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Man that thing is sweet, love the color combo. And this next one is shaping up to be another awesome color combo. You did a great job. Now if I can find a body to fit my senton correctly, other than the flotek body.
I thought most Slash bodies would fit? Or a body designed to fit the Slash? I don't have a Senton but I think the dimensions are similar.
 
It's a short course truck, most SCT bodies should fit (mount placement may be an issue).
 
I've started number two...?
And now number three, four and five are in the mail...?

This is getting addictive ? why has the weather over here been so nice now for two plus weeks..!! Damn you England your costing me a fortune..?
 
Slight side project but it goes with one of the upcoming bodies..??

I really needed some gold wheels, couldn't get any so here's a quick painting and masking job..?
Spent over an hour with a scotch brite keying these up so the paint will stick to them..??

Painted with Tamiya TS-21 and uses my masterpiece wheel spray booth tool too..??
Hobbyknox 3mm Fineline tape soft green, it's good at corners.. also used some 19mm regular tape

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The masterpiece wheel spray booth tool...???
My Makita drill in a box with an old paintbrush handle in the chuck..!!! Easiest way to get all the nooks and crannies ???

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Edit: they weren't spinning that fast when painting..?
 
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Slight side project but it goes with one of the upcoming bodies..??

I really needed some gold wheels, couldn't get any so here's a quick painting and masking job..?
Spent over an hour with a scotch brite keying these up so the paint will stick to them..??

Painted with Tamiya TS-21 and uses my masterpiece wheel spray booth tool too..??
Hobbyknox 3mm Fineline tape soft green, it's good at corners.. also used some 19mm regular tape

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The masterpiece wheel spray booth tool...???
My Makita drill in a box with an old paintbrush handle in the chuck..!!! Easiest way to get all the nooks and crannies ???

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Edit: they weren't spinning that fast when painting..?
Can you make a jig to spin my Jeep when I spray the headlights ?????
 
Well I'm back, 4 months later..???

Time to post up some of the bodies I completed during lockdown..??
Less reading this time as a body is a body, same principle for most..?

Paint used is Tamiya PS-5 Black, PS-16 Metallic Blue, PS-41 Bright Silver, PS-31 Smoke, PS-55 Flat Clear

Started to mark out some key points..

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Liquid mask and normal masking tape..??
DeltaPlastik bodies have some of the worse decals I've ever seen or used ( I didn't use mine except for the lights )
I won't ever be doing this amount of masking ever again..???

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That's the blue done..??

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Now onto the 1st backing color, bright silver..?

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Time to remove some of the tape, leaving the liquid mask in place..?

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Lastly onto the final backing of black..?

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Removed the liquid mask and smoked the windows..? had to mask the front screen again..
Black and then flat clear on the outside to highlight the vents and front grills..

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All done ?
My homage to the great Colin McRae the finest Subara rally driver of all time..??

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Infraction, this time..?

Thought I'd have a try at marbling..?

Paint used PS-5 Black, PS-41Bright Silver , PS-40 Translucent Pink, PS-55 Flat Clear
Masked off the bed on the inside so I could paint black later, cut out the bed protective film then did the outside with flat clear...

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I used the "put a plastic bag on your hand method and spray the paint on that" then dabble it onto the car..?

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So, I did pink then silver then another pink and then silver again..?

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Bed masking removed, ready for the final backing of black..
I wasn't liking what it looked like at this stage..? but I continued anyway..

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There goes the black coat ( this body is big and it used so much paint, 7 tins in total if I remember correctly..!! )

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After the protective film was removed and roll bar was fitted..? now I'm liking it "a lot"...
I just wish you could all see it in the flesh as it's much more marbley and bright than these photo's do it justice..?

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One lesson I learned was, I wish I'd done all the cutting first on the rear end before I'd painted it..?

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Man, you're good at this, very good execution and nicely illustrated! ?
 
This one's cheating because it's not an Arrma ? it is a Horizon Hobbies product though..? I'll try keep this one real short..

Paint this time... Tamiya PS-55 Flat Clear, PS-31 Smoke, PS-53 Lame Flake, PS-37 Translucent Red, PS-13 Gold....

Masked inside roof and one thin coat of lame flake.. ( should be called mega flake because it's certainly not lame..?? )

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Next translucent red...?

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Then 2 coats of gold, normally you would back the translucent colors with bright silver but I wanted to try something different ?

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The gold made the red very deep in color with a sort of orangey hue..?

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You can sort of see the flake here ? in direct sunlight it's amazing looking..?

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Lastly backed the whole thing with black, that's when the magic happened..?

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As before, cut and peel the protective film on the roof and then apply flat clear..!!
All the panel gaps painted with a matt paint pen..? ( painted by Mrs BashingBrian..!! fine details are not my strong point, old eyes ??? )

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Interior, again painted by Mrs BashingBrian..!! and my minion x wild willy driver.. ???

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All done..??

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( I was keeping real busy during lockdown ? )
 
Finally got round to finishing this one..??
Only 2 colors this time.. Tamiya PS-57, PS-5

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First of two coats of base color..

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Second coat..??

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Onto the black backing coat..

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Finished, just need to remove the protective film..?

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Added a small carbon fiber side panel ?

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Less is more on the decals, it changes color so much in the sun it's awesome..?

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So there you have it, all done for now..!!

I've 2 bodies left, so stay tuned..???
 
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