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[gazza]

Thought i'd start up a thread to post pic's and information while the cars are in transit

A few of the cars don't have their race numbers on

[Steve059]

Gary
Nice photos.
Not alot of own paint jobs in this lot.
The cars with the MUD spary look good.
Is it just done with watered down paint ?????
Steve

[Ontheflipside]

Steve059, on 28 April 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

Not alot of own paint jobs in this lot.
The cars with the MUD spary look good.
Is it just done with watered down paint ?????
Steve

About 17 cars are repaints and some brilliant work I must say.
The "mud" effect cars are as supplied by SCX

[Ember]

17 repaints out of a field of 42. That's a pretty good representation.

[Mohawkk]

Ember, on 28 April 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

17 repaints out of a field of 42. That's a pretty good representation.

What he means Embs, is that some of the cars look so good that they dont look like repaints

[triggy]

Embers is the best repaint for mine. Excellent job.

Gazza, I haven't been reading all the threads on the rally but have you painted the jump section of road black now? As tha'st how it looks in the photo's

[Tormentor]

Ember

Are the graphics on your car decals or did you hand paint them?

[Ember]

They are decals. I had Mr Kalbfell print them for me. The gold really is quite rich and warm and doesn't come up really well in photos.

Embs

[gazza]

triggy, on 28 April 2012 - 07:37 PM, said:

Gazza, I haven't been reading all the threads on the rally but have you painted the jump section of road black now? As tha'st how it looks in the photo's

I made up a thingumabob (technical term) to do some "staged" jump pics, and got a bit carried away with the black paint.

[Mexico 2000]

Steve059, on 28 April 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

Gary
Nice photos.
Not alot of own paint jobs in this lot.
The cars with the MUD spary look good.
Is it just done with watered down paint ?????
Steve

Mine was done by hand (the first pic) with Tamiya spray can.

That body is a limited (magazine) release.

[teamredracing]

Just as we were talking about the cars leaving Oz for Canada at Mels today ,I've had an email from Luf and the cars have arrived in Canada safe and sound. Just under a week. Now theres a load off my mind.
Cheers Craig.

Edited by teamredracing, 29 April 2012 - 08:47 PM.

[slotcarmann]

Hi folks

That's a good set of photos!

Glad to hear the cars are now in the northern hemisphere in good time!

I'm looking forward to the next round, hopefully it will be as suited to my car as Round 1. But that's half the fun, ins't it, you just never know....

Cheers
Dave

[teamredracing]

Its a mixed bag Dave . What works on one track may not on another track. I think the track surface was the achilles heal on some of the cars on our tracks. It surprising that when your car runs as well as you think on your own track ,that as soon as it then runs another ,that whole set up goes out the window. I'm hoping mine works on all tracks In saying that ,I think its a lottery . You sit back ,take each track in and by the end of it hope your car is at least somewhere near the pointy end of the field. Then remember that your car has just been around the world ,something you may not ever do and for the price of postage.
Cheers Craig

[Graham Lane]

Yep, and just when you get it right they go and change the class of car.

I'm really looking forward to photographing and videoing the cars on my track.

Edited by Graham Lane, 05 May 2012 - 03:30 AM.

[gazza]

Graham Lane, on 04 May 2012 - 07:55 PM, said:

Yep, and just when you get it right they go and change the class of car.

Depending on how many survive, we might look at running the same class next time, that way minor improvements can be made on the cars judging on it's performance and feedback from the different rounds, tracks and surfaces ....... just a thought .......... or we go raid truck

[Ontheflipside]

gazza, on 05 May 2012 - 06:27 AM, said:

.. just a thought .......... or we go raid truck

[Graham Lane]

Whoops, that provoked a serious reaction!

A raid truck wouldn't go round my track anyway, and I guess that's true of many. Dreadful idea in my opinion.

[Mohawkk]

they wont even fit under garys or craigs... or Mels bridges

[reek455]

I think it's a little premature to plan for next year and the Raid trucks won't go under my bridges either. Lets see how this year plays out, so far there has not been a dominant car type or entry but it's still too early to make an accurate assesment.

Regards
Rico

[Graham Lane]

I think Mel may have been joking.