Flaming Blue

This started out as a rip-off of the popular Tamiya TerraCrusher body. Boy is this a far cry, lol. I also needed a Rustler body, since I decided to move away from my custom mounts and go with stock Rustler mounts on my my Stampede and my Rustler. I went with the Pro-Line Ford F-150 Traxxas Rustler Body, which, in my opinion, is a great looking body that is easy to work with. Don't forget to use Rustler mounts with it.

I did guess well on the blue paint I wanted with Pactra Flourescent Blue. It looks just like the Terra Crusher color. As for the flames, well I don't know if I will ever take the time to properly mask a flame job on one of my bodies. That looks like a lot of work. I went the fast and ugly route with these Autographics Hot Flash Flames. They didn't turn out too bad.

I accidently ran too much of the blue paint near the back of the body where it fades to Sprint White. To fix these horrible looking runs, I used a latex glove to put some swirls all over the affected area, it did help some.

Like I've done in a lot of bodies, I left a large portion (on the back) clear. I just happen to like this effect. After removing all the masks, I applied Window Tint rather heavily this time for a real dark look.

I removed the strip and applied Indy Silver. It filled in the stripe as well as backed the rest of the paint.

I was really quite ashamed of this body to begin with, but it grew on me, especially after I started using it, and seeing how much better looking it was than the other bodies I had in rotation.

This body went on to star in FrankenStinger and the Speed Trials Videos.