Nitro Rush (RS2 ST) electric conversion.

[wunjee]

This was my 2nd nitro truck after my RC10GT. I got it when I was still in high school and ran it for a few years until the NitroStar engine took a dump and I got tired of buying spur gears for it. It was infamous for eating its own spur gears.

The truck sat around for years and became a donor for bearings and shocks and other components and was basically left for dead. Until I decided to do something about that.

So, we've got another electric conversion.











Almost a runner for the first time in 20 years. Waiting on wheels and tires.

[wunjee]

Body's all done. Just waiting for wheels and tires now.

I'm kind of proud of how this body came out.

[Frankentruck]

That's an excellent paint job! Any background to the design? Looks like maybe a WW2 fighter or bomber tribute?

[wunjee]

That's an excellent paint job! Any background to the design? Looks like maybe a WW2 fighter or bomber tribute?

It's kind of 2-fold. The original Nitro Rush RTR bodies were bright yellow so I wanted a scheme that incorporated yellow. I was doing an unrelated search for P-51D color schemes (I also fly RC planes and am going to start building an old Top Flight Gold Edition P-51D in the spring, so I was looking for schemes) and I ran across this one.



It also just so happens that the current itteration of the EFlite UMX P-51D shares this scheme, so the decals were available as a replacement part.

All sort of just a happy accident that happened to work out well!

[wunjee]

All done. At least for the most part.






The only major thing that might change is the wheel/tire package. Right now I stuck with the default Nitro Rush wheels/tires because I've always liked those gunmetal grey 5-spokes. I would like to use the HPI Classic King wheels since they resemble the P-51D's wheels pretty closely, and paired with a set of Road Hawgs or HPI V-Grooves it'd look really nice. I may try to swap the front hubs out with Firestorm front hubs to get the 12mm front hexes, but we'll see if it comes to that. I like the current look and both those Classic King wheels and any 2.2" onroad truck tire is really hard to get right now...

[MarkyDents]

Looks great, nicely done