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Post by flathead51 on Jan 11, 2008 20:02:55 GMT -5
Great lookin El Camino!!!
Man those scallops are tight!
Would you mind sharing your technique?
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Post by Canada Jeff on Jan 14, 2008 15:11:44 GMT -5
I did the scallops using the "paint it backwards" technique:
First I sprayed the body white. Then I used the skinniest tape I could find to lay out the scallops. Then I sprayed the red, and brush-painted liquid masking film over the red inside the scallops, and sprayed the whole thing black. As you peel away the masking material, it's red under the liquid mask film, and white under the tape. Clear the whole thing to bring the gloss back to the red and white, and help even out the paint thicknesses. (Obviously - allow enough drying time in between each of these steps)
There are probably smarter and easier ways, but I tend to approach every problem with a sledgehammer.
Glad you guys like it!
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Post by HotRodTom on Jan 14, 2008 18:19:26 GMT -5
Well Jeff, if that is your sledgehammer approach, keep swingin', baby! Great idea to a hard to apply paint job. There is always an easier way to skin cats. I like your method, and it certainly makes sense to me. Not everybody has steady enough hands to apply stripe to those little scallops, so this is the easiest that I have seen so far! (And I stripe!!!)
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Post by modeler on Jan 16, 2008 13:16:25 GMT -5
I sure do like it. The scallops are what caught my eye, and my eyes really wander. And thanks for the how to on painting them. I'm a real sucker for scallops. Again I like alot, thanks for sharing it.
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Post by flathead51 on Jan 16, 2008 13:45:51 GMT -5
Cool! Thanks for sharing your scallop tip. Im gonna try that soon!
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Post by bobcat on Jan 16, 2008 16:15:51 GMT -5
if thats secand fiddle i wanna see the good stuff
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