Need some help here. I'm partly color-blind and I'm wondering what color the wheels on the Blackfoot Extreme are. What Tamiya TS paint matches them? http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/list/tamiya_spray/kit85001.htm Thanks in advance. OOPS, just saw some came with red, I don't have the red it's an orange or yellow color. http://www.tamiyausa.com/images/product/picture.html?category_id=250&product_id=58312&picture_id=gallery_3.jpg

TomT

TS16 Yellow I think...It is yellow but a little darker shade than what is on the color chart...I think if you painted them on the plastic wheels they would darken up just right...

Thanks SFC K.

Here's a camel yellow TS34 compared with the lighter one TS16.... you think it's the lighter one?




It's really hard for me to tell, LOL.

TomT

Definitely the TS34 now that you posted it up... The TS16 seems to light...Anyone else want ot confirm this.

Thanks SFC K.

Think I'll go with the TS34.

TomT

Why do you want to paint the wheels green?

Good one Halgar


TomT

Well, do you guys think it matches? (note: buy two cans of paint to cover body!!!)




TomT

Looks Awesome! I love that body too! What is the wheel base on it?

Thanks, have some work to do on it.
Approx. 9.5 to 9.75 inches center of wheel wells. Maybe closer to the 9.75.

TomT

That's a nice shade of blue. I thought you wanted yellow?

DOH


TOmT

I didn't realize the extreem version's body had the same bed depth (looks like it anyway) as the clod does. I had an original blackfoot body on my first clod and I had to use different body mounts for the back.

Making me really want one of these bodies now. Even though they have a shorter WB, they look good an a clod.

Don't have a Clod body right now to compare to but... even in real life the Old Chevy's seemed to be bigger... I think due to the square shape. Sit in an Old 73-87 Chevy truck then sit in a 78-79, 80-? whatever Ford and the Chevy seems bigger from the drivers seat... or maybe it's just me.... come to think about it, the Chevy's windshield seemed quite taller and the Ford's more short, maybe that has something to do with it?

TomT

Nah.....it's just the different shapes is all. When I had my 89' F150 (same basic cab 80-96) the work truck I drove was an 86 GMC (same body style as the clod)....trucks were the same room/size-wise.

The difference here is that the clod is a longbed truck body and the blackfoot is a shortbed.
The original blackfoot body's bed was flush, simulating a tonnou cover, instead of an open back bed that is actually only half as deep as it's supposed to be......hence the odd height rear body mounts.

This blackfoot extreem body looks to have the same "shallow" open bed depth that the clod body has.
.....And it looks 10X cooler since it's a ford!