My first attempt at the arty stuff….

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- June 4, 2003 at 4:28 am #10810
  ph2t
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  Fellas, you know me, if it ain’t got electricity in it I’m clueless….
  
  This shell was the clear one that came in the Lxx auto modellista set along with the yellow supra shell, I have no idea what it is….
  
  Basically I masked the windows first and then sprayed a few coats of blue. After that I did the silver lines with tape again. Did a clear gloss on top of that but I thinks it starts to eat through.
  
  Cheers,
  
  ph2t.
- June 4, 2003 at 4:38 am #28316
  Trackmaster
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  Isn?t it a Mazda RX-7 shell, fellas?
  
  Silver lines always works, nice job!
  
  /Trackmaster
- June 4, 2003 at 4:58 am #28317
  TallduDe
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  yeah its an Rx-7 shell
  
  i like the paint job very nice 😀
- June 4, 2003 at 6:11 am #28320
  Impreza
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  Ph2t, nice work. Remember Panda’s comments in your paints ‘n stuff post?
  
  Quote:
  
  rule with acrylic… do NOT paint Enamels
  on top of it!! (you can paint acrylic on
  top of enamels, just not enamel on acrylic.)
  Your top layer will curdle, the bottom will bubble.
  
  This may have been what happened??
  
  Edited by – Impreza on 04 June 2003 02:15:05
- June 4, 2003 at 11:35 am #28289
  M_Coupe
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  Very nice job. I’m looking forward to seeing more!
- June 4, 2003 at 12:22 pm #28291
  Cranga
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  Sweet job!
  
  Are those yellow lights an insert or stickers?
- June 4, 2003 at 12:35 pm #28295
  ph2t
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  Thanks guys. Cranga, the yellow is some brush applied acrylic paint that fell in the gaps. I then wiped the excess off to get what you see. It’s an old technique I learnt from my french polishing days…..
  
  Impreza, I checked all the spray cans and they are all enamels, including the gloss. I’ve been told by a few guys in the bitpimps forums though that some gloss enamels have issues with the silver and gold paints out there.
  
  Learning as I go…..:smiley16:
- June 4, 2003 at 12:42 pm #28297
  barto_85
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  well done ph2t, you’re first go? well done, looks great.
- June 4, 2003 at 2:04 pm #28299
  Cranga
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  Yeah those fog lights look sick!
  
  Are you going to put LED’s behind them?
- June 4, 2003 at 7:22 pm #28309
  Shypo
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  looks good. I like how you painted the back window.
- June 4, 2003 at 8:49 pm #28312
  Impreza
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  Actually the silver on bb I painted and posted in the galleries seemed to thin just a bit on the hood when I added gloss finish to it. I used Testors Aluminium 1181, enamel, and enamel gloss on top…sorry Panda, guess I didn’t use enamel on acrylic after all:blush:. Thanks for the info ph2t.
- June 4, 2003 at 9:00 pm #28313
  FreeLoader101
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  very nice first go.. i wish i could get my lazy ass outta bed to go finnish my gtr…. sum day… rite now its all blacked out with a magnum… ne one know how to get it off? iunno.. lmao!
  
  peace!!
- June 5, 2003 at 3:00 am #28249
  barto_85
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  yeah i didn’t notice until shypo pointed that out, the painted rear window looks really good, excellent innovation.
- June 5, 2003 at 7:58 pm #28264
  Shypo
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  btw.. wheres your PCB cover lol
- June 5, 2003 at 8:01 pm #28266
  ph2t
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  Removed it because the LED power board takes up the room. See my “sneek peak, next project…” thread in BCG techo.
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