Masking roof on Bushwacker body

[Django]

I want to try and achieve an authentic Toyota Land Cruiser look on my Bushwacker body. To do this, I need to make the roof white.

I'm having a heck of a time masking it off with tape. I've searched around the forum and am getting the idea that I need to use liquid mask. What are you using to cut into the mask to make your lines. Surely and Xacto knife would cut into the lexan. I want to try and get as clean of a line as possible.

Difficulty: I have 0 artistic talent. None.

I see that a lot of you with this body are coloring the window molding and hood lines black. I tried replicating this with a permanent marker but it's not black enough. Are you guys using paint pens?

My inspiration (minus the wheels):

[JBHardwear]

Yes an exacto knife, be gentle and patient, it leaves a mark but the paint fills it in and you never see it. As seen the after affect here

[4u2nv]

Contact FTR and have him paint it for you... Well worth the coin. He does excellent work for a reasonable price and you won't ruin your body. Here's on he did for me...

[Django]

Wow, those are both great looking bodies!

JB, I see you outlined your truck bed and front headlight housing in black. Is that with a paint pen or just a permanent marker? And the hardware on the hood doesn't look like stickers. Did you use a silver paint pen on those?

[jeeper_05]

On the FTR body, it looks like the top sits right on the glass, he should have left some room for color, It makes the windshield frame look funny!

[JBHardwear]

Originally Posted by Django

Wow, those are both great looking bodies!

JB, I see you outlined your truck bed and front headlight housing in black. Is that with a paint pen or just a permanent marker? And the hardware on the hood doesn't look like stickers. Did you use a silver paint pen on those?

Permanent marker, the wiper cow and the 2 axial emblems are stickers on the hood, the hood ornament and the hinged are paint. the marker gives it a defined look and can be touched up if needed....lol. Just a Quick little rattle can paint job

[ftr]

Originally Posted by jeeper_05

On the FTR body, it looks like the top sits right on the glass, he should have left some room for color, It makes the windshield frame look funny!

I thought about doing that but the pictures i looked at for referance had the top like that.

On 4u2nv's body i used 2" masking tape for the line. It takes a while but it gives you a really straight line.

[Django]

Oh my freakin' Gawd!

Here I am, just under the $700 dollar mark, trying to convert my WK into a capable crawler that looks like a red FJ 40 like in the picture above. I wanted to paint the window molding black to give it that scale look. I even bought a large black HPI front bumper that I've been trying to figure out how to mount.

And then, today, I see this:

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/ite...oduct-id=58405

And it'll retail for ~$350

/cry

[4u2nv]

If you just seen that today you must have been under a rock... People have been talking about it on here for quite some time. It even has its own section already.

[Django]

Well, here's how I made out....