Pauls oOple shell
 

To save paul from the embarrasment of buying a new jconcepts shell for his B4 i sold him one of mine and painted it for him.
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/paulsshell.jpg

i think theres about 9 colours on there, I did the flames in illustrator and cut them out on the plotter, it was a bit of a mare applying them to the shell, this vinyl is really sticky stuff.. still, it turned out ok, not as nice as id hoped but nice enough.[/img]

Not as nice as you hoped? its bloody perfect :D thanks for the shell jim, i can make every one else jealous and feel special :lol:

I see

1. an oragney colour
2. black
3. white
4. candy flip
5, silver
6. maybe a bit of gold??

i think theres

1: transparent grey
2: red faschange pearl (only red in hilites, white othewise)
3: pearl white
4: flourescent red
5: copper pearl
6: orange pearl (red and yellow mixed)
7: dark bronze pearl (copper, red and grey mixed)
8: white

thats all i can think of, and ofcourse theres a coat of faskoat on there as well.

*wants flowers*... SCOWL. :lol:

new shell
 

like it...i think it's the shit

How do you do it?

It was only the other day you bought an airbrush and now you're just 'knocking up' body shells that look that wicked! yah not right!!!

You're too clever for your own good jimmy.

Re: new shell
 

lmao :D

And indeed, jimmy said to me he was going to practise with his new brush on my shell, and look what he did :shock:

talent!

Sweet colors!
Wery nice!

Jims lucky, he got the facility for computer cutting paint masks, lol, how much is a cutter??

Well if i had a cutter i would use it to :lol:

Jimmy how much is it for one of thoes cutters?

mine cost me £620 second hand and a few years old. it will cut 600mm wide though.
I dont have it for making masks obviously, but it does a good job of them.
needless to say if you make the artwork any sign makers can cut if for you.. I guess the masks you can get from the likes of team orion and xxx-main would be better than mine since they are in the proper masking material and probably a lot easier to apply. Ive never used any masks like this or really seen them before, i just drew the flames with a graphics tablet straight into illustrator and cut them.
you can print your artwork onto the (back of the) vinyl and cut it by hand, would work just as well as what ive done tho might take a few minutes more

Tis on the way paul, hope you like it ! make sure to mention that under no circumstances will i paint shells for people ! :jimmeh

heres the mask i made for pauls ride btw, not much thought went into it, i had to narrow it for the shell as i drew it twice as wide as this
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/paulsmask.gif

indeed, i feel privlegded to say i have the only o0ple design paint job. :P ( besides the o0ple's them selves of course :lol: )

should look a beast mounted up.. already got good feedback from other people.. even snorer drivers!!!

:afro:

Hopefully not for long... although apparently I'm part oOple... :shock:

so your the 'o0' then? :D :P

Got the shell mounted up, and yes. it looks a BEAST! :lol:

thanks jimmah!

Glad you like it paul, it would be wasted on me since im a sticker whore, you wouldnt be able to see the paint job

Nice that Jimmy.

I'm looking forward to the full 'cartoon illustration' paint job, like the oople racing buggy graphic for the forum. Now that would be special.

shell
 

Paul, can you whack us on here a pic of the finished article on ya car for us all to see

Inquiring minds want to know

i will when its back in one peice :oops:

currently stripping the diff apart for a rebuild, and putting new o rings in the shocks.

beware my webcam quality isnt as good as jimmys pictures :lol:

edit:

must stress jimmy did this as a favour and has asked for me to make people aware he dunt want to do others.