The R32 project….

[ph2t]

Ok, this is my first real, proper, no crap taking, paint process
and I’d thought I’d share with you fellas.

Gotta love these pullback shells, the SKyline GTR R32 is a fave
of mine.

So here goes….

The Mask

First of all I gotta mask the shell and to do this I’m using
some pin striping tape for trucks that I scored from work.
This tape is more like a rubbery plastic that traditional
masking tape and I gotta say that it works really bloody well.
I can get right into the crevices of the windows and it
leaves no residue on the windows as at all. Booyah!

Now for the rear lights. I want to mask these lights so I can
put my red leds in later:

So I use this aussie product call bluetak. I’ve heard that Elmers Glue
(USA Product) works well in this situation also.

The bluetak fills in the holes and is flush providing a very good
mask for such a small area. It also works on areas that aren’t sunken
but raised, like the front headlights in the pic below. I use a
hobby knife to straighten the edges of the bluetak.

So after doing this and sanding down the shell lightly with 600
wet and dry sandpaper she’s all ready to go.

The primer

Now I’m new to this part of the process and I have noticed on a lot
of coloured shells I’ve painted that a primer is needed to help you
get that even colour and reduce any discrepancies.

He’s the r32 with one very thin coat of primer:

With that done I’ve let it sit for half an hour and then hit it with
another coat of primer.

I guess you need to be carefull to to apply too much primer as it
can make the shell loose definition from too thick a layer applied.
I’m stil not sure if I needed to do two coats of primer.

Well that’s it for the first installment, more to come. Feedback
from you experienced painters would be great.

ph2t.

[DaveF]

Nice thinking with the blutac. clever.

[ph2t]

I bought some duplicolour autopaints from Kmart, they’re gonna look sooooooo good once it’s done.

ph2t.

[brendan]

looks good so fare ph2t cant wait till the final product, i might try that blue tack thing to.

[Admin]

yeah the blue tack idea is great! never thought of using it. i guess you learn new things everyday, but keep it coming this thread is a great idea too, should answer alot of painting questions.

[Mut1ey]

I can’t wait for the next installment ph2t. Can we have it now? Ah can we, please,, please….

I now have the idea that I may try a body mod myself. Frightening..lol

[Racer9]

Cool!

[ms char-ged]

man, your very good at modding bit char-g’s, the shell looks good with the primer left on, a bach r-32 is very original :smiley2: i’m very serious!

[ph2t]

I’m new to all this arty stuff, the techo side of things is still my forte….

Hopefully if I can drug the wife long enough tonight I’ll have some more updates….

ph2t.

[DaveF]

Tell her to take one for the team. =o)

[jamiekulhanek]

Ph2t always manages to amaze me with his innovative ideas…

[ph2t]

Well lets just say that I stuffed up. The bottom line is that the primer didn’t allow the two top coats to stick to it. So as soon as I went to remove the flame mask all of the paint came off. Stupid bloody primer didn’t let it stick, god this gives my the shits. You think bloody primer would stick to the bloody paint, but no! That’s just too bloody much to ask for, arggghhhh!!!!!!

Heres the mask, was gonna look good. Almost killed my neck cutting out the bloody thing.

And here’s the stuffup.

Game over and back to testing……………

ph2t.

[barto_85]

yeah, nice job with the flame cutting there ph2t, pity it didn’t work out for you.

[oldtamiyaphile]

Looks to me like you sprayed on the paint too lightly (overspray), you need to lay down enough paint for the solvents to work into the previous layer.

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