How to Make TAMIYA 1/10th Scale Snowboard even more Scale!!

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

Hey all,

I picked up a new Tamiya 1/10th scale snowboard off or Ebay because I am a snowboarder and thought that it would be a nice tough to my LR3.

BUT when i got it in I was not to happy with the choice of board decals.

So me being a Burton Snowboard fan i went to there site and looked up some sweet (expensive lol) Burton snowboards.

then I googled the ones i wanted and saved the image.
I adjusted the picture (shrinked it) in MS paint and printed it out on clear Sticker paper.

here is what I ended up with.
It was inexpensive and I had a great time doing it myself.

(note: I need to do 2nd board and paint bimdings to be continued)



1st one
(Burton VAPOR "the dream machine" Retail $999.95)



2nd one
(Burton BULLET "All mountain Heat, even with Shaq feet" Retail $299.95)



the board



the bindings



Tamiya Tundra Snowboard stickers I got with purchase.



my Idea for my boards.



the paper



the printout



I Made mine just a little bigger you will see why in a min.





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(I do not have a Laser printer so in order to not have my stickers smudge i do what everyone else does and use packing tape over the printout.)







then I cut



then stick a little at first. (use non sticky part to line up the sticker then stick the pealed part down first)





then peel the rest and stick all of the sticker down and smooth out. Then start trimming the edges with some scissors to cut the edges clean.











Now I still need to figure out what color to paint my bindings.
also the straps.
(here is a mock up)




even looks waxed.




Check back in a few days for the finished result of both boards.

while you wait,,,,
Go try it yourself.
Its an easy inexpensive and fun way to make your boards more scale.
There are a million diffrent board designs to choose from the possibilitys are endless.

Make one and post some pics of yours.

I would much like to see more snowboard pictures and even ones mounted ontop of your RC truck.!

take care.

Brian

[JasonInAugusta]

Nice. Not a snowboarder myself, but that's a cool idea.

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

Originally Posted by JasonInAugusta

Nice. Not a snowboarder myself, but that's a cool idea.

thanks man,
I like Mina's Mini Warn bags too. hehe

[RobCam]

this is badass. i need one of these when i start my scaler

[supermacg]

Thanks for the cool ideas. Can apply those to other parts as well, shocks, liscense plates etc.

[fishfever]

What brand and model of printer do you have???, and do you have photo shop????

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

Originally Posted by RobCam

this is badass. i need one of these when i start my scaler

Thanks yes it is a must have for any snowboarder fan!

Originally Posted by supermacg

Thanks for the cool ideas. Can apply those to other parts as well, shocks, liscense plates etc.

For sure. this is how I made all my stickers so far.

Originally Posted by fishfever

What brand and model of printer do you have???, and do you have photo shop????

I have a HP Ink Jet C4480 (White printer/scanner combo) Idealy for this stuff I think a Laser printer would work best.
but yeah I do have photo shop but I rarely use it because it is so complicated for me to understand haha.

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

Board 2





Blacked out the sides of boards.





size as compared to Tamiya Surf board. (thats next)











Next up is bindings.

[Mad Scientist]

Definitely looks better with the black edges. Nice work.

[MiffoPonken]

Looks very nice!!!!

[TurnThePage]

bataleon please http://www.afterbang.co.uk/images/evil_twin.jpg

[860Crawler]

Looks good!

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

Originally Posted by Mad Scientist

Definitely looks better with the black edges. Nice work.

Thanks yeah i agree

Originally Posted by MiffoPonken

Looks very nice!!!!

thanks

Originally Posted by TurnThePage

bataleon please http://www.afterbang.co.uk/images/evil_twin.jpg

Cool board but I have never heard of it.

Originally Posted by 860Crawler

Looks good!

thanks

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

well I finally finished the snowboards. lol



take a look.

1st i glued bindings together.
and stuck them on pop-sticks to make easier to paint.



Then I air brushed them all black



then dabbed a little bit of silver onto the buckle haha





then stuck bindings down using the thin doulbe sided tape the boads came with.



then thats it!!
Done



and a few shots next to the rig.










so thanks all for watching the progress.
and thanks for all the good comments!

take care.

if you have any questions let me know.

peace!

[fishfever]

what program do you use to shrink your sticker???

you said you don't use photoshop, so what do you use???

[4x4Crawler4LIFE]

Originally Posted by fishfever

what program do you use to shrink your sticker???

you said you don't use photoshop, so what do you use???

Just Microsoft Paint Brush. lol

I save a logo i want.
then Open it in MS paint.
then click on Image (at top)
then Click Resize/Skew
then in there I scale it down by percent where it says resize.

I just keep trying till i get the size i want.
like if its huge i do like 25 and 25 then the image will be 25% of what it started as.
lol
try it out its easy peasy.

I always use MS paint to shrink my pics from my Digital camera.
Because they are soo huge.
I usualy bring them down to 25 or 30% of there original size.

make sence?

[fishfever]

cool thanks...

[TurnThePage]

Originally Posted by 4x4Crawler4LIFE

Thanks yeah i agree



thanks



Cool board but I have never heard of it.



thanks

Youve never heard of Bataleon?? they dont make near as many boards as burton but look into them, they have triple base technology which makes it almost impossible to catch an edge, not to mention you can bend it in half

[Skullcrusher]

Dude, thats just slick. I love that idea, and great job on the boards. I can see someone just slicing down a mountainside on one. They look great.

[rikstr]

I have been making stickers for my Touring Cars for a while, instead of using the tape to protect the image, you can use a spray lacqure, a few coats and you are away