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crazydave wrote:
VooDooMafia wrote:Yea the flamess is a nice job.

I take it you would have to precut the flames so you dont mess up the base coat of paint
Yeah I cut the flames on glass. I made a tutorial a little while back. Check it out, you can use this technique for just about any graphic.
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I will dude

I will also post the outcome for yeaa but yea thats something I gonna try fo sho
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Hog,

I like that z car, what wheels are on that?
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its sittin on a 5$ thunder charger chassis.
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crazydave wrote:
VooDooMafia wrote:Yea the flamess is a nice job.

I take it you would have to precut the flames so you dont mess up the base coat of paint
Yeah I cut the flames on glass. I made a tutorial a little while back. Check it out, you can use this technique for just about any graphic.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/artic ... =21&catId=

That tutorial rocks the house CD... I'll be trying that.


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hogjowlz wrote:its sittin on a 5$ thunder charger chassis.
Damn, I gots to find me some of them $5 thunder chargers. No Big lots stores around here though!
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I also gotta try that.. though i need some paint.. what paint are you using dave? it just looks so metallic.. or is just metal chassis?

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dave uses duplicolor. walmart has it in the auto section. its pretty good paint. so is plastikote.
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Yep what Hog said, but I think I should mention that I think the Plasti-Cote Candy Clear helps bring out the metallics. Also if your talking about the Red I've been using, that's a pearl color. It looks great when the light hits it.
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Duplicolor is a brand?
In Denmark, we have fredensborg indkøbscentral.. lol.. that's danish..!
I think i can get Tamiya in Den.. If that's good enough?

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fredensborg indkøbscentral you say? Hmmmm :???: Nope don't think I've seen that around here. :lol:

Ok, here's a quick explanation of spray paints. The stuff you get in the hardware section it usually Acrylic Enamel. Model paints are usually Acrylic Enamel. Automotive touch up paints are almost always Acrylic Laquer.

Krylon is a brand of enamel that they sell in the hardware section, and Duplicolor is a Krylon brand of laquer that they would sell in the automotive section.

So anyways long story short, Tamiya is a model company so their paint is more than likely enamel. I wouldn't know what brands are Laquer over in Europe, but I heard one of the German guys mention using Opel paint, or maybe it was just an Opel color, I don't know, but hopefully that all made some sense.
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lol, i dont what i would do to my self if i saw one :D
Anyway.. Thanks for the help to all of you!

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Tamiya is the shizznit, that's all I use.
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Do you guys prime your bodies? If so what kind of primer is best?
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yea I primer all my bodies.
and it depends on the paint job as to what primer I use.
obviously the lighter color of primer you use, the brighter the paint on top of it will be.
typically I use white, grey, deep maroon, or black.
and the brands I use are Tamiya and Painter's Touch by Rust-oleum
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CaboWabo wrote:Tamiya is the shizznit, that's all I use.
Cabo, your paint jobs are sweet. Smooth and shiny! :cool:
Do you use Tamiya spray can or bottle and an airbrush?

The reason I ask is that I've been having a problem airbrushing Tamiya. I can't get a consistant spray. Sometimes it's just right, other times it's too thick/thin causing "orange peel" texture. Might have to do with humidity and not the paint. :? Don't know...

Anyone have the same prob???
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