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RacerX

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After bringing the mudder out the other day and playing with it, we bent the rear dif and had to do some repairs, really its just poor made resin parts. After a couple of hrs measuring cutting gluing and resizing we have a stronger rear end. Barley said he liked the springs, the shocks are plastic rod 4 sizes and whats called beading wire for the springs, its aluminum wire anodized in lots of colors and diameters, can be found at most craft stores. Use a pin or drill bit that would give you the right size for the spring, wind the wire around it tight then slide it off and gently open each coil to the same distance apart, then cut it to how ever long you need it. I will finish this tomorrow morning then get on to the next project, see below.
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More to do, the belly tanker arrived also, already broke the chassis trying to remove nibs so the inside of the bottom and the chassis get painted and assembled asap, the rest of the parts can get built in thats the good part.
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I was just commenting elsewhere that I love the eclectic selection of 3D prints, but the cleanup is awful.
Some amazing detail, offset by nerve jangling brittleness!
And this one is thin as they get, the front assembly is amazing, its getting shot in a silver i have that will make it look almost chrome. I will do some extra detailing but im leaving it as is for the most part. This one will be banana yellow.
 

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