E15: Ampro Tamiya Lunchbox Light Lens Kit
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
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I recommend using foil tape to stop the light bleeding through. I believe it's more effective than a coat of silver enamel. It's difficult to see the bleeding when the body's illuminated from the outside.
This is a good idea for sure.
Great kit! Just got mine from Shapeways and painting them now. Very educational video.
Oh cool! Can i see a video when you are done? Glad to know there are people that liked lights as much as I do!
Just bought a set and send it to my friend for printing.
Nice! This was a fun product to design.
That is so cool.
I'll definitely have to do this if I ever get a Lunchbox.
I am a huge fan of lights so I needed to do it!
Looks great. Wish I had an LB. Only an MB and WT-01 monster trucks. So ... this is where the light unit review series I've been watching actually began :-)
Yes, this is when I started to get the "what light kits do you use" questions. I hope those reviews were useful.
AMPRO Engineering Absolutely. Both useful and entertaining. I recommend them highly.
This is amazing. I never knew such a service existed and the prices seem very reasonable. When i'm ready, i might enquire about a non existing set of rims i have been looking for. Cheers!
Sure thing! Shapeways is amazing.
They all look amazing man, I’m doing the head lights but I’m considering getting your light kit and window kit for another body
I’m a fan of all lights, as I am sure you have noticed
Superb kit 10/10, Alberto . Got mine last month and two transmission braces for my LB and mates son's MP, and braces work superb, but better than that is the lighting kit, two coats of primer, six of yellow, drop of lacquer, glued in with black hot glue, zero light bleed, zero. The side lights are perfect. Brake lights so crisp This kit has taken my LB to the next level, would definitely get another set if and when i replace the body. I'm just glad you don't do a kit like this for the Clod,....otherwise,... lol (will be placing a Clod order later this year with yourself or early next year, once i know where i'm going with my scale Clod/retro Monster build) Cheers and best wishes Fu75.
Hell yes! Send me some pictures! amproengineering@gmail.com
Awesome vid the truck looks really good. Why don't you try the killer bodies lights kit for your next project. Thanks for the vid 👍👍
Thank you! They never have all the lights I need nor are they in the right sizes so its just faster and cheaper to make my own harness.
Ordered my set of lens and suspension upgrade yesterday. I can't wait to upgrade my lunchbox. Thanks in advance for making these for us :)
My pleasure! Remember that the suspension upgrade is not for bashing! I am testing out some new HP material but man is it expensive!
AMPRO Engineering I’m 40 so my bashing is pretty gentle lol. But I’ll keep it in mind. Mostly use the lunchbox for my dog to chase for exercise.
On further reflection I went and ordered the rest of your lunchbox parts. Can’t wait to get it all. Have a brand new set of oil shocks to install with your stuff. Looking forward to trying it all out.
Haha, yeah im 36 so I run about the same way. Let me know how it goes man!
To be fair some older cars with aged voltage regulators also have lights that dim at idle, so that can be scale in a way.
Thats true, ahha!
That detail is extraordinary! Honey, I shrunk our electric van. LOL!
Haha! Thanks Steve
Dude, so glad i found your page, was considering getting a lunchbox, the marlin crawler is on the back burner lol, think i'm gonna pull the trigger on one of these rigs....love your videos and upgrades, thanks for keeping the old fun stuff rolling!
Any time!
The lights look very nice. Can't wait to order them myself
Thank you, they are cool when all installed.
Stellar as usual.
Thank you!
Late to the party, but awesome! 👍😎
thanks! I needed to do this.
Thus is cool. I had a big bear as a kid marui, always wahted this van, my dad had vans like this. Im gonna order , what paint did you use ? What controller you recomemd for controlling the lights. Where did u get led kit? I ordered spot lights too plus gonna put a moon window in it. Im excited.
The big bear is awesome. I may want to get one one day. As for the light kit, it is the one used in episode 39. You need to look on ebay for them. However, I made a second harness for the side markers like I describe in episode 33.
I'll have to but a new body for this kit as it looks to good to add to the one I have had for the last 3 years
Really impressed with the kit
I am glad you like it. I am a sucker for lights.
