How To Do The Tamiya Manta Ray Bodywork: Cut, Paint & Decal an RC Lexan Body 

That gun metal is such a nice color! The camera doesn't do it justice.

Looks great, and a very useful tip about the fingerprints.

Excellent work on that Manta Ray shell Mark! Looks Devilsome in that dark colour scheme!🙌😎

Loving the colour 👍 i do love the manta ray shell, just brings out the child in me 😁

A very nice body shell indeed 😎

Done like a pro . Looks fab mate 👍

Oh, yes, Mark, very nice you can help a friend out and at the same time probably also help a lot of people out with the video! I can imagine most are just watching it now for the joy of watching you work, but in the future probably some people will research this topic and find help from this video, it's a time machine! Looks great with the Gunmetal, definitely more interesting than white. I knew the trick with the "handle", but I wasn't actually aware the paint will create a print where you'd hold the body. Very tricky, this gunmetal, ha ha! Have a great weekend there, my friend!

Hi Mark great instructional video. I’ve learnt a few things from this. Best wishes

You made easy work of that Mark, top stuff buddy 👍👍👍

An excellent choice of colour for the shell in order for the decals to stand out a bit more. I bet Coryn will be well chuffed with that shell. We'll Done Mark 👍

It's turn out lovely Mark. I like the gunmetal colour. Take care 👍

Nice job well done again mate, thanks for your upload 👍🙏🐱

THAT COLOUR 😊😊😊, Love it. I used RC decals for the DT02 Astute body and they were slightly thicker but just had him do some for the channel and they are nice and thin..

Great job as always dude 😊🥇👍 Pete

Good looks brother.. Great how too.. I'm such a noob and the paint need all the info I can get.. Thanks for sharing.👍

Nice job mark!! I like the color I really don't like the white version yours looks better!

Great job mate 👌 well done 👍

WOW great job Mark. really like the darker color on this one. Makes this body look pretty snazzy... Wich is good. lol Awesome work my friend. You are a decal Master

Awesome job Mark!!!! Great idea with the front window mask.. That came out freaking awesome looking, I hope Coryn like the job and I hope you signed the body some place... That (Your) signature might be worth something some day.. ATB my friend, and Best Wishes to ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Top job as always Mark he will be well happy with that mate!

Hiya Mark. Sorry I did that thing where I watched the video and it went onto the next one and I thought I'll pop back later and leave a comment and then I forgot 😞 Anyway it's always great to see you at work on a body shell as you always do a top job. I'm sure that your mate will be delighted with it. Great choice with the colour. Gunmetal always looks good and especially with the colour of the stickers on that. Anyway we might all get a bit of decent weather soon so we can get on with the speed runs. Cheers for now mate 😁👍

Really enjoyed this Mark! I have been thinking of trying to get a Manta Ray as I would love to have a DF-01 smashing round the track but also I think they looks awesome! You did a great job with that shell and the colour was 🔥🔥🔥 Nice work bud 🙌🏻

Wow great work as always Mark! It came out real sharp!👍😊

Great job Mark! It looks great and that gun metal is a great color but it can be a finicky one to work with! As tedious as it all is I do prefer cutting out my own decals for the cars especially if they are going to sit side by side like these. It turned out looking great!

Very nice.

You need one of those vintage electric carving knives Mark and just hack out the shape 😅😅. Yes, I am bloody kidding lol. With regards those tricky areas like the back parts, after you score the outline make a few cuts up to the body line . That way you are snapping off smaller pieces rather than trying to get a larger area to snap. Looks nice mate

Great job, thiy body looks cool. Thanks for removing the film on camera. Have a great weekend Mark.

A interesting thing the paint can get finger prints from body heat, the gun metal does look sweet. Looks so different to box art.

Nice job Mark really do appreciate it mate sorry about the decals / stickers I really should have got them from mci racing my fault 😕 but it looks amazing mark 👍

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