beason
Bash, Fix, Repeat..
Well i have the traxxas blast i got cheep from a local guy, so i decided to mod it up a bit. My plan is to go with a "theme" boat and the one i picked is the boat from the old TV show "thunder in paradise" staring the hulkster!
here is the boat as it is stock.
this is my first ever boat so i will have plenty of questions!!
so i got the boat, and the ESC was toast. I ripped out the guts and ordered a 12t double orion motor and the traxxas waterproof esc. I also got a water cooling setup, the canopy for the new style blast, (the old one has an open canopy, the new one is enclosed) and new gromments for the rear (the old ones were dry rotted)
while its apart i removed the decals, and sanded it down to get the clear coat off. Then i sprayed it with krylon ultra flat black. for that stealth look. I masked off the center of the bottom of the hull and left it white so if i hit anything it wont chip the black off.
i will post pics of it later, i haven't uploaded them yet.
I left the rx with the traxxas stocker and switched to a duratrax pistol grip tx i had laying around. It came with a dual stick radio. I will upgrade to my nomadio later if i like the boat.
The plan is to put the yellow pins stripes on the boat (without the "thunder") and find a Gatling gun for the nose. then i will build a trailer for it out of aluminum c channel. I plan on using 10th scale wheels and tires and attempting to make it very scale looking. complete with lights, pads, and fenders.
motor:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJAJ9&P=7
esc:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVSJ4&P=7
Anyone have any ideas on the pin striping? and where to find a realistic looking Gatling gun? i found a few on tower but they were to big. i need about 2 to 2.5 inches long
here is the boat as it is stock.
this is my first ever boat so i will have plenty of questions!!
so i got the boat, and the ESC was toast. I ripped out the guts and ordered a 12t double orion motor and the traxxas waterproof esc. I also got a water cooling setup, the canopy for the new style blast, (the old one has an open canopy, the new one is enclosed) and new gromments for the rear (the old ones were dry rotted)
while its apart i removed the decals, and sanded it down to get the clear coat off. Then i sprayed it with krylon ultra flat black. for that stealth look. I masked off the center of the bottom of the hull and left it white so if i hit anything it wont chip the black off.
i will post pics of it later, i haven't uploaded them yet.
I left the rx with the traxxas stocker and switched to a duratrax pistol grip tx i had laying around. It came with a dual stick radio. I will upgrade to my nomadio later if i like the boat.
The plan is to put the yellow pins stripes on the boat (without the "thunder") and find a Gatling gun for the nose. then i will build a trailer for it out of aluminum c channel. I plan on using 10th scale wheels and tires and attempting to make it very scale looking. complete with lights, pads, and fenders.
motor:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJAJ9&P=7
esc:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVSJ4&P=7
Anyone have any ideas on the pin striping? and where to find a realistic looking Gatling gun? i found a few on tower but they were to big. i need about 2 to 2.5 inches long
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