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08-17-2013, 10:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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|  Apache c1 ratrod facelift
Just wanted to update the look of my Apache C1 buggy from HPI. Cool look but was one of the hardest and most intricate paint jobs I have done.... Exciting and stressful at the same time. The body used is the ProLine Rat Rod body for the 1:10 Traxxas summit/revo. HPI Apache C1 Ratrod face lift - YouTube I will post pictures later when I have a few minutes... enjoy and comment... |
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08-17-2013, 11:53 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada, eh
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Nice job, looks like you got that body to fit really well.
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08-18-2013, 07:20 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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Ok, here are the pictures I said I would post:       |
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08-18-2013, 08:29 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2013 Location: plains
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| Re: Apache c1 ratrod facelift
That rod is awesome. I was looking at that same body the other day thinking how cool it would be to do one some day but my paint skills are no where near what they need to be to do it. How'd you do all the motor work?
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08-18-2013, 11:10 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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The painting is easy the masking and re masking and masking some more is what took me hours to do.... Best advice is buy lots of tape and really sharp exacto blades.... You will use a lot of tape and if the blade need to stay sharp to cut out some details. Also a variety of brushes for ultra fine details.
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08-19-2013, 09:33 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2013 Location: plains
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| Re: Apache c1 ratrod facelift
Yea maybe someday I might look at doin one. Either way yours looks awesome.
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08-21-2013, 10:19 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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I finally found tires and wheels to give me the "super truck rat rod" off the farm look I wanted. These rims are deep and have a total negative off set to push the wheels out making it wider... I will get pics or vid later on the car but here are the tires and rims I selected..  Image of US quarter and dime inside front of rim... Told you DEEP....  |
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08-21-2013, 06:02 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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Alrighty.... Here is the finished look of the Apache C1 Rat Rod... I will post a video of it running as soon as I can... Video of finished product http://youtu.be/mKbRc2_ojj4 |
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08-22-2013, 05:46 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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As requested, here are pictures of the final look for those that have difficulty seeing videos on your device....      |
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08-23-2013, 10:21 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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| Apache c1 ratrod facelift
Im so upset!!!!!! Was visiting st Pete and got great video at a local skate park, oh I couldn't wait to show the flips and jumps wheelies and that super jump.. It was so worth the smash landing into a concrete seat with right front tire since I couldn't stop fast enough... Yep I thought it would be one of my best bash vids yet.... But I dropped my camera and so long video..... SUCKS! Now I need to fixit and try to do something like this ( again) back home in a few days... Anyway just took s pic with my phone to share the end result of my " perfect" bash vid.   Last edited by Mdlopez1; 08-23-2013 at 10:30 AM. |
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08-25-2013, 08:22 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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Wanted to share with you my field fix for my buggy when I broke my front spindles. As usual, necessity is the mother of invention.... Some basics pulled from video: 1- clipped of ends to make a smoother contact patch 2- make sure to pre-drill holes to prevent cracking the plastic 3-mount as usual using washers as an added measure of security Bash the heck out of it until your parts come in.... Video of process and test run http://youtu.be/rbsnuKFXR-I Please comment and I hope this will help.... |
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08-28-2013, 11:29 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Langley, British Columbia
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| Re: Apache c1 ratrod facelift
That is one of the best paint jobs I've seen. Love the look of a hot rod. Sucks about the crash!
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09-01-2013, 06:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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| Re: Apache c1 ratrod facelift
Here is another video of my Rat Rod Apache running in my Yard... This was kind of a fun video to create... Video: APACHE C1 RAT ROD BASH - YouTube and I figures was just add another really short vid I did at the same time just for fun.... Zepolfun4u Racing Production - YouTube Thanks to all of you interested in my thread... |
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09-08-2013, 03:12 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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Well some more follow-up. So far the body looks good but finding its weak. I was in pile-up and one of the cars hit me broadside at speed and the shell cracked and compressed . Anyway here are some pics after our last bash and it too a beating but was not as strong ax the stock c1 shell. This is no shelf-queen.... Lol        |
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09-12-2013, 11:16 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Coal Region
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| Re: Apache c1 ratrod facelift
Very Cool, I was trying to make a fully custom ratrod out of a Rustler a few years back but never finished the project.
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09-16-2013, 11:43 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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Okay, mental note! This body is more show than go! I have hit and tumbled harder with stock body and it held out slot better. Here are some pics ( video to follow) of my rat rod after a lunchtime bash session. Enjoy!    Comment and share... Again video to follow as soon as I can... |
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09-19-2013, 04:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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Ok, I finally got video of latest bash session that caved in the rear of the when it tumbled. Well I thought I had enough room that I could pin the throttle so did you can really hear the motor whine up then the ballooning tires would not take my steering input and crash! Right into the curb. At the end of the video you can the last segments when I was going to do speed runs and I lost control... Rough day for the C1... http://youtu.be/YdYkaxOOOFA |
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09-21-2013, 08:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Florida
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| Apache c1 ratrod facelift
Ok, got chance today while painting my new shell to fix my wing mount.... Adjusted to what I think is a better height in preparation for the new shell and to protect the old one...   |
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