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GreenBar0n wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 11:33 pm Are you guys cutting out the body and then painting it, or painting it first, and then cutting it out? Is there a benefit one way or the other?


I noticed Andy's sells his painted first, or not cut out.

Dangeruss wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 2:50 pm Your post at the top of the page is the first result. Not the first of one million results, but the first result... ever.

You just created history.

Sure, it's not the invention of the wheel... but if someone reads your post, then scrolls down and see's my post directing them to google rimplaysia, whey they do they get your result. When clicked it lands them on your post, and when they scroll down it leads them to my post... it's a time loop! ...like the kind of thing they send T-100's back to stop...

fotomatt1 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 2:59 pm I had Andy's paint my 40th body. I hate and am terrible at trimming so I asked if he would do that, too. He did for an additional fee and it's absolutely perfect! I just have to ream the mounting holes.

ls1heli wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:50 pm I am pretty good at painting and doing bodies, but I am new to AE and the RC10 so I bought this one.

Came with real netting attached to the roll cage.

XLR8 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 8:21 pm

ls1heli wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:50 pm I am pretty good at painting and doing bodies, but I am new to AE and the RC10 so I bought this one.

Came with real netting attached to the roll cage.

That looks great!
Did it include the painted driver?

ls1heli wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:28 pm

XLR8 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 8:21 pm

ls1heli wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:50 pm I am pretty good at painting and doing bodies, but I am new to AE and the RC10 so I bought this one.

Came with real netting attached to the roll cage.

That looks great!
Did it include the painted driver?

Hi Doug, it did NOT come with the driver. I plan on painting that one myself per the AE manual (its in B&W) but they give you some ideas on how to paint.

XLR8 wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 4:06 pm Speaking of personalized builds, one member on TC has built this beauty:



I think the gold anno with the light blue color he selected looks amazing!

You can read about the build and see more pics here:

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/106419-wtccs-rc10-40th-anniversary-edition/&tab=comments#comment-1007589

RogueIV wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 4:20 am Well after rattling around a bunch of different paint ideas, and looking at Vintage Funco race buggies I decided on a simple paint scheme for my RC10. Didn't feel like dealing with liquid mask this time around so decided to do things like I would have done way back when, using masking tap and spray cans.
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Overall I'm pretty happy with the result. I still need to paint the driver and decide weather or not I'm painting the wing.

fotomatt1 wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 6:27 pm As I've gotten closer to actually opening bags and starting my build, I've considered not using any of the AE supplied plastic parts or transmission and instead going with the FAN RC plastic set which I feel is much closer to the original RC10 nylon color. But after starting down this rabbit hole, I realized that if I do that, I'd also likely purchase the FAN RC stealth transmission, so I'd essentially be using the chassis, tires and wheels from the kit, being that I purchased a box art painted body from Andy's.

Anybody else go down this path? Is it ridiculous to do this being that it would add a tremendous cost to the build? Curious what everybody's opinions are.