Build Thread Chapman - Tamiya Neo Scorcher Build

[Chapman951]

Looks good... those plastic yellow shocks are so Tamiya!

Good to know, thanks. Makes them that much cooler.
Sept.07.2023
-Patiently waiting for used body to arrive. Any day now.

 

[Chapman951]

Checkered flag stickers arrived.

 

[Chapman951]

Sept.12.2023
The body shell arrived today. Customizing it now. Will keep 1/2 looking very Neo Scorcher/ Factory. The other 1/2 with the hole I will be customizing. Not 100% sure yet what will look best. The yellow and blue wheels do not work well with the rest of the car.
We’ll see what happens

More pics

 

[Chapman951]

September 13.2023
-Removed the “windows” from the body.
-Will probably install 1 fan in the back
-Added more checkered flag decals.
-Hobbywing brushed 1060 ESC arrived
-ordered a battery, a 30mm x 30mm silver/black fan.
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[Chapman951]

September 15, 2023
Super stoked. The rear wing arrived. I like it a lot. Might need to do some modifying to it though. I prefer the look of covering the upper rear shock towers. Will probably do some bending/tweaking in the future.
-waiting on some more stickers “checkered flag” stickers to arrive. Need to finish wrapping the body.
-ordered a smaller fan. Other one is too large to fit onto the body.
-working on lowering the stance. Might cut springs.

Anyways…. Progress pictures.

 

[Chapman951]

-used a razor blade and cleaned up some parts of the body
-test fitting blue lights
-drilled holes for rally inspired hood vent
-messing around with tire/wheel/color combinations.
-mounted rear wing (temporarily)
-added 2 stickers “hobbywing” and “option1”. Will probably change out hobby1 sticker with something else
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[Doom!]

Are you thinking about glueing screens on the insides of any of the openings?

 

[Chapman951]

Are you thinking about glueing screens on the insides of any of the openings?

Never thought about it. Can you show an image?

Might look pretty cool to add some window netting.

Sept.16.2023
-waiting on checkered flag decals to arrive. Should be here 17th or 18th.

 

[Chapman951]

Sept.19.2023
Checkered flag decals arrived

-cleaned up “hobby wing” decal
-wrapped rear wing. Looks freeeeking awesome.
-added more checkered flag vinyl wrap to drivers side. Like the look now.
-opened up the drivers side vent some more. Flows well with checkered flag .
-still working on wheel color combos

-might checker flag front and rear bumpers
-installed battery
-checkered flag rally roof vent. Need to secure it down.
-30mmx30mm fan should arrive tomorrow

1 more pic

 

[Chapman951]

September 19.2023
-the checkered flag vinyl arrived. Finished up 95% of the body now. Need to do some “clean-up” next. Looks great.

-installed the 30mm x 30mm fan. It lost the original shape I had intended… but looks fine still. Might adjust it later. The angle it’s on now will cool the motor better.

-will wrap the front and rear bumpers next.

-rally inspired hood vent hardware installed.

-waiting for silver Tamiya stickers to arrive so I can work more on the graphics/decals. The side that is completely checkered flags really needs some decals.

-need to: install blue lights, minor tweaking here/there, drill roof antenna hole, probably some other items .

 

[Chapman951]

Sept.19.2023
On a rampage today!

-Installed the blue leds for the rear “window”
-corrected the fan. Looks much better.

It’s awesome to look at now with the blue lights.

Need to find some more blue lights. Rear is done but front feels empty.

 

[Doom!]

Love it!

 

[Chapman951]

Love it!

Thanks. Me too

 

[Chapman951]

Sept.20.2023

The silver stickers arrived. Unfortunately they are VERY shiny/reflective. In the pictures they appeared more gray and dull. Went ahead and ordered some other Tamiya stickers which might work better on the Neo Scorcher.

 

[Chapman951]

-Stickers arrived! Added a bunch of them. It looks great.
-Rear spoiler mount bracket arrived also. I’ve wrapped it and installed. Looks great!
-Need to clean up the stickers and checkered flag wrap a bit.
-waiting for another set of blue lights to arrive. Will put them in the cockpit area.
-pretty sure i’m done with adding stickers and customizing now.
-oh yeah need to tighten adjustable spoiler.***need to find small allen key***
-i think thats it for now. Super stoked on it.

More pictures:
More pictures
-i thought the decals on the yellow wheels was a nice touch.
-i like the red/blue front bumper.
-waiting for some front orange and front blues to arrive. *Rear tamiya star wheels rub against the front steering arms.
-would be cool to add a front windshield decal.
-need to adjust rally roof vent.

 

[Doom!]

Those little extra details go a long way.

 

[Chapman951]

The second set of LED lights arrived. I installed them on the drivers side vent area. I think it looks great! Pretty sure I will order another set of blue LEDs. I need to somehow illuminate the front cockpit of the car.

Patiently waiting for the orange wheels to arrive.

 

[Chapman951]

October 05.2023

-The orange wheels arrived. Decided to go with the orange and blue wheel look
-2nd set of blue lights arrived. Placed them inside the drivers side vent. Looks good!
-ordered another set of blue LED lights to play around with. Would like to light up the cockpit and roof vent.
-need to clean up the wires and stickers a little bit.
-down the road add a windshield banner, adjust roof vent (not centered), buy carbon fiber front damber stay and install underbody blue LED’s.

 

[Doom!]

I love orange, but I think I preferred the yellow and white wheel combo, the blue and orange feel to dark. Heck you could do one of each. Looks killer either way.

 

[Chapman951]

I love orange, but I think I preferred the yellow and white wheel combo, the blue and orange feel to dark. Heck you could do one of each. Looks killer either way.

Hi Doom!

I agree the blue and orange feel too dark. Would be nice to have a version that was more fluorescent like the yellow wheels.

Might switch it up down the road