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11-19-2010, 01:28 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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|  Zebra Stripes!
I have 3 coats of primer - sanded between each coat, 5 coats of top color - sanded between each coat, 2 coats of stripe white, 3 coats of clear, 2 coats of flat, 2 coats of flat clear top coat. All-in-all, a heck of a lot of paint. The following photos are after 5 coats of black. Each coat is sanded with 1200 grit sanding pads. The photos show the haze of final sanding. That disappears when clear coat is applied.    The next photos are the masking job for the zebra stripes. I was not sure if I was going to tape or liquid mask. The stripes are about 95% accurate to my 1:1.    These photos are after the second coat of white was applied.   The following photos are the result of 3 heavy clear coats. I did not spray too much onto the hood as I knew it would be getting flat paint. Pictures bring out the imperfections, but in person it feels like glass.    Now it is time to spray the hood, grill, trim and window gaskets flat black.   This is 2 coats of flat and 2 coats of matte clear.  Finally... Here is the result of several weeks and hours of paint. It is kinda dirty with fingerprints. After a couple more days, I will be comfortable cleaning without risk of damaging the paint:     The masking was way more tedious than I anticipated. The stripes took me about 4 hours. They could have taken less if I didn't try to replicate the stripes on my actual truck. The flat black masking took about 1.5 hours. If you're interested in seeing more build pics, I have a thread on Scale4x4RC. Cheers! -Steven |
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11-19-2010, 01:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: By a lake in Thornton
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I gotta start by saying i usually think any Zebra/leopard print is ghey. But hot damn dude that is a very very attractive scheme. so not only did you overcome my initial aversion, but I actually think that is by fay my personal fav for a scale rig. really rally good work. Last edited by BEELZEBOB; 11-19-2010 at 01:55 PM. |
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11-19-2010, 01:54 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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Thanks. Animal print is love/hate. I did this for a joke to my truck 5 years ago... It grew on me  It's a black truck with white vinyl randomly cut into stripes. |
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11-19-2010, 03:10 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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I agree...Im not a big fan of animal prints...but holy CRAP both your scale AND 1:1 trucks look awesome. BIG  Matt |
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11-19-2010, 03:24 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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Do you have a build thread started yet?
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11-19-2010, 04:03 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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You should do one here, so we don't have to venture out away from home.  |
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11-19-2010, 05:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Thorp WA, more sheep than men...
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Very nice... I can only guess how much work the masking was... |
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11-19-2010, 05:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: .
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Awesome paint job dude! |
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11-20-2010, 07:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tuscaloosa
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I'm basically going to echo everyone else. I usually do not like zebra style stripes. The only thing that usually looks decent to me is the Vietnam style tiger stripe camo but I'm impressed. The rc is cool but I am really diggin the 1:1. I bet it gets some looks around town. |
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11-20-2010, 07:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northeast
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I almost didn't even open this thread as I am not into the zebra stripe unless it is on a living room couch  , but this paint job might make be change my mind a bit, great job .
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11-20-2010, 09:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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11-20-2010, 09:24 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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11-20-2010, 11:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Elko Co.
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Looks good man!!! That would have taken me forever.
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11-20-2010, 11:14 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: WNY
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Looks Very well done.
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11-20-2010, 11:20 PM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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my favorite scale body i've seen in a long time, very nice I cant wait to see it with the lights and glass in, good job.
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11-21-2010, 07:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Columbus OH
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11-22-2010, 10:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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Im usually not a fan of the zebra striped themes bad this one is very bad ass. Laid out very nice and has a nice flow to it. Good work.
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11-26-2010, 10:29 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bedford
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That is awesome 1:10 garage lol.... On the 1:1 and the scale. How did you lay them all out? Was it all just a trial and error process? I've wanted to but the couple times I've tried it always looks hideous. Ended up using a tread pattern from the swampers, and made a stripe. Seriously looks perfect. |
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