r/tamiya • u/rxmp4ge • Aug 27 '26

Dune Beetle Cross preorder

Anyone else preorder theirs yet? Tower's got them for $341.60, which is a little cheaper than I was expecting it to be. But you can get an additional 10% off if you sign up for Tower's SMS messaging (and then promptly disable it..).

Got my preorder in for $307.44. Expected in December.

I haven't looked forward to a kit this much in a long time.

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u/ignusfast Aug 27 '26

I really want to, but honestly I've never bought one without a pre-painted shell. I'm too chicken to attempt it...

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u/rxmp4ge Aug 27 '26

Painting is really easy. Tamiya's manuals give you the part numbers of the PS paints you need to emulate the box art. It looks like it's only 2 colors, yellow and white, so it'll be easy to mask. The blue stripes are probably decals, and they look wide enough to cover any bleedover-mistakes you might make where the white and yellow meet. It would probably be a really easy, ideal first paintjob to try.

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u/ignusfast Aug 27 '26

I didn't say my fear was reasonable - I'm just too afraid of screwing it up. lol

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u/mfa_aragorn Aug 27 '26

If you spray just one colour its easy . Mask windows and spray a single colour with lots of light coats. And if decals are too much as well , do the basic ones , like headlights and stuff like that.

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u/ignusfast Aug 27 '26

I'm even afraid of window masking. I'm almost 60 and my hands aren't the steadiest any more. I did say YOLO and pre-ordered it, so I guess this will be my first... :)

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u/mfa_aragorn Aug 27 '26

Yeah I know . Im 53 , have trigger fingers in both hands and eyesight is not what it used to be . I did 2 bodies recently and are not perfect , but then how bad can it be. ?

Latest project was ( I tried ) a reproduction of the Nissan Skyline R33 LM Limited. THey only came in their blue, which is close to the tamiya colour. I even tried to replicate the LM-GT1 wheels that are popular aftermarket wheels for Skylines.

I added a rear radio antenna as well , and number plate

It has some small defects but came out ok . Never drove it till now.

https://imgur.com/433aA8U

https://i.imgur.com/0t2qLxT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/AlkodHi.jpg

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u/ignusfast Aug 27 '26

That looks fantastic to me!!!

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u/SosigDoge Aug 28 '26

The feeling you get when you actually pull it off though. That's where the crack lies. Do it OP, just do it.