12ose's Tutorial 1 (Part 2): Decorating Polycarbonate Cover using Spray/Masking Method:

F) Stickers and Decals:
I highly recommend stickers used for R/C since they are highly durable and will not peel off as easily as dress-up stickers. Except for the headlights and taillights, leave the normal stickers that comes with the kit back in the box, they are usually too thick and are made of paper.

Cut out the stickers you need using penknife, cutting away the excess stickers. Next put it on the body and see how you want to position it.


With a penknife holding onto the 1 corner of the sticker (so that you will not leave fingerprint under the sticker), apply the sticker onto the body.


Water slide decals are good too if you want that "painted on" look. I took mine from my Gundam kits though water slide decals that comes with the static display models would be a better choice.

G) Panel lining:
Yes you read that right . Even though we are not building a Gundam, panel lining at the right places of your car gives the car volume when viewed and highlights the details as well.

Take the Gundam marker and gently draw on to the grooves on the body, particularly the windscreen and doors. Also in my example, I did a light lining on the taillight. Before the ink dries gently rub off the ink with your fingers/tissue/cotton bud. Do 1 area at a time. This means inking 1 windscreen and rubbing the ink off before inking the next windscreen.

Examples:




H) Mounting the Body:
The normal mount that comes with a MS PRO kit is VERY HEAVY and sits too high on the chasis. I did a mod by using only the front "hook", removing the excess studs. Use a 4mm screw (can be found on Super-1 kits) to secure the front "hook" and the cover. The rear mount I used comes from Manta Ray Mk III. The rear mount is specially designed to sit nicely onto the chassis so the cover will not wobble.


If the cover comes into contact with the wheels, use a small pair of scissors or a curved scissors to trim away the wheel guard on the body. A spacing of 1mm between the cover and the tyres would suffice.

I)Results:
Enjoy the pics




This post has been edited by 13lack.12ose: Mar 5 2009, 01:31 PM

YAY! thx black.rose for the Polycarbonate decoration tutorials. haha


This post has been edited by FatalMIND: Mar 5 2009, 02:35 AM

Thanks for the offer! My dad bought it for me this evening.... *wink*
I act very fast hor.... hahaha
It feels good being a girl... LOL


Good luck to those going for the 15 Mar race.
I might be out of town, guess i wont be able to go down 'see see look look'

Btw, im confused over the motors...
How come got so many types?? Which one shld i get??

This post has been edited by Lost4Love: Mar 5 2009, 02:37 AM

@FatalMIND: My Pleasure. Just remember to post your TRF Jr up when you're done

@Lost4Love: The motor you use depends on your car setting actually.

But to keep things simple, for PRO motors, Rev Tuned is better for straights, Torque Tuned for cornering, and Atomic Tuned for best combination of these two.

Currently the fastest PRO motor is Hyper Dash Pro.

13lack.12ose : Thanks so much for the useful information =)

for me hyper the fastest followed by atomic then torque i really dont know how to make rev tuned fast any pointers

nice hope to see your car pics soon and happy building

my pink car


my other pink theme car





comments are welcomed

Never liked Rev-Tuned b4. Remembered running it for a few times and the terminal inside broke. Anyway I find Rev Tuned to be slow as well.

I like the Avante. The roller setting is good as well.

OT abit, how do u post small pictures? All the pictures I posted so big >.<

Guys, things have gotten abit rust for me.. I wanna know, since there is so much hype about the MS chassis, do people still people still play the older models? Btw, how to make motors fast? Those that just come out of the package can't be that fast right? Also, why cannot use Ni-MH rechargeable batteries for the cars?

Seems like there is a general guideline on how to set the car for speed and technical tracks.. Anyone can share? In my time, we never thought of such things, just anyhow whack and put rollers, no planning at all..

u go to ms paint then resize it

ms chasis is the latest chasis
as motors u need to run in for better result
yes there is a few common setting for both type of cars and the older chasis is still being used

>washywashy,
There is a group of ppl still using old models, as recent races are technical track layout. Old hand of SFM, S-1, TZ as I believe they stopped for quite sometime and now trend is coming back. Although they are old models, it will not go outdated and I like MS for now.

Why the nickel hydride cannot be used? It says in the Japanese official rule; The Ni-Mh battery is prohibited, the motor was locked when the child used the Ni-Mh battery while had switched on, and the battery got burnt heating it. However, is it really so? It is for safety reason.

Oh ok.. About running in, how long would it take? Oh ok.. Seems like quite hard to get SFM nowadays..

Motor was locked? Btw, where do you get your parts in SG? Where do you normally play? From previous posts seems like you really got a lot of stuff and most probably you have a track at home?

>washywashy,
For an example, something stuck inside the motor causing it jammed.
I collected those parts long ago, some are from overseas. I do not have track at home, are you joining us on the 15 march race at khatib?

Eelen this sunday there'll be a race @ Tampines.

Any idea where is the actual location and the pricing??
My cousin is interested.

>13lack.12ose,
Thanks for informing. Are you going? I dont think will be going lei..

I'll be going down see see look look. If the track is viable I do not mind giving it a few tries. Wouldn't wanna risk scratching my cover like the 1st one

Location is @ Blk 419 Tampines St 41. 50 cts a ticket, $1.50 per pair of batts.

I'll be going on the 15th.. Will try to make it to Tampines if possible..

Now making Polycarbonate Plates for my FRP and wheels

good then i will see u on the 15 , we can talk more about mini4wd there
and for running in the motor there few ways to do i am sure black rose will give tutorial on this
as for nimh batt u can use smaller capacity for the car it is ok 1 of the main problem is higher capacity batts tends to be bigger in size compared to smaller ones so if u force in a bigger batt than the battery compartment in the car can hold it will tweak the chasis

This post has been edited by david tamiya: Mar 5 2009, 02:46 PM