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Following on from my Manta Ray TFE project I started on this Tamiya Egress last year.
This was the pic on the original auction listing. As you can see it was a risky buy, the pic weren't great and the auction was ending soon so no time to ask questions, placed a bid and got it! As she arrived. Started the strip Dirty as! |
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Last edit: by wez-li.
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Cleaned the plastic parts by soaking them overnight in water and washing up liquid, then got rid of any dirt that was left with a toothbrush and cloth.
I used this cleaner/degreaser on the metal parts. Cleaned up the Hi-Caps and refilled with fresh damper oil. Cleaned all the metal parts today too. Front Rear Ordered some of these front Avante lightweight wheels And rears + C3 parts as they needed replacing And started the rebuild. Rebuilt the front end, ignore the rubber bits on the suspension, I sort that later Front Hi-Cap dampers fitted. Drivetrain complete and Dynatech 01R (stolen from another model lol) and 18T pinion fitted as per the manual. There were a few screws missing from this kit but they'll all be replaced as i go along. |
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Spent 2 hours on the decals as I wanted to do my best after the mistake with the paint on the body.
Anyway it's not perfect, but not a bad effort if I do say so myself The paint mishap is mainly covered by the orange sticker. The wing mount is from a top force one but does the job... THE END Thanks for looking |
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She's a beauty. It came out nicely in the end. Good job on cleaning all the parts, That's the part I hate in a rebuild.
My Projects:
Bullhead Rebuild ... Ford F350 Mods ... Manta Ray Revival ... Custom Super Hornet Build ... TL-01 Crawler ... CC-01 Pick-up ... CR-01 With Hop ups ... Project Unknown ... Clod crew cab ... Other: Custom Display cases ... Limited Slip Diff(LSD) ... |
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Beautyful
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Last edit: by fabulescrawler.
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