Pink E-Revo build - 56K warning - Page 2

timie1 · #26 10-17-2007, 09:43 PM

Lookin good. Pink isn't my cup of tea, but the rest is great. Have you sent your blueprints into Traxxas yet??

nitro_newbie · #27 10-18-2007, 12:48 AM

wow very clean man. i sand blasted my chassie. i was to lazy to wait fr the greased lightning to work.

Demon-TC3 · #28 10-18-2007, 03:36 AM

Can i ask, what did you use to de-annodize the chassis?
Cheers.
Demon

GTX · #29 10-18-2007, 11:34 AM

Yellow top Easy Off oven cleaner. Works in minutes and like a charm

rustyrevo · #30 10-18-2007, 09:44 PM

why didn't you anodize the chassis pink?

winchester · #31 10-18-2007, 11:36 PM

looks pretty good man, dunno bout the pink but it will certainly be different, whered you buy that material stuff for your shocks? might have to get some of that

GTX · #32 10-19-2007, 01:55 AM

I didn't anodize the chassis pink because I have limited time and we'll be using a 3.3 chassis in the future. Plus there will be more changes to everything so when it gets more finalized we can start doing little custom stuff like that.

The shock socks are on ebay and tower.

nitro_newbie · #33 10-19-2007, 02:04 AM

here is a 3.3 chassis. its about to end an it looks nice and not to much. certainly less than all the other chassis

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEBI:IT&ih=012

GTX · #34 10-19-2007, 05:03 AM

Eh, not looking to upgrade just yet. I've spent a lot of cash on R/Cs lately and I still gotta buy some other stuff that is higher priority

Plus the Jeep needs some attention!

GTX · #35 10-21-2007, 07:15 AM

I've been doing the detail work and getting the odds and ends together. I'll have more pics soon. I'm in the USAF and we're in the middle of 12 hour days, including weekends, for the next week or so. That means very little time to work on it

But I showed her today what her surprise was. She was definitely is happy with it so far and loved the body. She's so excited to run it

XXWoodmanXX · #36 10-21-2007, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTX

Yellow top Easy Off oven cleaner. Works in minutes and like a charm

Nice job, but your plumbing is gonna take a beating.

Love the build. Keep it up, mm'k?

nitro_newbie · #37 10-21-2007, 12:47 PM

mm'k..... hehehehe mister mankey

dctasson · #38 10-22-2007, 08:48 PM

nice call on de anodizing i dont think it would go with the pink lol. Sweet project makes me want to get back into the bigger trucks.

Demon-TC3 · #39 10-23-2007, 05:04 AM

I would try and do somewhin with the chassis though, since annnodizing is electrically insulating it would may have given that extra bit of safety.

Just remember, when you go to the 3.3 chassis (if you can be bothered that is :P ) annodizing is your friend.

GTX · #40 10-23-2007, 07:31 AM

Thanks for the kind words guys. I would *like* to anodize it pink. I'd also like to ano my chassis green, but time will tell. I've been running my chassis and my electronics work flawlessly. It's been de-ano for over 2 years. All kinds of brushless and brushed trucks run plain aluminum chassis and they don't have problems, I don't see how I should get any.

GTX · #41 10-23-2007, 07:33 AM

Oh yeah, and I picked up this brushless setup for pretty cheap. Should be perfect for her.

crazy4wdracer · #42 10-24-2007, 08:26 PM

very nice build, it is nice to see alot of electric/brushless 1/8 scales, tuggies, monster trucks, etc. on here lately. I have a brushless truggy and I absolutely love it, have fun, hope she likes it!

Demon-TC3 · #43 10-25-2007, 07:37 AM

Nice, how much that set you back?

Also, how do you annodize your chassis? you do it yourself using sulphuric acid or get someone to do it for you?

GTX · #44 10-25-2007, 07:52 AM

I've never anodized anything, only heard about it. I'd probably send all my stuff in anyways, too much of a mess and hassle for me, not to mention I don't have the time. And I'd rather not say how much I bought the setup for. If someone looks hard enough they could find out, but since it's on another forum, I doubt it will come up

Demon-TC3 · #45 10-25-2007, 08:51 AM

Hehe. no problem bud, good luck with the rest of the conversion.

GTX · #46 10-27-2007, 10:25 PM

Got most of the truck done today. Getting ready for it's first run in a few minutes. Here's a preview:

Suspension mounted up

Wheels painted

Vid of how I painted the wheels

Temporary setup

Body done and mounted. Man this thing is lighter than I thought!

And a teaser vid. More tomorrow when one of us can film the other driving:

I'm so freakin jealous. Just the EVX and Titans has me on the edge. When I throw in the Hacker system I'll be shaving a little more weight so it should be a great performance increase. I think I'm building another

nitro_newbie · #47 10-28-2007, 02:07 AM

man that is weet now i wish i had some cas to get my e-revo a body... and get some battery trays as well.

Demon-TC3 · #48 10-28-2007, 07:00 AM

lol Dude, that has got to be the most original method of sraying tires i have ever seen - great idea.

Hole thing looks amazing i gota say, congratulations.

FrolessWonder · #49 10-28-2007, 09:18 PM

I actually really like it, even the pink! Thats sick man, your making me want to make an E-Revo!

GTX · #50 10-29-2007, 12:23 AM

Thanks nitro. I like this 07 Silverado body. Nice detail, good size, very nice shape and feel. I'll probably pick up one for me. I'll be convert my Revo soon. I'll still have nitro but probably only in the summer. Or I'll just pick up another rolling chassis and go from there.

Thanks Demon. I came up with it when I tried to figure out how to get an even layer. Came out awesome!

Froless - It's an exciting build. It's fun to hack up two trucks to make one and have the rest of the parts for a crawler. Look for my other build in the Rock Crawling section soon. It's gonna be a 1:6 version of my 1:1 ride.