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i picked this up a while back on another board for $50 shipped. figured it would be a good project to build my wife a truck to race.

here is the before pic. this was taken the day it arrived.
now if you have watched my other build threads you will know i like to have my chassis powder coated. so far we have 2 orange, 1 pink, and 1 candy blue met. so what color would we do this chassis? i had no clue. so i decided to gather up some of the parts i wanted to put on it. turns out most of them were black. so them it hit me.

cow truck = black chassis and white parts. but the new parts i was gathering up were black. so why not do the chassis in white. sort of a flip on the cow theme.
and now to put it all together. ok well partly together. i still have some parts to scrub down before i install them plus i have a few things i still need to get.

I like where this project is headed!

Nice work on the spots. It’s harder than people think to make random looking cow spots. A lot of them end up looking the same, or in a pattern. Great idea. I’d say “Wish I’d thought of that!”, but if I had it would never make it past the planning stage anyway… Look forward to seeing it complete!

Mooo....a piece of ART!

That radio (with the slick rubber grip wheel) is the same model I used my early, formative years in R/C...brings back memories!

Wow, Looks good. I don't think I've ever seen a white Powdered chassis (wheels turning)

Is the Moo theme going to continue on to the body?

Uhh that looks really good
Are you gonna paint the body with the cow markings

Cliff Lett had a Cow painted body

thanks for all the comments guys. as for the body yes it will also get a cow style theme. after painting my cow buggy http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=12686 my wife decided she really liked it and wanted her truck like that. i'm currently waiting for a new needle to come in for my airbrush to replace the bend one that's in it now. (butterfingers "me" dropped it while cleaning the head.) also some more paint is on the way.

That chassis looks amazing... giving me lots of ideas. Did you just mask the spots to expose the black anodize? Or layer the powder?

the chassis is powder coated white. the black spots are sign vinyl and then there is a clear layer of chassis tape on the inside and out to add a bit of extra protection since it will be ran.

Is that a T2 body? Bad a## project man!

yes it is a t2 body. i was hoping my airbrush parts and paint would show up today so i could paint it tomorrow. well as my luck would have it they didn't so it will be sometime next week before i can get it painted. well i guess that gives me time to get the rest of the truck put together.

so did this one ever get finished cos i have plans to do a white truck along similar lines

Paul

finished.. no.. but i will post some updated pics later today for you. i almost painted the body yesterday but ended up cutting some coms instead.

current list of mods.

* Custom White Powdercoated Nose Plate
* Custom White Powdercoated Motor Plate
* Custom White Powdercoated Chassis
* Hand Cut Black Vinyl Cow Spots
* MIP Ball Bearing Steering
* Associated Carbon Transmission Brace
* Associated T2 Carbon Front Shock Tower
* Associated T2 Body
* Lunsford Titanium Hinge Pins
* RPM Black Ball Ends
* RPM Black Lower Spring Mounts
* RPM Black Adjustable Body Mounts
* RPM Black Narrow Front Bumper
* RPM Black Front Arms
* RPM Black Rear Arms
* RPM Black Center Link
* Low Class Chassis Tape
* JConcepts JC8 Narrow Front Wheels
* JConcepts JC8 Narrow Front Tires
* Jconcepts JC8 Rear Wheels
* Losi King Pin Rear Tires
still has some work to go but this is how she sits right now.