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04-20-2011, 01:39 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: kelseyville
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|  How to dove a body!
hey i couldnt find anything on how you guys do all your work i did find some stuff but not what im looking for, how did you guys get it exact on both sides, and i couldnt find a right up on the rest of the procces it anywhere unless im blind
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04-28-2011, 12:45 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC
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i've never done it but seems pretty simple. draw your lines and cut a pie shape and then pinch the bedsides together again.
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04-28-2011, 12:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Estonia
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| I can imagine that I would use some kind of template. And later use glue to connect the pieces. Also i have seen people use servo mounts for connecting the sides.  Works alot better than the glue.  |
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04-28-2011, 02:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Beaumont, Tx
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Cut the section out, squeeze the body together and use another peice of lexan under the body where you cut it in half and glue the peice of lexan there to hold the two parts together.
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04-28-2011, 04:00 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Abbotsford BC
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Some "go faster stripes" using pinstriping tape on the outside can hide any mistakes you make cutting.
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04-28-2011, 09:54 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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A pictorial guide for doing this would be nice
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04-28-2011, 10:25 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tehachapi,Ca
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I'm assuming you mean styrene. Just measure the width of the hood,figure out how wide you want it,take the difference and divide it in half and remove that amount from each sode. For instance I say my yoga front end is 6 in wide,and I want it 4 in wide.6-4=2, 2 divided by 2 equals 1 so I want to remove 1 in from each side. So I usually mark from the line where the hood and the fender meet,and measure one inch in. From this mark ( the 1 in mark)I get a straight edge and run a line like this / back towards the fender/hood line somewhere near the cowl. Make your cut. A LITTLE heat and pinch it in to meet the hood. Then add your adhesive
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04-28-2011, 10:30 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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Got pics? I'm a visual person so what you wrote made little sense to me
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04-28-2011, 10:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tehachapi,Ca
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I'll see of I can get some up in a while.
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04-28-2011, 10:40 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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You are the coolest if you can, i wonder if the mods could make a thread or sticky of all styrene mods like this, interior, and others?
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05-07-2011, 10:48 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tumwater Wa.
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I have some pics of some that I have done. These are all hard bodies for scale guys, but they should help you. If you have any questions I do a lot of body works on scalers for people.I usually start from scratch on the back half but you don't have to, then mask a template to the table to make sure it's square and follow this as a guide when bending. I use a thin tip heat gun on a scribed line for a tight bend, I hope this helps. Here are a couple I have done for myself, one doved and a vw I turned into a surf truck        Last edited by Rokpile; 05-07-2011 at 10:53 AM. |
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05-07-2011, 10:53 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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Do you scribe the line on the inside? If you got pics of that, it would help because I'm thinking on just using my new body and bending the fender inward than cutting them
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05-07-2011, 10:56 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tumwater Wa.
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it's bent and ready for glueing I will run a small bead down the scribed mark. yes, on the inside not the outside LOL | |
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05-07-2011, 11:03 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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what do you mean by small bead?
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05-07-2011, 11:21 AM
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*edit* this thread click has a few good pics in it... Last edited by montana.matt; 05-07-2011 at 11:25 AM. | |
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05-07-2011, 11:39 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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it does but the problem I'm having is where is the relief cut so that the fender can bend inwards?
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05-07-2011, 12:11 PM
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05-07-2011, 11:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tehachapi,Ca
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if you hold a hair dryer on the fender for few secs and push it inward it will bend in the perfect spot
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08-02-2011, 10:05 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bulgaria
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Just for info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5CGfoxnKaQ you can just find a toy scale body and vacum mold it like a real rc body |
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01-09-2012, 04:47 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New Summerfield, Tx.( in the backwoods)
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| Re: How to dove a body!
Hey Rokpile, love the V Dub bus. Any idea who made it?
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