Originally Posted by
nitrosportsandrunner
this time, I have a video of a nice custom build.
I was searching for ideas on how to make a body for my tatra (I failed at working with styrene) and found this video of a traxxas slayer cut, stretched and then a wood 1/5 car body made for it. Pretty dang sweet looking rally car was the result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbAEs_LaR70
I love the look of that thing! It looks like a blast to drive too the way it rolls and everything.
Wood may not be a bad choice to build your Tatea body out of either. Make a skeleton out of 1/4X1/4 balsa or hardwood and then sheath it in the kind of thin plywood use in model planes or boats. The guys who build battle ships manage to paint plywood to look like steel instead wood no reason you can't do the same for your body. Building a skeleton out of wood may also help your styrene work too if you want to give that another shot.