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Gary
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27th Dec 14 at 13:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's gonna look lovely outside my house Steven.
Steve
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27th Dec 14 at 19:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Got bored so painted my tyre walls
Steve
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So whlst stuill waiting for customs to do some work, I made up the rear work lights out of a spot light kit i ordered and made some custom mounts that pretty much resemble the real lights





They are also hooked up to a seperate RC channel so I can switch them on and off independant of the main lights



This 3m fine line masking tape came today, to be used for masking and spraying curved edges, is quite nice to use actually
DaveyLC
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29th Dec 14 at 17:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How come you're using a brushed motor if you intend to get it wet?
Steve
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29th Dec 14 at 17:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They are fine in water
Steve
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http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1401824

Edit. To say as long as it's not saltwater, and probs not ideal for a boat but the odd dip will be fine

[Edited on 29-12-2014 by Steve]
DaveyLC
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Brushless motors can be water-proofed and even protected from salt as there are no exposed electrodes/live parts.. Brushed motors however will always have exposed brushes which will get clogged/corroded.
Steve
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29th Dec 14 at 17:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well the motors are only like a tenner so if it fucks up not the end of the world
3CorsaMeal
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This is by far the best rc car build thread on corsasport imo
Steve
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Added tin foil to the inside of the work light buckets. Gives it a bit more realism imo



[Edited on 30-12-2014 by Steve]
Jambo
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That's awesome
Steve
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Ok got more updates

I ordered some nicer spot lights for the front A-bar, however they were chrome inside and out, I wanted them black on theoutside and chrome on the inside, so used some of this



Like this



Smoothed off some of the moulding lines and primed them



While that was drying I also had arrive today some lengths of 6mm styrene rod, that I plan to make the front A-Bar out of, here is a piece I used just to practice bending it etc with heat, also doubles up as something to hold the spot lamps to spray them on



then applied matt black



And removed the maskol inside to leave the chrome



Lenses on





Final thing to arrive today was a 1/10 scale radiator kit



Coat of tank grey first



Followed by aluminium dry brush





and the fans on the back



Thats all for today
Robin
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30th Dec 14 at 17:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What is your budget for this?
Steve
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dunno really, probs cost me about 400 quid all in I reckon
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30th Dec 14 at 20:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That is seriously cool
pow
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30th Dec 14 at 20:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Four hundred pounds?! Bloody he'll!
taylorboosh
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Be pretty bad ass though
Steve
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Out of boredom I gave the snorkel a bit of a tidy up around the edges and sprayed it a more matt black, then I made some replica axle breather hoses, the hoses are thin strips of wire, the replica cable ties are thin strips of shrink wrap I cut then shrunk





the real ones
3CorsaMeal
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Nice work on the rad.

Where do you buy the styrene from?
Steve
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2nd Jan 15 at 01:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just off ebay
DaveyLC
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How can a man this bloody patient & attentive be single?
Steve
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Well the parcel is in Coventry so shouldnt be long now perhaps Monday if Im lucky.

So pretty much finished my home made A Bar

Dimensions I required, 86mm means it will line up with the chassis rails perfectly just like the real one. Cut a length then bent it up using heat.



Next I bent in the kink in the bottom of the legs, to give the fog lights clearance at the back, again the real one has this. Also glued the feet on, now these are massively bigger than they will end up being, they will only be about 7mmx7mm to match similar dimensions of the welded on plates of the real one. This will then be attached to the bumper by means of 3 M1.6 per leg into the bumper.







Test fit fog lights



Wet sanded the whole thing and primered



Its worth mentioning that I didnt bother smoothing the glue around the edges of the bottom of the legs where it joins as it does a nice job of replicating the weld lines

After coat of black gloss





All thats left is to cut those feet to size and drill the holes for the bolts.





[Edited on 02-01-2015 by Steve]
taylorboosh
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Wont tou have to paint it again once you cut it?
Steve
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Touch up with a brush
taylorboosh
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Ahhh all goid - this is fantastic btw

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