minimadster

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Hey guys, ive painted 2 of my own bodies for my rc10t3. The paint it self looks good, but i cant get that homemade look out of it. Ive been looking around at all these custom bodies and they have these nice clean cuts and the look good enough to have come from a factory. So what id like to know is, are there tools that help with the cleaner cuts? Are there better technics that i could follow? Any suggestions will be helpful.

TIGER76

Check out the painting section on RCU m8

[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_195/tt.htm]http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_195/tt.htm[/link]

Alot of great tips and advice in there and lots of members on here do some awesome custom work too

kaiser01

the really good guys paint the shell before they trim it. they don't use scissors they use a hobby knife (xacto) and score the cut then snap it off.
i have tried this method and it drove me crazy so i still use scissors, and i always fit the body first, then paint. mine always have that "homemade" look too.
i'll use a dremel to make the wheel arches nice after i cut them out with scissors.

butt_housed247

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">practice practice practice<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>iv painted 3 bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>the first one looked like a drunken first grader did it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>the lines were horrible, the paint bled under the tape and it wasn’t cut out very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the second one was better but still had some ruff lines, ruff cuts and bleeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">so the third one i simplified to keep it well within my abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>took what i learned from the previous 2 and it came out much nicer</font></p>

minimadster

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thanks for the tips, here is the picture of the first body i did,

butt_housed247

what's wrong with that?  looks good in the pic.

minimadster

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its around the rims and bottom of the body, i dont have a dremmel to clean it up, and i dont want to scratch up the body using sandpaper

FahrtAutoRC

Patience is the number one key.I do mine spray can/masking tape BUT there is stilla lot of method to my madness

Patience
Mark and measure lines on the OUTSIDE first with a sharpie (outer overspray cover)
Use varying masking tape for varying levels of detail needed
Spray light even coats, darker colors first, finishing with the lightest to avoid the dreaded "color shadow"
Remember, when painting the inside all of your operations will be reversed
Let paint dry between each coat you apply
Apply enough coats to cover surely but not over do it
If you need to cut masking tape, score it lightly or body will break on heavy-handed score marks in a crash
To cut a body with xacto knife, score it lightly and keep goin over it,
ANDFINALLY, remember, patience and meticulous is the way to go!!!!

My first body:

minimadster

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nice body, my only other problem was i couldnt get any masks for my body, under 25 dollars

butt_housed247

i had the same problem (iv got a B3) when i got a body (off ebay) it had no window masks in it.  i had to mask the windows off freehand.  which was actually pretty easy

FahrtAutoRC

Yea masks aint hard to make if ya have to, even the Rydas hatchetman on my windshield was masking tape and spray-can haha