Thats about the best method to remove paint from thick metal. It does leave a slight texture on the metal. It may show thru the paint, so if you do not want that sand the chassis after you sandblast with 400 grit paper till it is smooth. You may also want to buy an etching primer that you can sand, that will make the final coat smoother as well. If you do plan to sand the primer you can skip sanding the chassis after you sandblast it.

Nice color scheme! I like orange too:

http://scriptasylum.com/forumpics/mazda3.jpg

Actually, that's not exactly my car, but I photoshopped a different pic so it looks as close as I can.

I skipped over this thread several times figuring once you've seen a few revo conversions you've seen them all. Something told me to take a look and I am glad I did. That thing looks nice! Definitely something different for the tastebuds and probably the most interesting 3.3 conversion I have seen in a long time.

Thanks for the tips...much appreciated!:yes:

Thank you...This build may be taking a new turn since I posted this the other day. I am looking at a custom chassis being made for me that is 1.5" longer than stock and looks similar to the Gorilla Maxx set up. If I decide to go this route, I will have it powder coated orange.

Powder coated!!!:yipi:

YUP! I found someone local who will swap me some work for doing the chassis

Make sure when it goes to powder coating the edges are as clean as possible and try to get rid of hard corners. This is the only downside to powder coating is the it can chip in rough areas and hard corners.

Anodizing would work well too. I have a local guy that anodizes any color for 100 per batch, as much as you can fit.

Good to know...thanks for the info, I will keep this in mind!:mdr:

Great looking build! It is beautiful :mdr:

Heath

I got your body today, should get quite a bit of it finished over the week/weekend. :intello:

That looks really nice Mag!

I made 2 more custom mounting pieces....one for mounting the rx next to the steering servo and 1 on the other side on top of the unused existing steering servo mounts. The second piece makes a level mount for the esc to sit on. I will post pics. tomorrow when the paint is dry and they are mounted

Thanks...all of the custom pieces should be dry and installed by next weekend...hopefully!

Magman wanted me to post a few pics of the progress of the body. Only 2 sneek peeks. :wink:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...n/IMG_6732.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...n/IMG_6734.jpg