pics. of my progress on my 3.3 conversion

[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!

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Yep... I just saw his little letter labels ... Cool man... keep the updates coming.

[RUSTY XL-5]

I should be able to finish the masking by tomorrow. Should have it finished on Thursday.

[RUSTY XL-5]

Finished cutting the masking today and will start painting tomorrow. Already 15 hours or so into it, and its starting to come together.

[magman]

Originally Posted by RUSTY XL-5

Finished cutting the masking today and will start painting tomorrow. Already 15 hours or so into it, and its starting to come together.

Thanks again!

[shaunjohnson]

Originally Posted by RUSTY XL-5

Finished cutting the masking today and will start painting tomorrow. Already 15 hours or so into it, and its starting to come together.

holy cow!! this must be one heck on a body!!
i painted my new proline body in like 3 hours, no it aint perfect but as it screams past at 40mph no one will know the difference

[RUSTY XL-5]

Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

holy cow!! this must be one heck on a body!!
i painted my new proline body in like 3 hours, no it aint perfect but as it screams past at 40mph no one will know the difference

Well, I have put a lot of time into planning. I only spent about 2 hours applying the mask, and about 1 hour cutting it. I used a marker to draw the designs on the outside, and I have at least 10 hours in it. Always erasing, redrawing, erasing, redrawing, erasing. redrawing until it looks just right.

I did paint the orange today, and tomorrow I will spray the silver and black. I hope to get the window trim done too, but that process takes about 3 hours.


Here's what my other bodies look like:

http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z...20RC%20bodies/

[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

[magman]

That body is going to look killer w/the black Rulux rims