RC Cars

I went with about 6 mini cans of Tamiya, it works well. It gets tricky using spray paint in such a small space on some bodies but a truck should be easy enough.

Everything Proline makes is good stuff. Haven't tried the paints but I have used a few of their tires, wheels, and suspension parts.

I think a DIY body and paint ran me around $100 or so, the body was around $40 and paint/liquid mask was about $50.

Edit- I forgot, funny story. When I did the Tundra body I lived in apartments. I had nowhere to paint it so I was doing it across the street on an abandoned shopping cart (Canoga Park is full of those). Some lady started yelling at me because she thought I was tagging. I tried to be cool but eventually her son (older than me) thought he would come to her defense. When he saw what I was doing he realized they were wrong and made his mom go inside, but she still called cops on me. Cops thought the paint job looked nice lol.

 

1. FJ45 rock crawler (cheater truck, those would be like 70 inch tires if scaled up to 1:1)

2. FJ80 frame and axles

3. Old ford prerunner in purple

 

Let the fun begin!!! Just picked up this bad boy

 

The smiles won't stop for at least 20 minutes, then your battery dies and you're gonna have to wait a while @fisherman951

I remember some bmx jumps 25 years ago on Essex off Central, there is a field there. They may still be there and worth taking a look if you're in that area. If the jumps aren't there I'm sure the dirt is and a shovel could help.

 

Thing is soo fast I was shocked haha my kids smiles where amazing! I put it in training mode and handed them the remote. They want to say that I bought it for them haha.
Where Tyler ends going towards the river bottom still has some bike jumps. I live right down the street so will be going that way soon!!

 

There you go! Last place out there I took my slash to was some hidden jumps along the gage canal and Citrus Heights. There was a set of rhythms there that were so fun.

 

Holy crap!! I used to have a Mint Las Vegas back in the 80's...wow that brings back memories.

 

I have a brushless emaxx and a wpl c14. I'll post pics soon. They're both modded pretty good. I enjoy modding them more than driving them. Maybe take them out to bash and crawl a few times a year. The dogs loveeee chasing the emaxx and ripping up the tires

 

Does my Tamiya count?

 

Here's my emaxx
Rpm a arms
Flm alum bulkheads
Stainless roll cage
Some other stuff


And here is my wpl c14
380 motor
2 speed trans
Solid metal axle housings
Metal driveshafts
Custom steering linkage
Upgraded to 1/10th esc and servo

 

I add mine tomorrow I've also added LED light bar

 

Got some good snow. Put the paddle tires on my XMaxx and gave it a rip!









This thing hauls a$$!!

 

What shocks are you running on the wpl? I need different ones , stock sucks. Also want more articulation from it

 

Here's my current wpl c24 build. Father son project

 

Very cool!
My next door neighbor did a similar "rust bucket" paint job. I always thought it was so realistic and wanted to try it someday too, nice work!

Here are a couple pics of his project.










Fun stuff for sure to do with your son!

 

I'm still running stock for now. I barely drive it. I agree the stock shocks suck and it needs more articulation. Gotta try to find something that'll be good to run

 

Nice yea I just went for a weathered rust look instead of full on rust. Just finished the camper shell.

 

Looks awesome!

 

That is freakin awesome!

 

What tires did your neighbor use ? I want those!

 

What platform is the fj45??

 

The tires are WPL C44 V4 tires. The wheels are the stock C44 wheels. He painted them to make them look old.
He said you can get them from WPL-rc.com

 

@Toyotoholic thanks

Made a Mexican blanket seat cover for the truck today

 

Also installed 380 2 speed motor. Just waiting on esc to come in

 

I got a leaf spring conversion for it. Ill let you know how it goes.

 

Awesome! Sounds great. I was eyeballing that myself

 

Its alot cheaper than upgrading my tundra haha

 

RC 10 gold pan any one?

 

Do you know the history of this gold pan buggy? I had one years ago and added purple dyed hubs to the front. Lol.

Does this have the stealth transmission. How does the underneath look?

 

Just picked up in a huge
Lot of RC parts. It’s “A” stamped with 6 gear transmission. Also I got a set of Andy’s trailing arms. Was told those are rare?? But I have no idea