Super Champ Hybrid Question

[J3cubfan]

Hello all:

I've got a question that I've thinking about on and off for the last couple of months. I recently received a Super Champ from a fellow Tamiya Club and while this car is certainly on my list of keepers, a body set is quite expensive or more than I would like to pay. Has anyone else converted Super Champ or vehicle like it to a lesser expensive body? If so, what would be good candidates. Also keep in mind that I really am not a fan of the Lexan bodys and would perfer a hard plastic one. I intend to use this as a runner as well.

Just curious

John

[Shodog]

I can't think of an inexpensive hard plastic body that would fit the Super Champ. Your best bet would be one of Dazmeisters new Lexan rough rider body. It would be your best choice if you decide to make it a runner.

Here is a lexan SC body that I painted up for my friends Super Champ.

[J3cubfan]

That looks nice SHODog. What did you use to paint the lexan body with?

[Shodog]

I taped off all of the windows and roll cage then sprayed it with Pactra Metallic blue. I pulled off the tape on the roof and roll bars and then backed it with Pactra sprint silver. Lexan bodies are easy to make nice. It's the hard bodies that take the skill to paint.

Jim

[J3cubfan]

Did you spray the underside of the lexan? See that's where I've heard conflicting views. Some paint outside the body some from within in. When I did the King Cab, I sprayed it from within. Is that the correct way?

[Twmaster]

John, yes you paint the lexan shells from the inside. You can paint the outside but it will not be durable (scratch off easily) and you will have to clear gloss coat it since the polycarbonate paints are dull finish.

Jim: Where did you get those wheels! WOW!! [8D]

Cheers,

[Shodog]

You could spray either side you want. Generally though you paint the underside so that when you pull the protective plastic off of newer bodies, you get a shiny clear coat like finish

Jim

[TWINSET]

John

Lexan bods are by far the easier to get a good paintjob on, all the runs are on the inside[]

Probably one of the factors that helped me lose interest in RC years back was they all came with lexan bodies and I didn't think I could do it, so lost interest.

My first 'revival' attempt was an Associated truck;

The black area on the roof was where I forgot to mask it - Lesson learnt for masking, always check it's all masked[8D]

As with eveything, there's a whole stack of theories on lexan painting, try 'em all - just buy ceap bodies to practice on, not a £40 tamiya[]

I managed to pick up a couple of damaged shells from a local store and just sprayed them till I got a headache

Also, I got a good book from the US (thru RC Car Action mag about painting)

http://www.rcstore.com/rs/general/listprod...id=12&catego=BO

And if you don't have content filters on your browser, have a look at

http://www.xxxmain.com/paintmaskz-all.shtml

http://www.xxxmain.com/chassisprotectorz.shtml

Nothing smutty, but content filters will sometimes block the XXX bit in the address

[DJTheo]

quote:Lexan bods are by far the easier to get a good paintjob on, all the runs are on the inside

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If you paint with metallic paints you should still paint in thin layers as runs can be seen in the metallic particles structure, anyway its always good to paint in thin layers as this way the paint dries better and doesnt crack easily afterwards.

[Stickman]

If you still want a hard body (on the car []) you could get a blitzer beetle shell (about £25-£30) and modify it to sand scorcher mounts, or maybe a blackfoot body (like I put on my frog, got from ebay for £16) http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=3950&id=497

I had to make the mounts myself, but it was quite easy (a bit of copper tube and some solder).

Good luck with it![]

[J3cubfan]

Thanks a bunch guys.[] I think that I am gonna try the Lexan route and go the way of Dazmeister Rough Rider body