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Acetone is my most aggressive paint eater. Often eats any nearby plastic too

we dabbled with ABC Super Hero X1 back in 1982... yeah "full suspension" didn't offer enough benefit to negate its weight & space costs in a tiny little 1/12th Same era campaigning Delta Super-Js... tried red Eagle & red PB Alpha. With larger gassers & higher track speeds, susp...

good lord, blink away (for a few years :lol: ) and AMBrc has made a real hash of things huh? Decoder............... Transponders AMBrc........... AMB House TP,. AMB DP,. MRT iPT,. MRT PTX,. MyL rc2,. MyL rc4 (hybrid),. MyL rc4 (pure) AMBrc3......... AMB House TP,. AMB DP,. MRT iPT,. MRT PTX,. MyL rc...

Grew up in LHS back in the 1980s... which sold both T & K. Tamiya Hotshot looked great in front window & were engineered for its market segment - kiddies could bolt them together themselves & get something tough enough to bash with their buddies. Kyosho Optima didn't look all that flash ...

Lexan is usually stretched by first molding then it cools & hardens... then if you reheat it without any support, it shrinks - it wants to go back to a flat sheet! Don't bother with heatgun, too much spot heat & overspray - it always ends in tears. Or melting big holes. :twisted: Last time I...

Mylaps (née AMB) is it, if you want something reliable & work well into the future. Unique ID for each. Pricey but they seem to hold their resale too afaik. Previously there were (are?) various compatible copies &/or Clones... they'd either copy your existing ID or have a selectable ID from ...

whoa IFS is neat, like a scaled down mini Eagle!

did it weigh too much to be any nett benefit?

Sadly, it is apparent that this run will not get close to the minimum number of units needed to make this run: 1st day's total is always most of the sales, and I cannot justify the investment of time and resources needed to make these happen. dang, that's a real shame :cry: hopefully reconsider som...

Whoa... no freakin' way... woohoooooo love ya Love Ya LOVE YA Chris!!!

If you're taking the trouble of doing a Deep Red lets go for those, they'll go sweet on a Kyosho

Thanks again, you're a Legend... or more like, The Legend!

Love ya, Chris!

I just got a jrx2 and one set of wheels are painted so i want to remove the paint. Any suggestions? Will brake fluid damage the plastic? Thanks. some of those old wheels were dyeable which suggests they're nylon... if they are, nylon survives solvents as harsh as acetone. Best do a spot check; acet...

No waaaayyyy... wowsers

Thank you Chris!!! it's a great cheerup for the end of this kinda sh***y week, your doodads are the Stuff of Legends.

Canook must be too freezing most months of the year for paint last time I had to squirt a rushjob at night on balcony when it's under 10deg (C!!!) I had a big long extension cord with the blowdryer on its end.

Got weird looks from neighbours peeking out their windows, but hey.

I find if you have to use hairdryer to help paint faster, it's better to warmup the body before painting. After each coat warm the lexan again... the paint just needs time to gas off & etch in.

Wash with warm water and dish liquid and dry thoroughly Scuff inside with scotch brite pad (is more or less better?) avoiding windows <---- Masking :wink: Multiple light coats of first colour (yellow) Multiple light coats of backing colour (white) First coat onto raw lexan, make it a real light mis...