80s Rhino upgrade parts

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I have a few ancient Rhino kits from the 80s in various states of repair - some utterly brutalised by a succession of owners and scavenged off cheap ebay sales, and some in reasonably good nick. Well, a few of the parts look terrible by today's standards, so I've started recycling them by cleaning them up, scratchbuilding replacements for things that can't reasonably be printed (such as the handrails) and replacing the worst bits of the original kit with 3D printed upgrades. This isn't an entire Rhino kit; you'll need to start with a Rhino kit to make use of this Thing. And it's probably not worth doing with a modern Rhino kit anyway, as those already have nicer parts. Instead, it's the 3D printed parts that I've been using to upgrade my fleet. If you want to match the one in the picture you'll still need to get some brass rod to replace the handrails and back door handles, and scale diamond plate for the running boards. I also scratchbuilt the front doors on the one in the photo, but that's only because they were a messy gaping hole on the worst of my 80s Rhinos, which is where I started. I may update this Thing later with files for some slightly-improved front doors and printable running boards - I just got carried away with the plasticard before it even occurred to me to print that bit.