basic custom paint

first of all, thanks to those of you who gave suggestions on how to strip paint on models, it worked a treat.
so i thought id give something back!!!
this was all done in about 10 hours today using auto acrylic paints and an airbrush...

primed body shell ready for wet sanding using 1200 grit wet and dry...

base colour applied

3/4 tape and 2'' tape are great for free hand designs...

an old glass breadboard is great for cutting your mask, and also mirroring your design. cut your first pattern then turn glass over and hold into light, revealing your patterns opposite direction...

be sure to mask propperly if using an airbrush, overspray will get into every gap TRUST ME LOL

white paint aplied, i proceed to mask some more...

fine line tape is great for 1.1 but not so for scale, so i applied my paint directly from above to limit bleeding through. remember with an airbrush, light coats will help achieve colour desired with minimal build up along the edge of the tape

tape removed, not a great deal of bleed through and its dry ready for a quik sanding with scotchbrite

i was attempting some flames here but found them awkward to handle after removing them from the glass ( i will definetly try them again soon ) but it gives you a hint of where im coming from here lol

i ended up with a striped pattern instead, and its all masked up for some more paint

i also made a small template with clear A4 sheet, a great product for making your own templates



its all done, now all thats left is a final sand ( 3200 grit to feather the edges ) and plenty of clear so all edges can be polished out smooth...

hope someone finds this of some use!!!

Sweet yankie scheme man! you are fast becoming a gun with that airbrush!!

Well described tj - thanks for your photos. That's a ripper of a colour scheme too.

Very cool TJ - thanks for sharing.

Nice paint tutorial tj. That is going to be one nasty Stang .

Awesome stuff TJ. I will definately have to give something like this a go one day..

cheers

thanks guys!!! the stang has been hit with clear and polished up and WOW its smooth. il post pics up when its done...

heres the finished product...



i also used 5% window tint to replace the side and rear glass...

Wow !! nice paint Todd, that's a tough looking pony. Also thanks for the tip, I never thought about using tint for windows! how thick is it? & I hope your making plans to bring this and some of your others to Autochamps in September!!

That looks awesome Todd. You definitely build the toughest model cars in Australia!

What's this window tint to which you refer?

The paint turned out realy sharp, very nice my hat is off to you.

John

Awesome tj. I hope you have got your own oil refinery with all these monsters you build .