Tamiya Hot Shot

[Jak Rizzo]

Tamiya have released the legendary Hot Shot. Heres what it is supposed to look like http://classictamiyarc.com/tamcars24.html Below is my take on it. Hopefully not a red bit in sight!.
Such a cool car!.
Jak


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[Vampyre]

That looks so fricken nice.


Vamp

[dingosrun]

i remember when my mate used to run his up the weld mesh up the fence and launch it over the fence or it would tumble back down on its metal arial
but it a great looking car

[remotebandit]

hey jack , im woth you most of the time but on this occasion it MUST be red

[Alex]

HAHAHA RB, go eat some red roosters. :)

JAK, thats one nice chrome job.. where and how and how much? :)

[remotebandit]

Jey Jack , mate you know im a mad fan of your stuff ( although this should have still been red ... lol ) but ive been on to a few chromers down here in Melbourne and apart from 1 not getting back to me , 3 have all told me the same thing , that they have tried chroming RC plastic parts and even some model poarts an the quality has not been that impressive so i can try getting it done at my own risk and will have to pay upfront because of it .

Im just wondering , what are the chromed up pieces like in real life as apposed to what we see in the pix , are there slight blemishes and if their fine , do you coat them or treat them before getting them done .

Thanx mate .

Adam .

PS... Jack , you should rename your self as kingbling

PPS ... Shadow , I think i will go red rooster for lunch today , thanx for the ideas

[Alex]

hehe no probs Adam., anytime.

Yeh, I too like to know the adhesive quality of the chrome job..ie.. does it flake easily?

[KingBob]

Be interesting to know if it's a specific type of chroming, or a certain method. If they ever rerelease the monster beetle i'll be doing one of those up for sure!

[Lavidicus]

BLING. I love it!

[Jak Rizzo]

http://www.metallising.com/

I use Gary at Matallising Aust. The quality is superb. it is very hard wearing, i have it on most of my runners & it looks & feels like metal. it really is as good as it looks. To give u some idea of cost, it's $10 per wheel, which seems like a lot, BUT, if I was to buy NOS chromed Tamiya wheels they could get up to $150US.
Jak
PS, the next one will be red............metallic red.

[KingBob]

Hmm, so probably approaching $100 to bling all of it. Still not too bad.

[Alex]

err nice...home.. page. damn. no contact details... maybe ill approach them for some barta work. spiff up their website for some bling bling! hehe

[Jak Rizzo]

http://www.metallising.com/contact.html