Rebuilding a B3 (A series of builds by rcpelle)

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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Stickers applied.
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Mounted on the car with a very worn and way too new wing.
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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And finally with it's younger brother :)
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Looks great!
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Magnificent!
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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I really like your paint scheme! The buggies look fantastic!
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matt1ptkn wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:49 am I really like your paint scheme! The buggies look fantastic!
Thank you Matt.
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So today I started restoring (lightly) a B2 as well and I found and bought a classic Worlds Car in good condition. Arrrgh it's on :shock:
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https://www.jcracingproducts.co.uk/wing-1

Moulded retro wing.
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Soooo I decided that the B3 needed a B3 body, so I found my old stock B3 body and painted it. The reason is that I have started building a B2 as well as a Team and a Worlds. So three more projects coming up. Here is the B3 body getting underway.
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Some colours above are the masking vinyl colours.
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Here finished, stickered up and mounted.
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A few more snaps.
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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Once again, looks fantastic!
I have to say, you're getting good at this. 8)
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Re: Rebuilding a B3

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XLR8 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:59 pm Once again, looks fantastic!
I have to say, you're getting good at this. 8)
Ha thanks!
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