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Miniature RC Mustang Replicas - Exclusive PhotosFor the full story check out the July 2012 issue of Mustang Monthly June 18, 2012 By Mark Houlahan Photography by Mark Houlahan
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 The HPI E10 chassis features...  The HPI E10 chassis features such details as these realistic cross drilled brake rotors and big-brake calipers. The rotors actually turn with the wheels too!  While we showed the optional...  While we showed the optional HPI aluminum driveshaft installed in our print story, we had this extra photo of the driveshaft being compared to the stock plastic one shortly after we extricated it from the chassis. Any time you can reduce rotational weight you'll make more power.  We mentioned hobby scissors...  We mentioned hobby scissors in our story, but here's a photo of our basic body working tools used in the R/C hobby. The curved scissors are at the top, while the red handled tool is a body-hole reamer and the yellow and black tool is a circle cutter; used for cutting cooling holes and wheel well openings. You can find these at your nearest hobby store.  Trimming the body takes some...  Trimming the body takes some practice. Don't try to cut right on the body line your first time. Sneak up on it, as you can always remove more, but it's a little hard to put the plastic back!  HPI bodies include self-adhesive...  HPI bodies include self-adhesive window masks. This makes painting the body easier, as it means you can quickly mask off the windows. Some people go for a tinted window look by using a light coat of window tint paint on the windows after the masks are removed.  Don't forget to remove the...  Don't forget to remove the overspray film on the body once you're done painting. The last thing you want to do is put all your decals on and realize they're on top of the overspray film. Not that we've EVER done that ourselves!  You can find these foam body...  You can find these foam body washers at your local hobby store. We recommend them to prevent scratching the paint when installing the body over the body posts, plus on many chassis these washers keep the body from rattling on the posts as well.  How about a little night time...  How about a little night time driving? We didn't have room in the magazine to show this, but HPI has a cool little LED light module in their catalog. Secure the LEDs in the body (cut small holes for them to pass through for more effect) and plug the module into your battery wiring. Now you can run late into the evening.  The Boss 302 we painted in...  The Boss 302 we painted in our magazine story looked awesome with the eight-spoke vintage wheels, but what about a cool "pro-touring" or restomod look? We popped these low profile mesh wheels and tires on for an admittedly cool look.  A close up detail shot of...  A close up detail shot of the HPI vintage eight-spoke wheel shows how much detail HPI puts not only into the wheel itself, but the vintage tires as well. We've actually painted the spokes of the HPI five-spoke wheels for a cool Torque Thrust D look!  While we didn't take Editor...  While we didn't take Editor Farr's '66 GT coupe for a spin with them installed, we had fun making some paper photo copy hubcaps to really make his GT look the part for when it's sitting on the display shelf.  One of the first "replica"...  One of the first "replica" R/C bodies we ever painted was this '66 coupe to match our '66 in Anniversary Gold. A custom mixed color we applied via airbrush, the R/C Mustang gets a lot of looks whenever we take it out of the trunk of our real Mustang! At a car show a couple of years back we spotted Jim Lowe's '65 fastback amongst the rows of nice rides and what did we see when we took a peek inside? A nice little R/C Mustang painted up to match his ride. Jim is amongst a growing number of enthusiasts that are joining the R/C hobby and building a scale version of their real rides, and now you can too!
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