ok, latest one from me, for Mr Steve Kirk (aka DJ Kirky of oOple disco madness fame). Previewed on "Andy's £10,000 airbrush adventures" thread.
Been doing Steve Kirk's shells recently, and h'e just got himself a 210, and seen all the vinyl madness going on with our mutual friend Andy Shillito.
Andy has kindly provided some vinyl masks for me for this one, both to do the "proracing" logos, and the window masks (complete with outline).
My intention with this shell, very specifically, was to mix liquid mask and vinyl, to achieve the proracing logo, whilst still having the flowing lines right round the shell, which are best done in liquid mask.
To boot, I didn't want to be a chicken, and I wanted the blue / white transition to cut through the centre of the proracing lettering.
So here's some step by step pics :
Vinyl mask for the proracing logo applied. This can be considered to be in 3 parts : 1) the lettering 2) the outline, and 3) what I would refer to as the waste. The waste is key, as it gives you a 'reverse mask', and ultimately allows you to spray the black outline of the lettering first. Essential given the lettering is to be white, and the surrounding area is to be white.
Now, you add the liquid mask, and this is the one bit of the whole job which requires some patience. The LM needs to be carefully brushed up to the vinyl so it slightly overlaps onto the waste vinyl. I really took my time with the liquid mask on this shell, and now know how much that paid off. 4 decent layers, carefully applied.
And here's the shell fully masked, with the 'sweeping' transition lines drawn on the outside with a Sharpie pen.
What I've done here is to use some 3mm trim tape
on the outside, purely to act as a visual aid ready for when I cut the LM inside the shell. You can see that I've also removed the vinyl 'outline' mask ready to spray the black
first.
Missed a photo here, but I'm sure you can figure it out. The black's been sprayed for the lettering outline, and then the large areas of masking removed for the blue.
Sprayed the chrome line, then the red (backing the chrome at the same time), and find that the trime lines I put on the outside really paid off - I've got some nice parallel lines. Then the bit I love - you pull away the mask around the lettering and see the crisp results. I found that the LM and the vinyl stuck to each other nicely. I could start pulling the LM, and it would take the vinyl away with it, or vice versa.
Add the white... simples. The remove the window masks, and add back in the smaller window masks (again, courtesy of Shilly) allowing me to paint the window surrounds.
and one from above...
And a similar deal with the wing. Used some frisk film to mask up the remaining wing area, so again I could spray the black first. Unfortunately, the frisk film left behind a nasty residue, so I had to clean it up with some WD40, and then some soapy water. Got away with it in the end, but it must have added 45 mins to the process.
done...
Chuffed with this one. Finally cleared my backlog, and can now paint my two shells, which i put to the back of the queue !