Has anyone out there painted their bird?

Ludi · Feb 12, 2017

So I'm an avid painter and am considering painting my bird. Anyone else out there modified the look of theirs? can I see?show me the birds!!

Maddog · Feb 12, 2017

Ludi said:
So I'm an avid painter and am considering painting my bird. Anyone else out there modified the look of theirs? can I see?show me the birds!!

You mean like this?
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Blaze orange plastidip.

Chuck · Feb 12, 2017

Maddog said:
You mean like this?
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Blaze orange plastidip.

Showoff....

I have always really liked your orange bird.

Ludi · Feb 12, 2017

Nice! how does the plastids hold up? I would assume just fine since you keep your drone happy. I was thinking of a particular design. Yours looks really cool. Great job!

Harrel · Feb 12, 2017

After reading this thread and a neighbor telling me today my solo sounds like a swarm of bees, I'm going to have an artist friend of mine paint mine to look like a bumblebee as best he can. I'll post it when it's done.

Jameson · Feb 13, 2017

haha, nice

Maddog · Feb 13, 2017

Ludi said:
Nice! how does the plastids hold up? I would assume just fine since you keep your drone happy. I was thinking of a particular design. Yours looks really cool. Great job!

Thanks- it holds up very well. And I can peel it off if I want to change it.

Bowtech2 · Mar 18, 2017

We need to have a picture thread sticky just for pictures...

Maddog · Mar 19, 2017

Well, there is a forum for pics & vids.

Jameson · Mar 20, 2017

Maddog said:
You mean like this?
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Blaze orange plastidip.

you should try on with orange props

Maddog · Mar 20, 2017

Jameson said:
you should try on with orange props

I have a Syma X8 with different colored props. They spin too fast to see the color. Same with Solo.

Jameson · Mar 21, 2017

Maddog said:
I have a Syma X8 with different colored props. They spin too fast to see the color. Same with Solo.

Checkout this video from Cuzman, the props are quite visible

Cuzman said:
Another user posted this in another thread. You can see the orange props come into view a few seconds in. Yah, I think the black ones in front would be a bit less distracting if they came into view.

Maddog · Mar 21, 2017

Jameson said:
Checkout this video from Cuzman, the props are quite visible

How visable are they from the ground using your eyeballs? That's what I was referring to,

Jameson · Mar 21, 2017

Maddog said:
How visable are they from the ground using your eyeballs? That's what I was referring to,

You might be right. I haven't test that yet.

wcc963 · Mar 21, 2017

Haven't painted anything yet, but did wrap the face of the controller in a carbon fiber look vinyl. Will be looking to possibly wrap more of solo in the future.

Maddog · Mar 21, 2017

wcc963 said:
Haven't painted anything yet, but did wrap the face of the controller in a carbon fiber look vinyl. Will be looking to possibly wrap more of solo in the future. View attachment 5729

Somebody was selling those on eBay a while back. Looks great!

Was it hard to put on where did you get it how much did it cost?

wcc963 · Mar 24, 2017

Maddog said:
Somebody was selling those on eBay a while back. Looks great!

Was it hard to put on where did you get it how much did it cost?

I did it myself, I got the carbon vinyl from Amazon, it's $10 for a 1'x5' roll. The hardest part was the screen since there's nothing to really trace since it's flush. Everything else was easy to trace a quick template and then go over the edges with a sharp blade. Took about 30min, this was only the second thing I've ever wrapped so I'm sure it could be done faster. But go slow, make a template if possible and it'll be fine

wcc963 · Mar 24, 2017

Carbon vinyl I used Amazon.com: VVIVID XPO Black Carbon Fiber 5ft x 1ft Car Wrap Vinyl Roll with Air Release Technology: Automotive

Maddog · Mar 24, 2017

wcc963 said:
I did it myself, I got the carbon vinyl from Amazon, it's $10 for a 1'x5' roll. The hardest part was the screen since there's nothing to really trace since it's flush. Everything else was easy to trace a quick template and then go over the edges with a sharp blade. Took about 30min, this was only the second thing I've ever wrapped so I'm sure it could be done faster. But go slow, make a template if possible and it'll be fine

Great job- I thought it was cut out on a machine!