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This car won't be concours quality but it is in fairly nice condition.
Early pics as received...



The motor plate is probably the roughest part so I started there.



Then onto sanding... Only the rear portion seems really bad so I am trying a 2 tone anodize.



More sanding and polishing...





And the anodizing...


Chuck

Wow polishing before anodizing really makes a fantastic difference !

Do you do your own annodizing? That looks great!

Wow Chico!.....just wow

MarkyDents wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:19 pm Wow polishing before anodizing really makes a fantastic difference !

And that was not the final polishing. To achieve a nice anodize the final polish must be nearly flawless.
This motor plate is not perfect but pretty nice.
Probably had at least 4 or more hours of sanding/polishing, probably far more.
Then another hour or two of prep before anodizing.
In the ano bath for 2 hours.
In the dye bath for 30 min.
In the nickel acetate sealant for 30 min.
Finally 30 min cleaning, a light buff and light oiling.

Chuck

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:32 pm Do you do your own annodizing? That looks great!

Yep.
I did not go to deeply into the process 'cause it is mostly covered here https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=46027
It took me a lot of reading and experimentation and it can be a bit wordy to tell the whole story.
Still trying to learn every time I try.

Chuck

Amazing result! I have a LOT of parts waiting to go to the anodizer. A lot of them are pieces I have already stripped, and need polishing. You are absolutely right - the polish job determines the anodize result. I really don't enjoy polishing, so it's been very easy to put off sending my parts to the anodizer, lol.

Thanks Lavigna

I initially tried to find a local anodizer but failed. Every one wants to do quantity not quality one offs. Even tried gunsmiths for a hook up, to no avail. Paintball guys might know, haven't tried them.
Now if I had something like 6 Baldor pedestal mounted buffing wheels I could cut the polishing time down a lot. And have a huge mess going on.
Oh well I got time and some patience. I'll stay small scale.

Chuck

I had been collecting a few replacement parts for a while.
The bumper and rear pivot support were pretty torn up.




Went ahead and completely cleaned everything.

Got a Boki body and gear cover, new RPM ball ends, wheels , wheel covers and tires.

Chuck

The Boki body turned out pretty nice.
Box art-ish but that Faspearl blue spoke to me after the motor plate was anodized.

And after a little more body trimming




And with it's brother



Chuck

Oh man that came out amazing !!
Very well done

Wow. Very period correct styling. Totally rad dude.

Amazing results! Really impressive. Thanks so much for the great thread and pictures.

Any pics of the cleaned up chassis with the body shell off?