Blaster Nose Rocker and tail cut mod

[mardon]

With the help of Carter Brackett, 701 Industries and Burn industries I decided to chop up my wifes blaster and give the old couch a go at flipping and rolling.

 

[mardon]

Thanks to carter we got this all done within 2 days. The guy is a legend.

 

[Sanoman]

Quick work Mardon! Looks nice.Amazing to cut that much off the nose and ass end.

 

[zimmy]

Sweet! Keep us posted on how she rides!

 

[Little Trumps Super Jet]

Shhhweeeet! Looks sick. What made you want tobdo the rear rocker 2 angles like that?

 

[trebsdub]

Are you going to add another set of ride plate mounts so there are 4 bolts or is it going to be custom and accept one set. curious as to what the benifits of the angled chop in the back vs straight cut. Im going to be cutting into one of my own and this looks to be some more motivation to just cut away at my spare hull.

 

[WB1994]

subscribed , how does a gas tank fit in this mod?

 

[mardon]

Are you going to add another set of ride plate mounts so there are 4 bolts or is it going to be custom and accept one set. curious as to what the benifits of the angled chop in the back vs straight cut. Im going to be cutting into one of my own and this looks to be some more motivation to just cut away at my spare hull.

Its probably recommend running another set of bolts but after looking at it for a while and mainly being lazy i'm going to just run the 2 bolts and see how it goes. I've chopped the plate back heaps so there isn't much hanging over the edge so I think it should be sweet.
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The angled design is Carters creation so I just followed his advise.
He will be back in the US in a few weeks and will be producing these kits so might be a good idea to have a chat with him.

WB1994 the fuel tank and water box mounts are proving to be a massive pain. I ended up cutting the factory ones off the floor and shapping the bottom of them so they sit flush again. Now I just have to glass them in.

 

[Byeai]

He's taking the mold with him ? Hmm

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[mardon]

He's taking the mold with him ? Hmm

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Yes hes bringing his molds back to the US with him. If all goes well he should be back at the end of the month.

 

[Byeai]

Nice good to hear

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[KTM434]

Subscribed for your ride report

 

[FreestyleBro]

How many layers of fiberglass did you lay on the rocker kit? And did you lay the glass for the kit on just the inside of the hull or inside AND outside?

 

[Byeai]

Inside and out

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[mardon]

How many layers of fiberglass did you lay on the rocker kit? And did you lay the glass for the kit on just the inside of the hull or inside AND outside?

So far we have layed about 4-5 layers of glass. It still looks a little thin for my liking plus I have to glass in the fuel tank mounts so i'm going to lay a few more layers tonight and reinforce the hood as well.
I've only glassed it up from the inside as I used the mold that carter makes the kits from.

 

[FreestyleBro]

Thanks! Thats going to give me less headaches as i embark on my next build.
QUOTE=mardon;1510505]So far we have layed about 4-5 layers of glass. It still looks a little thin for my liking plus I have to glass in the fuel tank mounts so i'm going to lay a few more layers tonight and reinforce the hood as well.
I've only glassed it up from the inside as I used the mold that carter makes the kits from.[/QUOTE]

 

[blasterdude]

Looking good, can't wait to see it all finished up.

 

[mardon]

Ok so after a few late nights I've managed to finish off all the glass work including reinforcing the sides of the hull and inside the hood and patching the hole back up in the rear step.
Today I also painted the inside of the engine bay and hood with Rhino liner and got my artistic side out splattering white and green paint around.
Also cut the rear lip down.

 

[mardon]

So bottom of the hull and the hood is all prepped for painting, which will be done tomorrow.
A massive thanks for 701 industries for supplying me with some awesome products. This thing is going to be awesome once it's all done thanks to them. Can't wait.

 

[mardon]

So everything was painted today besides the top of the hull which will be done tomorrow.
Then it will be time for motor in, turf and decal which all has to be finished by the weekend for testing.
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