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[Wynney]

Surely the work involved in surfacing the body would be disproportionate to its benefit. It would then have to be rendered in 3DS max or similar to preview paint jobs etc

[almunro]

Originally Posted by Wynney

Surely the work involved in surfacing the body would be disproportionate to its benefit. It would then have to be rendered in 3DS max or similar to preview paint jobs etc

i know this is a tangent to the thread which is mardaves, but you can render in Solidworks or FreeCAD and you can use image maps in both, so if you have 2d image of your paint you can apply. I use 3ds max and its great but not really needed if just mocking up shells and paint schemes. If you want to talk more about it theres a thread talking about 3d programs.

Alex

[bazza373]

Few more

[ch!3f]

heres my dave i got off flebay the other week shell was already painted but made a few stickers for it the dave and flames on the roof blacked out the rear windows too

[ch!3f]

new shell

[big-ell]

[Paulwalters]

My son Connor and I race every friday at BedsRCMCC with these two. Sorry about the crap picture!

[webby997]

Two new ones for Bicester.......

[oakey4]

just been putting the last few bits together, the servo saver has broke but I have just bought another, Planning on putting a hpi flux pro 13.5 BL with my tekin rs esc, 1s lipos...just sprayed the shell yesterday and must say I have painted loads of shells, the paint i used was crap not to worry will still use it...the wheels need trued, just been put on for photos.....CANNOT WAIT LADS.

[jasond43]

this will be the last time i race this dave as goin to get a new one carbon chassis and other carbon bits net esc and motor yippy as you can see a bit battered lol

jase

[Homerjhandley]

Beetle shell with simple paint scheme, used blue masking tape from B&Q which works very well and easy to work with, and the standard Tamiya paints, with the rear windows tinted with some smoke tamiya spray i have left.

http://mardaveforums.com/blog/2012/0...body-for-2012/

Pics too large for here so click link to see more

[ChrissieL]

My CE with a custom bumper and lipo holder

[LongRat]

My latest body using the Kamtec Skyline.
Calsonic PIAA R33 GT-R.

[magictorch]

Love it Dave

[matt76]

this is my mardave mini project for my little girl, just painted up the shell, it has a 10.5t photon motor and esc thats still to be fitted, might be a little quick!!!

[mcjjordan]

Originally Posted by matt cougar sv

this is my mardave mini project for my little girl, just painted up the shell, it has a 10.5t photon motor and esc thats still to be fitted, might be a little quick!!!

A little!
- that thing will be uncontrollable

[LongRat]

A couple of lads at our club run a 10.5 in their V12. Mad fast but hot, you can't gear down low enough for a motor of that KV. Their car has problems with power-on understeer because the front wheels pull off the ground. The only reason their car isn't all over the place is because they are excellent drivers, only using the motor as they have transplanted it from a touring car.

[matt76]

thanks for the replies, I'm thinking i could use a slower motor, ha !!!

[BeachBuggyPhil]

2 cell in a Mardave is very fast and gets hot, you'd be best finding some single cells or Nimh packs. With the Nimh you don't have to worry about Lipo cut offs and the weight helps the handling.

[LongRat]

I would disagree with that, it will only get hot if a quick motor is used. I honestly think the best setup would be a lower KV motor on 2S. Got a 17.5 coming for mine to test out, I think this will work very well.
Going 1S is going to cost.