TRF511 rebuild.

[ralphee]

Been slowly rebuilding this one since buying it as a secondhand nightmare. The alloy was stripped, polished and anodised natural due to a bit of wear and the blue not taking ( it was originally a very worn faded gold from it previous owner) so we went back to natural for a better finish. It'll be finished up as a carpet rat, with trued foams......'cos i like 'em lol.

lee

[naushad]

Definitely looking to see this one completed...still going for a MS shell?

[ralphee]

Yes bud, may paint a fill in in the meantime and send a Tamiya one off to Jon. Looks really nice in natural now as it goes, its made the whole package look cleaner and pretty unique.

lee

[mamadoesntletme]

I love these Tamiya 4wd buggys,the 511,501 and 502, and the DB01 too. Post pics when you are done with it.

[ralphee]

Its almost done now, just a couple of bits to add, install the running gear and bam. Its planned to be a carpet runner indoor, so i slammed it and trued some foams up. Just a quick iPhone pic, but its come up lovely compared to how i bought it.

lee

[stickboy007]

That looks purdy.

[blazingbull]

Awesome.

What foamies are they?

[ralphee]

Thanks bud, the foams are by Contact, and they marry up to buggy rims like a charm.

lee

[naushad]

That's turned out amazing Lee...well done!

[Charlie don't surf]

You need to take that large wing off of the front end, otherwise your body looks like its on backwards-

[CAT3K]

Is that a wing though? We have to fit shock tower protectors to our buggies at some carpet venues to protect the surface from crashing buggies damaging the carpet.

[ralphee]

Cheers Naushad. Guys yes, it is a wing, and Paul is spot on, its fitted for carpet protection, as the club ill be racing at ask you do this, it just limits the chance of a tower snagging the carpet....... but ill try running in reverse just for you Reggie

lee

[Charlie don't surf]

No one got the joke, look at that 3/4 perspective pic. Then take the wing (the big one lol) and put it at the other end. Looks like a current buggy now

[DennisM]

I thought it was current
But, yeah it looks like a forward cab body if You look away from the rear wing.
Just add 4-wheel steering and going reverse would not really be backwards

[Coelacanth]

No one got the joke, look at that 3/4 perspective pic. Then take the wing (the big one lol) and put it at the other end. Looks like a current buggy now

I got it, right away. With the bodies you see on cars these days, without the wings, you can't tell if they're comin' or goin'.