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i use a sharpened toothpick for detail and try to let surface tension to work in my favour. i’ve masked successfully with blu tack, just the other way around. i covered the lights before spraying:8ball:

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or maybe an rc railgun! d you reckon toyeast has them!? looks like we’ve found that tank accsesory we’ve been wanting!:p:8ball:

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aah, so that’s what shell it is! love the real one, i was thinking of adding a rear spoiler but i didn’t want to over complicate things:8ball:

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yeah, nice work!:smiley2:now i understand the fet mod a little better:8ball:

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lol:D i geddit!!
impreza, i did the undercoat and red over the whole body, then the windows and detail. i cut the windows in with a sharpened toothpick then filled in with a brush. i just touched up some bits where i went over the lines with a toothpick and the red. they were originally going to be clear, but i stuffed up the first paint job and the thinners made the plastic cloudy. in fact i stuffed up lots, i broke the shell twice during the whole process!!blackeye: (good ol’ super glue!):8ball:

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thanks heaps!:approve: i love the colour too. it’s tamiya “TS-49 bright red” if you’re wondering. i did 2 coats of white undercoat, 2 coats of red and about 6-7 coats of clear (kept getting last minute ideas!). i used some loose weave silver ribbon for the center grille and hand drew the little ‘holes’ on either side, and the tarpaulin straps on the back:8ball:

Edited by – betty.k on 05 December 2003 20:08:17

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well whatever it is, it’s finished! i’m very happy with the result.
‘prez; i used to make models when i was a little fella, but that was 20 years ago! it’s just like riding a bike, only now i have the gift of patience!:smiley2:

now i gotta get back to it, i’m excited about my next body mod.:p just think ‘paris dakar rally’:8ball:

Edited by – betty.k on 10 December 2003 18:38:43

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8 maids a milking:8ball:

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sorry to hear you couldn’t enter a car, but all the work done certainly makes up for it. congrat’s dave!:):8ball:

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don’t you know anything? you climb through the blower!!:D:8ball:

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just fill the holes with epoxy because it’s slightly rubbery. then make your hole with your smallest flat precision screwdriver. just make sure you start in the dead center and drill carefully with the screwdriver. take your time, and if you do stuff up, just fill them with glue and start again. and don’t worry you’ll get the hang of it quickly:8ball:

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well done all!:smiley2:
some amazing entries made judging this a job i’m glad i didn’t have to do. congrats trash, good to see a bit of bewdy bonzer aussie grunt take the crown! it’ll look good towing your wooden spoon in the favourite techo comp!:D:8ball:

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i’m gonna bust, and i don’t even have an entry in!!!:8ball:

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do they cost?:8ball:

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har har!!:D sounds like a prizewinning entrant in the darwin awards!! (if he died that is):8ball:

Edited by – betty.k on 02 December 2003 18:18:20

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i got this one from kittycatsmack’s profile page,

2 goldfish are swimming around a tank, and one says to the other “do you know how to drive this thing?!”

p.s., i’m guessing they have a high staff turnover at this place:8ball:

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hey, i never said they had to be good!:D

q: what’s brown and sticky?

a: a stick

q: where do you find a dog with no legs?

a: where you left it:8ball:

Edited by – betty.k on 02 December 2003 17:22:26

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a lot of radio gear is on 27 mhz (cordless phones, toy walkie talkies, etc) so that could be a contributing factor:8ball:

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q: whadda ya call a tim tam on a harley?

a: a biccie:8ball:

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don’t wrap the wire around the axle, or it won’t move! there are 2 little holes under the original motor that you should use:8ball:

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whoooaaah!! now that’s a hefty donk!!:p:8ball:

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q: what’s the best thing about being a caffeine freak?

a: only 3 more sleeps till christmas!

boom boom!!:D:8ball:

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pic 1 is the side motor terminal. you remove this by removing the pin that holds the transfer gear. so you will have a steel shaft, motor terminal and a bit of plastic that holds the terminal in place. you will notice that the metal on the top half of the terminal is copper. he’s added this for this mod

pic 2 is an added peice of copper which is wired to the original underneath motor terminal.this will be the underneath motor terminal for the second motor.

pic 3. he’s not using the heat sink as it will get in the way, so it’s held in with wire that goes around the motor and probably out the holes and gaps in the chassis and then twisted together. this works fine, i’ve done it when i’ve lost/broken a heatsink, just be careful as the entire metal surface of the motor is a terminal.

pic 4, the end.:smiley16: just remember, you want to wire the motors in parallel (ie connect all the + terminals together and the – terminals together, NOT end to end ; +-+-). if you do wire them in series the motors will just spin at half their normal speed:8ball:

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well maybe just a little funnier than that!!:D:8ball:

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“an’ get me some mo watermelon, ya white fat@ss s**t!”:D:8ball:

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