And a shell I did for my friend (& team mate) I'm rather chuffed that this image has been used on the Corally UK website front page
And for a bit of vintage Associated, here's my RC12L (Graphite version) -that I painted back in the early 90s
Heres also a couple of touring car shells I painted that depict the 1-1 race cars that raced in the British Touring Car Series here in the uk in the mid 90s - the yellow & blue Renault is signed by the two drivers that drove the real thing.
This is the Alfa 156 Bodyshell I was running on my Tourer before the White one at the top.... suffice to say it is now wrecked
This one I did for a guy at our club - the main design is a sticker that comes ready on the shell - I just added the black shadowing, lights & the main silver colouring.
A Clod Buster - my first attempt to paint an ABS shell, came out ok I think I actually found the truck at my local recycling facilty & paid £2 for it..... though much more has been spent on it to get it to where it is now!
This is a shell I painted for a friend - its a Mk1 Ford Cortina in the classic Lotus colours
Interestingly it came in two halves - presumably to enable the overhanging features in the shell to be moulded on a one peice mould?
I love the Cortina! I knew a guy that had one of those in High School. At the time I thought it was funky and weird but my tastes have changed. Those are pretty rare in the US.
RedScampi wrote:I love the Cortina! I knew a guy that had one of those in High School. At the time I thought it was funky and weird but my tastes have changed. Those are pretty rare in the US.
Yes, I bet Cortina's/Consuls are rare in the States..... my freind has a twin cam converted Ford Anglia (Harry Potter car) I know a few of those were officially imported to the States.
Here's yet another TC shell I did for a mate.... the combination of colours was inspired by a RC10 shell I saw on here
That Cortina looks great,who makes the body?I want one.My mate has an original Lotus Cortina race car so Im sure he would want one,we have had a couple as daily drivers for my wife,one was a consol that had the factory plastic on the rear seat and we also had a Anglia.I love the old small Fords.Another car Ive allways wanted to own is a Ford Pinto.We never had them in Australia.I wonder if manufacturers did an RC body for one of those?
The company that make them is called RetroRacing - the shells are Eu39 which sounds quite a lot - but you do get some stickers & a set of Hex fitment minilite wheels.
The shells themselves are rather nicely moulded with overspray film - but I must admit that the lexan on this particular shell was very thin around the back - this was underneath the cut-line but with a bit of handling during spraying it split - which did spread up just up into the rear valance, which was a bit annoying
I finished a couple of shells off this weekend... one was another TC shell like the White/Red/Black Corally in the pictures above for the same friend. The second shell was this MrLexan JRX2, painted in the Pro-formance box art scheme - I just need a complete JRX2 to sit it on!
Oh - & these are the current shells on my racers, sprayed up just before Christmas.
Wish I could paint like that! Is the 12L body still in your possession and in that condition?
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