Continuing on with Day 1 of festivities, it's time to cut my first car. Is it the mikucar? No way. Since I got two Impreza shells to work with I'll practice on both before putting the blade to the BMW.
I should've put this on a darker surface, but no matter. This is what the shell looks like before. I stared it at for a good 20 minutes before working up the courage to start cutting.
I have an xacto
knife with a #11 blade and the pair of scissors that came with this
morning's shipment. Oh yeah, 150 grit sandpaper to smooth out mistakes
as well.
The first cut wasn't actually that bad. I
decided to work the wheel wells by attacking from both directions.
Since the plastic got in my way a bunch of times the wheel doesn't
really look that round. I'm pretty sure after a few runs around the
house I can blame it on wear and tear.
The
back bumper was by far the easiest piece to go. The advice I went with
was to use the knife to cut into the grooves as a guide and run the
scissors against it. This actually worked quite well, so well in fact
the back just popped off without the scissors! Damn I'm good.
And
here is the finished product. I can't run straight lines worth shit so
the trim between the wheels is kinda wobbly. I haven't drilled any
holes yet as I don't know where the mounting poles go. For now I'll
just charge the batteries and see how that goes. Cross fingers and hope
my house doesn't burn down.. oh wait, I got that charging bag.
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