Awesome lenses again.
Thank you!
Great video! I purchased a set and started working on painting. Question about gluing the parts to the body that can take some beating, can I hot glue them? How will the 3d parts react to hot glue? Thanks!
Hot glue works well. The polyjet is much higher temp but I find that shoogoo is the best.
What’s it like doing upgrade to the car when all the car is wired up with lights?
It makes it look a lot cooler at night, haha
Dude that is awesome
Thanks!
Are these available for 3d print download? There's a lot of your designs I would love to get as 3d print so I can download and make them on my printer.
Sorry, not at this time. Resin printers have trouble with the the parallelism needed here.
Hi, I have now received my light bucket kit from Shapeways and wanted to know that after I have painted the kit would Tamiya Extra Thin Cement be Ok for sticking everything in place? Wicked kit and brilliant vids : ¬ )
Hmmmm, I would think not. The reason is usually cement lightly melts the mating surfaces to get a great bond. Since the prints are not the same material, I dont think it will work. I would use a small dab of gel superglue on the inside of the body to hold them in place.
Just watched video great product
Thank you!
I love the vid on the lighting for the lunch box! I’d love to copy what you have done, but I’m new to this and need help if poss. How do I get the kit you have? As I’m finding it near impossible to find online. Do you have a link or a company? Apologies if I missed you mentioning in the vid😬 jack
So they are all over ebay but as they are generic, the best I can say is search "rc car lights". I located this seller with the kit I use. Search this ebay item number "175150327625" and it will come up.
Will you ever make a Kit for the BRAT ? the OEM Tamiya ones are Horrible
How can I put this? HELL YES! Soon my friend, soon....
This is really awesome !!!! I purchased the Lunchbox and 2 bodies and I am hoping that I can do this same thing to it. Very new at this so if you have a link to purchase the light kit and a video to install, it would be cool !!! Have seen the vid on the lens install and saved the link for reference.
The light kits are hard to pick out. Search my channel for my reviews and you can see all the horrible ones and the good ones.
Do you by chance have the Tamiya light kit part number you bought? I'm about to order a Black Edition Lunchbox
The light kit I had from Tamiya Is just a couple of incandescent bulbs that require a 9 V battery. They are probably around 35 years old and really not very good. I'll try and find them
Hi
What kind of paint did you use to paint the lighting kits. Standard tamiya enamel is enough?
I used Testors but yes, Tamiya Enamel is perfect.
Hi just wanted to drop you a message to say that I bought a set of your lenses from shapeways I've fitted them into my lunch box and I must say the Look is so much better it was a bit of a fiddler job to get the holes done properly as you only have one shot in doing this I've done this now and it looks amazing just want to say thank you so much for a great idea and if you could tell me if your suspension kit is still available on shapeways as I will love to get that and upgrade my front suspension keep up the good work I hope to see some more good videos soon thanks yours David
Hey David, I am glad you liked it! I really am a fan of lights in general. The suspension is on SW right now and has been revised for better durability. Still, it cannot be used for bashing and with anything hotter than the stock silver can motor.
Also what paint did you use on blinkers and head light ect ect
Check out episode 36. That is the kit i used though I wired my own side markers.
great! It will make things nice.
Our Japan has been delayed ...
Thank you! What has been delayed in Japan? The shipping?
Nice now make one for the BRAT please.
Oh I am.
I'll be the first to buy! Just bought the kit this weekend, ordered my MIP and Boca Bearings.
This is my very next purchase, as soon as I'm able! I LOVE doing lights and interiors on my R/C Rigs!
Are you planning to get us replacements for the awful non operating "KC" light pods, that I believe are typical for almost all Tamiya Buggies and Trucks??
I have some the will work for the front end right now. They is a sneak peek of them in episode 47 but I will do an actual video on them soon. I am also working on the roll bar lights.
COOL!!!
Where are these at in 2020?
Well the lenses are still on shapeways (link in description). Hope that helps!
