How to Prepare a Lexan RC body for Paint - Tamiya Lancer Evo VII
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2019
- Welcome to my video that shows how I prepare a RC Lexan (polycarbonate) body shell for the paintwork. It involves a lot of cutting, sanding and masking, I show how to cut out the difficult wheel arches and masking the windows on a Tamiya Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 WRC body shell. Eventually it will be fitted to my Tamiya TT02 Type-S.
Thanks to Rob Brennan for his help filming this video. You are a star my friend.
In this video, I also say hello to my good friend Derek, from Holly Hill RC. Please visit his awesome RC channel here: / @hollyhillrc
I hope you enjoy the video! Thanks so much to all my subscribers, I appreciate your support enormously! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Ahh, you and Rob are absolutely killing it on both channels with your build and tutorial videos. Such a great job here, Mark. Both in terms of demonstrations and explanations. Thanks for the great vid.
That is high praise indeed, Mikael - thank you so much! That's the beauty of this little hobby, I'm still learning, but I enjoy sharing what I already know, and I know Rob feels the same. Even better is that it is fun to do at the same time! Thanks again, your comments are always truly appreciated my Nordic friend! :))
My hat goes off to you, Mark - I doubt I´d ever have the balls to mask windows on camera! At least, with Rob there, you didn´t have to worry too much about keeping the work in frame, but it was still a brave thing to do.
I´m looking forward to seeing the next stage - have a good weekend, both of you : )
Thanks for the lovely comment, Del. Yes, I did think I was asking for trouble doing this on camera, but I was a bit lucky this time! So many other times I have had to reposition the masks many times before getting it right. But I wanted to make a how-to video, so I really just had to give it a go! And you are spot-on, it would have been so much harder without Rob on the camera. It also helps to have someone to chat to as we film! Thanks again my friend, and I wish you a great weekend, too! :))
Another great video. Just a little hint. I find that the tamiya paint cans are a great fit to sand the wheel archers. Just wrap the wet and dry round the can. Keep the videos come from you and Rob!
Thanks for the great comment, and I appreciate the tip! It's good to share our ideas like this, it's the best part of CZcams! The next Evo Episode is coming soon! Enjoy your weekend! :))
Thanks for teaching us! Awesome job! So cool! Love the video like always!
Thanks very much to you, Oliver's World Of Wheels ! It looks even better with the paint on! Cheers for leaving a nice comment - I really appreciate it buddy! :-)
A guy at my local hobby shop showed me a windshield and rear window masking trick years ago when I was into slot cars. You cut about a 3mm strip out of the vertical centerline of the mask's paper backing with a hobby knife. Peel that out, and while you position the mask, the backing and that small gap will prevent the sticky area from contacting the window. When you have it perfect, run your finger down the gap and stick the mask. Give it a shot and see what you think.
Thanks for the great tip, it really makes sense. I have tried removing a strip from the middle of the window mask, but I didn't make it thin enough to prevent it from "grabbing" as I tried to apply them. I'll remember this for next time - cheers, Kevin! :)
Hello brother, good job, that body is fantastic, thanks for sharing 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Thank you Gerardo! I really appreciate your watching and commenting, your words are appreciated! Have a great weekend my friend! :))
Very useful, great vid 👍
Thank you very much for the kind words - I am happy that you liked it! :-)
I admire your calm and serenity when working on a body shell. Great "Job" Mark and good evening .It is very clear to see how much experience you have, and very nice, that you share it with us.It is very difficult to work on a body shell ,especially the window masks are makes me crazy every time ! I never use a marker pen for the Window edges and i dont no why .This is a great idea and next time i try it. I really like your build Videos and wish you a nice evening Mark.....Great camara work Rob.
