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Niiiice thank you Andy.

Excellent time in the shop today Gave the bench a good clean and sorted out 4 trays of misc screws and such hahaha Fitted the pinions to the torque tuned motors for the Fire Dragon and Hot Shot II before some work on the Super Sabre I needed the pin for the steering on the Super Sabre so started with a Blackfoot hinge pin and machined what I needed, After testing fitment I gave it a final polish before installing the new servo The remainder of the electrics are next

 

 

 

 

 

 

I droped some test gears to the post office... They are going to Norway, and hopefully, we will see some build and test run at some point

As you can see the rust effect set i bought did absolute nothing than some slight discoloring of the dark grey. I also used vinegar concentrate and put salt into it. treated it numerous times over a period of 1 week.
Still at its place it looks great with its surrounding.

 

Looks more than copper oxyd effect

Electrics completed plus I couldn't help myself and painted the body, Yes the underwing too

 

 

Well I cut the stickers last night while watching the footy and snuck out to the shop early to finish the job Next I will do everyones favorite thing and paint the drivers for the Fire Dragon, Super Sabre and Vanquish

 

 

 

 

It looks pretty nice.

Mini track test drive succesful, Now we only need to use the wood in the background to renovate the hut, then i will have the full space available... up to the hut.

Finally finished my 58080 Astute! This is the most excited I have been for a build in quite a while and it didn't disappoint. I got this for $40 locally and then bought the body, decals, rear wheels and tires and a  couple of other small bits after a complete teardown and rebuild. Only piece yet to complete is the chassis guard which will go on later. Front wheels and tires are not correct but I like them. Can't wait to get it out back!!