Sorry for anybody expecting photos of them kicking ass at the track, but this time they're all of me kicking ass. My brother picked up an SLR camera so while I was trying to dial in my new short course truck he decided to get some action shots of me. I never get photos of myself racing since I'm always, well... racing. So check me out!
Nice. Hopefully u can make it to PBR this sunday with that truck. Your bro almost had the 1st last week.
We plan on making it if everything goes as planned. Seems like something has come up every weekend we try to make it out to PBR. Now you short course guys have got to watch out, I'm coming for you...
Thanks! I did do the paint myself, it matches my stadium truck body pretty closely. It handles... okay. I've driven stadium truck since forever so it's really hard to make the transition mentally. The short course truck has narrower suspension and narrow tires which make it very "twitchy", but the longer chassis makes corners slower. I'm going to have to mess around with setup and make it stiffer, more "numb". Thicker shock oil, maybe sway bars might get me closer to what I'm looking for.
I think sway bars is where I would start, although I have also changed my shock oil weight. I thought sway bars were stock on that model? Did you use masking tape to get the edge lines? For example the orange border where the white zig-zag meets the blue on the rear side panels? Did you use a airbrush or rattle can?
I think sway bars are stock on the TLR 4WD short course truck, but the 2WD doesn't have them. $15/each for a front and rear kit. I did. I use 1/8-inch masking tape to get consistent lines. I freehand pinsripes that are tighter than the tape will let me bend. Everything else is masked with a commercial sign-making product called Sign Strip II. I use a combination of airbrush and rattle can. Most everything is airbrush but the white is just Krylon acrylic (cheaper and better coverage) and I back the finished product with an acrylic clear coat.
What compressor are you using with your airbrush? Is it a special "Airbrush" compressor or a regular compressor?
It's an airbrush-specific compressor. I bought a Badger Aspire Pro a few months ago. I like it overall. It's relatively quiet and delivers consistent pressure. I paid more than I wanted to ($170) but it's a good piece of equipment.
Actually kinda depends on the coverage I want and/or the color of the material (lighter colors are harder to atomize for some reason). Sometimes as low as 25psi for dark, fine lines or as high as 45-50psi for a fluorescent yellow to atomize nicely. I use FasKolor and the guidelines say "...can be used with any air-brush that delivers over 40 to 70 psi, and Uses a MEDIUM tip."
I've got a IWATA HP-C airbrush that I've had for a couple years now but have never used. I got it just to do RC bodies. Here is a pic: I only need a air compressor and hose to get started but back when I got the airbrush I couldn't decide on a compressor and sometime around then I got into air models and my surface stuff kind of sat around and so did the airbrush. I've got quite a stock of new RC car and truck bodies to paint and when I see nice ones like yours it makes me want to get the ball rolling again.
A good compressor will set you back more than you paid for the brush but you can always get a "cheap" one that doesn't have a tank on it. I like mine because it has a 1-liter tank, regulator and moisture trap. It's really fun if you're kinda artistic or creative in that way but can also be a huge pain-in-the-ass. Every time I paint a new body I tell myself that I'm never going to do it again. Some parts of it are just plain frustrating, but I really like all the "cool body, did you paint that?" compliments I get trackside.
