All right, enough drivel...this is a build thread, dammit.
Almost finished with the body, just one more custom touch to be engineered. Well...maybe a couple.
This isn't the best looking thing on RCC but I think it's my second best so far. I was finally able to do something I've wanted to do to an RC almost since I got into this hobby, and I couldn't think of a better tribute rig to do it on.
My brother had a '46 Chevrolet pickup when he was in high school (this was in 1971 so it was just an old truck then). He had it semi-fixed up, but the thing I remember most was that he had mounted chrome side pipes (common on cruisers then) as vertical exhaust stacks, and they sounded awesome! When he'd pick me up from primary school in that I was the coolest kid in class
So I mounted some on this one as he had his:
I used 5/16 aluminum rod I scrounged from work, bent, cut and sooted. Would've looked better contrasted against a darker color body, but I like how they look.
Haven't decided what to do with the headlights yet...not going to use the cheesy stickers but I've gotten kind of burned out on lights on RC's. Spend a lot of time running LEDs and wiring and connections, and even more time keeping them working, all to almost never use them. Not sure I see the point anymore.
Thank you Pro-Line for having quality sticker sets even if they're not pre cut. I recently had a bad childhood flashback with water slide decals doing a Harley model and would be perfectly fine NEVER messing with them again "thumbsup"
