RC12i Restore ****Finished!****

Post by **REMJ666** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:21 pm

Glad to see that you actually took it for a spin...You shoulda opened it up and did some donuts lol...

Post by **WC1982** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:04 pm

Looks great.

I assume you sanded down and polished the can but what did you do about the label? Did you have a new one?

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:42 pm

REMJ666 wrote:Glad to see that you actually took it for a spin...You shoulda opened it up and did some donuts lol...

This car was born to run so more donuts are in it's future.

On the carpet that is.

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:45 pm

WC1982 wrote:Looks great.

I assume you sanded down and polished the can but what did you do about the label? Did you have a new one?

Thanks! Yes the can was sanded down with 800 grit and then 1000 fine grit and polished with Mother's chrome polish. The label had no damage luckily so I didn't have to do anything to it. It took me a long while to find one with a good label!

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:49 pm

It's been an extremely busy week at work so I didn't get much done on it. I've got the basic paint job down though so it won't be too much longer. Should have some update photos soon.

Post by **SFC K** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:11 pm

All I got to say is WOWZAA!

You are going to have to share how you rebuild the motor with out ruining the decals and the carburetor stacks are a nice touch!

Post by **REMJ666** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:56 pm

The wheels that associated did for that one look like 60's era mags...A muscle car body would look great on one of those...Nice touch with the velocity stacks...

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:41 am

SFC K wrote:All I got to say is WOWZAA! You are going to have to share how you rebuild the motor with out ruining the decals and the carburetor stacks are a nice touch!

Thanks man! I just masked off the motor label with Tamiya tape before I started. I actually did a little chrome polishing on the label itself afterward. Those old foil labels are tough as long as you don't go overboard with polishing on them.

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:44 am

REMJ666 wrote:The wheels that associated did for that one look like 60's era mags...A muscle car body would look great on one of those...Nice touch with the velocity stacks...

My dad had a Chevy Good Times van with those hurricane wheels.

I have another RC12E resto project that will have the Greenwood Corvette body and I just might go with those wheels.

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:02 am

Burned the midnight oil and got it done! Hope you like it and as always comment and critique welcome.

Photo Bucket must be reducing my photo quality. Anyway here it is.

Naked.

Clothed.

Post by **tiger1** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:06 am

super nice!!!

Post by **RC10resto** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:42 pm

Well done, beautiful car - great attention to detail

Post by **GoMachV** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:43 pm

That looks amazing! But I am confused by that word "finished".... What does it mean? Never heard it before

Post by **THEYTOOKMYTHUMB** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:35 pm

RC10resto wrote:Well done, beautiful car - great attention to detail

X2! That's a beauty!

Post by **WC1982** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 3:00 pm

Looks great!

BTW, to get McLaren orange you can mix Parma Faskolor Yellow and Red. Works pretty good.

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