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I have been meaning to post these updated pictures. I still have one more big change to make to this truck before I can call her complete. I keep putting it off, but hopefully not much longer.

RC porn....

Sorry I just had to

Wow that turned out great! Nice job

Bringing this back up, gotta ask…….
What was the big change you planned on doing ?

MarkyDents wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:44 am Bringing this back up, gotta ask…….
What was the big change you planned on doing ?

I have some vintage black MIP shocks for the truck. I am just waiting to get them refinished. Once they go on, the stealth look should be complete. Thanks

I finally tracked down a set of new vintage all black shocks for this truck. I was originally looking for some black MIP shock bodies, but found the beautiful Yokomo shocks. They are quite similar, but a bit more detail to them.

I mounted them on the truck, however I am not loving how they look as much as I had hoped. Maybe it's too much black. I love black, but it does make a lot of cool details hard to see. Thoughts?

I still need to add rear spring retainers, and then get some updated indoor/outdoor pictures with the body.

A few more pictures with wheels.

Maybe some silver springs would help tie it all together a bit more

PERFECT

"How much more black could it be? The answer is none. None more black." -Nigel Tufnel



Awesome truck either way, but I like the military green look better. The black shocks seem to disappear amid a sea of black whereas the green remain visible but in a very stealthy way. Since I have the artistic talent of a grapefruit, you were probably right to swap them

1911Colt wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:40 am "How much more black could it be? The answer is none. None more black." -Nigel Tufnel



Awesome truck either way, but I like the military green look better. The black shocks seem to disappear amid a sea of black whereas the green remain visible but in a very stealthy way. Since I have the artistic talent of a grapefruit, you were probably right to swap them

Thanks for your help. I am kinda thinking the same thing. I may try different spring colors, or may end up going back to the original shocks. I spent so long looking for black shocks for this truck, and now I don't know if I like them! Typical.

You could always just send it to me if you not happy, it’s a thing of beauty but I think you’re right it needs something to tie the Ali details to the carbon a bit more…. I still say silver springs will do it

I would also wote for the green shocks. The black shocks are nice, but I think you're losing more of the identiy of the car. Also, all of a sudden the entire setup turned very modern with the black ones.
Green looks fantastic, stealthy and strengthen the vintage AE identity.