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Old 09-14-2011, 01:37 PM   #41
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painting metal? Should i sand,primar then paint or sand then paint?thanks
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Old 10-18-2011, 10:37 AM   #42
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lexan paint is expensive.
I use transparent Lexan Paint
and after that I can apply my inexpensive paints.
I always paint the inside.

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Old 10-30-2011, 04:54 PM   #43
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I was on ebay the other day and found some tape called PolyMode Tape. It comes in A length of 12 Feet and peels into triangular strips for painting Camoflauge. I am painting today and will put some pics up later.
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Old 10-30-2011, 05:17 PM   #44
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The tape is very helpful! I just put it on the car in a random pattern, painted green and black then took the tape off and painted brown and white! looks amazing! Ill post up some pics soon.
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Old 10-30-2011, 05:27 PM   #45
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Hope this Works.... Only the front half, Tray is still drying
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Old 11-03-2011, 07:15 PM   #46
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is it just me, or does the link not work anymore?
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Old 11-13-2011, 09:55 AM   #47
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...Jim
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how do you paint the thin silver/chrome lines in between the colored 'spikes' on this body? Or are they an applied pinstripe (if so, who makes it?)? Great job on this body!

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Old 11-20-2011, 06:12 PM   #48
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I can't get the link to work. Can someone redirect me please???
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Old 11-20-2011, 06:25 PM   #49
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I can't get the link to work. Can someone redirect me please???
I read and figured it out.
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Old 11-28-2011, 06:33 AM   #50
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I read and figured it out.
The link is not working....
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Old 12-02-2011, 02:04 AM   #51
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Link for those arriving late to the party (like me):
http://web.archive.org/web/201007222...m/ken/faq.html
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Old 12-19-2011, 01:33 PM   #52
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So you paint the inside of the body. Damb I new I was doin something wrong
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Old 01-30-2012, 08:09 PM   #53
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I cant get that link to work for me. How about pouring the paint into the body and swishing it around and just pour out the excess.
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Old 02-20-2012, 10:10 AM   #54
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Good advice!
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Old 02-20-2012, 08:42 PM   #55
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i just learned that if you soak a body in Dot 4 you can remove paint!
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Old 02-22-2012, 09:22 AM   #56
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What primer and paint do you guys recommend for hard bodies.
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Old 03-27-2012, 07:47 PM   #57
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What primer and paint do you guys recommend for hard bodies.
I use tamiya primer. Regular primer for painting hardbody and tamiya fine primer for painting chrome parts.
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Old 04-25-2012, 12:21 AM   #58
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painting metal? Should i sand,primar then paint or sand then paint?thanks
I'm a scale noob, but on my full size rig, on bare metal I de-grease, apply a rust preventitive like POR-15, prime then paint. On previously painted metal I just sand lightly then paint. Seems like this would be the same for scaled down parts.
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Old 09-18-2012, 12:12 PM   #59
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i know the op is from 2007 but does anyone have a link to a similar how to?
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Old 12-24-2012, 03:20 AM   #60
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I used to use actual petrol in the 80's to strip paint of my lexan shells. It still required a fair bit of scrubbing, but did enable a body to be re-used. Ahhh, those were the days when I was on pocket money lol! Also if you do take this path,do it outside & make sure you wear a mask for the fumes, it takes roughly 30 minutes of scrubbing to strip all the paint off.
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