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Dale Gribble · 07-19-2009, 08:11 PM

Here are two new bodies I painted. I was not really in the mood to paint them so the designs are pretty cut and dry. Three colors each and nothing too fancy. I have to admit, they look great except I had to hack the front grilles off of both of them to clear the battery pack on top of the full size servo.

72 Chevy C10

Descender aka as close as you can get to a sidekick without paying royalties

wheelhead4x4 · 07-19-2009, 08:45 PM

I do have to say its the simple paint jobs that looks the best I think. Nice work. If I had to choose not sure witch one I would want like them both.

LunchboX3904 · 07-20-2009, 02:27 AM

great looking shells

i wanted to get a descender, but that c10 looks great!

fastev · 07-20-2009, 06:57 PM

Those look great! I've been kicking around a few bodies, but after seeing yours I think the C10 may be the way to go.

By the way, I haven't seen a battery like that before. I'm assuming you separated the factory pack? Great idea!

Dale Gribble · 07-20-2009, 07:30 PM

I like the C10 body quite a bit more too. I did seperate the factory pack, you are correct. I created a little battery tray out of a piece of lightweight aluminum and zip-tied it to the front upper arm. Three of the cells sit there and the other three sit on the front servo like you see. It took a little more work to get full articulation. I had to remove the top radio plate, replace it with a few crossmembers (From HPI Savage), and machined the front crossmember until the batteries on the top arm didn't interfere with the suspension. Here are a few pics. This thing crawls like an SOB now.

07-19-2009, 08:11 PM	#1
Dale Gribble Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 11	Freshly painted MRC Bods- 72 C10 and Descender Here are two new bodies I painted. I was not really in the mood to paint them so the designs are pretty cut and dry. Three colors each and nothing too fancy. I have to admit, they look great except I had to hack the front grilles off of both of them to clear the battery pack on top of the full size servo. 72 Chevy C10 Descender aka as close as you can get to a sidekick without paying royalties

07-19-2009, 08:45 PM	#2
wheelhead4x4 Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nashua,NH Posts: 472	I do have to say its the simple paint jobs that looks the best I think. Nice work. If I had to choose not sure witch one I would want like them both.

07-20-2009, 02:27 AM	#3
LunchboX3904 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Anacortes Posts: 17	great looking shells i wanted to get a descender, but that c10 looks great!

07-20-2009, 06:57 PM	#4
fastev Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bay Area Posts: 41	Those look great! I've been kicking around a few bodies, but after seeing yours I think the C10 may be the way to go. By the way, I haven't seen a battery like that before. I'm assuming you separated the factory pack? Great idea!

07-20-2009, 07:30 PM	#5
Dale Gribble Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 11	I like the C10 body quite a bit more too. I did seperate the factory pack, you are correct. I created a little battery tray out of a piece of lightweight aluminum and zip-tied it to the front upper arm. Three of the cells sit there and the other three sit on the front servo like you see. It took a little more work to get full articulation. I had to remove the top radio plate, replace it with a few crossmembers (From HPI Savage), and machined the front crossmember until the batteries on the top arm didn't interfere with the suspension. Here are a few pics. This thing crawls like an SOB now.

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