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Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:57 am
by Jedi Master
OK, so hopefully you guys can see the style that I've tried to follow here; it's my version of a modern day Jay Halsey. Was my first attempt at painting a shell with liquid mask. I'm not great with a scalpel but it seemed to come out OK in the end.

Didn't have exactly the right decals, so replaced some of them with modern ones.

Comments welcome as always..... :wink:

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Alongside my Carbon Racer.....
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:)

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:10 pm
by SMOKE-DOG
That looks good and old school. Nice work.

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:04 pm
by Jedi Master
SMOKE-DOG wrote:That looks good and old school. Nice work.
Found it quite tough to get a retro look with modern colours. As it turns out I used the replica layout and just added my own race colours :lol:

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:41 pm
by Jedi Master
Jedi Master wrote:
JK Racing wrote:I think the Fiberlyte front shock tower was designed for .71 shocks, the 3 racing/AE V2/Kyosho Velvet shocks are .89 (approx) in size - why your front end looks to be WAY up in the air. If you gonna run it, you will need lots of limiters to bring it down or a different front shock tower or different shocks.

Overall this thing is stellar...the chassis is fantastic, damn exchange rate :|
When I first built it I quite liked the high front end, bu I think I'll follow your point and get some different shocks for it.. :wink:
Finally got around to putting some original shocks on the front end (need to order some screws the fit the rears...) and I'm shocked at the difference it makes to the look of this shell. I've never been a real fan of the Viper shell, but now that the stance is lower I absolutely love it......

As always; rate it or slate it!...... :lol:

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The old set-up............sucks!!!! :lol:

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Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:02 am
by isobarik
lovley the paint made the viper look good

and the fibrelyte chassi looks awsome.....damn i realy have to order now.

mvh isobarik

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:53 am
by REMJ666
Two very nice cars 8) Gives me more ideas for mine...

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:42 pm
by Jedi Master
Not a full build, and certainly not by me, but more of a 'brush up' of one that I bought from a member on here :wink:

A few new decals, new wing and modern electrics. Only a 5700 castle motor, but still balloons the tyres! :lol:

Will need to shorten the wiring at some point.

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Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:32 pm
by JK Racing
Jedi Master wrote:Only a 5700 castle motor
Only? That is one hella fast motor in most anything!

Car looks great.

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:30 pm
by REMJ666
Lowering it was the way to go...I can't believe you will actually race it...

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:19 pm
by slow_jun
are you serious? racing... ah.... would be nice though... action pics would be great.... Nice builds....

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:50 pm
by Jedi Master
REMJ666 wrote:Lowering it was the way to go...I can't believe you will actually race it...
Some were meant to be loved.....
Some were meant to be raced......
Some loved to be raced, so that they could be rebuilt! Lol!

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:41 pm
by REMJ666
Drive it like you stole and please don't post pictures of it destroyed because you will only make me cry :lol: They look great :mrgreen:

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:45 am
by lexus-5
So a quick question, did Fiber-Lite also make a 1 piece chassis?

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:02 am
by GoMachV
Isnt that a Fusion Speed chassis? Going from memory,haven't seen one for 20 years

Re: Jedi's 'Old to New' Build Thread!

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:53 am
by lexus-5
Yes thank you! Your reply allowed me to find this link.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8825