first time painter

[Mickey]

heres a few shots of my first attempt at painting a body, turned out not to bad . i'll fix the paint imperfections with a few well placed scratches lol. also a few pics of a custom skid plate for the xl chassis . custom made by a friend who works in a machine shop.

skid plate

 

[Jeremy]

Nice Fade paint job

 

[Mickey]

thanks at the very least the duct tape can go lol

 

[Keithv]

Mickey that looks great. Did you use regular rattle cans to paint it? I want to try a fade but I wasnt sure how it was going to come out.

 

[Mickey]

its definatly a rattle can special . ijust laid a piece of cardboard over the body to give me the fade line

 

[Larsenracing]

Very nice work. I love the colors together and a great fade job as well. A++++

 

[xtremsavage]

It looks preety good to me. Another way to do rattle can fades is to mark on the outside of the body (on the protective film or course) where and how wide you want the fade to be. Then spray one color first. Spray heavier where it's gonna be that solid color and lightly where the fade is gonna be. Once that dries, do the other color the same way as the first. Heavy where the color is solid and light where the fade is. Do a couple coats that way and it'll turn out good also. Here's an example of the one I did.

Roof

Side with camera flash turned off

Side with camera flash turned on

Same side with camera flash different angle

 

[Bankrupter]

Thread jack lol... Both look sweet guys keep up the nice stuff!!!

 

[frddyj]

mickey sick paint & did you say that it is your first paint job? came out killer

 

[Shaun]

great work!! hope my first paint job comes out that well lol

 

[Mickey]

thanks all first time painting an rc body i have painted 1:1 before but it a completely diff process

 

[thrasher6]

Great job both of you...I really like the fade paint jobs. Thanks for your input with the cardboard idea, too. Maybe I'll attempt that next time. I did the other way last time and it worked pretty well (with what limited abilities I have...lol)!!

 

[xtremsavage]

Thread jack lol... Both look sweet guys keep up the nice stuff!!!

HaHa. I wasn't tryin to jack his thread. I was just giving other members another option to doin a rattle can fade. It just so happened that I had examples to go along with it. So there Mister. :resp: 😛nclsmilie:

 

[Keithv]

Nice work xtrem. I love the color choices too. It blends really well. I'm going to try that on the extra shell I have. I just need to pick the right colors.

 

[xtremsavage]

Alright guys, remember this is mickey's thread and not mine. Although I do appreciate the comments. Those pics were only posted as an example to the fade method I used.

 

[Mickey]

if we are all talkin about paint no need to worry who is talkin to who gives me ideas for the next paint job

 

[rc ch]

Mickey Ftw!!!!!!

 

[xll-SavageX-llx]

Very nice bodies and great job for the first time...
Will the GT GIGANTE fit with the FLM EXT tvp's w/o re-drilling the body holes ?

 

[Mickey]

no it wont brandon i had to move the rear holes forward 1/2 an inch

 

[texasavage]

Old thread, but great job on the fade!

 

[xll-SavageX-llx]

no it wont brandon i had to move the rear holes forward 1/2 an inch

ok thanks Mickey i guess ill keep my stock savage x body till it falls apart (again) LOL