I modified the chassis and put a Pro-line 05 F-150 body on it, think it was made for the jato.

It is pretty much modified stock parts, Those that have a rustler or know what the actual stock parts look like, might know how much is done to it, so far.

Still need the rx/tx crystals to get her running
and a little more clean up on the chassis/electronics. Then want to run pro-line sandpaws on it for the beach. Want to see how good she runs
in modified stock form, It is pretty light even with a nicad in it. On with the pictures.

This picture shows one thing I like doing to a Lexon body to prevent scratching / rubbing off the paint were the shell hits the chassis.
Easy to do but allot of people do not think about about. A few layers of tap


chassis

chassis bottom

The shell, Pictures were hard to take with lighting/colors of paint scheme and the body is new, just pulled the plastic off the shell today and finished the paint this morning. Was a pain in the but to do the scheme. Have over 8 hours into the design/masking alone,Thats not including painting the darn thing.

Did not come out to much as planed but very happy with it, scheme is not kind to photo taking, but looks good outdoors. Trying not to be to hard on my self, since the body is going to be used and will get battle scars anyway.

Ok on with the shell pictures.

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Thats it for now

Nice paint job! It looks great!~!

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Originally posted by AirborneJordan:
Nice paint job! It looks great!~!

Thanks

Paint looks great wayne, ....very nice!!! I'm glad to see your disability of being a yankee isn't holding you back

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Originally posted by cobra98:
Paint looks great wayne, ....very nice!!! I'm glad to see your disability of being a yankee isn't holding you back

Yeah that Disability of being a British Yank almost got in the way. I figured long as I kept it above Southern Standards it would be fine

All kidding aside Bud,, Did you expect it to look like that? With all the chit chat and searching wile chatting on-line that night?

PS: F-650 will look sorta like it but not like it. LOL********I found a good Name for it IF All well 0k some,,,,,,,,,,,,things work out as planed.


Hint came up with part of the name from one of Eddie Van Halen`s famous Guitars.

Name will soot it well, IF! things work out right

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Originally posted by loulou:
WAYNE S .. this painting that you applied to your Traxxas Rustler, is simply ((impressive)) your work is ((art)) this Traxxas Rustler has a very athletic line .. What is its scale?

Thanks loulou
It is 1/10th scale. Body is narrow, made for the Traxxas Jato. Hopefully works out good with the narrow body,, running in sand when I get the sand paws and shooting up rooster tails, the Body hopefully will not get to sand blasted.

Going to see how far I can push the stock parts by lightening them. Hopefully lighter weight will help it float on-top of the sand instead of digging in. Lighter weight=s more tq and less impact on parts from hits. I think I can get her down pretty light and get good performance out of it. Will be running mostly on sand so my thoughts are should not be that bad ruff on it.
Not like it is going to be flying of skating park ramps.

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Originally posted by Wayne S:

Yeah that Disability of being a British Yank almost got in the way. I figured long as I kept it above Southern Standards it would be fine

All kidding aside Bud,, Did you expect it to look like that? With all the chit chat and searching wile chatting on-line that night?

PS: F-650 will look sorta like it but not like it. LOL********I found a good Name for it IF All well 0k some,,,,,,,,,,,,things work out as planed.


Hint came up with part of the name from one of Eddie Van Halen`s famous Guitars.

Name will soot it well, IF! things work out right

...Hey bro...British Yank huh...Man,i'm sorry, But i think they make a vaccine for that now just kidding The f150 turned out great,can't wait to see f650 keep up the good work

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Originally posted by loulou:
WAYNE S .. It is a good scale .. if you could let us see action on video, it would be great ..THANK ..

If I'm ever able to I will. My mother is the one with all the high tech stuff not me. I'm not sure how, I could even use hers. It is a dvd one. I don't even have a camera phone. I have 3 digital cameras. I'm willing to bet they are close to 8 years old. 2 of them are Polaroid PDC640 other is an Agfa e-photo 780. So I don't even have one of the newer cameras that are able to do video.

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Originally posted by cobra98: .Hey bro...British Yank huh...Man,i'm sorry, But i think they make a vaccine for that now just kidding

Hey now I do not care what yah southerners think! Roadkill cafe is not a Vaccine!!!!
http://www.road-kill-cafe.com/roadkill.html

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Originally posted by cobra98: The f150 turned out great,can't wait to see f650 keep up the good work

Thanks bud,,, I hope It comes out good so I can leave the clod stuff for a awesome crawler. Think the 2.2 tires I have come out to be about 52inch in 1/8th scale.

wayne this rustler is the best i love the wide stance .you have done a great job m8

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Originally posted by not a toy:
wayne this rustler is the best i love the wide stance .you have done a great job m8

Thanks m8.