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Old 06-09-2011, 05:27 PM
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Here's mine I just painted up!














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Old 06-09-2011, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by @Art_Mighty
Here's mine I just painted up!
Kind of a nit pick, but, shouldn't the driver be on the other side?
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It's one of the rare UK / Aussie-spec cars.
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Old 06-09-2011, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by FauxMako
Kind of a nit pick, but, shouldn't the driver be on the other side?
Well yeah...

... but it was way easier that way and it's sorta a play on the fact it's Tamiya TA-05 ver.II under there so I figured it would work.
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screw that it looks great...love the colors...and the driver
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by snoopyrc
Dodgeboy achieves full blown awesomeness in a paintjob on a car smaller than a shoebox.
Thanks snoopyrc I got two more coming all I can say it's #76 &77
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everything VTA or RCGT/USGT you have done is logged away...lol, its where I goto get ideas...not copies, but ideas....
Nice, I don't care if you copy them
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I like the right hand driver
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Originally Posted by DARKSIDE
screw that it looks great...love the colors...and the driver
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by @Art_Mighty
Thanks!
Hey Art... Coming to the Assphalt Assault this weekend ..Right?
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Hey Art... Coming to the Assphalt Assault this weekend ..Right?
Yer damn right I'm comming to Assphalt Assault!
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Originally Posted by @Art_Mighty
Here's mine I just painted up!


Your 'Cuda looks great, Art_Mighty! The only thing I don't like (and this is with almost all of these 'Cuda bodies on modern 4WD on-road chassis') is how far deep inside the rear wheelwells the tires are. It just looks weird for a muscle car. I guess there's nothing anybody can do about it without installing longer arms & CVDs, though. I love the color of blue, what paint is that, or did you mix something up yourself?
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you can use some small washers on the front and rear to set the body more(looking right)
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Originally Posted by DARKSIDE
you can use some small washers on the front and rear to set the body more(looking right)
I don't think washers will make much difference, it's the 31mm HPI VTA rear wheels that are helping you out--they have 5mm more offset. Also, it looks like Art's lock-nuts are out on the axles as far as they can go. Adding washers would push them out further and they probably wouldn't have enough nylon to keep them locked on the axle threads.

Even with the VTA wheels & tires, I still find the tires look a tad too deep inside the wheel-wells. Almost all the modern onroad chassis' look that way. I had to take a vintage chassis that was TOO wide, and narrow it to get it to look like a muscle car. That's just my preference though, as I grew up in the 70's loving muscle cars and own a '70 Charger and '86 GN. Muscle cars just don't look right unless the rear tires fill the wheel-wells.
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just noticed the 26 in the rear...oh..
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Old 06-10-2011, 04:26 PM
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here is my Dodge, VTA legal Challenger....its purple...but pics look blue?
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