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    elliott125
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      After owning both of my Spektrum radios i decided that i needed to change the colour of them as the silver/grey is blumming horrid so out with the paint! it was a bit scary dismantling the DX3R knowing how much it cost (bought from Dale second hand but still expensive in my book :) )

      Anyways i did it all painted up in white and black! Oh i also did the wheels in a aluminium silver. Very happy with how it looks i did the DX3E a while ago but i never got round to doing the DX3R guess i was a little scared :dry:

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      #36303
      Anonymous
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        what did you spray them with mate?

        #36304
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        elliott125
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          Well first off once i stripped them down into seperate parts i then flattend everything down providing a good grippy base for the primer to hold onto. And that is the key thing to get that first layer to hold on propperly just make sure its all been flattened down with some wet n dry. Ive just used Halford primer and Halfords Ford diamond white, normal rattle can car spay really. And the DX3E which i did a few months ago doesnt have any chps on it at all. So it seems to hold pretty good just need to make sure the prep work is done before hand.

          #36305
          Anonymous
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            looks like a top quality job, ive got my hilux shell to start on nxt week and was thinking about getting an air brush.

            #36306
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            elliott125
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              Its not bad a few blemishes but im not fussed its white now :)

              Humm id love to know how to use an air brush would be pretty cool to do some custom paint jobs

              #36307
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              Bill
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                coolio

                #36310
                Anonymous
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                  My mates son had done that ages ago to a DX3.0 as he was bored with silver too. Still has it somewhere i think

                  #36308
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                  elliott125
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                    Yeh i think the silver just looks a bit dated :dry:

                    #36309
                    Anonymous
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                      thats got me thinking now MMMMMMMMM what could i do to mine :whistle:

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