Revisiting making dents on scale rc hard body rigs. My old red tf2 body is stretched out a bit so I use Scale damage to tighten it up. Check out my Amazon influencer store page for some of these products; amzn.to/2NMKTtX
One of those little "crack lighters" aka torch lighters would be perfect for this or a Hot Air soldering iron. I think I might have to give this a try on my scale rig. 👍👍
It's been a long while since I had a chance to watch your channel, really enjoyed this one, it had such a great "just hanging out messing around in the shop" vibe, especially watching you work at that door panel and rocker with the blade 😁
Easy fix Buddy. Use adjustable wood clamps and oh-so-slightly squeeze the sides together while heating it with a blow dryer. Wait for it to cool and check it. Works great. But.....the dents are cooler. Hahaha
Thanks for all the great content, have gotten back in the hobby after taking a break for several years. Going all leaf spring and scale with weathering. This channel is a lot of the reason for getting back in the hobby. So thanks!
Just a thought.Were the roll bar is scewed into the rear fender well if you had some magnets to the screw that go down under the rear fender and had fender wells maybe some strong magnets might help keep the body.But would still need something on the front fender wells too.To keep the body from coming off.Just a idea.Iv done something similar to my 4 door extra speed jeep body and it worked in that application.But each style of hard bodies are different.But I think I'll try the heat and rock to make dents
I could be wrong but for the rock to be hot enough to do it, the rock could crack from the heat. And it would likely melt the paint and plastic by the time the dent is deep enough and leave a rough texture on the body. Heating from the back is the safer option.
Just had a question I watched this video a while back and I purchased the same products and I'm getting ready to do mine now and the bottle says to use some sort of primer I was just wondering it didn't look like that you did and would I be safe being on putting it on something that's already painted
It’s been a while. Talking about the iron paint? It always comes with with a primer but I have never used it. I just put it straight onto painted areas. Acts like a primer lol.
@@RCeveryday excellent thanks a lot I ordered the products that you had on there and it didn't come with a primer so I just thought I would ask I figured paint would probably work as a primer the least you could do is rust🤣
@@RCeveryday so the shoe goo wont destroy the body??...do u think i thin sliced piece of double sided clear tape from gorilla glue company will do the trick??..oh thanks to man..i recently did a wonder shop target camper build,,ur video inspired me to do one..i put a door on there with a tv/kitchen sink/counter and bed..lol...thanks for answering my question
Tape could work. I tried lots of glues when I first put it on and it came off easy on the trail. You could even bolt it through the body if you wanted. I had to do that on a Land Rover I did a long time ago.
@@josecanseca8979 I have used shoe goo extensively and it has worked great where it very easy to apply and even levels itself out. I did encounter one exception on the Panda 6 x 6 where the shoe goo melted through the inner coating and the red paint. But I have used it on every other body shell you could possibly think of with great success. I’m using it to strengthen the body before or after it cracks. Or, to attach LED wiring to the bodyshell. Definitely let it cure outside for a week, tho. It definitely out-gasses for days.
