Element Trailwalker Black - Looks Like Crap (On Purpose)!
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2023
- The Trailwalker Black Edition features a revised Trailwalker body that is now painted on the inside AND the outside, allowing you to fully customize the weathered look! Keep it factory fresh and let it age over time with scratches from the trail, or weather it at home with a few simple techniques that I share with you! It's also got another change in store, watch to find out more!
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In Michigan,we don’t have to search for rust on the web lol
Just go out in your driveway and have your pick of rusty vehicles! Or drive down the road and you’ll have inspiration galore! As a fellow Michigander, I know the struggle of “Michigan cancer”
@@Evan_Moore61 don't forget every car ad that starts with "usual michigan rust spots" before telling you what the car is.
Rust is like a beautiful woman with a tan . That's Pure Michigan !
Working in a body shop in SE MI… yup, every other customer that comes in for an estimate is looking for rust repair. Lol
Minnesota agrees!
This is so good would love to see more weathering sessions
Search the word "Weather" on my channel and you'll find a bunch of content!
@@scalebuildersguild thank you so much
@@scalebuildersguild All I found, was it looks like storms are coming to the north east, flagstaff got a bunch of snow, and the south is still feeling the heat!😉
@@scalebuildersguild I searched the word "Weather" on his channel and I found a bunch of content just like he promised. 🌮🛻
I like the windshield effect. Now you need to add the water spots from the sprinklers that hit the truck on the one side as it was parked on the street.
I did this once with a proline 78 Stepside. The paint under the lexan was a mix of copper and silver. The top coat was white. I took it to my regular spot, drove like an idiot and let the rocks scrub off the white. I can tell you, there is nothing like real rock rash. Your rust pitting looks awesome!
Cool idea!
Nothing I love more than watching my Precious rub through some paint. And then he drilled and ground some holes, busted out the rust, and blew my mind.🤯😎 dude that looks really cool.
Glad you liked it!
I speak for everyone, you are the Bob Ross of our time my friend. Big thanks for sharing your happy little rust buckets with us
great vid and amazing results as usual. thanks for sharing.
Awesome video as always. Nice to see the manufacturers are still trying new stuff it is great to see. I think this is a great move fron element. Thanks for the content.
Thanks for watching!
Really cool to see someone doing this from the factory. I've been using the dual paint method (And your other methods) on my trucks for years, they are very convincing.
Good stuff! Love watching how the weathering adds to the experience
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow that looks so awesome. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. Thank you for making this video and going through the weathering process!
Thanks for watching and I hope it helps!
You can scratch it with the knife you made 🤣. 2023 gonna be a great year for rc
I didn't make it... I assembled it 😂
Awesome techniques for aging the truck body. Really enjoyed the process of seeing how you do it. Thanks a bunch!
Glad you liked it!
Happy new year, great little tutorial especially for the beginner and enjoy watching you show some simple techniques. What a great RTR - ready to customise and make it your own straight up. Would be keen to see what it looks like with the optional flat bed tray. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you!
I have the original Trailwalker. Still have the 1.55 rims and tires, probably look into getting some 1.9's. Glad Element brought this truck back!
Element is really bring slot to the game.
This is a very cool idea.
Awesome video man.
😎👍👍
This was really cool watching the process!
Glad you liked it!
I just learned a lot. Great video!!!
Good tutorial and review Matt. Keep it up. Like button engaged.
Much appreciated!
Great job as always. You make it look so easy.
Thank you!
Really great tips👍Thanks for sharing the possibilities
Thanks for watching!
I love how they include your stickers (along with others) on the sticker sheet. Nice way of saying thank you for all you've done.
Agreed!
Great idea by a manufacturer to get someone into customizing their truck via actual modelling, not just buying slap on accessories.
Love how the quick weathering turned out.
Thank you!
I feel ya on the patina advice! My first batch of Patina C1 chassis (looking back) were a bit much! BUT! Im glad people liked them and supported our creativity! Ive defiantly made progress since then. Great vid as always SBG!
Hey, I thought that chassis was absolutely perfect!
The little things really added up, great end result
I used to do this on my first scx10 that was converted to leafs by RC brothers parts. I just used a slight silver color under the body. Run the truck for a bit and do some rust where the scratches and scrapes occurred
Good old fashioned steel wool is always a great start. Personally I've always wanted to have a little run-time on the truck before I start weathering, a little trail rash is always a good place to start
Sweet! Love it. Love my original Trailwalker, but it’s definitely a shelf queen modelled after the pickup we had when I was a kid (with the optional canopy on the bed). FYI, the original Trailwalker did come with the roll bar in the spare parts bag.
I like the 1.9" tires and the aggressive trimming on the Black Edition. Will definitely pick one up and make it my first weathered body. Hopefully the inner fenders still fit those wheel wells.
This is why I love Element RC. Every release is like, oh wow, I didn’t see that coming. They keep finding novel ways to iterate on a proven, capable chassis.
Hey! Funny running into you, here!
What great idea element had! Great Job Matt! 😊
Thanks for watching!
