What's On The Bench...?

[dinglebery]

Here I have the body from a MBSlot BBRSL000 White Kit of a Ferrari F430 Challenge car. I picked this up pretty cheap from a member on one of the forums (perhaps this one?) and thought it would make a good build. Plus it'll give me reason to purchase an airbrush and get to painting some bodies. The chassis from the kit wasn't included so I purchased a Slot.it HRS2 ready to run. This is the first time I'm using a Slot.it HRS2 chassis, and it runs great after the usual tune-up and soft rubber tires. It's sitting on 17x10mm rears and smaller fronts which don't look the part so I'm going to pick up and install 18mm wheels all around. If the 18mm fronts are too big, I'll use the 17's. I have all the other body parts to complete it, including the interior. I'm planning on putting lights in it, which means modifying the rear some and the front more to let more light out. I like the look of this car and it fits well with some other cars I have, can't wait to get an airbrush and start that learning process!

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[Wet Coast Racer]

I'll look forward to seeing this one! How's the body weight?

[dinglebery]

I received my metals paints from Alclad, and the Ferrari Red color for this car! This is an exciting journey! I'll weigh the car and its parts and let you know.
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I have about 20 Wicked Detail colors that should arrive tomorrow, and some other bits...

[dinglebery]

Okay, here's the weight of the car as is in the first picture above - a running chassis with bare body.
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And here's the weight including all the body parts.
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And here's all my colors and bits that arrived. Can't wait to order the compressor next!!
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