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I usually free hand paint my numbers with a brush and One Shot lettering enamels, but this is another method of making your own numbers. I draw them on blue painters tape, and carefully cut them out with an Ex-Acto blade. |
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Number masks shown applied to the body. When spraying the main color, make sure to use light coats of paint so that the paint doesnt bleed under the masks. |
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Im about 5 hours into the build now. Im going to do some simple pinstripe techniques next around the numbers and elsewhere on the body. |
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Im going to paint a couple of red lines on each side of the car using One Shot enamel. Notice how I left the masking tape for the numbers on the doors. |
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Once the red lines are dry enough I peeled off the straight masking tape. After that, I outlined the white numbers with red as well with a 20/0 round brush. I layed down a few white diamonds and star shapes in white. Im going for the early 70 s short track look here. This car is a loose interpretation of a car that ran at Raceway Park on Chicagos South side. |
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The main color of this car is Testors Purple-licious from a rattle can. I used a little bit of yellow to make the numbers on the doors pop out a bit. Im going to wait at least 24 hours for the lettering enamel to dry. The body will be coated with acrylic gloss, and the hood will be coated with a satin finish. |
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Heres the finished body mounted on the chassis as previously built. Its a good idea to check the fit of the body on the rolling chassis before moving on much farther. |
In the next installment, Brian gets into some tips and techniques having to do with interior painting and motor mounting.
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