Thats pretty amazing. You're right, its very convincing. Thanks for sharing some knowledge with us.
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for doing this video. Very interesting gives me a lot ideas for future projects.
Glad to help!
Manual focus is your friend.
Love seeing some techniques- so cool.
Glad you like them!
Enjoyed the content. "Less is more", there is a life lesson in that somewhere.
I did this with my axial dingo build.. however i just let nature take its course with all the inevitable rollovers and scraping on rocks. 👍
Great video. It looks like Element is paying attention to the market & making adjustments.
Thanks for this...timing is perfect. Very valuable information for me.
Glad it was helpful!
Very very cool...thanks for the tips and secrets of weathering....I have not artistic ability but with that body I may be able to give that some weathering, thanks again for the tips and supplies for this technique!!👍👍
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
that's a pretty neat idea element had. yer weathering job looks good \m/ y'all have a badass day \m/
Thanks for watching 🤘
Thank you Matt! This maybe simple to you and many others, but its a great guide for me. I mainly focus on the mechanics and suspension aspects of my builds and keep the bodies clean and simple. But I want to try these tips. Hopefully Element will sell the body only. If not I'll buy clear and paint the inside and out. Thanks again!
Glad I could help!
Very cool Matt. All it needs to finish it off is one of your Built Heartbeat Tough emblems on the grill lol
Great video. Looking forward to more.
Awesome, thank you!
This is awesome. I have been building WW2 RC planes and my favorite part was taking a brand-new shiny kit and weathering it up. Especially carrier-based Hellcats that have salt spray all over the front of the wings. Weathering WW2 planes helped me transfer into scale-building RC crawlers/scalers. It's relaxing putting in the work on RC cars since I know I'm not going to crash it from 100ft high at 90 mph into the ground.
Very cool! And although crawlers can crash... definitely not from 100ft high!
That's really cool.
Besides wanting another Clodbuster(I sold my 30 year old one a couple of years ago), I would love to have this rig.
The original Trailwalker was a really cool truck, I'm glad I was able to get one after they were discontinued. It's too bad this one doesn't feature all of the nice updates from their previous release, excluding all of the cost cutting moves.
Turned out great bro!
Thank you! Cheers!
Looks real awesome, appreciate you sharing Yep I was here watching catch on the next one
Glad you liked it!
Great job on the weathering Matt! The rusting/weathering was awesome, but the windshield wiper technique was a whoa idea as it really looked liked a vehicle in the elements...Element lol. This is the same body as the original blue version, but with body cuts around the fender and rear bumper lips. It also has the rock sliders from the red flatbed version. The original blue version looked more scale with 1.55 wheels, but yet you really made this version very unique. As far as capability, Element is legit with Team Associated DNA...no joke legit. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching!
Thx for the Tips ... Cool Truck Nice Job Element.... Love it
Thanks for watching!
Thanks to you I paint all my trucks and cars like this. Then when they get scratch from rollover or horrible lines and tumbles I don’t worry. I weather by using. I must remember hit the high lines. All around good sheit!!!!
That's great to hear!
That's what Axial did with the 1.9 Wraith. Factory painted on outside. Wish more companies did this.
Yep! Definitely a cool technique!
Arrma notorious has it as well
Great video. It’s wild to see a major company do this.
Thanks for watching!
Nixxon watches did a watch wear the top paint was meant to wear off to age the watch faster was a cool idea at the time didn't sell well lol
Thanks. Really great video.
Glad you liked it!
I’m glad to see they brought the Trailwalker back. I still have my heart set on finding an unopened original Trailwalker.
I have a soft spot for the og blue TW. Ugly little toad, but surprisingly capable even bone stock 👍🏻
@@Tom_Wade yeah it was the first Rc to grab my attention. By the time I was able to get one, I couldn’t find a new one. Sad times we are in.
I like the idea behind it!
Roll bar in bed, same as blue one. Love my blue Trailwalker
And the body mounts on Vanquish exactly as Josh did it when running with John Shultz, just need to trim
Wheel wells for 1.9 tires.
I learned more than a bit, thank you 😊
👍
Thanks for watching!
BEST. EPISODE. EVER.
Thank you!
Windscreen wiper effect is very cool, I haven't seen that before
Thanks!
Thats how i painted my crawler a couple years back, a mixed metallic silver and red primer underneath for a rust effect, then metallic silver then primer then top coats on the outside to pick up authentic paint damage and weathering on the trail ...... not cleaning it helps as well LOL :)
I did something similar on a hardbody rc. It actually worked really well surprisingly.
@@Papa_Shorty its a cool way to do it , let the paint get real world damage :)
man it looks super nice :D
Holy giant taillight stickers Batman!
Looks great! Would adding streaks to the windshield be over the top? Could be as simple as a swipe with the rough side of that kitchen sponge. Would really add to the age appropriate wear and tear I think.
Nice idea!
Love the rust and wiper trail you added!
Can this body be heated to add dents? I used to do this on old plastic model cars, didn’t know if this could be done as well on lexan? Door dents are cool! Thanks for the video!
