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Interior & driver are finished ...









I may go back & paint some buttons & a belt on the driver.

I suppose I should also give credit to the TamiyaUSA build that suggested using a Sand Rover driver:

Just a quick one on how the driver is fixed in -

I popped a 2.5 mm drill bit in the mounting on the underside of the driver, offering it up to the end of the seat in the right profile gives the front to backness needed, I marked that with a couple of bits of masking tape ...





The hole in the floor is no use for fitting - but it does come in handy for knowing where the centre line of the driver needs to be - and the hole I needed to drill...




Everything lined up nicely, so the drill bit was replaced with an M3 x 16mm screw

Starting on the body details now, I've painted the inside of the side markers (repeaters?), front indicators & rear light clusters with 3 coats of X-26 Clear Orange and X-27 Clear Red as appropriate...

The wipers have some really nasty artifacts from the moulding process, sanding them off didn't take that much time, but was fiddly.

The weather forecast for the next few days is low(ish) temperatures & high humidity for the next fews days, I'm hoping Friday will be better so I can get the clearcoat on the body /

In the meantime, I've finished the sleeper cab & have ordered some more LEDs; The headlights, front sidelights, tailights & orange lights on the side will all be lit up, controlled via the "landing gear" switch on the TX & an electroinc switch on the truck

Soldered up some LEDs this morning, just waiting on some more powerpole connectors (this time in blue & white) so I can finish the wiring ...




Also waiting on the body - I got a coat of clearcoat on after lunch, but it's just too steamy to put another one on yet ... I probably will give it another one as it's a bit orange peely.




Overall it's what I wanted - approximately the same colour as boxart, just a bit more spangly

nice paintjob, love the comet in the last picture and the sparkly stars.

I got a second, heavier coat of clear on without any dramas, finish is a lot less orange peely

There's a lot of detail painting & assembly left to do on it (& therefore a lot of handling) so I really do need to let it harden off for a few days

Nothing nasty happended to the second coat of clear overnight, it's not perfect but it is pretty shiny

I couldn't leave it alone for long

I've painted the details on the body (window rubbers, door handle covers & handles, widgity bits behind them, keyhole backs, roof rails & rear light cluster innards) & built up the front panel:

can you move the camera a little bit to the left
cant see what Wallace (it think its him) is doing.