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Some days ago, a friend offered me for my birthday a mini crawler at 1/12th scale. A mn82. It's not a toy nor what we could understand about a real rc like we use. 2,4ghz radio set, a real 3 wires steering servo , 7,4V 500mha lithium aq. And a really nice scale toyota lc79 abs body. 2 speed are available on the transmitter. My version was mastic yellow really not sexy. After have several fun and attractive runs, the color needed to be changed. 
So after a full dismantle of the body, yesterday was time to wear a new dress. 
my wife decided for a renault methyl blue. 
First lays were metal aloy and after, methyl blue. And a clear coat.
 

Another interesting part of this truck is the cockpit. Very detailed. So I painted some parts to be more realistic. Same if I no idea of the real one . 
Now I need to find a pilot and it's ready. Some accessories will be in the bed like a bmx and other stuffs.

And ended lc79 
rims were painted in siver grey to. Better than plastic black. 
with almost 20 minutes of runtime, it's a very good scale semi crawler/ cross country. With realistic speed. Leaf spring rear suspension, lights openable bed. I ran it on gravel and grass. It's very fun. Far of the brushless dt03 but not the same intention. Cool runs and crawling. 

Beautiful job Buddy and cudos to your wife on the color choice. 

Thanks Jim. 
I Puted some goodies in the bed. It is now ready for camping night.

Another config for the bed . Better for me. Same if the jerrycan is a little to big.  Note the charcoal bag made with real charcoal bag 🤣

This is such a great project.  I love the idea of looking at the accessories in the bed of a scale truck and trying to figure out what kind of weekend the scale driver is going to have.  I did the same thing with my own Toyota LC70 model.  My driver is looking to have a lot of adventure this weekend.

Woohaa! I love it.  Except the bazooka.  I prefer a 700 varmint or a winchester model 25.😁

Today, I rethought about the 82 decoration. And I  refound some goodies in my mess boxes. I made iron ropes ( from Jonny retro concept). 
so, here is the result. A gi joe as the pilot, snoopy is back too.