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This mostly applies to hard bodies. Anyone ever touch up there paint?

With Lexan I just grind it down and get another body. Almost like a replacement protector for the chassis. With a hard body I can touch up the paint. Should I or just let it go? Or wait and redo the whole thing over winter?
Yes “learn to drive” did occur to me.
 

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I think your truck looks good as it is. If it gets to the point it bothers you, do a complete repaint and start again.
 
It looks killer like that! Leave it alone. Or if anything, go buy some weathering chalks, grind some burnt sienna into a powder, dust it on with a soft brush to simulate rust spots, then dust it with hairspray to set it 😉

You might want to put the door handle back though, so you can get in the truck at least 🤪
 
I could also do some 1/10 scale body work and repair it in small areas with primer gray. Maybe later.
 
I really like the natural look of it. Go beat on it some more. It'll just keep getting better.
 
I am surprised how much of a beating it has taken. Maybe next time I’ll go a little lighter on the paint thickness.
 
Did you paint it grey first? It's nice how it has chipped away and looks like primer underneath.
 
Yes it got a thick coat of primer and wet sanded then multiple coats of purple and the black and white of the flag.

There is a little filler also because of minor imperfections in the primer.
 

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The RC4WD body is mounted with four screws into the 3D printed sliders. The bolts are fiddly so most people use long grub screws. This is great ! No clips no tools. But the body holes ground out in just a couple weeks. I tried finding bigger screws when I found some brass servo screw bushings. They glue in and are perfect to protect the body. Another idea is to use Hex pins and screw them in backwards with pliers so they don’t have the threads.

After fixing the body mounts I used some paint sprayed into a cup and a paint brush to just touch up the paint enough to not look bashed.
 

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That’s sorta what I was looking for when I found the bushings. Just a large head I was going to use a steering pivot screw. But found the bushings.
The GSpeed sliders are made for the hard body with no pins or clips. When you crash roof first it all flexes and so far does not break. It’s a good system but the threads grind the plastic and the body gets loose.
 
Do real crawlers have flawless paint jobs? Nope, they have scratches too. Battle scars.
 
It’s getting a nice even coat.
 

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