painting panels

[DougStar]

What color ,all I see is black & white!....

White is the tape?? I'll do the rest tomorrow as my metallic black was a tad short???

 

[Z.hb71]

White is the tape?? I'll do the rest tomorrow as my metallic black was a tad short???

get er done!!!

 

[cbaker65]

White is the tape?? I'll do the rest tomorrow as my metallic black was a tad short???

LOL.....I am a painter ,I know what that is on there ,I just know that I don't see no pigment!....

 

[DougStar]

K cool just putting it out there??
When y paint lexan bodys you start with the dark colors first then the lighter ones last

LOL.....I am a painter ,I know what that is on there ,I just know that I don't see no pigment!....

 

[cbaker65]

K cool just putting it out there??
When y paint lexan bodys you start with the dark colors first then the lighter ones last

That's just it ,I don't paint RC bodies ,I am a house painter!....LOL

But ,I am not sure how that works ,if you get a dark color over the light ,then it may darken your light color ,like white or silver ,
or perhap your metalic red maybe a deeper red than you anticipated!

 

[DougStar]

That just it ??

That's just it ,I don't paint RC bodies ,I am a house painter!....LOL

But ,I am not sure how that works ,if you get a dark color over the light ,then it may darken your light color ,like white or silver ,
or perhap your metalic red maybe a deeper red than you anticipated!

 

[cbaker65]

That just it ??

After thinking about it ,you do your dark color first ,then peel your mask an do the light color ,if you get the light color
on the dark color ,it wont show!

 

[mark35]

Metallic red?? I cut a line to give the red a silver outline ? GWAD hope I pull it off???

Nice.. ??

 

[DougStar]

I'll peel a strip I cut along the edge of the flames?? spray silver?? then peel main part of the flame spray red?? then spray silver over red ?? then black over all?? done

 

[cbaker65]

I'll peel a strip I cut along the edge of the flames?? spray silver?? then peel main part of the flame spray red?? then spray silver over red ?? then black over all?? done

If you had an extra piece of lexan ,you can try it out first on a piece of scrap ,I know that they also can use a backer type
stuff over the paint to protect it as well!

 

[1Coopgt]

I'll peel a strip I cut along the edge of the flames?? spray silver?? then peel main part of the flame spray red?? then spray silver over red ?? then black over all?? done

Take your time painting the panels . You only get one chance to get it right . Z can wait ,he's got the rest of his life ahead of him.

 

[crucialRC]

Almost there Doug??

 

[DougStar]

You only get one chance to get it right

Lol I only re drew the flames about 3 times?? but now that the first color is down there is no turning back. Now it must be finished asap??

 

[Seandonato73]

Pit white over the silver first so it pops. Then peel and do the red. If you red over silver the silver stands a good chance of having a red tint..... I speak from experience ?

 

[DougStar]

What I should is paint red then silver but......silver is only 1mm and in places 2mm?? hard to cut same same all round?? so don't want to peel red first

 

[Seandonato73]

That's why I said to put some white over your silver before you do red. the red shouldn't come through. When I did my bronco body for my terra crusher I had this idea to recreate the silver trim on the body. Painted the rest candy apple red metallic. The silver had a red tint. Ended up scrapping the body as it drove me nuts. Guy at my lhs told me I should have sprayed white over the silver before i did the red so the red didnt come through the silver.

 

[DougStar]

K I'll test run it before I pull the trigger??
The silver is not a metallic just regular silver

 

[Seandonato73]

I was using spaz stix paint. Was the first time I used it. Now I back most colors with a solid backer before moving on to the next color. Then back the whole thing... makes me think I have a body for my savage that needs painted

 

[Z.hb71]

Take your time painting the panels . You only get one chance to get it right . Z can wait ,he's got the rest of his life ahead of him.

Well Doug doesn't so he should hurry up for his own sake???

 

[DougStar]

Here is a piece I did from the off cuts from my kit?? black first then silver then red??
If it comes out like this I'll be happy