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What, no love for their last car, the Shogun? It's pretty much the same chassis as the Ninja and Coors-Melling T-bird.

I bought a Lucas Arts Agitator on eBay that oddly came with a staggered pair of Sees wheels on the driver's side, but white plastic wheels on the passenger side. While these certainly aren't super rare, it was a time-consuming hassle to track down a full NIP set from a "friend of a friend of a ...

I agree that it was the 80's, at least with regards to a big surge in mainstream popularity of RC cars. When the Grasshopper, Hornet and Frog came out from Tamiya, that caught the interest of many other manufacturers to motivate them to make relatively affordable kits. Marui, Hirobo, Kyosho, AYK, Ni...

Here's what I did to store my finished cars; cheap, looks great and keeps those tires off the ground...a bunch of dollar-store clear plastic containers, with strips of foam tape stuck on the tops. I second the suggestion to use 303 Aerospace Protectant on any plastic, vinyl and rubber. https://www.r...

A few comments based on my own experiences, trial & error... -Don't buy an HVLP gun unless you have a hefty air compressor. Those guns need a LOT of air volume to atomize paint properly, and pancake compressors are far too weak. For better results, buy an LVLP gun, which are pretty similar excep...

I had multiple toy-grade R/Cs, I would ask for one every Christmas. My story and fascination with RC is similar to yours. Growing up as a young teen in the early 80's, I always asked for remote control cars for Christmas and gifts. I remember the silly battery-operated tethered "remote control...

After decades of slumber in my garage, the Charger is getting transported to the bodyman's shop for interior/exterior sheetmetal work and paint. It's going to be gone for a long time, but it will look very different when it's done. Sad to see "Grendel" get towed away, but fun to watch peop...

During my "The Dukes of Hazzard" research bitd, they butchered '68-'70 Chargers. Some episodes can clearly see round running/tail lights ('68). And I guess they chopped some front ends or swapped fenders to work around the '70 loop grille/bumper. Etc, etc, etc.......and don't pretend like...

The Outrage has a great body, love those lines. The sticker sheet...not so much.

Nobody has yet mentioned how weird those look without a driver doll. Of all the car models that would seem to require one...it's THIS. :? I'm not sure what looks dumber actually driving around...a modern cab-forward body that looks nothing like a real car, or an open cockpit vintage car model sans d...

Your first post...now that's how you step into the forum and get your foot in the door. Stick a toe in and test the waters.

Very cool build. Years ago, I got lucky and scored a Lucas Agitator Pro-10 on eBay, it's a really cool chassis for sure.

SpazStix Mirror Chrome is supposed to be the best Lexan paint for realistic chrome finishes. Can you still buy it? I have a few cans of it awaiting future projects.

Gotcha, you're talking metallic vs non-metallic. It would be interesting to know how backing a non-metallic color with a metallic silver turns out. Non-metallics will likely let almost no metallic backing coat show through. They're more solid colors. Metallics have particles that have to orient a c...

I'm not sure how well automotive paint will bond to Lexan. For one thing, it's meant to bond to properly-roughed-up primer on a hard surface, and you can't be priming the inside of a Lexan body shell or that's all you'll see, glossy battleship grey. It's also not meant to be flexible so auto paint o...