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Hi Tamiya Lovers

I have a few Custom Made Aluminium Hop-Ups for the following kits:

49459 | 1/12 Lunch Box Gold Edition
57749 | 1/12 RTR Lunch Box
58058 | Blackfoot
58060 | Monster Beetle
58063 | 1/12 Vanessa's Lunch Box (Lunchbox)
58065 | Clod Buster (Clodbuster)
58077 | Mud Blaster
58089 | Bullhead (Bull Head)
58321 | Super Clod Buster
58347 | 1/12 Vanessa's Lunch Box (Re-Release)
58423 | Super Clod Buster (Metal Plated Special)
58518 | Super Clod Buster 2012
58535 | Bullhead

Click the link below to see them now.

stores.ebay.co....34.c0.m322

Thanks

Bob @ Model Build

Are you anodising the parts yourself? If so, I think Edou would be very interested to talk to you about it

Hi thanks for the reply.

No the company who makes the items also does the anodising.

What does Edou do then?

Bob

I've been doing some home anodising lately...

Those look like nice parts - and I see you have more than a few original decal sheets too.

Home anodising!

Do you have any photos of your work so far?

Bob

I'm still tweaking the process but I did these shock towers for example - cast iron part before (being prepped in nitric acid) :


And after :


And the rear tower, with a smoother surface, in gunmetal :


Fun to do, although somewhat more complicated than I anticipated...
As soon as I got the process under control (not quite the case yet), I'll write a piece on it for the blog.

Well it looks like you