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RC Car Graphics Skull Sheet

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

I have been into radio control cars for most of my life.  Naturally I guess since I am so involved with full size vehicles.  Seems I can leave nothing alone after buying it.  I am the guy who chops up a new car just to make it look different.  The same goes for rc cars, rc buggy, and rc rock crawlers.  One way to make a rc size wraps.  The sheets pictured below are not cut to fit any certain body.  The graphic area is 16 inches by 16 inches.  You can cut and fit the graphic to your rc body, controller, charger, tool box, or what ever else you can get it to fit on.

The Skull Pattern graphic is printed on 3M Controltac Vinyl and laminated to protect the vinyl.  This is the same vinyl we use to wrap full size race cars, and race trailers.  The vinyl is very easy to install.  With a little heat you can get it to conform around curves.

The sheets sell for $19.99 each. (plus shipping)

We are working to get our online store up.  In the mean time you can still order.  Contact us using the contact page.  We will provide you with out paypal address.

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Vinyl Graphics for Red Bull Rock Crawlers

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

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Dustin and Becca Webster from the Red Bull Rock Crawlers have become great friends over the years. In 2006 I had the opportunity to build them a new and improved competition rock crawler at my former business Blue Torch FabWorks.  Rob “Bender” Park was working for me at the time and was the lead guy on the project.  Bender did an awesome job working with Dustin to get them what they wanted.

The graphics on the crawler were for the most part printed.  The only elements that were simple vinyl cut letters are the driver and spotter name stickers.  Red Bull sent over the official files to print the Red Bull.  Please do not send an email asking for the files because I can not share them with you.

dsc_3006The entire project was a lot of fun.  Even going down to a local dealership to take pictures for the fake tail lights I printed.  If you look close in the artwork you will see a picture of bender holding his hand out with a flame on it.  I decided to put Benders face in the tail light as a little way of saying thanks for all of the effort in helping this project come together.  In the above picture you can see the Blue Torch Fab logo hidden in the other printed tail light wrap.

Check out the pics.  Post a comment below if you want to know more. Visit Blue Torch Fab for more information on the shop.  I sold the business in September 2009 and no longer build rock crawlers as a business.  The new owner, Jason, will be more than happy to assist you if you are looking to have a rock crawler built.

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Do It Right Lawn Care Truck Wrap

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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Do It Right Lawn Care Truck Wrap

Do It Right Lawn Care based out of Dothan, Alabama recently contacted me about wrapping a “new to them” truck to advertise their business.  After discussing the many options from plain vinyl cut lettering to a full vinyl wrap it was clear a wrap was the direction we would take.  The owner of the company is a long time friend of mine.  I suggested to him a few ways to use the wrap to make money and keep over all cost down.

On the bottom 1/3 of the wrap I suggested he sell advertising space.  The truck is highly visible around town and the space does have value.  I broke the ad area up into three sections.  The large ad space would sell for more than the smaller ones.  I told him to go out and talk to people he knows about buying the ad space on a one year agreement.  So far he has two of the ad spaces sold and the wrap cost nearly covered.  If the advertiser decides not to renew we can simply put a new ad over the old one. This is a creative way to wrap your company vehicle and save on your advertising budget.  If you decide to do this make certain the advertiser does not overpower your message.  After all you are wanting to spread the word about your company to increase your bottom line.  This option may not be right for all companies.

The design of this wrap has purpose.  The Do It Right Lawn  Care section was placed high and bold on the truck side.  When parked in a parking lot with cars next to the truck the wrap will still be clearly seen.  After all the main purpose of this vehicle wrap is to Advertise Do It Right Lawn Care.  The Do It Right banner covers the entire side panel of the truck to make it very easy to read from a long distance.

UPDATE:

The wrap was installed yesterday.  Over all the project turned out great.  We are going to print a wrap for the front part of the box on the truck.  In the beginning the owner did not want to wrap it to keep the project cost a little lower.  After the installation was completed the owner decided to move forward.

We will be printing the advertisements for the side of the truck over the next couple of weeks.  Three ads will be placed on each side of the truck.  I will update the post once the ads are installed.

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Below is a video taken with my iPhone using a free service from QIK.com.  Qik allows you to stream video live direct from many different cell phones to the web. It is a lot like having a mobile web camera in your pocket at all times.  Check them out.  It is free to use.  Click HERE for a link to my upload page.

If you need a wrap designed for your business feel free to call or email.  We can work up a custom design using your company logo along with any pictures you may want to use to highlight your products or services.

Categories : Wraps
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