier. :banghead

 

[madhaw]

i'm almost done... here are some pics:

however, there was a big surprise during the first part of my build.

can you see whats wrong?

this part was broken right out of the box.

i find it odd, it was still attached to the parts tree and the other broken part was nowhere to be found, and the plastic bag was sealed. i only noticed it was broken when i was about to assemble it to the chassis.

i guess theres a new term from tamiya. XB= expertly broken :ack

i have yet to talk to the LHS where i bought it. i hope i can have it replaced.
dang!!! this is intended to be my first shelf queen, i cant afford to have anything broken. :banghead


oh well..
-madhaw

 

[4wdmt]

You have nice pics there. Looks promotional pics, .

Now that "broken" part is a bummer. Where is it used? I hope you can have it replaced.

 

[madhaw]

thanks dude. i guess the photographer part of me is still here (even though i quit a long time ago). you'll be surprised what a large sheet of white paper, an extra slave flash and an old 2mega pixel camera can do.

the broken part was the plastic one at the end of the rear chassis. i hope they'll replace it. word is, the owner of my LHS is "close" with tamiya.

 

[william g]

I'm sure they'd replace it. Why have a unhappy customer?

And geez, the pictures look like they came from Tamiya itself. I'm not posting any of my build pictures within 3 forums of you :rof