RC Bashers

So here it is. If you got some ideas for a more realistic ride, post em here.

I'll go first- I found a textured black spray paint looks just like Line-X bedliner. I think it was Rust-o-leum textured black. Here's what it looks like.

man hard to say. i will start thinking!

Best thing ive found is looking at your rig like your 6" tall if something looks wrong its not scale having lights and a correct sized action figure helps add to the scale look I've also found if you can get another car in the shot it helps to add to the credibility of the picmture. Scale accesories properly placed and tied down help a ton! Just don't over do it. I always try to add mirrors and it makes the body look less fake.

The mirrors are a great idea. To add to that, I have seen people run a hair bungee, or something stretchy, through the body to the inside to mount the side mirrors. That way if they hit anything they will just bounce back into position. Beats regluing after every run.

I know Wrench will have some to add here, he adds scale touches to every ride he has, even the racers.

I took some shoe strings and made these rapelling ropes. The cable is made from some that I found at Walmart for a dollar or so. I looped the ends around and secured them with shrink wrap.

Here's how I made a scale ignition box and sealed battery.
On the Ignition box, I started with a piece of wood that I trimmed up and shaped with my dremel. I then painted it red and scratched up some wires.


I made a outcrop on one end and painted it black. Then I use ShooGoo to hold my wires in place.


I painted the raised up portions silver, and moved on to the battery.


While that paint was drying I moved on to the battery. I started with a couple of Tamiya connectors. I sanded the connectors down smooth and shaped them with my dremel. Followed up by CA glueing them together.


Then I filled the ends up with ShooGoo and waited for it to dry.


After the glue dried I painted it yellow.


A short piece of electrical tape, and two decals later I had Mallory ignition box and a Champion offroad sealed battery.


Another little trick I used was to make some grab handles for my Wraith Jeep out of yellow shoestring and some shrink wrap. Tied the string with a piece of wrap in place, followed by some Goo.

thats pretty sweet man. might have to do something like this

I've got some more ideas to implement soon. Stay tuned or feel free to throw some ideas out there. I know scaler dude has got to have some good input from the looks of his Jeep.

Here's how I made a scale CB antenna. I bought what I think is a 22, elect guitar string. I took the string and cut off about 7-8 inches from the end with the loop. The I made a little offset to move the antenna out 1/4". I used a small piece of shrink tubing to clean up the look and screwed it in place with a locknut on the backside.


Here's the finished product. You can use a airsoft BB for the little ball on the end of the antenna or do what I did and make one out of shoogoo.


I made a little sleeping bag out of a piece of felt rolled up with some ziptie straps.


And BTW, yes Taurus...those are your scissors, lol.

that's a tiny sleeping bag. if you double that up with some gauze in the middle it would look a little more puffy, and a bit more scale.

awesome antenna man. thanks for posting that. i will def need a huge antenna on my military scaler!

To add another option on the antenna thing, I did this before on a older version of my clod. Get a metal antenna from a rc boat(traxxas) and shorten it and mount it, whips around like a cb antenna and wont bend to easy.

I've also seen a ball stud used as the base for whip antennas. I save the antennas off old toy grade RC which work well also.

Tow strap with BPC's new hooks.

Simple shoe lace, some metal wire to wrap the ends with, and heat shrink tubing.

Nice I like them, now if I can just get there and buy some lol. You didnt glue the ends or anything as well? I went all crazy and sewed the ends to. How long?

Scavenged the yard and cut them 3/4" long or close to it and couple drops of ca

EXACTLY there you go, simple and effective. Now get some thread and wrap it around like string

Length is 1ft 10in

No glue or sewing, just some metal wire wrapped around the two ends really tight.

So lets say for whatever reason you needed to secure your strap more. Sometimes in use the hooks can come off or a simple bump can throw a single hook off its mount point. Here u can use the hooks as kinda a lock reversing the direction of the hooks into themselves over your tube or whatever mount point you have.

Hmm ok this brings up a few questions, I see another hook down there now is it a good plan to add hooks like that or can others pretty much just hook on where ever? Curious to will those hooks fit around a wraith cage?
lol I say here for several minutes trying to tie this sob without glueing and I said screw it after to many failed tries way to much anger this early was gonna use some black thread but hmm wire...

The hook is for my winch, thats the thicker, bigger one.

You dont need to add random hooks. You can hook on any where really, some use D rings and some incorporate winch points into there builds.

No the hooks will not fit the tubing of the wraith. The hooks have a .175 gap, to about .265 dia inside the hook. What would work really good, is a Dring or 2 on the tow strap to basically lock the hook in and secure it.

Make yourself a custom license plate here. Just make it, save to your comp and print it off. You may have to play around with the scale on paint or a program similar to it. But it's free and they look good too.
http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi

Bag of gold but im not thrilled with it just doesnt do it for me for some reason.

hey guys found a cheap tow shackle place. just ordered 4. they may be bigger than scale size, but should work for my build since its a big deuce and a half!

i'll take some pics when i get them in.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350537536151?ss ... _500wt_922

This would be smaller right?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-Steel ... 519daa5648

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-Steel ... 519daa56d4

nope.

8/32= 1/4


5/32 = .156
3/16= .187
1/4 = .25

took me a while last night, but my 6" scale has decimals on the back

Hum guess have to wait for him to get more guess you took the last ones lol. I hate standard measurement just confuses me