Sure can! An excellent way to add more damage!
You could tape of the windshield. Drive it through some mud puddles, remove tape and never wash it. 👍
My thought is doing this on my Bomber with a chevy body and let my terrible driving do the weathering.
Element, lest we forget is team associated, pray they never get bought out like axial!
You be the Bob Ross of rust painting. 😂
Wow! Thank you!
Got the Ecto & already have all the Treal weights on it.
Great job there, Mr.Matt. How do you know what paint you can use on an RC car body? Thanks in advance /Joe
If it's Lexan, anything labelled as paint for polycarbonate bodies will work!
Matt, maybe a channel setting on your side. I can't set notifications to all, it reverts to none notifications.
MORE videos like this! 😛 Small, easy, scale, weathering, videos! 😁 Have fun!
Glad you liked it!
One blue fender or something.
On another note, when you were masking the windshield, I thought you would put the super fine scratches in the section of glass that the wipers wear on over the years.
However, that light coat of "wiped away" dust does look really real.
Nice work.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
I like it a lot! :)
Glad you like it!
I’m early for once, sweet!
Wholly huge tail light stickers😂😂
Now rc4wd needs to do rust colored hardbodies. Cause the rocks made mine show primer. And now a bright red body underneath
Neat concept, thanks for the video, it's a big help! 👍 That grill, though...........🤦🏻♂️
Thanks for watching!
you make me want to get an airbrush...
soo nice
Now I want to build a crawler and try this out
Go for it!
There’s a sticker that looks just like a wooden metal railed bed that would look good in there I have it in a Crawler I have with a shallow bed. It comes in a sheet you just cut to fit. There’s a lot of new releases right now & I have a Sendero HD & custom Ecto & the new SE. They should’ve put the new transmission in it like the SE & although you can do it yourself they should’ve had it in already but it’s hard to complain for 389$ or whatever it is. I like the body that’s what draws me. But my plans where to get the new Redcat till now maybe. Both are not in stock so maybe I’ll decide by which one becomes available first.
Ok ok I can get behind this rig. Now I need to learn how to paint.. dang it. If you want to squad up on pubg mobile.. I'll carry you matt.
Have you ever tried cinnamon to make the heavy rust look? I would brush on paint or clearcoat and while it was still wet I sprinkle cinnamon on it. When I really want it chunky I spray clearcoat over the cinnamon which darkens it and then springle more cinnamon around edges to give it real looking depth
Same technique as pigments, just a different powder. Good thinking!
Cool but wiper shld have gone further over on driver side but I love that 💡 thanks
you have to check out vice grip garage! that scout he saved will give you massive inspiration. guy is hilarious too
Thanks! I'll check it out!
Looks super cool. nice #subtle
What type of paint do u use on rcs that is safe
So just so I’m understanding correctly you paint only the outside of the body and do your first outside layer in the “rust colour” you want to reveal and then paint over top with your base colour you want?
No, to achieve this technique, you paint the inside of the body in your rust colors, and paint the outside in your desired exterior color. Then sand away the exterior color to reveal the rust.
Can you recommend a specific airbrush kit?
I use the Paasche Talon and I like it!
Hi - the body is one thing - what is about the chassis / transmission etc. - is that identical with the other Elements RCs?
Yes it is, hence why I didn't cover it in this video and added a card to watch the previous review.
I imagine that as you drive it'll get scratches also. Pretty neat idea. Are those wheels going to work for your CUCV build?
Not enough bolts!
@@scalebuildersguild How many lugs are you looking for? 8?
@@alanq64 Yep, 8!
hi, friend!!
I have an element enduro trailwalker it is a fantastic car!! I just have a problem or query, this model has a lot of Torque twist, is it possible? It swings a lot. How can it be solved?!! thank you so much!!
Torque Twist is notoriously difficult to solve, might have to live with it I’m afraid. I can’t say I noticed it to be all that bad, unless you’re jamming the accelerator!
Much better without the little tires!
I think RTR stands for ready to rebuild because every RTR I've ever owned had to be rebuilt
Would it look good to naturally let the scrapes and bangs and water look natural?
Great job you must of watched the tutorial on Harley Designs 😂, no kidding it came amazing you make it sound easy but I think I would need to buy a back up shell 👌👍
Less is more!
I would just run it and let the bashing rust magic happen …no need to force the issue. Haha
The windshield was a great idea 💡!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
They just missed the mark with this one in my opinion. I love everything about it except the extra cutout fenders. Should of left that for us to decide. This would have been a golden start to a straight axle scale trail truck if the fenders were left appropriate. Great video as always. I am really liking where Element RC is heading.
It would have rubbed something awful if they left it!
I think your sponges are the equivalent to Josh's X-acto blades?
Matt, I love when your chuffed(sp?)! What is the etymology of this amazing Canadian saying?
It's actually a British saying... but we Canadians tend to use them here... "chuffed (comparative more chuffed, superlative most chuffed) (British, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted."
@@scalebuildersguild I am most chuffed by your reply!