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Got the rear of the car done today. I painted the rear black, and also painted the inside of the chrome trim red on the bottom and black on the other 3 sides to better match real 69 tail lights.

That was fantastic! They looked almost real! Amazing!

THAT is awesome! That came out as good or better than any I've seen!

Me too!

I know....I've got it!

16 "Stock" car

Went day tripping yesterday to Port Clinton/Marblehead area. Let me tell you, after these past few weeks, it was nice to get out of town just for us, instead of dealing with other people's problems. Ended the day watching the sunset at the lighthouse.

Been a little while since I posted an update. I bent up a kydex plate that attaches to the underside of the chassis and serves as a push bar mount. I designed the pushbar in Fusion 360 and printed it, with a couple revisions until I was happy with the fitment and appearance. Since a printed push bar won't be super strong, once I was happy with the part, I printed a template and transferred it to Kydex for the uprights. For the tubes I used some carbon fiber tubing, with a 3d printed insert to screw into. I ended up liking how the carbon fiber looked so much that I decided not to paint it. I'm real happy with how the front end came out. I also printed another grill in higher quality, sanded it smooth and painted it, but I haven't put it in yet.

Today I cut down the 70 front grill to make a bumper. I need to decide whether to keep it like it is or to try to extend it back over the fender. Doing that will leave a bit of a visible seam in the chrome, so I'm not sure if it's worth doing vs just leaving it this shape and cleaning it up a bit.

Since I no longer have a printed body to work on until I can print another one, I've shifted my focus to one of the Generals. I'm starting with the Kyosho. For this car, the biggest task is to convert the front end from a 70 to a 69. I am doing this by removing the 70 chrome piece, cutting out the lexan behind the original grill, and installing a 3D printed grill that I'm designing. Here's the original 70 front end: Here's the front end with my conversion in place. Aside from tweaking the grill angle slightly, I think my design is essentially done. When I print the final one, I'll use a much lower layer height, but even with the draft quality, I'm super stoked with how it looks. Next step is to figure out a bumper. I'm hoping to cut down the 70 grill and see how it looks. Even though it won't extend back toward the wheel well, I think overall it'll look better than a printed bumper.

Thanks! The 1:10 scale cars really are a LOT bigger than the 1/18 scale stuff that most model & diecast collectors are used to. The best part about the RCs though, is that you get to see them in motion. In the RC world, a "shelf queen" is a pretty common term for a car that you build more as a functional model as opposed to one that you plan to use and abuse. It's real common in the vintage RC scene where a lot of guys will lovingly restore some of the more desirable models from the early to mid 80s, and as you can imagine with something like that, although it is restored to be fully functional, it won't ever get used because they want it to stay pristine. For me, it's a little different in that my goal is to mimic the show in the sense that I want to have the "hero" car that will get used for some of the close-ups and the general driving footage, and the "stunt" car for, well, the stunts. These lexan bodies are pretty durable overall, but they still take a beating. The 3d-printed bodies (Rosco's car) are even more fragile, and I don't think they'll tolerate jumping at all, at least not without some significant help. Thanks! I'm looking forward to the actual running videos that I hope to eventually make after I finish these cars. I really enjoy making the running videos, even though they don't perform well on my channel at all. I'm hoping that the Dukes videos do a lot better than my normal running videos. What few well-done dukes RC videos there are seem to have quite a following. This one here is probably one of the most well done, and is one that I've watched a bunch of times. If I can capture some of the realism from his videos, but add to it by including chase scenes with Rosco's car, I'll be a happy camper:

I suggest you stop naming your pets "Rosco" if you want them to live. LOL. I sense a pattern here. Meadowmufn ---------------------------- HazzardNet Proprietor

LOL! Good point!...No more Rosco's for me! Or Luke's for that matter! One of my gold fish - the one named Luke - died this morning or last night. I went to feed him this morning and found him on the bottom. So now it's only Bo, Flash, and Cooter. -Garrett Duke-