279 - Tamiya BBX: Body Posts and Body Cracks

The slight mismatch between the upper and the lower body convinced me to use the body posts marked as "not used" in the BBX buggy manual in the attempt to reach a better alignement, in addition, today, watching the body I've noticed a pair of small cracks (showed in the pic below) that I suppose are caused by the force applied to free the body from the velcro (that is pretty tought) and that, if the box art decal are used, would be hidden.

Installing the body posts has been a quick work, body holes have been accurate reamed but a better support for the body sides is needed because there is a unpleasent gap between the sides and the upper body.

Front body post...

...  and side body posts.

Overview

Body with new holes reamed.

I've also "shortended" the antenna cable using a tie so the antenna pipe  lay under the cockpit roof.

Cant't wait to shoot some pics outside to give the right light to the metallic green.

278 - Tamiya BBX: Livery Overview

 

A good content creator would plan every post of the week shooting the right pics/videos and saving it for the best moment but (there is always a "but") I'm not a content creator, I'm only a nerd that uses as main media a old and forgotten platform to share his post so, this week, for the mid week update I've only this pic to share.

277 - Tamiya BBX: And, Finally, It Has Its Own Decals!

Yesterday, after lunch, I've been able to stick the decals I've planned to use on My BBX's body. Maily I've used custom decals received from MCI Racing weeks ago and only in a minor part original Tamiyas.

I'm quite satisfied by the final result because decals are well integrated in the paint work and only the black stripe look a bit much thick, unfortunately I haven't found a thinner one and I wasn't much confident to stick it astride the longitudinal body rib, my fault.

I haven't already prepared the body to use clips and body posts but I guess it will be a good solutions to alligning the upper and the lower body easly (in the video body is held in place only with velcro and alligning it results a little bit complex)