Yeah, I did it by hand. If you look up close, I'm not exactly pin straight on my lines. I got them "close enough" as I plan to run this body and don't want to worry about messing up something I spent too much time on. I'm not sure if there is a real trick. I use a long skinny brush and Tamiya acrylic paint. When i mess up and go over the line, I have a little bowl of water and some paper towels to erase my mistake, then go at it again. I'm a painter, I do realistic work on canvas, so little rc details might come a little easier for me, I don't know. Really, I think shodog is the hardbody paint expert, he probably has some good tips.RC104ever wrote:I think it looks great! Question - did you use a brush to paint around the windows? I found my hand just isn't steady enough to do it by hand - is there a trick to getting it done neatly?
Today was the big day. I took it out and burned through most of a 5000mah pack. Must have gone for at least 20 minutes, probably 30. All in the back yard. I was REALLY surprised at how well this thing handles! I figured it would be super top heavy. I'm sure that it is, but it doesn't handle like it is. It is very sure footed. I only put it on its roof twice, and once was an end over end bad landing off a jump. Flooring it around corners, bouncing around in rough stuff, it was super stable and easy to control. Those big tires and CVA shocks really do their job soaking up the bumps. The buggy is very nimble too, it steers on a dime. I'm pretty confident this is my new go-to basher when I want to burn off some batteries and fool around for a bit in the back yard. It's just a blast.
I'm half tempted to buy a second one. Keep it in the box for a while, then build it too. I definitely don't need one, but I'm just smitten with this thing. It is a total BLAST!
Honestly, if I was still living out east, I'd be bringing this to race in the Heavy Metal class at the VONATS. I think it would get around the track pretty well, and it's way more nimble than a Clod.
Here's an action shot from this afternoon.