Rebuilding The"XPLODER"

[ScottSpanker]

Meet the Xploder born 2017.

[mmars89]

The wasp weave looks great, nice work. What are your plans for this hull?

[ScottSpanker]

The wasp weave looks great, nice work. What are your plans for this hull?

The rebuild is actually finished. I have a mountain of pictures to post. The pictures I posted are from the first build in 2017. It's a twin with a best of 96mph. Then I crashed it pretty good in 2019 and it tore it up. So I reinforced it more and did paint. Machined a bunch of new parts and had them powder coated.

[ScottSpanker]

More pictures from the first build in 2017.

[ScottSpanker]

And some more pictures of the 2017 build.

[ScottSpanker]

I guess I should mention it's a Delta Force Explorer, hence the name "XPLODER".

[ScottSpanker]

Ok, time to get to the good stuff. Paint! Scuffed it, filled the intake louvers or scoops. I didn't want to lay graphics through those. Whipped up a sketch for the name.

[ScottSpanker]

Silver sealer then base coat coarse aluminum. Got the name layed out and started taping graphics. It took me 3 weeks to get her taped.

[ScottSpanker]

The florescent yellow is the pinstripe. Purple is candy carbon purple. Is actually 5 different colors. A real pain to accomplish.

[ScottSpanker]

Candy caribe blue with drop shadows and little skulls using a pocket stencil. This color was pretty fun.

[ScottSpanker]

Florescent pink with purple shadows and texture stencil, then hotrod sparkle over it.

[ScottSpanker]

Candy caribe blue carbon for the name, same as the purple. About 5 different colors and the carbon stencil. Just a real pain to accomplish this look. Finally, unmask.

[ScottSpanker]

Chroming the windshield. This was pretty fun. A few more views of the unmasking.

[ScottSpanker]

Chroming the windshield. This was pretty fun. A few more views of the unmasking.

[iridebikes247]

Really impressive skills/artistry with the paintwork, under the hood looks good too!