John wanted to refresh his Vaterra Twin Hammers to make it look totally different. He found a Tamiya bug body on eBay and a new bare chassis of some generic brand similar car and robbed the lime green roll cage and rear end support rods from that. He also found some slightly brown-toned Austar aluminum wheels, which was when he decided to come up with a paint color scheme around the brown and lime. He searched out some Testors lime green paint that was close and went with a tan and brown to finish it off. It reminded him of the root beer color on a friend’s ‘57 Chevy so he named it the Root Beer Float since the tan was sort of vanilla ice cream color andcut the “Root Beer Float” graphics from neon vinyl for contrast.
BASED ON A VATERRA TWIN HAMMERS
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Vaterra Twin Hammers
– Body: Tamiya VW Bug
– Battery: Turnigy Nano-Tech
– Wheels and Tires: Austar Aluminum Wheels
with – Duratrax Deep Woods tires
– Shocks: Banggood aluminum shocks
– Paint: Testors lime green, brown and tan
– Graphics: Home made on vinyl cutter
with random small decals added
– Other Accessories:
• lime green roll cage from eBay
• Banggood aluminum steering slide and suspension control arms
John Beverly « Severn, MD
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