TA06 ready for alignment

Building this for a coworker. There's now three TA06s at my work :-) Two of them with Tekin Redline RS 13.5 and one 17.5. Let's see how they hold up with all that speed.

The TA06 is gear driven rear and belt driven front. The diffs are oil filled gears. Will be a complete pain to tweak. Also the battery door takes 4 screws and tiny rubber O-rings which is cool if you want to run one battery and not swap. But most people tend to swap. I ordered a 6000mah battery for this reason, but it is too tall. Tried to swap it out for one that fit at ultimatehobbies but they were incredibly unhelpful. Now on my shitlist :@

LED lights on my R8 drifter

New body for 49400

The original body for my 49400 is getting a little beat up, it has LEDs and the standard wing is pretty small. So inspired by the GT3 hybrid I just finished this body.

liquid mask after it's dried

liquid mask before it's dried

Just ordered a funny Tamiya T-Shirt

I laughed so hard when I saw this, ordered it straight away...

get yours here:

http://www.tamiyagear.com/shop/view_product/Paid_for_It_?ma=4&n=2498598

Mito body for my m05 pro-R

First try at some racing stripes. Used PS-17 metallic green and PS-41 bright silver.

Tamiya drill

A few of the Tamiya kits want a 2.5mm and/or 3mm hole drilled. I have had bad luck using regular drills for this here in the US. A Dremel works ok, but it's not metric. A hand drill might work as well, but hey Tamiya sells a craft drill (item 74041)... And you have to build it yourself :-)

I hopped it up even... Replaced the plastic bearing B-)

Audi R8 body shell

I just finished a new body shell (Tamiya item #51471) that I am going to put on my TT-01D. I used (in the order I painted):

#86005 PS-5 Black (Intakes, Exhaust, Front lip)

#86409 PS-49 Sky Blue Anodized Alum (Main body)

#86041 PS-41 Bright Silver (Side Blades and backing)

#86301 PS-31 Smoke (Windows)

I used 3M blue masking tape on the side pods and it bled through in areas. I am going to invest in some higher quality masking tape the next time I paint. The masking tape that comes with for the window is amazing compared to the cheap blue stuff.