scottywilkes

Hey guys, just got my first clear lexan shell, its a proline crowd pleazer 2.0 for my associated Monster GT. Now i have to say trimming this thing is really hard i just found out lol, ive done it mainly with scissors as with the X acto i was using there so dam sharp it just wants to roam all over the place lol, plus it takes forever to cut through the thick lexan. Is there a special way to do it?

And now the paiting. I can only use tamiya paints, as thats all the LHS has. I got some paints but it sais for plastic, and im sure theres a version that is made for polycarbonate so im taking it back to get the right stuff. Now i want a simple 2 tone paintjob, that well will be simple, yet stand out.

Can anyone post any designs, and what colours go well, i would like white to be one of the colours as i think it looks good on RC bodies.

Thanks

RGX Blade

well maybe this link can help
there is some pics to gowith what is being done.......
soon there going to get a "Video" of the whole thing .....
check it out hope it can help

http://www.undergroundrc.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=101

scottywilkes

that looks cool, but it will be with spray cans, and i want to stick to a 2 colour paint job as its my first one. Any ideas on that, with main colur white?

chris_b4

your surposed to paint first then cut out but tamiya paint is fine make sure u wash the body inside and out with warm soapy water and rinse

scottywilkes

i find it easier to trim it first, that way i can see the lines, can see where i need to put the body holes etc, Any way it dosnt matter if it oversprays, ive still got my overspray film on it so its fine. So any paint designs? Using white as main colour

Snaggles

I need help too. I have a nitro rustler body (stock style), clear lexan. The way I understand it, you have to paint the inside, right? Well how the hell and I supposed to make kickass designs that way? Should I just accept that it's incredibly difficult and time-consuming? I did a ****ty job cutting it out anyway...

RGX Blade

well, there are some tricks many use carried over from "Automotive Painters"
i know ths will sound crazy but the painting is "Easy" the Preping is the hard part....
once preped.....honestly the painting is the lest of the harder parts...
except for the shading andcolors that just tkes "Practice"

Beasley1

These make it alot eaiser to trim out the body.
[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/Lexan-Scissors-Curved-Tip-Futaba-JR_W0QQitemZ260000405471QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotoho sting]http://cgi.ebay.com/Lexan-Scissors-Curved-Tip-Futaba-JR_W0QQitemZ260000405471QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotoho sting[/link]

y7deluxe

I don't know about other types of bodies, but with tamiya bodies, I just take a sharp knife (I use a carpet knife with a fresh blade) and run it along the cut lines. Then I bend it and it snaps off with a perfect cut line... much better than any job I've seen done with scissors.