bestwheelbase collaborative - help us choose a livery for our Tamiya racer

[bestwheelbase]

Hey everyone,

We have just received one of the first Tamiya #51494 Toyota 86 (aka Scion FRS) bodies in the United States and we want your help deciding the livery!

Here is the starting point:


(clear body starts the project)

Share your ideas with us and we'll make a special body to celebrate the great community and all our friends at FT86Club. The finished product will be unveiled alongside our new t-shirt designs!

Update: Base coat is on. See post #39.

Update 2: Wheels are on. See post #43.

Update 3: Decals begin to emerge. See post #44.

Update 4: Color spark. See post #51.

Update 5: Front plate. See post #52.

Update 6: Front cooler. See post #53.

Update 7: Sparkle time. See post #54.

Update 7: Dark shadows. See post #57.

Update 8: New kicks. See post #60.

Update 9: Venturi test. See post #61.

Update 10: Venturi test part 2. See post #62.

Update 11: Rear wing. See post #69.

Update 12: Endplates. Livery complete! See post #73.

Update 13: Wingless + Introducing the next project, BRZ R&D Sport. See post #74.

Update 14: New look. See post #76.

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Here are some other cars from our personal collection (all 1/10 scale electric) to give you an idea of what we're in to:


(Z4 M Coupe)


(R34 Skyline)


(R32 Skyline - drift battle thing)


(Schnitzer Celica LB Turbo)


(Various)


(Alfa Romeo Giulia)

[Giccin]

OMG. ARE THESE THE RC CARS?!

[boucher]

Yes. 1/10 scale electric.

[bestwheelbase]

Originally Posted by Giccin

OMG. ARE THESE THE RC CARS?!

Yes. The bodies are just a thin clear plastic. You paint them from the inside. That way if you bump into someone while racing, it does not damage the paint.


(Alfa Romeo Giulia)

[boucher]

What chassis will this be for?

[bestwheelbase]

@boucher we will use it on TA06 and/or TT01.

[zenki_levin]

Nice shells. I used to drift a tt01 but it's been sitting on the shelf for a while now.

[M-17]

No love for BRZ?

No matter, this is pretty cool, I think you'll be hearing from me later on to grab a FRS RC in future.

[ichitaka05]

Are you just doin the paint or gonna doing other custom exterior mods? Like wide body & etc?

[BioRage]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Are you just doin the paint or gonna doing other custom exterior mods? Like wide body & etc?

That would take a ton of work, and random plastic pieces to shape it :P

[zenki_levin]

^^You can buy dashboards/driver figures etc to put in rc cars. They even have overfenders/flares, bumpers, intercoolers to dress up an rc car. Nothing is impossible with a bit of imagination and work.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by BioRage

That would take a ton of work, and random plastic pieces to shape it :P

IDK, that's why I asked

[bestwheelbase]

Originally Posted by M-17

No love for BRZ?

No matter, this is pretty cool, I think you'll be hearing from me later on to grab a FRS RC in future.

We have Tamiya kit #58545, Subaru BRZ, on order. Here is their photo for reference. Edit: Here is their LINK for reference. TamiyaUSA #58545.

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Are you just doin the paint or gonna doing other custom exterior mods? Like wide body & etc?

Just livery.

Originally Posted by BioRage

That would take a ton of work, and random plastic pieces to shape it :P

Right. And it would be far too delicate to actually race.

Originally Posted by Hachivic

^^You can buy dashboards/driver figures etc to put in rc cars. They even have overfenders/flares, bumpers, intercoolers to dress up an rc car. Nothing is impossible with a bit of imagination and work.

Looks cool in photos but isn't good when racing. Less is more.

Let's hear your ideas for livery and colors!

[M-17]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

We have Tamiya kit #58545, Subaru BRZ, on order. Here is their photo for reference:


(photo courtesy TamiyaUSA.com)

That's cool.

I'll have to remember to post one of my FRS designs from Forza later, maybe you guys might like it.