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Love the blue! Bet it looks better in real life. First time huh? Could you post what you did and how? I’ll be trying to do one myself soon so am reading up on it.My old shell has taken a bit of a bashing so I thought I’d have a go at painting one for myself. I think it’s turned out pretty good
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You did perfect man! I’ve seen a lot of videos and read on more than one technique. You added a few common sense things that I missed before. Like the thickness of the spray coat almost being see-through and adding the silver in between. Those I had missed in previous videos and things. Thanks man I greatly appreciate it! This is for my stepdaughter, I ordered a jeep gladiator clear body to fix up her Arrma Voltage with. We’re going to paint it pink…it’s gonna be a very pink jeep.Turned out great @brettjun blue's my favorite color so definitely love the color choice. @Velodromed just look up some YouTube videos on painting lexan bodies that's what I did before painting mine. A couple tips I'd give is make sure to wash body good with like dawn dish soap first, take your time prepping any masking to make sure it lays down right and won't cause bleeds. When spraying make super light coats I mean like you can hardly see them light coats. I really like the spaz stick paints and they have a lot of great colors. After applying a good 4 light coats give it all a good look over for any light spots like cracks and corners. For lighter colors get a white backer to brighten them up for darker use black backer. If you go with spaz stix any of the candy colors you need to do light coats of main color then couple light coats of silver metallic then main color again and then backer. Like I said check out YouTube and even search painting with spaz stix there's some good videos for reference.
No problem man nice post some pics when it's all done, bet she loves it!You did perfect man! I’ve seen a lot of videos and read on more than one technique. You added a few common sense things that I missed before. Like the thickness of the spray coat almost being see-through and adding the silver in between. Those I had missed in previous videos and things. Thanks man I greatly appreciate it! This is for my stepdaughter, I ordered a jeep gladiator clear body to fix up her Arrma Voltage with. We’re going to paint it pink…it’s gonna be a very pink jeep.
Of course i will explain what I did. I marked out what I wanted on the outside with a marker pen. Easily removed if it’s not what you like after marking it out. I then used a flake as my first coat. Then I taped along the lines I’ve marked out. On the inside of the body. Once happy with what I wanted. I taped off the purple areas as I didn’t want that coming out blue. I then put blue over the flake. A couple of good coats of it. Then after the blue had dried I put purple over the back of it. What you see is what it came out like. Make sure the edges of the tape are stuck down or the paint will bleed underneath the tape. I know this as my other body I’ve done has bled under the tape and it don’t look great. To make it stronger and more robust for me to crash (happens a lot). I used some mesh then a flexible rubber type stuff over the mesh. Which does really help In keeping the body in one piece. If you need anymore questions answering I’m sure I can help.Love the blue! Bet it looks better in real life. First time huh? Could you post what you did and how? I’ll be trying to do one myself soon so am reading up on it.
Thanks! Just one silly question…what is flake?Of course i will explain what I did. I marked out what I wanted on the outside with a marker pen. Easily removed if it’s not what you like after marking it out. I then used a flake as my first coat. Then I taped along the lines I’ve marked out. On the inside of the body. Once happy with what I wanted. I taped off the purple areas as I didn’t want that coming out blue. I then put blue over the flake. A couple of good coats of it. Then after the blue had dried I put purple over the back of it. What you see is what it came out like. Make sure the edges of the tape are stuck down or the paint will bleed underneath the tape. I know this as my other body I’ve done has bled under the tape and it don’t look great. To make it stronger and more robust for me to crash (happens a lot). I used some mesh then a flexible rubber type stuff over the mesh. Which does really help In keeping the body in one piece. If you need anymore questions answering I’m sure I can help.
I figure it’s a type of paint? Or is it something that helps accent the paint?Thanks! Just one silly question…what is flake?
It's a type of paint that has metal flake in it to give a like sparkle effect or like a metallic effect.Thanks! Just one silly question…what is flake?
I figure it’s a type of paint? Or is it something that helps accent the paint?
Got it. Thanks!!It's a type of paint that has metal flake in it to give a like sparkle effect or like a metallic effect.
That white is just soooo clean looking!!Looks great, I've recently done my first body too, have a look at this thread, some great tips and tricks Thread 'OK, never painted before, tips please' https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/ok-never-painted-before-tips-please.39999/
Here's my body
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Tamiya ps-53. It’s a paint that has loads of particles of metal flake in it. This is the flake backed with black. Just plain old black.Thanks! Just one silly question…what is flake?
I figure it’s a type of paint? Or is it something that helps accent the paint?
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