amazing how killer simple designs can look! good stuff

ok then LM it is! i have a product made by humbrol - will that be any good? does it need to be applied in one coat only?

Never used that stuff before
RCS mask i use 3 coats, i brush it on, then stimple it with a sponge like on the website, this will give you a even finish, usually i stick it in the airing cupboard between coats to dry & normally i would leave the last coat to dry overnight

I've not used that humbrol stuff for years, it was horrible and lumpy last time I did. I'd use the RCS stuff, top quality product ! Also you need a few coats and I doubt they'll be enough in the humbrol bottle. Paint the whole shell with it, then cut out the area's you want to paint, cut all of them out, then in order of darkest colour first go from dark to light spraying in between, you should be fine then ;)

you guys are making me spend cash... right ive ordered the rcs LM so now ill get on with it!

Ive just got an FTW Vane Shell for my 22 so ill be having a tinker with the rattlers again!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...t/c07eeb4f.jpg

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...t=375eecfd.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...t/SV400142.jpg

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2 colors and silver line tape (parma i tink)

Stay away from humbrol LM. I hated it for that short while I tried to work with it. Same for Vallejo LM.
RCSGraphicWorx LM is on the other hand absolutely awesome.

yep hear you loud and clear... its sat on a shelf while i wait for my rcs stuff to come through

come on mr miller get packing!

Got my FTW Vane shell halfway through painting.
the vents on the side are sprayed on the outside to give them a Matt finish.
Yellow to follow after more masking to protect the white.
Couldnt decide which way round I was doing it when I first masked it up lol.
Then Chrome window surrounds

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3722554_n.jpg

so after much buying of stuff i never knew existed i turned my hand to my shell

ultimately it turned out ok for first effort but keen to see what you folk think... what ill do differently next time

- put 3 rather than 2 coats of LM on the outside
- use thinner marker for marking out the design
- use scissors where possible rather than knife
- use tape for window surrounds not LM
- do finer job of masking so i dont need to use decals to disguise!

i used tamiya rattlers and the RCS LM. i had an xacto to swann morton number 3. the xacto blades appear sharper in my view but i like the way the blade fixes into the number 3 handle

im definitely hooked and next up will be a shell for the b3's stablemate an xx4 WE

thanks everyone on here for helping out with the advice and pls do give me any feedback but note that i will not be buying a compressor (yet!)

For your first attempt there's nothing wrong with that. And going around the track it will look fine !

When you're using thinners based paint ( Aerosol ) you need to put the liquid mask on a bit thicker. For scalpel blades I use No11 as you can see the tips better than the 10A's.

Nice, me like :thumbsup:

Finally snapped a shot of my 22 Vane shell
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4121235_n.jpg

Nice work mate for your first shell
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: