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Old 07-24-2010, 11:22 PM
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Here is my latest paint job, along with my other attempts.




1st attempt on left, 2nd in the middle and the 3rd on the right




the new Losi with my old T500 heli

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Where that body is red/yellow kindof marbleish. How did you do that?
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to get that look all i did was get some plastic food wrap and scrunch it up, painted that red then just dab it onto the shell. back with yellow then white
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great job!

looks like you're catching on quickly
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Plastic food wrap....like Saran wrap?
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yup like saran wrap, in australia we call it cling wrap.
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nice job
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Old 07-31-2010, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by rodneyri
Here is my latest paint job, along with my other attempts.


Really nice work. Did you use liquid mask or masking tape? Also, was this a paint sprayer or a can? I'l be doing my first with my RC8Be arrives but all I have are cans. I hope I get nice results like these.
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this was done with liquid mask and used iwata airbrush, faskolor paints
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i think you did a great job. i really like that saran wrap idea
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thanks,

its hard not to get into it...i want to buy more bodies to paint up lol

ill end up with a tonne of bodies for the one car i have
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you could always sell them
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nice job, cool
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I could sell them but the quality is not really sellable.
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