Paint Mistake! Ahhh!

With sooooo many pieces I was bound to screw something up.

I have to rush these days with limited free time.

5 colours for this body. I thought I had it all in the right place. But!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHGH!

I dicovered later. I forgot to paint the rear of the sideskirts the lightest shade. Grrrr!

Time for lots of stickers in that area!

Wheels.

Yeah Baby!!!

Castrol Green Rays Volk Racing RE-30!

Gonna be cool!

Scheme colours

A bit of a departure from white, but I feel a silver combo with two shades of gun metal and carbon will allow for a better accent with bright fluro green lines. I'll be painting the wheels also.

Stay tuned.

Paint should flow in the next few days... after the bad weather passes.

Masking Time

It's turning out to be pretty special. My combination of the Renown design and Efini colours will look pretty good I think.
Dashed lines will be silver, There will be some gun metallic and white with varying levels of pearl and transparancy.

Slightly changes with the dimensions of the body of course. small changes to make it all line up.
Just have to cut a few more masks then it's paint time!

Russ.

210mm not forgotten.

Why 210? Because this is the HPI 200mm shell + 10mm kit. It's going to be pretty cool!

This is the first time I have strapped the body panels together and I must say, Its got good dimensions.
Body colour white and transparent silver backed with white.
Silver Renown colour scheme.
RE-30 may become white!


Anyway, I have been busy with my real car, so the mini FD has had to wait.

BTW, I found my 10 year old MiniZ. Have to sort this out.... one day.

Russ.

Livery revised...

This body may take a while. I have a new 1:1 so the image may change to vaguely replicate what may never happen there.

Renown influence, Efini influence, Street Warrior.

Project 200+ Livery

Project 200+ is the designation for my next RC body.

The livery will be very close to this design based on the Le Mans 787B run at Autopolis in Japan around 1995.

I have previously thought about this for my next real car also.
http://rextremeiii.blogspot.com/2010/05/gulf-of-efini.html
and
http://rextremeiii.blogspot.com/2010/05/change-of-direction.html

I am going to run sleek lights with white cover surrounds and buckets rather than black to give a more integrated effect. I am not running light buckets on this one.

There will also be a small green pinstripe surrounding the green roof and hatch with silver in between.

The Hpi Stage D RE-Amemiya style body kit has soo many parts. It's going to be a pain to assemble but it should look good when complete.

My Hpi 19" RE-30 deep offset rims will probably be gold or bronzed. Le mans car runs Volks with gold centers and chrome dish so I may leave the rim of the RE-30 Chrome first. See what happens.

If I stuff up the paint. I'll just coat in Matt Green on the outside. Rauh Welt Style
http://rextremeiii.blogspot.com/2010/06/bomber-713.html

Russ.

Drift Max Akiba!

Happy Birthday to Drift Max Akihabara in Tokyo!.

I purchased my 200mm FD3s HPI body for my wide body project. yay!

To my surprise I got a free t-shirt for their 1 year opening celebration!

I have purchased a bunch of stuff from them in the past.

Check out Drift Max here.

Thanks Guys!!!

FD3s Project 200+

Here is the difference in Japan. HPI bodies are made in the USA.

Retail... 3500yen. Drift Max Price. 2778Yen!!! Ye----haa!

Stage D Body Parts Set.

Australia. $56.95!!!!! Lucky I got a discount!!!! Ye-----haa!

Trimming.

Trimming.

Trimming.

Trimming.

Trimming.

test fitting.

this is a 200mm FD3s with parts meant for the 190mm body. The front of the 200mm is 190mm so it's only the rear that may need some careful heat bending...

Gonna be cool!

I may post a trimming tutorial too.

Russ.

Hpi 190mm Body Kit.

Discontinued... NOOOOOOOOOOO. I have been wanting for a long time.

BUT I found one in a local hobby store when on vacation in Australia.

Go Go Toyworld Lismore! Thanks Rodney.

Only issue is... Can I find a 190mm HPI body? or start with a 200mm for extra wideness?

Measuring up this weekend.

Russ.