Yeah, it looks like it would be great for certain things, but the lack of precision with aligning the printed layer, the need for clear-coat (and thus, all the elbow-grease involved with making a clear-coat surface a baby's-ass-smooth buffed-out glossy finish) means that you're not really cutting any corners except with the actual laying down of the pattern.
Meh...I guess it's good for laying down a patterned image all at once, but I personally can't see myself wanting an RC body like that. That technique would be great for applications requiring a complex pattern to be added to a surface without the need for all the airbrushing/painting, I suppose.
My brother tried it a few months ago and simply lost interest. Most of the film patterns are just too fake looking for me. I was going to try a tub but never got around to it.
The stuff he used required a certain brand and type of paint in order for the film to stick and the price adds up quick to do a simple job.
I'll admit that I do like the wood grain film on certain parts like valve covers:
LTO_Dave wrote:My brother tried it a few months ago and simply lost interest. Most of the film patterns are just too fake looking for me. I was going to try a tub but never got around to it.
The stuff he used required a certain brand and type of paint in order for the film to stick and the price adds up quick to do a simple job.
I'll admit that I do like the wood grain film on certain parts like valve covers:
That looks pretty good, would this type of work be used on auto steering wheels? I have a carbon fibre/ leather wheel in my pickup, and have had a wood grain/ leather wheel in my older truck. Never thought that was what it was.
As some may know, I am a professed Losi guy. But my first race cars were Ultimas. I had a standard and then a turbo, ran them in dirt oval wedge, then later the sprint car class (with an RCRC conversion & custom chassis).
I just had this done locally where I live and I think it looks great. Going to be a nice looking rig when its done.
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Plenty of companies do the hydro dipping on RC bodies and it looks wild! They just mask the windows before dipping. The coating on hydro dipped chassis is a standard automotive clear coat. I suppose you could clear coat a couple of times for added...
I just heard about this yesterday and can't believe it! Any of you guys know about it or are already doing it?
