What a real 4WD should look like

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Painting styrene shells isnt so bad- its just like painting a lexan shell, only on the outside! The beauty (as I found) is that if you cock-up, you can just go over the mistake, and start again- 300 grit sandpaper removes all sins...

I kinda prefer painting the outside really, as its much the same as normal painting- do the background first, then onto the details and highlights; working in reverse order like when doing lexan shells is very alien to me.

I'm not the only one then. I much prefer painting outside to inside, it is much easier for me to mask and get no bleed through outside as well. I lack the manual dexterity to do complex internal masking and end up destroying the masks.

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Originally Posted by DickyT

I'm not the only one then. I much prefer painting outside to inside, it is much easier for me to mask and get no bleed through outside as well. I lack the manual dexterity to do complex internal masking and end up destroying the masks.

Yeah, I am a one tone guy myself for lexan bodies, and even though I own an airbrush... I still use tamiya spray paint. I tried some of the automotive basecoat that I use at the shop... It did not stick very well, but i should have used some bulldog adhesion promoter before I shot the color on it. I am also not too fond of taping the inside of the body, but I am good with a rozor blade so the masking is not too bad. I need some more practice that is for sure. If only rtr bodies were twice as thick, that would be perfect for me!