Crazy Geezer

Hey guys, this week i bought myself an awesome decal set for my raptor and loove it, as the green shark theme wasnt doing it for me, and this is also a chance for all to share pictures of our awesome machines... well theres mine...


tell me what you guys think. would be really appreciated... also, post your own machine(s)

Raptor Crazy

Where did you get those decals?

ross001

nice pics..what blades are those?? they look really good.

Crazy Geezer

the decals i got from this site.... they have quite a few other formula 1 livery decal sets... check em out..[link]http://www.rcgraphics.co.uk[/link], they also do custom stickers, e.g. your name etc...

the blades are NHP Razor pro's, the heli flies soo much better with them on, rather than the original woodies. the heli seems to be solid, rather than abit light headed with the woodies. they cost me around 40-50 pounds, wich is... about 80 dollars US

BarracudaHockey

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My advice, fwiw, would be to find a nice high visibility color scheme, thats cool and all but I think you are going to find it difficult to maintain orientation against darker backgrounds like an overcast sky (isnt that the norm over there?) [8D]

charrua

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nice pics,,,but barracuda is right,,,,you will find very difficult to see the heli with the dark colors,,, I have found that the yellow and orange are the easyest to see,,,here's mine,,I painted with spray cans automotive paint and finished it with 2 parts clear coat.....of course I did all the prep work it need before painting.

Crazy Geezer

true say cuda, the weather in this country is %&!$, i was thinkin of spraying the body shell, but i took the easy way out of it, and bought those decals, they looks awesome, but i agree with you, when i begin doing quicker maneuvres i will get disorientated easier, if i do go for the high visibility theme, then il definately do this...
, thats my rc car, which i totaly sprayed my self, printed out some tattoo patterns on sticky paper, and sprayed, il definately do the same on my raptor, when the need arises....

c'mon guys, POST YOUR RAPTOR PICS

brunobl

Nice car! I wish I could paint like that.

Here a a few of my Rappy 50. First one is an older (about a year old) photo, still with the wood blades & TT engine. On the next two my Raptor is in the foreground (now with SAB CF blades and an OS 50 Hyper). That was a good day at the flying field. We all had lots of fun!

WhtBronco

I had to paint my T-Rex bright yellow to see it in the air, but my R50 is easy enough to see with a Stars and Stripes theme. No pics on this machine, it's in my avatar and gallery though.

Brighter is always easier to see though.

These days it wouldn't matter what colors I had on my helis since they mostly just sit on the shelf anyway, no time to fly.

zsultan

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charrua,

Your canopy looks awesome, i am planning to paint mine orange. Can you please list the steps to follow and what kind of paint clear coat you used. I have no idea how to paint it.

Thanks

charrua

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Thanks... well it does looks pretty cool but not as nice I as wonted it to be becasue the top color should have been more orange and they bottom one more yellow,, and they were too close that you can bearly tell a difference.

I sanded the white plastic canopy with like 80 grit and made it pretty rough,,,then I sanded it some more with 250 then I cleand all the dust with an air compressor and alcohol and put 3 coats of bulldog clear undercoat it's made for plastic,,,thn I sanded it down with more 250 lightly and put another 3 coats of gray primer and sanded down beatween coats,,,all this staff I got at auto parts store.

then finish paint with spary auto pain also the cans they sell at auto part store and I did 2 coats of that,,, and once it was dry,, like next day I lightly sanded it down with 800 grit and dust it and clean it with alcohol,,,then I ued 2 part auto clear coat the cheaper one the sell at any auto paintstore,,,it's like $40 for a quart and it comes with the hardener and you mix it 4 to 1. then I put 3 more coats of clear coat and that 's when it really turned looking pretty good it smoth as a glass and it just looks like a car finish it's awsome staff.

But you have to be carful spraying tyhe clear coat it's almost as thin as water ann it can run very easy and you are f@#!2!!!!

Here it's what I wanted to make my heli look like,,I'm planing to paint another one and try to really match the colors this time.

There is more pictures here as I bult it and painted the canopy [link=http://whiteknuckleairlines.com/wkabb/viewtopic.php?t=315]More Heli Pics!!![/link]

mxracerx43

Hell everyone this is My RAPTOR 50 OS 50 FX has TT carbon mains. I really like the two tone flow yellow - orange so I gave it a shot and painted myself. About ten flights on it so far and it is holding up good. If you look in the far right corner you will see my Chihauahu, probably asking himself why I have my helicopter in the kitchen (at least he cant tell my fiancee LOL)

Buck Rogers

this is my heli...supost to be fluro pink but turnd out a lipstick look

BorutOblak

http://raptor.blog.siol.net/2006/10/05/raptor-50-v2/

Here is my Raptor 50v2

Crazy Geezer

good to see this threads going, i love all the raptor pics guys, keep em coming!!

BANDANA

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Hi-Viz in blue skies and cloudy days.
Bandana

BarracudaHockey

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Here's my 50.

CobraZb

Excellent paint job on those birds, did you do it yourself?

brunobl

Thanks cobraZb. No, I didn't do it myself. I bought the Raptor used, pre-painted. The previous owner had it painted by a guy in Sao Paulo who is getting nationally famous in Brazil for his paint jobs.

Sorry for not seing your message before. I am out of town with no easy access to the internet.

Happy New Year!

ramyl

It is mine.
Decals were made with ORACAL film by hobby knife and scissors in one evening.
I spent for it about 100 russian rubles( about 4USD).
Regards,
Ramyl

Flipper

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This looks cool but is camo in the air I am going brighter on my next paintjob!

BorutOblak

CHECK outh my Pictures here: http://borut-raptor-style.blogspot.com/ enjoy [8D]

btw: Happy New Year to all

Best regards
Borut From Slovenia

Crazy Geezer

wow niice helis guys

As some of you may know, over christmas ive acquired a number of upgrades, the kasama complete head, a set of S9255 for the cylic, and lots of carbon parts.
il wait for the weather to start behaving itself, and then il have sum pics of the raptor flying, atm, only ground photos of it..

i posted them in another thread, but il post em again anyway





note: my metal mixing arms havent come from the US yet, after i messed up the set they sent first with the complete set. All under warranty, so its all cool

BorutOblak

NICE Rappy V!p3r kasama head V-Blades ... awesome enjoy flying it

CobraZb

All you guys have me beat, my 30 is currently just a frame with a fuel tank and clutch. I am so excited though.