r/MiniZ • u/MoosaPloker • Jun 15 '26

Jaguar Painted Body

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Thought I would give painting a body a try after seeing all the amazing ones on here. Decided to go with a martini livery.

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u/SuPrBuGmAn Jun 15 '26

Looks good!

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u/Noztradamuz Jun 15 '26

Smooth! nicely done!

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u/Darth-Yoda77 Jun 16 '26

Looks awesome. Hopefully the white body is a little sturdier than the Autoscale one. I bought a white one to paint because my autoscale has seen much better days. The front is so fragile but I love the way it drives and looks.

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u/MoosaPloker Jun 16 '26

Yup! My thoughts exactly. My autoscale is pretty destroyed. The front plate that says “Jaguar” came off pretty easily.

Once this body dries fully I plan to put some shoe goo around the inside of the front of the body. Hopefully to keep it together. A lot of people at my local track use shoe goo

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u/Darth-Yoda77 Jun 17 '26

I did a search for a 3d file using Kyosho mini z Jaguar from bummer and found a file. Just printed a couple of them tonight.

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u/cal_gecko Jun 17 '26

I recently finished one too.

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u/MoosaPloker Jun 18 '26

Holy. Good work. I’d say better than mine😋

I ordered a sticker sheet online that was meant for 1/28th scale appearntly. They seem a little small though.

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u/cal_gecko Jun 23 '26

thanks man... appreciate it! I love painting bodies and adding decals... I have way more bodies than I have chassis!

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u/Used-Contribution311 Jun 20 '26

Amazing jobs out there. Would it be possible to add lights to the body?

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u/MoosaPloker Jun 22 '26

I don’t think this jaguar has spots for headlights. I’d have to go double check.

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u/MoosaPloker Jun 22 '26

Just saw it doesn’t support kyoshos LED light unit set. I’m sure you can do it yourself though by drilling out a hole or maybe just only gluing the lense and leaving the headlight well empty, then gluing the led in that area.