First paint job & decals

[61impalaron]

Well, had a body for my savage I thought I try painting the outside instead of messing with the inside. Got the decals off by heating with hair dryer.Used scotchbrite on the outside. About 5 coats of Krylon Fusion Royal Blue. Wet sanded it and buffed out by hand, and added decals. Ended up costing around $10 and about 8hrs. of work. I didn't think it turn out to bad for my first try.

 

[Jam Racing 1]

Looks good, but the problem I have seen with painting the outside is the nice paint job will get all scraped up in a crash, I am not sure if the krylon is designed to flex like most RC paints are, if not it will probably flake off in bug chunks...
Long time ago i had a buddy who painted his onroad shell on the outside and when he raced it one hit on the wall and most all his paint was left on the track

 

[timatworksg]

It may stay on a little longer since you scotchbrite the surface first so the paint has something to bite into. If you painted an untreated glossy smooth surface then even a slight flex would probably flake a chunk off.
But nice job nonetheless! I was contemplating on doing similar to some olde shells I have but use them as shelf queens and pre-painted bodies for bashing.
If the paint does flake and get scraped off...you could always do a shelf queen body for display as an alternative. Put some lights and a 9v battery and light up the room in the night...lol!

 

[rcnut14]

Yea, I wouldn't of painted it on the outside, but it still looks good!

 

[61impalaron]

Yea, I wouldn't of painted it on the outside, but it still looks good!

Yea, I wouldn't of painted it on the outside, but it still looks good!

Yeah, haven't decided if i'll run with it on or not. I have two more bodies. One of them beat to hell, Gravedigger not in to bad shape.
I used to own a small detail shop and did a lot of wet sanding & buffing out new paint jobs. I tried to buff the top of this with my dremel on slow speed with the polishing pads. Ended up burning some of the paint off so I had to redo the top. At least I know now.

 

[Greg]

Not bad at all Ron. Hope the paint hangs on for ya. The scotch brite first should help it bite in. Just don't hit anything or turn over, no problem!

 

[Jeremy83]

lovely paint job. really looks nice.