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sorry, i dont own any i-waver gear but,

in the meantime just take the crystal out of the iwaver tx and put into your good futaba one.

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i need some roll shocks Aaron, so could you please give us an update in this thread when the new batch comes in!

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awesome to hear that you guys like it!

join lines, mmmmm. i have just the idea. i will give it a go with some ink and a bucket of water handy in case i mess it up.

and as for racing with it, no racing so far but household muck abouts have allready hapened with it and it has the scars to prove it!

i will definatly get my hands on at least 2 more supras to do up to the same standard, 1 for permanant display and the other for sale once it all comes together… (i need 2 blank supras:smiley2:)

i might be meeting up with a newer member takata soon so maybe we might get some footage then.

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i rushed it! i was just too eager to get it done by boxing day night so i only spent 2 hours max on putty and 3 on the paint… and half that time was waiting!

dgs, if your serious pm me. it would be way cheaper with an unused blank. the reason is repairs to exhisting damage take a very long time to putty up and then sand back. after doing a lot of awesome (not) roofslides with the wrx i racked up over 5 hours worth of fiddling and it still wasnt smooth (improved tho). but that body was beat up before i ever owned it…

how cheap can you get blank bodies for dave?

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thanks guys, someone over at bitpimps suggested gemstones set in rims and that gave me ideas. rims could work but i thought the headlights could do with some extra sparkle, as most new cars these days have the shiniest chrome headlight fittings and the silver paint just wasnt enough to get this effect.

next time i have a go with this i’ll need some white stones, and zircons are still expensive (BUT WAAAAY CHEAPER THAN DIAMONDS).

as for the paint idea pete: yes they are refered to as complimentary opposites. purple and yellow definatly have this relationship… its the green that would look positivly sickly when it tried to show up over the gold.

the irredescent paint was designed for use over a neutral colour, black is recomended but i decided on using silver wich in colour theory would be considered white.

the only non neutral colour i tested with the paint was a blue ciggy lighter. it looked ok but no where near as nice as silver.

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heres the update i promised…

so what do you guys reckon now?:D

Edited by – z-beam on 11 January 2005 20:55:54

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nope, the tamiya ps46 spray (purple/green irredescent) hadn’t been released at the time i did the camaro. i got in time for the supra tho…

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welcome back dave! it was one of these but a blank + a little putty, paint and two sparkly iolites. i also left off a few of the pieces, like the side mirrors,side exhaust and the front “wings”.

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thanks fellas!

yo pete, this is what i sent you in the pm:
“have a look in the mini-z discussion at the supra ive been working on, you can see the paint i was talking about there.”

what i meant is, by reading how i used the shifty paint (i.e. over silver) you could get an idea of how it would go with a gold undercoat.that and the green is way subtler than how the rex used to be… (its now telefonica blue)

personally, i wouldnt think it would be great because gold(yellow) is opposite of violet(purple) and be a little to much of a contrast.
BUT i could be totally wrong and it could turn out great! only one way to find out…

finalized pics should be up later on today… come back tonight and have a look!

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its all real nice work, specially wizzle:smiley2: and hachi’s pantera. that supra just doesnt do it for me at all…

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i hope you are kidding jamie!

junkyard wars on foxtell had an ep. that two teams built and destroyed full scale cars that had radio gear built into them to control steering and throttle. they fixed pointy weapons onto them and armour plating and let rip at each other in a deep and large dry dam.

the pics are done very well, i think i’ll have to stop beleiving what i see from now on:smiley2:

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i hope you are kidding jamie!

junkyard wars on foxtell had an ep. that two teams built and destroyed full scale cars that had radio gear built into them to control steering and throttle. they fixed pointy weapons onto them and armour plating and let rip at each other in a deep and large dry dam.

the pics are done very well, i think i ll have to stop beleiving what i see from now on:smiley2:

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dont the people who made your gto make them aswell talldude? im pretty sure i saw them on their site.

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what the hell happened to that supra! nice finish on the paintjob, and the putty is smooth as BUT goofy lookin indeed!!!

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how many coats of the pearl transparent did you use Aaron?

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no probs! its working pretty well now but earlier on today was having some serious delemas.

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thanx for the info, send me a pm if you could as soon as the rollshox come in!

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yep its a blank autoscale shell

at the moment leon, tamiya doesnt make any “normal” colour shifting paint to my knowledge. any other brands of the stuff cost about $1000 per 1000mls/1litre, compare that to $10 for 100ml of tamiyas supply…

betty, its allready taken a few knocks… im not going to be scared of using this beauty! i just gotta show it off!

right now im setting two 3mm faceted iolites into the headlight receses… looks real nice! heres a pic of a hexangonal faceted iolite so you can get an idea of the colour… its a dichromatic stone which is grey on the y axis and violet on the z.in simple words its colour shifty as well… perfect match!

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one more pic to show the side skirts!

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i just noticed the bodyclips aswell, what did you do for the front mount?

cheers for the set you sent me betty!

girly colour for kitty! or are you claiming it as your own now Aaron?

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happy new year all! had an awesome party on the property this year, nice and quiet with under 100 people.
i was too busy making sure i got to say hello to everyone to take any photos… theyre woulda been some good ones tho…

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azza, get what you can from the local supplier (ausmicro) its very well priced and the postage aint going to eat into your parts budget!

what else are you after?

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i hope your first day back in the office was as good as how this car looks! im lovin it!

tamiya just released two new colours in theyre range of transparent effects. colour shifting metalic/pearly effects. the one i got (and used:smiley2:) was a purple/green, the other pink/gold.

im at the same stage with my newest project, the supra…

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give us a hint!

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hey Aaron, i’d love one of the roll shock sets for my mr-01 is there any in stock at the moment? im guessing no b cos of the lack of an “add” option.

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