Thanks! Glad you liked it and it was of some use. Hopefully your project comes out well. I do spend way too much time on these things but there’s no rush and I’d rather have them done well. I did a Ford Ranger after this and filmed the pairing etc to try and show a bit more detail.

Glad you liked it. Thanks Neil, it did nearly go in the wheelie bin though!

Thank you, I got there in the end!

That’s so cool, I never had one of these back then, never mind 10!

@@jason.bochniak They were cheap back then, $15-20 CDN..? Tire sets were $30. Steel u-joints $10. Decal sets $40. Sure wish I still had them.

Sounds about right. I think I remember paying around £15 for a body set for my Rough Rider because I flipped it and snapped the spot lights off the roof 🤣

Thanks! Keith is a great guy!

@@ralphhowing3473 Thanks Ralphie, I’m no expert, I just make it up as I go along. I hope the video helps you out. I’ve found with each one done, I get a little better. Maybe check out my Ford Ranger videos too. They are also hard bodies. I’m currently in the middle of another Sand Scorcher paint job and if it comes out well enough, I will share.

Thanks Nicholas!

Thank you! Trust me, I struggled big time. I wanted to do more detail but didn’t want to mess it up again 😂

Thanks Ruud, I wasn’t sure about the red & yellow but it’s a grower!

Hey Neil!

@@jason.bochniak hello mate! Hope u r well! Your bro told me about your channel! Nice one!

@@neilblondell4235 great thanks, you? Will be great to help you get to sleep 😂

Cheers, yeah, he’s super chuffed with his new ride 🤣

Thanks mate, small world hey! I’m just finishing a MK2 Ranger resto. Have a complete new body shell set including decals to finish it off eventually…

@@jason.bochniak no worries fella. Yea it is a small world. Supplied Mark with a few sets of decals and helped get colours etc near as poss to correct. I have done one Ranger with huge help from Keith at RCicons and not doing another 😅. Hopefully getting a video done to thank Keith and show my Ranger off on my friend Glenn's channel, Riviera RC

Say hi to Mark if you see him, I messaged him to say I was going to mention him. I had no plans to do another one but it came up on eBay and was literally about 15 minutes from home so I had to have it. Australia is a big place and I thought what were are the odds? The guy had had it from new when he was kid, well used and falling to bits. Had all the original working radio gear too. It’s been stripped, cleaned and rebuilt with brand new old stock shock set, bumper, well nuts, mechanical speed controller, ball ends, ball races, motor & gear covers, wheels and tyres and the cherry on top will be the new old body set and decals. It’s interesting how many differences there are between the MK1 & MK2. The questions is box art or something different 😬

​@@jason.bochniakcan't be too many new old shells around. Damn lucky find . I did mine box art but different colours. Ford Roman Bronze body colours and Ford Champagne Gold side bars . Side bars were painted rather than decals. Hopefully get video done and on Glenn's channel

That sounds cool, you should get it uploaded and shared for us all to see. This one was painted like a brown colour. I think Keith’s addiction has rubbed off because I’ve also got a complete new in box MK1 Ranger body set. All the bags are still sealed, even the decals. I bought it to go with my MK1 and never build or paint. I’d love to know if the decals have stick but the sellotape is still on the bag for them too

Cheers mate.

Thanks mate, same here. The reason I had this body set is because I bought a painted one off another guy, complete with full LED lights installed, I didn’t think I could do it properly myself. When it turned up I then bought a full re-re kit to put it on which came with a body so I decided to have a crack and do a different colour.

Cool. I think blue is my favourite car colour, the metallics look amazing.

Thanks a lot Keith, glad you like it!

Thanks! I’ve done a couple of vintage Rangers too, the MK2 video I did after this one shows some painting if that helps.

Thanks mate, good to know, I didn’t know US lights were all red. The vintage box art does show all red on the rear lights but I was following the new re-re directions for the lights. I have a spare set of light pods so could do again in solid red.

Thanks Matt, I spent way too long on it! Great question. My only concern is how well the white would cover the blue. Blue over white is always going to take less coats. I’d probably test first on a spare piece of sprue or plastic. After masking I’d apply a light coat of blue to seal the masking lines, let it dry, quick sand with 1500 then light dry coats of white with time in between then a nice final thicker coat. I think either way is not easy, this body paint scheme is one of the hardest to do. I’m currently working on a MK2 Ranger, mid painting and have managed to film a fair bit of painting for the next video, should be up in a few weeks. Good luck with the project and keep me up to date!

Having said all that, I had to paint the yellow again over the full red due to mistakes and it was ok, just lots of coats.

@@jason.bochniak I will give it a go on a scrap piece first to see how well the white covers the blue, I’m not really holding much hope but I maybe wrong, I’ll keep you posted

Cool. I recon it would need at least 3-4 coats or just do the white first. I also have a Rough Rider in the queue to do in the blue and white scheme, I’ll do the white first. I’d also leave the paint to harden for at least a week before masking, two to be safe otherwise the tape will leave marks in the paint.

Yes the white tape is really flexible. It’s Tamiya “Masking tape for curves”. Comes in 2, 3 & 5mm thicknesses. I used 3mm on here. The other tape is also Tamiya and goes from 1mm up.