The dutchman
 

all for the same very nice

Bright Hyper star
 

This thing hurts my eyes in the sun :woot:

Agama
 

I am a big fan of these agamas

A nights work
 

All in a nights work,painting till midnight from 5pm to ensure the Rally cross guys had shells to run on sunday ,then bad weather cancelled the meeting ,oh well at least there all done :thumbsup:

Awesome work from extreme-fx
 

Newly painted body for my Mini 8ight to match its big brother!

Mini 8ight
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...port/mini8.jpg

BIG 8ight
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/IMGP2449.jpg

Looks cool though, good colours !

You should get one, they're ace !

Been there done that, looks like you've got some good ones to add to your portfolio though.

Great work, I really like the mini 8 body and the one with long flames closest to the camera with the star on it, it looks great. Keep up the good work.:thumbsup:

Thanks
 

Yes the mini 8 shell looks cool its the first time i have painted one of these ,when i was painting it i kept thinking Tortoise shell :woot:,and the agama shells came out well they are a cool shell to paint ,thanks for the thumbs up i need to post more opics of my stuff but i just dont have time its all shot from my iphone so pick never the best to do the painting justice

thanks

Get yourself a little camera after Christmas when they're in the sales. You don't need an SLR but the quality is better if you can stretch to the money !

My 2 Agamas
 

I am still painting ,so here are my 2 race buggies ,the best buggy i have ever drove

hang on !! your not running AE any more :-(

The son
 

No the son is flying the AE flag at the moment next year he will be ready for his first race if he keeps his concentration ,as yes you had me going today LOL:p

They look cool, the Agama is a great car too :wub

Nice paint, you still need a better camera though :lol:

hahahah ;-) only messing with ya buddy you should of guessed that ;-)

My latest Spray Job From Darren
 

Thanks again to Darren for this quick turn around body. It matches previous ones he has done for me (shown on the first 2 pages of this thread).
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...r/P1060977.jpg

More pics in the Kyosho section.

No probs
 

No probs mate glad your happy ,

Absolutely love the first shell (Black/orange) in this post. post #26

What are we talking cost wise to get something like that done on a SC10 / M03 shell ( Fiat or Mini ) and a 190mm ?

Doubt it'll be in one go but would appreciate an idea of costs...

Thanks

PM Sent
 

PM Sent thanks :thumbsup:

New RC8 shells
 

rc8s :thumbsup:

More from the weekend
 

Trio

JC Serpent
 

JC Serpent ,again pic taken with iphone so not the best shot :thumbsup:

AGGAAMMAA
 

Another top car shell :thumbsup:

Repsol Colours
 

Sophia gt nice in Repsol Colors :p

Durango
 

Nice little shell this :p

Pro line Bulldog
 

Carbons ,different windows ,stands out on the track :thumbsup:

Apologies
 

All the above pictures taken with iphone so not the best to show off the paint ,and some of the cars still have mask over the windows ,just incase anyone thought i was trying to start a new trend :woot: ,butall of the above were preped,painted posted with in 2-3 days hence the rushed photography and not removing window masks :p

Photos aren't the best but acceptable :lol: (i've done worse before lol)but at least the paint is top notch :thumbsup: not sure if its the carbon or what but I quite like the last pair.

Very nice work!!:)

Ta
 

Cheers dude ,its a gold metalic then the flo yellow over it and the red then flo orange over that ,it looks real good and in the daylight these shells are really bright dead easy for the driver to spot :thumbsup:

Some really nice looking shells Daz :thumbsup: aye photography isn't my strongest point either but always try to get the shots done outside in daylight... Know it's not always possible but find it works out the best :)

Looking great ! Good lines and colours !

Photography, go to the artshop, buy the biggest piece of thin white card or thick white paper they have ( you can use any colour you want but I guess depending on the colours on the shell white or black will work best ), set it up against a wall, inside or out so it creates a curve between the wall and the surface it's on. You've built your own infinity curve now.

Place shell on that, get camera or phone, snap photo on nice clean back ground. So simple and even if you buy a few colours it will cost you less than a fiver, completely portable, reusable as long as you keep it some where it won't get trampled / eaten by the dog / drawn on by small children / abducted by aliens.

Anyway dude, lookin' good ! :)

What he said....lol
If you have an editing software then add a bit of "saturation" to kick the colour up a bit.....:)

I picked up a light box off eBay for £20 I use that for most of my small stuff and get it popped up in frog of patio doors on a sunny day and then fill in with a diffused flash....awesome results for zero stress.

Some lovely shells in this thread good work :drool: :drool:

A bloke at work sells a lot of stuff on ebay, he is also into photography and he would not be with out one of these.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pro-Photo-...#ht_943wt_2845

Dont know if they would be any good for custom gfx shell shots?

That's cheap for seventy notes !

I tried a light tent with the crash helmets a long time ago, had mixed results. Using flash you got a big white panel reflected in your shot or using lights it seemed to sort of flatten it off. That was about 7 years ago though and I wasn't as experienced with photography as I am now.

nice, i could really do with one of those. i haven't had a great deal of a look about but yeh, i thought that sounded reasonable too ian.
maybe then i will have an excuse to take some pics :woot:

Thanks
 

WOW ,thanks for all the help guys i couldnt have had more help if i had called the Samaritans :),I am gonna try the White card trick first then go from there and have a look at some software as well ,my mac has something on it that was free when i bought it so i will investigate ,all i need to do now is paint a shell and get the card :woot:

For software GIMP is free, google it, if you've never used anything else you'll be fine with it. However Photoshop Elements comes free with a lot of camera's and is reasonably cheap to buy, that's good and because it's the cut down version it's fairly simple to learn and will do all you need.

@ Jon about the light tent, they're handy and you get a consistent effect. If you can do them in a darkened room using the same lights every time it will be exactly the same so once you've got the camera setting sorted you won't have to change too much. It's a shame to let work go unphotographed but these are difficult, super shiny and reflective and retina burning bright colours that like dull days next to metallics and pearls that love flash, it's difficult to balance them all every time.

tLTCR
 

Another for Mr Chandler

union jack losi
 

wow i had to fit so much onto this little shell,the brief was :
Flag
chequers
pearl white
carbon effect :thumbsup:
i managed it