Andy's £10 airbrush adventures.

[andys]

Originally Posted by U1timate PigDog

to put it simply "Beautiful"

Cheers fella

All went well with this one - I tried colour combos on the mac designs before painting - only thing is I would have liked to have used a touch more yellow.

Got 4 to paint for a racing pal now - all in the same style - should be a challenge.
Can't decide between liquid mask or vinyl - or both !

[braddaz]

Good work Andy , do you use a vinyl cutter ?

[andys]

Originally Posted by braddaz

Good work Andy , do you use a vinyl cutter ?

Yep - A Craft Robo - looks cheap as chips and makes a ton of noise - but it works - eventually !

[tc3nitro]

Amazing work Andy !
I'm sure Ross will be well happy.

Mark

[braddaz]

really good work you have produced ,
i feel a purchase of a vinyl cutter for myself coming on
lol

[Mike Parker]

Originally Posted by andys

Painted a C4.1 - Proline Bulldog for Ross of MB Models fame.

Ross wanted it BRIGHT and gave me fluorescent yellow & orange and a bright blue to use.

Photos taken in my kitchen don't really show how bright it is !

All Paint - no stickers were harmed in the making of this shell. That's not to say Ross won't blather it with stickers when he gets his mitts on it

Last image is some of the artwork I produced / cut for the shell.

Stunning work Andy with the work you're putting out there it just goes from strength to strength mate

[eyeayen]

Love the design and colours you've combined on this one.

[jonmiller]

Nice work dude

[andys]

A set for fellow buggy racer Paul Crawford. He wanted yellow and bright

All masked with vinyl - no liquid mask. Was a nightmare ! Vinyl doesn't go around corners and over lumps and bumps - might be cracking out the liquid mask for the next ones.

(Ian - I didn't dare try the vinyl / liquid mask over the top - will try that on my own shells

[jayst]

top work

[paulc]

Thanks Andy look great mate top job

[eyeayen]

Originally Posted by andys

(Ian - I didn't dare try the vinyl / liquid mask over the top - will try that on my own shells

CHICKEN !

Vinyl mask, heat gun, before and during application will help it around corners, still not perfect like LM but helps.

[braddaz]

How did you do the effect on the team shells at the front ? The red part
Ta

[andys]

Originally Posted by braddaz

How did you do the effect on the team shells at the front ? The red part
Ta

Red dotted part ?

It's more subtle than I wanted - but you can see the effect in the flesh.

It's a metal mask - kind of like very fine chicken mesh - just sprayed through onto the shell.

[syed2011]

Green color is perfect for wheel.s

[braddaz]

looks good did you want it to stand out more ? ?

[andys]

Another - this time for Martin Pearson.

Mostly good old RCS liquid mask used here and a steady hand !

I've decided florescent yellow paint is the devil - it's still see through after 10 coats !

[mattybucks]

Originally Posted by andys

Another - this time for Martin Pearson.

Mostly good old RCS liquid mask used here and a steady hand !

I've decided florescent yellow paint is the devil - it's still see through after 10 coats !

I dont spray but I remember a friend telling me that you have to back floresant yellow with white.

[andys]

Yes I did back with white.
It's hard though to know when you have enough yellow on before spraying the white !

[eyeayen]

I like that Andy, very clean and super crisp !

I love the black in front of the yellow, it really brings the white out ! And I like the black lightning esq strike in the yellow just to give it some detail, nice touch to contrast against the pinstripe yellow shapes within the read below the windscreen.