RC Arlos 24KRC GR Yaris - Build - Paint

 

RC Arlos 24KRC GR Yaris - Build - Part 2 Paint

Well you can see the colour. Tamiya PS Anodised Blue Metallic backed with White then Ultimate black

You never really know until you pull off that protective film. But thats another part to the story. 

With so many detail points that are impossible to mask, the only option is to paint on the outside with black details.

As mentioned in the last post, Arlos have about 20 extra parts for this body like grills and other items. while they are nice, from 5 meters away you will not see them. so I'm skipping all that cutting and I'll do some of my own customisation.

With the main colour on , I knew the GR yaris had the forged carbon roof, so as thats a main feature, I thought I'd go with that also. 

While not perfect, the old plastic wipe technique worked ok. with gun metal.

A good three hour battle with masking and painting gets you pretty far along.

far enough to see what you are dealing with. 

I think there are some black rims comin onto this. to suit the other contrasts. 

Stay tuned for assembly before debut at RC Drift QLD. 

RC Arlos 24KRC GR Yaris - Build - Cuts

 

With  a new shop open in the area, Aussie Hobbies. I went for a look and found this for sale at a discount.  

must have... must cut and check.

must get confused.... the body was almost too good that the detail on the throw away pieces including headlights was confusing. 

Off to the website...

This body is NOT for beginners. I am quite experienced and getting the desired cuts and radius on many parts was a challenge. 

but eventually I got there. 

and the body sits together quite well. 

test fit gets exciting.... what colour. 

I was thinking about something like this... how close can RC paints get... not really.

One thing about this body is it will be expensive for the whole thing. 

I got some extra parts. but while the 3d print fit is good, the finish is not up to injection molded standards.  

RC Arlos 24KRC make a lot of cash on extras. 

rather that provide a bag of injection moulded extras for the whole car that yokomo would charge 25$ for. 

you end up with options....  that could cost well over $200 or Euro. I stopped at the essential light buckets. 

Light buckets $35

rear light lenses $25   

front grille upper

front grille lower

rear lower spoiler

rear upper spoiler

front emblem

fog light buckets

front canards

door handles

roof antenna

bonnet vents

front vents

rear vents

mirrors and rear camera