New sawback owner

[Rathar3]

Well my kit and i are in the same state few more days and it will be here. Got some self etching primer and paint for the frame. Friday it should be here then i can start : )

[Jeepiac]

You'll want to rough up the plating on the frame to help the primer stick to it. I actually used a grinder with a roloc pad to remove the nickel plate from the sides of the rails on mine.

[fxman]

Originally Posted by Jeepiac

You'll want to rough up the plating on the frame to help the primer stick to it. I actually used a grinder with a roloc pad to remove the nickel plate from the sides of the rails on mine.

+1
I got impatient and shot mine with olive drab right after I assembled it. Guess what, didn't last very long

[Rathar3]

I got some 320 grit sanding sponges to sand/scuff the frame up with not sure i have to take all the plating off just get it roughed up good.

Frame is going to be ford dark blue with a purple body. I like to be different.

Did you guys paint the spring hangars to? Also going to paint the floor in some places and front fenders black.

[Jeepiac]

I painted ever single shiny piece on mine. All that chrome made it look like a toy lol

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by Rathar3

Well after a week no info and no reply to several emails i canceled my order with the nut on ebay. Got my money back and ordered from RPP hobbies. Got all kinda stuff waiting and NO KIT bleh. My bank took care of it thankfully and 2 days later i got a email saying they were out of stock with the kit BLEH. So now i have a fed-ex tracking number and a call from RPP had some issues with the shipping address but they called and got it fix and shipped same day i ordered.

Went with the sawback sport kit this time and all the other stuff including a light kit. should be here Friday in time for a weekend build. I really dislike buying on ebay amazon and such due to issues like this. I like RPP and amain so i will pay more to avoid other issues.

will post pics when i get the kit and get started.

I've had horrible luck like this with Amazon, but I've never had an issue with eBay.

With that being said, RPP is great and they will take care of you. Their customer service is great and so is their shipping speed, in most cases.

Good choice going with the HobbyWing WP 1080. It's an awesome ESC. I have no experience with the TorqueMaster motor, but I'm a big fan of my CrawlMaster.

[Rathar3]

Kit is here finally. Got the frame painted and the body cut out. Wow that was a pain it aint great but. After watching a few sawback build videos i installed the motor before i mounted it. Forgot to order the radio so gonna be a few weeks till i can finish it and run it
Should be able to post a few pics tomorrow. Only issue i have is they forgot 2 springs for the shocks so i made 2 out of ball point pen springs see how long they last.

[Rathar3]

Got the frame painted here it is working on the rest.

Will do more as i get more done

[Rathar3]

More when i get more done

[Rathar3]

Its almost done

[Rathar3]

Its Done for now just waiting on radio and servo

[soze]

Interesting transparent look!

[Rathar3]

Well was not planned. noob at lexan bodies like this but i do like the way it looks

[soze]

Originally Posted by Rathar3

Well was not planned. noob at lexan bodies like this but i do like the way it looks

Ah... well you could back it with black or white.... or even silver to potentially give it a sparkling finish.

[Rathar3]

I am thinking about that. I did take the over spray cover off but could tape it up. Thinking silver.

[Natedog]

Was thinking same, kinda cool, but I'd back it with silver and then a quick shot of black.

[Rathar3]

Paint came today.Got the candy purple to touch up a few spots. Silver for a base coat under the purple. And black cover coat.

hoping to get the radio and stuff to finish this in the next week or so.Gotta sell some other hobby stuff to finish getting the new hobby stuff

[Rathar3]

Replacement shock springs from RCrun came today.I was missing 2 and they sent 4 Free sent the same day i told them seems RCrun has good CS. Now to take those little clips out and replace the handmade ones with the right ones.

[Rathar3]

That one part of the Rc world no one ever talks about BLEH

[Rathar3]

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Did the silver undercoat with black overcoat. Its done and looks Good. Like the silver hues in the paint.