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All dépends of the decals. The rookie rabbit is nice but the rx is ugly. It is the same car Produced and re produced

Im still not convinced sticking different stickers on it would make me like that bodyshell any more the designers must have had a days holiday when this was conceived. you should just convert it to a madbull.............job done.

The mad bull is a GH2 shell with lunch wheeles Recycling

stingray-63 wrote:

The mad bull is a GH2 shell with lunch wheeles Recycling

Yep, sounds like Tamiya.

A bit more progress:


Primer:






Rubbed down with 2000 grit paper:






Part painted:





I say "part" painted, as out of a clear blue sky a few drops of rain interrupted play - after a few days of making sure the paint was dry, there were a few spots of damage including this one - easily rubbed off with more 2000 grit paper...





Full coat of paint (VW Alpine White):





... and clear:




Rubbing out/polishing, detail painting & decals to come later

Polished & decalled the shell:

Better than tamiya adds.
Will you use the MSC? On mine the resistor blocks the plastic radiator

Very nice Jonny

Working on the missing bits while rebuilding:



Battery holder doodad (polish & wire link to chassis to stop it being lost may follow later):





Red rear shocks were donated by the front end of a King Blackfoot:





Gearbox pivot peg arrangement replaced with a balljoint, two rod ends (one of which fit around the new pivot pin), and an M3x12 grub screw:





Rear hubs are a combination of normal 12mm hubs, brass Clod/Bullhead leftovers, and Araldite:








Finished:

stingray-63 wrote:

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Will you use the MSC? On mine the resistor blocks the plastic radiator

You mentioned that before ... I don't know what to tell you, either you don't have the correct bits or they're not fitted correctly?