mercoledì 4 febbraio 2026

359 - BBX Wheels Chrome Removing

A new set of wheels for my Tamiya BBX was included in the stuff I've received last week. The idea is to dying them after a full chrome removing and to the purpose I've bought an oven cleaner choosing the one that seemed less gentle in the supermarket's shelf.

Well my new wheels have been soaked in the full bottle of cleaner for almost 6 hours reaching the modest result to remove most of the light coats of chrome from the inner and the back of the wheels with a beging of corrosion of the thicker coat from the outer face of the wheels. Two toughts: oven cleaner here in Italy are less power than cleaner available abroad or who says that this process involves "few of hours" has to reconsider what "few of hours" means.

domenica 1 febbraio 2026

358 - Stuff For My BBX Received

The parts needed to refurbish my BBX are arrived during the last week: new body, some stickers, new driver figure, PS cans, wheels and masking fluid.

For first I've gave a primer coat to the driver and then a coat of Nato black that will be useful de define seat belts and helmet visor.

Than I've washed the new body and In a near future I have to face the complex cut task. 




mercoledì 28 gennaio 2026

357 - Ready to Revamp

Some stickers have been rescued and some parts have been ordered and received. My next target is a good revamp of my BBX.