Shodog's Composite Craft Team Car build has begun

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Very nice how you left the molded in RPM logo in the original color. Did you mask it?

So.... I just bought an RPM kit (the entire shebang) and will likely be dying it black like you have done. Are there any known issues with warping, etc on large pieces (such as the RPM chassis)?
I am vaguely remembering some ill effect from dying my first RPM chassis black... but that was a looooong time ago.
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This is about as far as I can go without having the suspension arms

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lookin great so far. :)

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Looks great!
How did you keep the RPM logo on the tranny case? Did you drop it on to something flat that was coated with paint? At first I thought you masked the dye, but now it looks silverish.

The battery strap does nothing for me though. uuuugly!
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Ron Jeremy wrote:Looks great!
How did you keep the RPM logo on the tranny case? Did you drop it on to something flat that was coated with paint? At first I thought you masked the dye, but now it looks silverish.

The battery strap does nothing for me though. uuuugly!
I painted the RPM logo with a silver paint pen I kinda feel the same way about the battery strap I have a different Composite Craft battery strap I may use

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That.. Sir.. is a work of art.. What do you think you have into just in parts cost???

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Jim that looks cool!!! what body are you going to use??

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Beautiful build Jim. I especially like the rear tranny/clutch setup. This is worthy of Technacraft wheels not JPS!! ;)

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hey nothing wrong with the JPS wheels, all the rest of us can get since you and Jim have a strangle hold on every set in N america!!!!! :lol: :lol:

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shodog wrote:I have a different Composite Craft battery strap I may use
i think the cc battery strap is fugly as well.

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FlyinGN wrote:That.. Sir.. is a work of art.. What do you think you have into just in parts cost???
I would imagine it would be quite expensive but many of the parts I got at a discount and since I sold off a lot of the extras, this stuff was essentially free.
InetRC wrote:Beautiful build Jim. I especially like the rear tranny/clutch setup. This is worthy of Technacraft wheels not JPS!! ;)

-Alex
Alex, I bought a set of wheels to use for my sprint car so the technacrafts on it will probably end up on my MIP graphite car and then I'll have an extra set. The thing is that I have all the stuff to do a composite craft worlds car so they may end up on that build
toymkr73 wrote:Jim that looks cool!!! what body are you going to use??
I am going to be on the lookout for a viper or some other aftermarket body. I was interested in the Parma chenowth recently on ebay but GreedyHooptySmurf swooped them all up. I think the JPS wheels will look sweet on this machine.
badhoopty wrote:i think the cc battery strap is fugly as well.
The other composite craft battery strap looks much better
Ron Jeremy wrote:I just bought an RPM kit (the entire shebang) and will likely be dying it black like you have done. Are there any known issues with warping, etc on large pieces (such as the RPM chassis)
From what i have heard, boiling your parts actually relieves stress put into them by the injection molding project. People have reported better durability after the parts have been boiled

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shodog wrote:
badhoopty wrote:i think the cc battery strap is fugly as well.
The other composite craft battery strap looks much better
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much cooler.

thanks for sellin' me the ugly ones. :evil:

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badhoopty wrote:much cooler.

thanks for sellin' me the ugly ones. :evil:

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your welcome come again

I never posted these for sale becuase I only had two of them. I think the other CC battery straps look good with the aluminum chassis but with all angles going on with a double decker, they just don't look as cool.

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