It’s awesome to see Pro-Line coming out with some new original bodies! Their latest is the Desert Militia for the Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo. Similar to their Rat Rod body, the Desert Militia body is going to have people dusting off their 1/16th scales and show them off with a whole new look! I can’t wait to see the hardcore scale guys throwing real light bars on the roof!

You can get more details at the official Pro-Line Website.

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Pro-Line caused a serious stir among the rc community earlier in the week when they teased a picture of their upcoming Rat Rod body for the Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo. It was cool to see Pro-Line take a small step from their normal stuff and put out such a cool scale looking body. Painting the tires to look like white walls is a great, quick and easy step to really bringing the whole look together. We are looking forward to getting our hands on this body, and also have our fingers crossed that Pro-Line produces a similar body in other scales!

Check out the video with a slightly different look to it:

You can get more details at the official Pro-Line Website.

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Brian handed me a Pro-Line Early 50′s body and basically said ‘wow me’.

Had to do something different with this one so here goes…. I wanted something that was easy enough that anyone could do it with some basic household items and a little imagination. The only paints used are common rattle can paints available at any local hardware store or even Wal-Mart. No Airbrush’s … No Vinyl cutters just run of the mill stuff…

Keep reading for the step by step…

Basically I used Rattle cans that say they are made for plastics as often as I could. Used a dull black, Red and Grey Primers and some Clear and Dull coats. All the Silver you see on the Truck is Silver Sharpie that’s it… It works pretty good but it won’t do an entire paint job as it has a tendency not to completely fill in large areas that well. Even in the smaller areas it will leave small gaps, but for this look it was totally perfect.

To start I cleaned the inside of the truck with some warm water and a good de-greasing dish soap.. Don’t use anything with lotions or oils as it could affect paint adhesion. I placed all the normal window decals in the inside and noticed I wasn’t completely happy with the size or shape. So using a NEW Blade on my hobby knife and some light pressure  I was able to trim back any sections I didn’t want (BE VERY CAREFUL when using any knife especially a hobby knife… it’s basically a SCALPEL and we all should know when those get used). Then I took my Silver Sharpie to all the details I wanted silver …. in this case the Bed Rails, Window, Hood and Headlight Trim as well as the Grill and the front bumper. Don’t worry about making mistakes with the Sharpie a little rubbing alcohol on a Q-Tip or paper towel and its Gone baby Gone! Let any sharpie detail work you have done dry for at least 20 minutes then you will need to back all sharpie lines with a spray on color of your choice. Again if you dont back the sharpie all your work will be for naught. I used a simple matte black for the backing color in case all the paint ever did come off the top it would still be black.

Moving on to the outside and here is where you again will need that hobby knife, instead of just yanking off all the protective film I used it as a paint mask for all the areas I wanted the silver to come through. Again very light pressure with the knife is all you will need, if you press too hard you run the risk of cutting all the way through the body and possibly your body as well. Since I wanted a lot of depth and several colors to come through on this weathered look I went ahead and added a good couple of layers of the same matte black I used on the inside. Then I went with a couple coats of the Grey then finally finished off with the final Red primer. The amount of coats and covering is entirely up to you… You can just put some thin spotty coats of any color on and leave it at that, but since I wanted the wear marks to be in specific areas I chose to do full coats. Let the final coats dry at least 24 hours before you move on to the weather look. Depending on how thick the paint went on you may want to remove the outer masks when the paint is still a little tacky. Next step was basically take some Scotch-Brite and some good alternative music and went to town on scuffing up pretty much everything. Went really hard on the spots I wanted the lower layers to come through. This part is all up to you… more scuffs.. less scuffs more red, grey or black… have at it! Then I cleaned the body really well and added all the decals that came with the truck I wanted to use. I was actually pretty surprised that the decals where not pre-cut, but I probably would have cut them to my liking regardless. Then I went back with a black sharpie and placed some strategic body lines and light shading. To lighten up those lines I went back over them with a Q-Tip and rubbing alcohol. Since we are now working on the Primer it likes to take any color really well, so make your lines carefully and lighten them quickly.

Once I was happy with all the decals I added few good coats of clear to help reduce some of the edging on the decals. Then of course the truck was a bit too shiny so then I went back with a couple coats of matt finish to bring the dull back.

Again the goal here was to make an awesome looking truck that anyone can do with Zero high end tools or anything you couldn’t accidentally slip into the shopping cart on you’re next Wal-Mart run!!!

Here are some final shots on the Traxxas Stampede. The pictures don’t really do it justice..

Thanks for taking the time to read my babble and stay tuned to BigSquidRC for more tips and tricks on everything RC!!!

Here’s a direct link to the Pro-Line Body in case you are looking to do this one yourself! Make sure to send us pics!

Alumicraft RC aren’t the only ones making aluminum bodies for 1/5 scalers. Race Car Prototypes, which is a company known more for making full scale race car bodies, is releasing their own aluminum body, which you can see to the left right (sorry, I was writing this post while looking in a mirror) here. But the one that caught my eye is their rally body seen above. It appears to be based on a full scale body that they designed for All German Motorsports, it’s a BMW X6 trophy truck.

Check out the Race Car Prototypes web site, but don’t expect to find much info about these new products there.

Pro-Line releases more BullDog 2012 bodies!  The Team Associated RC8.2E, RC8T, and Kyosho MP9 get released from the pound.

A steeper front windshield to create more down force for the front wheels, increased high-speed stability by raising the roof ridges, and changes to the rear of the roof and addition of fins to create a more stable air flow over the body.

Check the Pro-Line website for other info.

The full press release from Pro-Line is out with more photos for the new Camaro GS body.  By far my favorite is the straight on shot of the car and the low front splitter.

Check the Pro-Line website for other info.

The new Auto Scale releases from Kyosho should be arriving in the states in about a month.  We have the

Pearl Green Lamborghini Murcirlago LP670-4 SV – Link 

White Ferrari 599XX – Link

and limited release of the Keihin HSV-010.  This one I’m not sure how many (if any) will make it state side. – Link

 
 
Head over to the Phat Bodies website to order one, and to see exactly how to make one.

JConcepts has a few new releases today.  This one is for the fans of the ol’ bow-tie, it’s a short course version of the new 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500.  The body is made to fit all of the following trucks: Slash, Slash 4×4, SC10, SC10 4×4, XXX-SCT and TEN-SCTE.  It’s one of JConcepts’ Hi-Flow bodies, so it has a ton of little vents that can be cut or reamed out to reduce the parachute effect that is so prevalent on SCTs.  You’ll also find the requisite decals, window masks and other stuff associated with new bodies.

The 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500 is available now with a MSRP of $42.00.  Check out the JConcepts website for more info.  And click past the break for what could possibly be the longest video about a RC car body ever produced.