Restoring a Villain IV

[xlandguy]

Bought this boat from a member here through the classifieds. What a mess this thing is/was. A whole lot more issues than were mentioned, thats for sure. Holes burned by a battery, cracks in the transom, missing parts, cheap workmanship. Get this, the ESC was connected using those cheap blue automotive crimp-on connectors. What are those good for, 1/2 amp? lol.
Here are some before and after pictures, not done by any means, but getting along. Sort of a prototype windscreen, first one, next one will be much better I hope.

[h2o 1]

Wow!!! now thats a transformation!!! Good job bro! that looks like a totally different boat. Very nice!

[xlandguy]

Thank you, couple more pictures:
In this one it shows the where I cut out the battery seperators, and patched holes with a plate, epoxied in with LocTite Marine Epoxy, good stuff.




Small plate epoxied onto the transom where the crack was. Seems a good fix.

[Make-a-Wake]

Love it!! I'm up to five Villains now as I cant seem to find the discipline to stop building these classic, scale, pretty boats. I have three single drive brushless, one completely stock(never even powered up in its whole life) and a dual brushless...........they are very fun.

You gonna leave the brushed motors? I recognize the boat from someone on here.................

Once again, very nice!!

[SFC K]

Nice job on that. It does not even look like the same boat. I love the paint scheme!

[xlandguy]

Thanks alot, first time doing this. The pics look pretty good, not HD and bad lighting, lol. It is NOT a quality finish like you see on a "store bought" hull. I used Krylon plastic, and Krylon clear coat. I have some nice graphics coming, lettering mostly to finish it off. Then I start rebuilding the business end of the boat.

[tlandauer]

Fantastic!

[NorCalZ71]

Looking good. I have 2 of these hulls. An almost stock EX and a single drive brushless IV which is gonna get rebuilt again soon. I love watching villain builds. They just look good!.

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[galant2door]

That is sick .! I am kinda spewing though because I did buy this boat, paid and all and got refunded as the shipping to Oz was just crazy. Well done on the great job, I just hope one day I can find one locally so I can restore also, but I don't like my chances

[xlandguy]

Nice new graphics

Some nice quality decals from Ebay. I love these kind where only the actual letter/picture is transfered to the surface of your model. Just about ready for a test run with this thing.
Will be running stock props at first.

[SFC K]

Those decals look really nice on there. Let us know how she runs!

[Make-a-Wake]

Are you gonna clear over the decals?.............or did you already?

[NorCalZ71]

If u have any custom vinyl work u want I can cut it for u.

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[xlandguy]

I did spray some clear, 3 coats. Should do more.

If u have any custom vinyl work u want I can cut it for u.

Good to know, thanks.

After I get this boat fixed up as nicely as I can I may just re-sell it. First though, I have to make sure it runs well and doesnt take on water, or worse.

[Make-a-Wake]

Looks awesome with the new graphics..........well done. You may enjoy just running it every now and then aside from being your rescue boat. Is it a 7.2 Villain IV setup or a 14.4 EX?