05-11-2025, 10:46 PM
On with the painting:
Here was the real challenge of the job. It took me a couple hours to figure out the black and white striping on the sides and back of the car body. I first airbrushed the carbody in white, then Using photos of the prototype I determined how wide the white and black stripes were and where they lay one the body. I masked off the white stripes and the rest of the carbody and sprayed the black stripes.
Then I masked over the black and white and airbrushed the light red on the rest of the body. The final color was the silver on the roof but that was an easy mask-off and airbrush.
While I was at it I did the same masking and painting with the crane boom. Now that that is all done I sprayed matt clear over all the parts before I start applying decals
Here was the real challenge of the job. It took me a couple hours to figure out the black and white striping on the sides and back of the car body. I first airbrushed the carbody in white, then Using photos of the prototype I determined how wide the white and black stripes were and where they lay one the body. I masked off the white stripes and the rest of the carbody and sprayed the black stripes.
Then I masked over the black and white and airbrushed the light red on the rest of the body. The final color was the silver on the roof but that was an easy mask-off and airbrush.
While I was at it I did the same masking and painting with the crane boom. Now that that is all done I sprayed matt clear over all the parts before I start applying decals