OK, a little update..

First, I finished the body.. Was gonna do black and orange, but backed off the orange in the end and went with silver.. The scheme turned out better than I expected, though the execution was far from perfect...

I like it though..

Here a pic of my little workplace in the hotel room.. Here for a week absolutely in the middle of nowhere near the Polish border (big mining company..)- part of the reason I got the kit when I did...

And here a pic of the front diff assebly freshly screwed onto the chassis.. Threw a few of the shinier and more impressive looking pieces in just for show..

Must say, the part quality is unlike anything I've ever seen.. Everybody talks about how great X-Ray and Mugen quality is.. Must be something.. For me this stuff is amazing.. Lot of REALLY quality looking stuff here.. When I first saw the 8T RR I was quite underwhelmed.. One, it looked so small, and two, well, it didn't look weak or anything, but nor did it scream "TOUGH" like some of these parts do.. Hard to say for sure though til it's all together.. The arms are really cool and tough looking BTW... Maybe pics of them later...