fitted the grill and the radiator behind Then the check plate bits Wheel arch liners finally in Overall latest pics Numberplates on too

I think they work without, veg oil seems a similar consistency but I think the silicon nature of the proper stuff is good for lubrication etc. Its cheap off ebay though, I used 30wt

Will do when I'm home, mine was just a plastic arm, you can get metal ones off ebay

lol I think I did the upside down thing but noticed pretty quickly

Find it sticks better

Got a reasonable amount done tonight, first up was the roof, masked off Usual light mist coats followed by wet coats Job done Painted some of the details black as they are on my 1:1 hinges etc Made up the two headlight plastic surrounds Drilled two...

So two nights worth of updates in one hit here Masked off the open areas to stop the outside paint going in Two coats of primer Then tonight was a quick wet and dry sand down then the top coat. First light mist coat Second light mist Third Wet coat...

Todays update, working a bit slowly today as have had stinking cold Cut this plate out from behind the rad, so I can run spot light wires, and mount my rad that I painted, also allows me to offset the grill a bit futher in as its a bit close to the spot lights So talking of spot lights...

So my box finally arrived, well actually I went to get it Top layer nice metal parts Second layer Then a box inside a box Inside that box a hard plastic shell, hand there for scale First job is to take all the axles apart and pack with grease as they only come lightly coated...

Well the parcel is in Coventry so shouldnt be long now :) perhaps Monday if Im lucky. So pretty much finished my home made A Bar Dimensions I required, 86mm means it will line up with the chassis rails perfectly just like the real one. Cut a length then bent it up using heat. Next I bent in...

Ok got more updates Added tin foil to the inside of the work light buckets. Gives it a bit more realism imo I ordered some nicer spot lights for the front A-bar, however they were chrome inside and out, I wanted them black on theoutside and chrome on the inside, so used some of this...

Tamiya ts rattle cans for the body, tamiya ps for the lexan bits

So whlst stuill waiting for customs to do some work, I made up the rear work lights out of a spot light kit i ordered and made some custom mounts that pretty much resemble the real lights They are also hooked up to a seperate RC channel so I can switch them on and off independant of the...

Small update, got the rest of my lights made up, 8 in total now 2x 3mm warm white for sidelights 2x 3mm red for rear lights 2x 5mm warm white for headlights 2x 5mm warm white for front spot lights The whole loom I have also made a seperate pair of 3mm for the work lights on the back of...

So I figured out the wheels were actually 3 part beadlocks, with the assembly held together by a hub and the 5 screws disguised as the lug nuts The tyre can now be mounted with the beads locked in just like a real tyre Also roughly cut these out, will require proper trimming when the kit...

sprayed the arch liners because the paint is on the side that isnt seen it is scratch proof

These will give you an idea of the scale

Ok so some more bits turned up Inner arch liners (need painting and cutting out) Spot light kit, only will be using two Mudflaps Replica snorkel 4x chunkier tyres, tried to roughly match my real life tyre design 3mm LEDs for the sidelights, again warm white Spare wheel and...

I found retrimming kits pretty straight forward to be honest, it comes with a how to DVD. A tad fiddly at time, but nothing the average human being couldn't cope with

My leds turned up. I tried to get as close to real life colour as possible, most of the kits are blue/white which just looks wrong imo, these are more white/yellow Also made up this little loom to allow me to switch them on and off from my RC controller