pics. of my progress on my 3.3 conversion

[TexasSP]

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.

[magman]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

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!

[The Cow]

Great looking build! It is beautiful

Heath

[RUSTY XL-5]

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

[Urgeoner]

That looks really nice Mag!

[magman]

Originally Posted by Urgeoner

That looks really nice Mag!

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

[magman]

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

[magman]

Finished w/the custom brackets....the rx is mounted behind the steering servo....I put it in for demo. purposes. The esc bracket was made to level the surface for the esc to sit on. The second batt. tray is a Tekno tray...what I did was CAREFULLY bend the existing motor mount supports so that the battery tray would be level.

1st. 2 pics. are of the finished mock up and the second 2 are what it will look like w/components.

The batts. pictured are not going to be used...just thought I would show off some of linc's handy work!


All in all, it should have good balance.

[mopar1994]

the red anodized stuff on the motor looks really cool with the orange! do you think you will have any problems with the prong thing in the middle that holds the battary tray on the right side bending? because on my revo that prong thing bent

[magman]

Originally Posted by mopar1994

the red anodized stuff on the motor looks really cool with the orange! do you think you will have any problems with the prong thing in the middle that holds the battary tray on the right side bending? because on my revo that prong thing bent

if problems do occur, I will just make a whole new support for the battery. I figured that I would try this approach first .

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Very nice Mag, it's looking good.. . With all that power it should fly!! What colours are you going with for the body?

Alien..

[magman]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Very nice Mag, it's looking good.. . With all that power it should fly!! What colours are you going with for the body?

Alien..

Orange...of course silver and black RUSTY XL-5 is painting it for me

go back to the end of pg.2 and you will see the layout!

[Rebelgium]

The most beautiful conversion I've seen yet.
I can't wait to see a vid when you get it all done :D

[RUSTY XL-5]

I finished the body over the holiday weekend, it looks killer!















The silver is sparkly, I tried to show it in a pic, but the picture doesn't do it any justice.




BTW, if anybody wants me to paint a body for them, I'd be more than happy to (besides, I'm cheap)

[magman]

WOW.... Nothing more I need to say