Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4 Body Set (Clear)
This Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4 Body Set is designed to fit in any of Tamiya’s 190mm wide touring car machines.
NOTE: Painted body shown in photos is for illustrative purposes only and is not included. The body you will receive is clear and unpainted.
Features:
- Made from lightweight yet durable polycarbonate
- Front and rear light cases are also molded in polycarbonate
- Separately molded plastic components depict rear wing and side mirrors
- Comes with stickers to create markings, plus masking stickers for use when painting
- Compatible with 257mm wheelbase touring car chassis (TT-02, TB-04, TB-05, TA06, TA07, etc.)
This product was added to our catalog on August 13, 2021
Bryson Kahaloa
Verified Owner
Sunday, Dec 25 2022 (about a year ago)
Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4 Body Set (Clear)
I bought this body set to replace my previous Mustang GT4 body that came with my Tamiya USA 25th Anniversary TT-02.
Now the biggest difference between that one and this one is that it does NOT have pre-cut wheel arches. Interesting to note is that both require having body post holes drilled, which is to be expected on this body-only set but not on any included with a TT-02.
This body set paints up REALLY nice if you go box art, though I will say there are some difficulties.
Cutting the wheel arches should be done with a pair of curved scissors as the “score, bend and snap” technique can cause some stretch tears if you’re not careful, especially on the rear where the rear bumper extensions are on either side.
Painting will require quite A LOT of masking and I’d personally recommend Tamiya’s drop cloth tape. Although it can be tricky to use (and frankly the tape they use with it is horrible), it makes painting the front splitter and rear extensions very easy and saves A LOT of time and masking tape.
DO NOT use any sort of CA glue to hold the lexan light buckets in place or it’ll ruin your paint and eventually come loose. Use Shoe Goo or 3M automotive trim tape for the best hold.
Decaling was very easy, save for the light surrounds which are among the most fiddly of them all and tear very easily. Curved tweezers and a cuticle scissors work best for them.
All in all, it’s a beautiful body when it’s done. Wish I could show a picture because DAMN does it look great when it’s done!
Now the biggest difference between that one and this one is that it does NOT have pre-cut wheel arches. Interesting to note is that both require having body post holes drilled, which is to be expected on this body-only set but not on any included with a TT-02.
This body set paints up REALLY nice if you go box art, though I will say there are some difficulties.
Cutting the wheel arches should be done with a pair of curved scissors as the “score, bend and snap” technique can cause some stretch tears if you’re not careful, especially on the rear where the rear bumper extensions are on either side.
Painting will require quite A LOT of masking and I’d personally recommend Tamiya’s drop cloth tape. Although it can be tricky to use (and frankly the tape they use with it is horrible), it makes painting the front splitter and rear extensions very easy and saves A LOT of time and masking tape.
DO NOT use any sort of CA glue to hold the lexan light buckets in place or it’ll ruin your paint and eventually come loose. Use Shoe Goo or 3M automotive trim tape for the best hold.
Decaling was very easy, save for the light surrounds which are among the most fiddly of them all and tear very easily. Curved tweezers and a cuticle scissors work best for them.
All in all, it’s a beautiful body when it’s done. Wish I could show a picture because DAMN does it look great when it’s done!
Bryce Domanski
Verified Owner
Friday, Dec 16 2022 (about a year ago)
Tamiya Ford Mustang GT4 Body Set (Clear)
Body is cool looks like it will be fun to paint!! Two wrinkles. one that goes from rear wheel well over to other rear and same on front.. body is not perfect..
