Meet 'Darth'

[FasterLouder]

I have unwittingly created the Darth Vader of '66 Mustangs!
I have yet to finish decaling it-I painted the blue body stripe decals gold in an effort to reproduce a Hertz GT-350 Rent-A-Racer.
Tamiya polycarbonate paint works great on the HPI body stripe decals,if you want to change the colour of them.
I wish I could have taken some shots outside,but it was raining...Oh well.
Sometimes a chassis,wheels and body just seem to all come together and work,fit and function PERFECTLY.
I am stoked that this is the case-Losi XXX-S,HPI Work XSA +6mm offset wheels,HPI '66 GT-350 Mustang body.
Lots of suspension travel left,lots of ride height to play around with and no rubbing anywhere.
Got the body mount holes lined up and reamed perfectly,too-I'm REAL happy about that!
I LOVE it.
I'll post more photos as it comes together.

[THUNDERSTRIKE1]

Just gotta love those fastbacks lol.With the wheel tire combo it looks wicked.Don

[bearrickster]

Looks good so far. Now get those stripes on her

[Brandon G]

Nice, looks tuff!

[FasterLouder]

I hear ya,Rick,the gold paint is on the blue stripes and are drying nicely.
Kinda like it all black,though-Looks supremely evil!
Took some photos outdoors...

[bearrickster]

I like it all black to but I think the stripes will really make it POP!! and thats the beauty of the stripes if you dont likr them you can always peal them off?

[Doc J33P]

Must have missed this, but BLACK!!!!!

[FasterLouder]

Must have missed this, but BLACK!!!!!

He he he,Back In Black alright,Doc!
Ran outta gold paint for the stripes...A can of Tamiya PS paint costs $12 over here and we all know how small those cans are
I moved the rear arms back and it centered the wheels in the arches really well.
I'm well pleased with this body/wheel combo.
Too bad I was so geeked out on it,I forgot to paint the bumpers chrome and have wound up using the ultra crappy decals.
Aaaah well.

[THUNDERSTRIKE1]

Painting in the chrome would make it look so old instead of mean n road hungry lol Don

[FasterLouder]

The stripes are ON!
Painstaking work masking the side stripes up,but I got there.Have yet to put them on,though...Dropped a 4700kv brushless and my awesome new 4800mah 20C LI-PO in it and ran it hard,I love it.

[RC Chick]

reat job on the paint and decals. I like it with the stripes instead of all black. Those wheels look great too. The picture you have above when you took it outside and its all black almost looks like a real car.

[FasterLouder]

Why thankyou!
I'm liking the stripes,too.The wheels are HPI Work XSA's.
If you want a great set of tires at a silly price-Associated TC4 tires.I paid US$8.40 for the set of four!
Grippy little buggers that have a realistic tread pattern.

[bearrickster]

Looking better all of the time!!!!!!!!

[Brandon G]

If you want a great set of tires at a silly price-Associated TC4 tires.I paid US$8.40 for the set of four!

Where from?

[FasterLouder]

If you want a great set of tires at a silly price-Associated TC4 tires.I paid US$8.40 for the set of four!

Where from?

Go see Tom at A Train Hobbies on the 'bay.
He'll take care of ya.
I think I'll grab a few more sets of those tires.