Where did you get the light kit,thank you
Ebay. I review lots of there on this channel. So hard to find a good one.
I know it's an old video but I do like it and have just received your lights from shapeways, looking forward to install them. Could you tell me what paint you used for the lenses,many thanks
Oh thank you! Sure, I used Testors signal amber for the front and for the rear was Tamiya signal red. As long as the paint is translucent you should be all set.
Nice work. how about a number plate light?
I was thinking about that too...
@@AMPROEngineering you can get one from Killerbody
Have just ordered a set for my girlfriends lunchbox, have you done anything like this for the Tamiya Subaru brat?
Videos are spot, keep them coming 👍
No but trust me, it is coming up!
What type of paint should I use for the lenses?
I use Testors signal paints.
Great vid , can you recommend oil filled shocks as a replacement for the stock lunchbox ones?
Yes, I use the stock replacement ones and would say those are the best as they come with the correct springs for the front and rears.
Have my kit now and I am super impressed. I did have a quick question though. In the video you mention using black after the silver but it wasnt shown which areas you do that in that video. Do paint a dark black over all the silver paint or do you leave it silver?
Oh sorry, on the backing of the light units I usually pain them the color of the light (red for tail lamp, amber for markers) and then back that up with silver which is opaque and then black to prevent any light bleed. Really the black isnt needed but it helps. Hope that clears it up!
@@AMPROEngineering sweet, thanks
What light kit was used?
It is the one shown in episode 36 plus I added a custom set for the marker lights. The best one to use us the UF-7 series from My Trick RC. You can add a ton of lights to that one.
Awesome light kit...just received mine, what paint have people used to paint these?
I don't know what others are using unfortunately but Tamiya sells signal specific paints.
hi ! Do you have the 3d , stl files ? because i want to do that but i dont have credit card or paypal im 14 years old 😂 and my parents dont want do buy it and i already have led kit but i dont have the mont
So these need a resin or polyjet printer. The FDM will not work. If you have either of those I keep adding files to the Ampro MyMiniFactory page.
@@AMPROEngineering Hello again thank you very much for your answer and to answer your question I have a normal 3d printer but my cousin has a resin printer I can ask him to use it thank you again😊
really nice job! keep up the work
Thank you!
Great stuff - I just ordered my kit too :)
Brave man! This requires a lot of cutting!
hey what glue do you recommend using to fix the lenses into the body ?
Any model glue that is not super glue. Superglue will make a mess when it cures but modeling glue is neat any tidy. I use a Testors liquid glue.
Just curious, you mentioned at the end you had a tamiya light kit on order and wondering if you have tried it yet and how well it works, especially with your lens kit?
Yes, I have. It is probably the worst one yet. I will make a video with all the ones I have.
I just got my kit yesterday. What paints did you use to actually paint the red and orange markers, etc?
Hey ampro.. thinking of getting the tamiya lights - what size LED's do I need ?
Also is it possible to get just the front blinker ? I snapped mine :(
Can you tell me a little more? What Tamiya lights? Yes, I can make just a single part you can order. So the front one in the grille?
I was going to use the tamiya TLU-01, which have 5mm and 3mm options
www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMGB0&P=7
I think the 5mm might be too big
Yea if you could make just the front orange one that goes in the grille, that would be great :)
these are awesome! great video. where can i get these?
Thank you! I think there is a link to these in the description but here is a link to my store where you will find the Lunchbox section on the left. www.shapeways.com/shops/ampro
Let me know if you have any questions.
very great work!
Thank you, I really like lights....
Cool Ill Subscribe😁
Glad you like it!
Ello, i have just bought you a Lunchbox Lens Kit, so can you give me/us all the reference paint you used for the lens please? Thx a lot from France!!!! Regards
Oh every thing I used is from Testors. Testors signal orange and signal red but any signal paints will work. Any hobby shop should have the paints you need if you cannot find those.
@@AMPROEngineering Thx
Awesome vid! I sub your channel!!! From 🇯🇵★☆😁👍
Thank you so much!
License plate light.......
I did think about that...
Lol 😁 that's awesome.
Thank you!