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Old 02-21-2008, 02:12 PM
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How do you like this paint job.
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Old 02-21-2008, 02:15 PM
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What did you use as paint mask?
Old 02-21-2008, 02:17 PM
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looks nice bro, guess i dont have to paint a body for you now
Old 02-21-2008, 02:17 PM
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I used painter tape if thats what your asking.
Old 02-21-2008, 02:25 PM
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Yeah my brother inlaw did it right here at work
Old 02-21-2008, 07:10 PM
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Not bad. A few flaws but it still looks good.
Old 02-21-2008, 08:17 PM
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a few flaws??????? stop it. it looks pretty dam good.
Old 02-21-2008, 08:21 PM
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Not bad. A few flaws but it still looks good.

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Old 02-21-2008, 08:50 PM
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nice shell....
Old 02-22-2008, 06:15 PM
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Thanks dude.
Old 02-22-2008, 06:23 PM
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Great job man, I love the color combo!
Old 02-22-2008, 06:53 PM
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Car looks good![sm=thumbs_up.gif]
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thanks guy i have another one to paint when it come.
Old 02-22-2008, 08:36 PM
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Lookin' good. What kind of paint did you use? What colors?
Old 02-23-2008, 12:42 PM
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'sweet'
Old 02-23-2008, 02:12 PM
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Great Job! I have an idea for you for the Next one. Try using some some graphic stripping tape as an accent color. Put it where the 2 main colors come together. The stripe will mask any imperfections caused by Bleeding or Masking. Plus you get that all important THIRD color for your paint scheme. Here is a link.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXB296&P=7
Old 02-24-2008, 12:32 AM
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i like the color scheme and body and probably did about as good a job as i could do, but i would deffinitly try some different tape, painters tape is not the best for spray paint. shoot when i painted my walls in the house the paint came down in there some how.
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can you paint a body anyway besides a spray gun???
Old 02-24-2008, 01:21 AM
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spray paint can, airbrushing stuff...i dont think it would look very good if you used a brush
Old 02-24-2008, 01:25 AM
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spray paint can, airbrushing stuff...i dont think it would look very good if you used a brush
what kinda spray paint can i use. i know it has to be somthing that has flew in it. latex based???. i dont have a freakin clue when it comes to painting. i would like to experiament a little tho. the nice thing is, with these r/c bodys, if you mess up, just try again. its easy to remove the paint
Old 02-24-2008, 01:28 AM
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i just use regular spray paint, get it from walmart or where ever. you can go to a hobby store and get model paint, it probably works a little better, i think it is thinner but i dont know. i just use the cheap stuff, works fine for me.
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Listen let me see you do better then you can talk.
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