Thank you Harry! I have done about 17 Tamiya bodies now, but I don't think it gets any easier or faster each time I do one! Yes, the window masks are tricky, especially the big one for the main windscreen, but at least it is possible to reposition it if you get it wrong. Glad you picked up the marker pen tip - I hope it helps the next time you do a body shell. Thanks so much for your encouraging words, my friend, I hope your week is going well! :))
Some good tips nice job
Many thanks, Paul - pleased you liked it mate - have a great weekend! :))
Great work on preparing the fantastic looking Lancer VII. Congrats to 1k subscribers my friend. Keep up the great work and have a great weekend 👍👌
Thank you my good friend Charlie! I am happy about the 1K, another milestone - I hope I can do it justice! I look forward to fitting the Evo VII body on my TT02 Type-S and to give it some serious drifting! I really appreciate your support Bro - have a smashing weekend too! :))
Awesome
Thanks very much! :))
Nice to look at good work.👍
Congratulations on 1000 subscribers.💐
Thank you very much, Aleksandr! It was so nice of you to give your congratulations! All the best to you, and thank you for taking the time to watch and to leave a nice comment! :))
Good tips mark have a great weekend my friend👍👍
Thanks Brent - I appreciate the comment my friend, all the best for a good weekend to you too! :-)
You made that look easy Mark. I am no where near your league with this part of the hobby. It was great to watch how you do it. Top stuff buddy
Thanks so much for your kind words Tibs! Appreciated! Have a fantastic weekend Bro! :))
Good job bro
Many thanks, JD! I hope you like the finished rally car - wishing you a great weekend, Bro! :))
Hello mate. Well you are a braver man than me to do the cutting and masking on camera! I must say that I've never bothered to sand the edges of my lexan bodies. I just cut them out and that's how they stay! I do the drawing round with a Sharpie thing first though as even with reading glasses I can't see the flipping line. Anyway good work in passing on you skills. This is what CZcams is for. This and watching a cat being startled by a courgette. Hope you have a fine weekend planned. I have the house to myself tonight as Saran is on nights and then tomorrow I'm out drinking with my mate (the one who drinks cheap lager). I have found an event at one of the pubs where they are playing old and new electronic music so right up our street. Meantime I'm just getting ready for an RC session in the new forest with Ric tomorrow morning. We have both now got budget crawlers and Ric has also bought a Firestorm so will be bashing all of those. Have a good one mate 😀
Hello Pete. Not sure about brave - but probably a bit mad! I was lucky that it went so well, but I had to do it on camera really for a "how to" video! I only recently started sanding the edges, it doesn't take long really, and makes a big difference - but sometimes I wonder if it was worth it when I start bashing the hell out of them! I do think the smooth edges help stop the lexan splitting or tearing though. And yeah, my trouble is also my eyesight these days, just can't focus well any more!
The drinking session sounds perfect for you - you must try and convert your mate to real ale! Enjoy the RC session, thanks for the kind words and hope the heads not too thick on Sunday morning! :))
@@MarkBryanRC yeah I guess you have to actually do the thing you are talking about. I think it helps that Rob does the camera so you can concentrate on what you are doing rather than worrying about whether it's in shot. Had a great day in the New Forest with the RC's. Tried out the crawlers which were good fun on the hilly muddy terrain and then the Firestorms on the flatter bits. I was running my Firestorm on 3s which is mad. Just on the bus heading into town. Hopefully the thing I'm going to will be good. Surely they can't go wrong with a bit of Depeche Mode etc.? Hope you're having a good weekend. Laters mate 😀
Yeah, I'm lucky to have Rob doing the filming, I know I can always trust him to do a brilliant job! Sounds like a lot of fun in the New Forest - did you film it for us?
Enjoy the evening mate - love a bit of Depeche myself! Have a couple for me! :))
@@MarkBryanRC Hi Mark. Ric did a bit of videoing of the crawlers. His video is here - czcams.com/video/GBfpF6K6xM4/video.html
J'adore ce modèle 👍👍👍
So do I, Sebastien! Many thanks for message 🙏 😊
Glad you're getting on with the Body Work!! 😎
You and I have the same method of applying Window Masks. And cutting Bodies! 6 of one, half dozen of the other when it comes to cutting Bodies with Scissors or Score and Snap with a Sharp Blade...
Personally I am much more comfortable with Lexan Scissors. Mine are worn out, but I have Surgical Scissors, curved and straight, that my Friend who is a Nurse got for me. They look like the ones you used here. I should give them a go. Maybe I don't need expensive Lexan Scissors!! 😱
Great job Mate 👍👍😎!!! Got the sneak preview, that Evo is going to look awesome!!
And Hoy Rob!! 😉🍺🍺🍺 Waiting for new Video!
Carmine 🚂 🚙
Many thanks, brother! I never tried the score and snap method, as an old fart I stick with my old ways! But yes, the cheap scissors I use seem to do OK for me, and I need to keep costs down too! Thanks for the great comment and continued support, it's a cliché, but I really do appreciate it my friend! Keep smiling!
Mark...
GUILTY of the same cliché!! 😛 It's sincere though.
I will still try a new thing or two, but things like cutting Bodies with Scissors just works! You get it. I'll hazard a guess that the Surgical Scissors I've got could work BETTER than the "Lexan Scissors". I need a Body for either me Buggy or Rally Car, so I can test that theory! 😛😉😎
Cheers matey - You are correct, I mean it very sincerely! let's hope you get to try the scissors soon! :)
I'm confident that they'll probably be better!! 😉
Hey Carmine. I've been really busy this last week or two editing my latest balsa wood plane the Vought Corsair, but have ended up with 18 separate vids totalling over six and a half hours of footage (done a lot of talking in this series) so rather than flood my main channel I am creating a new one dedicated to my plane builds. I'm almost ready to go live with it just doing an intro video now.
I agree those surgical scissors should be loads better as they should be made of the very best materials.
Shopping list: curved scissors and Tamiya bravery pills :) What an excellent way of doing wheel arches ! I'll be using that technique in future, rather than scoring the shell with a craft knife and then snapping away the excess. Very informative and well planned out video - that wheel arch preview was a great touch. Look forward to the spraying and sticker episode. Thanks for the steady hands Rob....👌.
