Brush painted EVO

MotorGong · Post by **MotorGong** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:57 am

Now I'm torn. I like it both ways, with AND without the decals.

I see you put my favorite number on it, 5!!
That's great, I'll PM ya my address and you can ship it to me at your earliest convience.

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:08 am

OK, I am gonna be straight up honest w/ you sat. While reading this thread I was thinking wow not a bad ride, I raelly dug the hot rims and agreed w/ Hue in that you should paint a bright stripe to make it bling. Then you went the total opposite way and I was thinking wow, that's a suprise but still lookin tight. Over all tho I felt the tires and rims didn't fit the shell becase it looked like a soccer mom color on Rally Shoes.

Then you went and did this

HANDS FUCKIN DOWN your best shell yet IMO! It went from oh nice somone else that can hand paint, not to bad. To Good lord that's a insanly tight rally car. Love it, absolutly love it.

©Crazy Dave LTD

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:23 am

I know what you mean there Finks.... I had no planned idea on how I was gonna go with it. Couldn't make up my mind. Then after all the pimps input I just googled for some rally car pics and saw which way I needed to go.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:14 pm

Seeing it in the sun I'm doubly amazed how smooth that painy came out.

You said you used water based Testors. You talking about that Acryl stuff? Did you thin it? What kind of brush you using. I gotta know.

I gotta go off track for a sec. You know Finks is all surprised by the direction you went, but that's exactly whats so great. There is no real right or wrong, its all a matter of taste and opinions. You could have offset the chrome rims somehow, and went a different direction. That's what makes it interesting, we could all take the same body, and no 2 woudd come out exactly the same.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:25 pm

Finks wrote:HANDS FUCKIN DOWN your best shell yet IMO! It went from oh nice somone else that can hand paint, not to bad. To Good lord that's a insanly tight rally car. Love it, absolutly love it. ©Crazy Dave LTD

yep.

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:59 pm

Hey cd this is what I used to paint it. I got it at wallys though. I used the small brush for it. I didn't thin it out either.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:52 pm

sat4life27 wrote:Hey cd this is what I used to paint it. I got it at wallys though. I used the small brush for it. I didn't thin it out either.

Damn, I'm amazed. that's the same stuff that goes on all thick and globby for me. I must get stuff that been sitting on the shelf too long or something.

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:10 pm

crazydave wrote:
sat4life27 wrote:Hey cd this is what I used to paint it. I got it at wallys though. I used the small brush for it. I didn't thin it out either.
Damn, I'm amazed. that's the same stuff that goes on all thick and globby for me. I must get stuff that been sitting on the shelf too long or something.

Do you shake/mix the paint well 1st CD? Sounds basic and all but that's all I have done in the past. Grab a crap shell and experiment!

DarkTari · Post by **DarkTari** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:31 pm

Man that turned out better than I expected! I started searching for some Rally cars to post with my reply but ran outta time. You did EXACTLY what I would've done to complete it. The right decals in the right places!
Dat Biatch Is Slammin

Kudos Pimp

Oh Yeah, forgot.... That Silver along the bottom tied it all together!

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:47 am

Thanks again pimps for your suggestions.

I modded the chassis today. I had 3 1/4 cells for the Zap SE in her but they must have got damaged or something cuz they only held a charge for like 1 min or so. I had a little boat that wouldn't stay afloat so I tore it apart and found a nice little 2 cell pack (120mah 1/3 GP batts) and 2 white endbell motors. Got to thinking and decided I wanted to use it all and this is what I ended up with. Got the slicks on her for ridin around town...

HACHI-RYOKU · Post by **HACHI-RYOKU** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:45 pm

Damn sweet ride dude. That stripe at bottom really did the trick.

evoraptor · Post by **evoraptor** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:30 pm

I started searching for some Rally cars to post with my reply but ran outta time.

well there you go, but this ones red , crazy arse paint job, lovin' it!

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:42 pm

Believe it or not that is the exact pic I got the idea for the silver stripe on the bottom.

ynad · Post by **ynad** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:15 am

Tight and simple. that's the way to go. love it.
BTW, kids, watch and learn.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:40 am

I picked up some of those paints you pointed me to, Sats.

They're only $3.50, compared to the sets with the bottles (I think

, that are like $9. Its even called the "value set".

They come in a cool interlocking plastic trays, with a tray for mixing, and a wash basin. Pretty damn cool for the price.

These paints are waaaay thinner than what I'm used to. I think that explains alot. Also I checked the label, and the stuff I got is Acrylic Enamel. Requires thinner to clean up. This stuff is water based acrylic. Makes it really easy to work with. I experimented a little, and the silver layed a little thin, but the black worked excellent to touch up a couple blemishes on a body I just got. Layed smooth and glossy.

Thanks for turning me on to these.