New Element Truck coming?

[soze]

Just got confirmation that the Ecto body will eventually be available pre-painted in the green variant.

Would definitely make for a good hardliner body to stock up on.

[mash914]

Originally Posted by durok

I'll never get over the lack of simple spray cans of earth-toned Lexan-compatible paints...

The go-fast crowd seems to be forever stuck on neons, candy-metallics, and iridescents from the '80s!

And no, just providing airbrush paints won't cut it - sorry Pro-line.

Couldn't agree more. Especially because the few manufacturers we have making rc paint all seem intent on having a good bit of overlap. I get it, I love graphite and gunmetal and gray and dark gray and dark silver and light gunmetal, but nobody has a less saturated blue? No decent olive greens or tans? I keep trying to invent combinations of colors and tints and backing colors, but that only gets you so far.

Out of frustration, I think I'll start experimenting with krylon and duplicolor and sherwin williams and whatever else might be flexy enough.

[ScaleLifeNewbie]

Originally Posted by mash914

Out of frustration, I think I'll start experimenting with krylon and duplicolor and sherwin williams and whatever else might be flexy enough.

The only paint I use is Rustoleum & Krylon for it I need a special color Rustoleum doesn’t have. It definitely doesn’t hold up as much as Tamiya paints, but I only ever see paint chips in the bottom edges/corners of lexan bodies.

I hate painting lexan bodies so much, I’ve only painted 3 in my entire Hobby lifespan due to just hating the painting process of lexan lol. On the other hand I love doing hardbodies.


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[HumboldtEF]

Originally Posted by ScaleLifeNewbie

The only paint I use is Rustoleum & Krylon for it I need a special color Rustoleum doesn’t have. It definitely doesn’t hold up as much as Tamiya paints, but I only ever see paint chips in the bottom edges/corners of lexan bodies.

I hate painting lexan bodies so much, I’ve only painted 3 in my entire Hobby lifespan due to just hating the painting process of lexan lol. On the other hand I love doing hardbodies.


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I've never tried it but JimInMiami uses Acrylic paint on lexan and he says it works well. Proline FJ40 on 10 III Chassis

[B-MOW71]

Originally Posted by durok

I'll never get over the lack of simple spray cans of earth-toned Lexan-compatible paints...

The go-fast crowd seems to be forever stuck on neons, candy-metallics, and iridescents from the '80s!

And no, just providing airbrush paints won't cut it - sorry Pro-line.

Yeah, no doubt, I'd love to see some earth-toned colors that I can paint on the inside of the body.

Originally Posted by soze

Just got confirmation that the Ecto body will eventually be available pre-painted in the green variant.

Would definitely make for a good hardliner body to stock up on.

Nice! I'd like to have one in the green color. I'm still hoping that the clear body becomes available soon!

[Doom!]

Originally Posted by B-MOW71

Yeah, no doubt, I'd love to see some earth-toned colors that I can paint on the inside of the body.




Nice! I'd like to have one in the green color. I'm still hoping that the clear body becomes available soon!

I too wish the clear bodies would come back in stock, feels like I've been waiting forever.