Nice one, Cosmo! Yeah, a decent set of scissors makes light work of the lexan. I wanted to put the preview in to prove that the technique works! I already used the finished body in the thumbnail, as I thought a photo of a bare plastic shell would be a bit of a turn-off, so it was OK to put a preview in the video. Thanks for the fantastic support mate - hope the weekend's going well :))
Nice Mark some great tips here!
Thanks so much Michael - it was nice of you to watch, even though I'm sure you have done plenty of lexan bodies in your time! Have a great weekend, pal! :))
@@MarkBryanRC I don't actually have much experience with lexan bodies. I've only actually done 1 from clear to finished painted.
Ahh! Was that the Jimny I saw on your channel? Looked like a good job! :))
@@MarkBryanRC Yup!!
Awesome brother
Appreciated Bro! :-)
@@MarkBryanRC 👍🤙
Thanks bro - just to let you know, all of your comments keep going into my spam folder - and I have no idea why!?!?!?
@@MarkBryanRC A couple of people are telling me the same thing I don't know why or what I'm doing wrong
Man, I don't see anything wrong with your comments either, very strange - I saw Nordic RC visions said the same thing! :-/
At least I’m not the only one feeling the effects of age as it pertains to body work!😂 Great tutorial my friend!😊👍
Hehe Jeremy - glad it's not just me! Getting trickier with the eyesight these days, but at least my fingers seem to do as I tell them, at least for now anyway! Enjoy your weekend buddy! :-)
Mark Bryan RC Thanks Mark, you as well! We’re headed to a Monster Jam this evening a couple hours away! Gonna try to get some video recorded to post this weekend!😁
Hey Jeremy, that sounds like a lot of fun - have a good time and I hope to see some video! :-)
😁👍Nice how to video... just gets harder to do the older you get!...don't ask me how I know 👴
Hehe - you and me both, buddy! The biggest problem I have with this kind of detailing is my vision, I just can't focus as well as I could years ago! Thanks for the great comment Bud! :))
Hi Mark thanks for very helpful vids! Can you say where u got the 3M paper from?? I can’t find it, even with google...
Thank you for your kind comment, I am really pleased that you found the videos helpful. Try searching for "3M wet or dry paper" - I got many correct results for this paper with google! Also you could try looking on the 3M website, or look on eBay - I just tried and found many sellers. Good luck!
Thanks Mark got it now!
1st lol been looking forward to seeing this
This is going to look amazing I just no it top job as always mark 👍👍
Thanks so much Kirk! Glad you were first! Yeah, I think it looks pretty good finished, even if I say so myself!!! :))
Mark Bryan RC Iv been looking forward to seeing this all day did you do a video of painting and stickers or will it be a on car and running video
Hi mate - yeah, I filmed the whole process - all 2 hours of video footage! I edited this first part down and separated the videos because it would have been far too long. I will edit the rest down this week and post the painting and sticking video next Friday - hopefully! I need to put in a lot of fast forwards!!! :))
PS the painted shell right at the beginning of the video (and in the thumbnail) is the actual shell finished!
Mark Bryan RC I fought it was the body shell so looking forward to seeing more really enjoy seeing your videos also my blitzer beetle came in the post to day. Hope you have a great weekend
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You are the best my friend! :))
Hello how are you do you get that part to make it fit the tt02 in the standard tto2 chassis kits or only the chassis you ised ??
Hi Chris - yes you get the part to convert the body posts position with the TT02 kit, it's an option part that is included! Cheers! :))
@@MarkBryanRC thanks for the information your videos are amazing mate you have taught me alot and i followed your video about making the tt02 more rally friendly and my word it makes a brilliant diffrence thanks for sharing.
I'm really pleased to hear that Chris, music to my ears! You are always welcome anytime, mate!
What curved scissors are those?
Hi Kevin, they are just a normal pair of stainless steel manicure scissors from a grooming kit! :))
@@MarkBryanRC I figured as much. I have bought a couple pair of manicure scissors but neither seemed to do the trick. I thought maybe you had a model number on yours because they look nice. I went back to a hobby knife for now and I am actually doing ok with that. But my eyes are just terrible anymore.
@@krowe33 I know what you mean, I've had these scissors for over 10 years and can't remember where I got them, but they really are good quality. Most manicure scissors are rubbish! Oh, and I have the same terrible eyes! :D
Where did you get the body from?
Time Tunnel Models :)
@@MarkBryanRC can you send the link to the car? Can’t seem to find it.
@@blankpain1581 Hi - I just checked, it must be sold out. I also checked the internet, can't find any at a reasonable price (one seller wanted £170 + £40 postage!) but I found this one for £50 -
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RC-Tamiya-mitsubishi-lancer-Evo-7-Body-parts-Set/184589783093?hash=item2afa689035:g:XiYAAOSwcFhfOHDf
Good luck with the search! :)
@@MarkBryanRC thank you very much 👍
@@blankpain1581 You are very welcome! :)