Hydrodipping RC Bodies (How To)

[Notorious J]

V4 Kraton body
Dipped in Gangsta Skulls film pattern

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This one turned out amazing! The pattern is really even and I know how difficult it is to do truck bodies. Knocked it out of the park once again @Mr.Duke!

 

[Mr.Duke]

 

[Mr.Duke]

 

[slick2500]

 

[Kiwi]

Cheers for the tips, great finish on both the rigs. Congrats!

 

[Brandon]

Well I have to say it’s harder than Mr.Duke made it look. I envy the steady hand and time management needed for this project. A few bubbles and wrinkles later I have a kinda flame looking bug. Even drilled a couple of small holes in the back to let the trapped air out but must have dipped too fast. Any how it was a good challenge and I’m happy to have tried it. Final paint Picts to come.

 

[Mr.Duke]

That's actually pretty good considering it's your 1st dip, and on a body that I'm not sure I would've attempted, just by how tall it is. The more height a body has, the more the image has to stretch to accommodate the increased surface area. It's one of the major downsides to trying to apply an image to the inside of an object as opposed to the outside. As surface area increases the likelihood of image stretch and blemishing increases as well.

The next body I do, I think I'm gonna video the entire process from cutting the film to the final paint coat and include some helpful tricks and tips I've picked up along the way to avoid some of the common problems with bubbles, wrinkles and image blowouts.

 

[Brandon]

That makes sense. My thinking was the rounded body would be simple, but your knowledge rings true. I’ll post final in Paint and body thread. Won’t land me a blue ribbon at the fair but it’s going on the Kraton so that alone will give it a few points. Thanks for the inspiration and lessons @Mr.Duke.

 

[joostin420]

@Mr.Duke yes you need to make more videos of the process ?

 

[Mr.Duke]

Up next,

 

[Mr.Duke]

Dip went, as planned ?

Any ideas on what backing color might look good on this one?
I'm leaning towards that almost chrome silver that I backed @bicketybam BRCC Body with.

 

[Brandon]

Great dip. Gold.

 

[Mr.Duke]

Pssst......Someone on the forum is going to win this one through an auction here on the forum, with all of the proceeds going to the server drive.
- I'll be making a thread and linking it to this thread later tonight on how to win it.

 

[Brandon]

Fantastic.

 

[joostin420]

Great dip. Gold.

I think you have something there;

tamiya ps-52 champagne Gold ?

 

[slick2500]

Tamiya PS-14 Copper

Or Spaz Stix Golden Candy Root Beer

 

[Mr.Duke]

Winner chooses the color! Happy bidding
https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/win-this-hydrodipped-v4-kraton-body-server-drive-bonus.14978/

 

[Mr.Duke]

A little bit of blue painters tape on the outside just to see how it would look with something like a PS-3 color

 

[crimsonfancy]

I thought paint orange --> yellow.
The faces and details show so well.

 

[Full Throttle R/C]

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Holy crap! I need to get into doing this sh!t❤❤❤ I need to Google this ????