Turbo Dan gifted me this Apparition hull during the Christmas Giveaway...

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I moved this thread to the appropriate forum after Fewasel answered my question, so here is the latest. So I was fortunate to have Turbo Dan gift me this Apparition hull during the Christmas Giveaway this season. He also sent a bunch of items along with it to get me started. Along with some running gear he sent me the motor out of his Pursuit, which I believe is a 3660 1620Kv SSS. I plan on using a 125a ESC that I have from a Pursuit of mine, and running it on 6s, just to start out. A bunch of parts arrived here from the OSE parts store last week. After I get it sorted out next season, I'll work on performance updates. It's something like -10 here in NY with the wind btw. Dan already did a carbon fiber inlay, and I repaired a few cracks. The tips of the sponsons as well as the tunnel between have been reinforced with chopped carbon fiber impregnated 2 part epoxy.

As far as a cosmetic redo, I've included a few photos of my progress so far. Being a MOPAR guy, I'm going with a 1970 Plumb Crazy Purple Roadrunner theme, as inspired buy a guy here who I've saw who made a very tastefully done Shelby tribute cat. Dust trail and Air Grabber decal inbound, and a pair of flat black stripes running up the deck. I'm going to wet sand the paint now to remove a few imperfections, and apply decals when they arrive, then clear coat it all.

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After refinishing the hull separate from the hatch, it occurs to me that I want to continue the striping up the the windshield. Seems to me it will just tie it all together. That will be this weeks chore. It has taken quite a while to get this far as I've had some touching up to do here and there before continuing on. painting requires a few days to dry between coats, and I rushed it a little (amateur mistake) at one point, and had to re-sand and apply in one spot. I've got to not sweat the small things, and just get this done already. Hatch fasteners have been completed, I've just got to figure out a gasket. I didn't want my new paint being peeled off by hatch tape. I just need to lay out and apply the decals that are sitting on my bench, and I hope to have the cosmetics wrapped up by next weekend.
I believe I have all the running gear, so hopefully I can get it all together soon. As soon as things thaw around here, it will be in the water. Thanks again Dan.