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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53858

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So I’ve been buying up the parts for a Toyota Hilux.
Here it is next to my Ford F-350 chassis.

But after looking back over some of the amazing builds on here.
I knew I wouldn’t be happy with the results.

So today I stripped it down so I could replace some of the parts that are a bit rough.
And I’m going to clean and polish it to a better standard.



I slightly feel like going back to square one, but it’s not been wasted.
The tyres have all been treated to a glycerine bath and it really helped them.

A lot of the little bits are fine. And I’m going to replace pretty much all of the fasteners.
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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53859

Nice work but remember it is what finish you are happy with that is important, I like these old mechanical wonders to be clean but not necessarily polished ;)
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate :)

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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53860

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Nice work but remember it is what finish you are happy with that is important, I like these old mechanical wonders to be clean but not necessarily polished ;)


Cheers Andy.
It won’t be totally bling. But some parts need a rub down with wet and dry.
I just want a nice clean example at the end.
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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53861

Got a bunch of M3 screws delivered from Hobbyking. So finally got to putting together all the extra bits I got with the TA05 I bought a couple of weeks ago.so now it's two cars.

Needs some damper, ESC and servo and ready to go.
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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53868

I rebuilt a vintage MRC buffalo. before
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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53870

Very tidy Flo :)
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate :)

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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53872

Thank you Andy but not mine nor for me.

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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53875

Painted the March body second time around, this time with decent result.
I can't help complaining on how bad the white Tamiya TS paint covers...



Next are all the detail painting.
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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53878

Lovely march

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What did you do today? 5 years 2 months ago #53881



So I’ve been buying up the parts for a Toyota Hilux.
Here it is next to my Ford F-350 chassis.

But after looking back over some of the amazing builds on here.
I knew I wouldn’t be happy with the results.

So today I stripped it down so I could replace some of the parts that are a bit rough.
And I’m going to clean and polish it to a better standard.



I slightly feel like going back to square one, but it’s not been wasted.
The tyres have all been treated to a glycerine bath and it really helped them.

A lot of the little bits are fine. And I’m going to replace pretty much all of the fasteners.


Really nice, can’t wait to see your resto pictures and how it progress.
Proud owner of the Bruiser Family

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