New RC crawler for me, some ?s

[Marsh99]

I have a axial XR10 and Wraith both built with the high end stuff. I am afraid to know how much I have into them.

 

[Brian P]

I was able to drive mine last night, I have some older batteries and charger from another Tamiya RC I have had for 18 years or so, this one is fairly quick! I need to see how I can adjust the throttle so the trigger on the controller can get a little more movement before it's full throttle, ATM, it move about 1/2" before it's full throttle... But it seems to work very well.

 

[Brian P]

After tidying up a few things, I finally got around to buying paint.
I have the hardware painted and masked the roof.

I'm about to paint the body a Corsa Grey, it's similar to another color I like for old Land Cruisers, which is called Nebula.
I will get a couple more up shortly.

Here is Corsa Grey.

I also didn't get the top cleaned up like I should have... The masking tape looks like it left more goo behind, I even wiped it down with denatured alcohol.
Oh well.

Here is my other RC, it's a 20 year old, started out as a Ford, but when the FJ40 bodies came out I had to have one! The body is about 6 years old, maybe more?!?

So...
Catastrophe averted! Some of the stickers covered up some of the bleed through.

I had to dig up a geode as I couldn't locate a turd large enough!

 

[STAG]

Ready for a stupid question?


Is the paint on the inside or outside of the plastic?

 

[Caleb]

Ready for a stupid question?


Is the paint on the inside or outside of the plastic?

It's normally done on the inside.


I like it Brian, it's looking good.

 

[STAG]

Okay makes sense. I was thinking that would be the only reason of painting the hardware first.

 

[Brian P]

Thanks for fielding that and the compliments Caleb!

I'm trying to get a quick video up.

 

[Brian P]

Here is a quick video.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hBjMu1...top_uri=/watch?v=hBjMu1_jQW4&feature=youtu.be

 

[Brian P]

I was doing a little reading and found that I can install a 16 tooth pinion gear(instead of the stock 20tooth) to net me a crawl ratio of 50:1, there is a 4:1 crawler box but it won't fit in the available space as well as it won't last long with a brushless motor however, installed some LED lights and controller, need to order the part so I can control on/off from the radio.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6cTt2Wnnb68

Also messing with an iPad upload app...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S2-Sp7GofAQ