RC10 40th Anniversary boxart - Striped Decals vs Painted Stripes

[XLR8]

Hey guys. Just joining the conversation here as I'm about to paint the body for my fr-01. I'm wondering what the consensus is regarding cutting out the windshield or any of the windows to promote airflow? I'm old school just getting back into the hobby and back in the day I had my esc mounted on the shock tower and cut about 2/3 of the windshield out to let air pass over the esc heat sinks. Now my hobbywing esc has a fan and I feel like that plus keeping dirt and dust out is good reason to keep the windows in. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have one boxart display body that I've removed the windows but I leave them in for my runners. Anyway, I've never had an overheating problem and windows help to seal the chassis pan and prevent it filling with dirt.

[Coelacanth]

A sticker applied to this curved area of the body just won't go perfectly flat, unless the entire sticker is meticulously designed to completely wrap around from one side to the rear to the other side, taking into account the curvature.



I personally hate stickers. Nothing beats painted stripes!

[juicedcoupe]

This is one that I did a few years ago. It is a Boki body with MCI decals. Decals applied with Windex and a hair dryer.

The overlapping rear stripes are the real pain.