Newbie question about pancar body painting
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Newbie question about pancar body painting
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question.
I'm painting a 1/12 pancar body with a spray paint and it seems that the paint doesn't go deep in the "lip" formed by the rear wing, leaving it almost transparent.
Do you have any tips to avoid this?
I'm painting a 1/12 pancar body with a spray paint and it seems that the paint doesn't go deep in the "lip" formed by the rear wing, leaving it almost transparent.
Do you have any tips to avoid this?
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
You get that issue even painting regular wings. Try to spread the outer Lexan half outward when you spray, that will help get the spray into the crack. Divide & conquer.
Also, rattle-cans don't do a great job with specific directional spray...an airbrush would blow paint into those niches better.
Also, rattle-cans don't do a great job with specific directional spray...an airbrush would blow paint into those niches better.
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
Yeah, sure, an airbrush should do a better job, but I don't have such a tool.
Thanks for the tip about how to use the spraypaint, I'll do my best for the second layer.
Thanks for the tip about how to use the spraypaint, I'll do my best for the second layer.
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
Use a cold spray can. The spray fan is more concentrated and a bit splatterey. A cold, nearly empty can is the best.
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
Not being able to get paint fully in the back wing areas on certain bodies is pretty common. Even the professionally painted bodies I've seen sometimes don't get the paint fully up in there. It's not an unacceptable thing is what I'm getting at. I have heard of the paint being delicately poured in there, but that only works with airbrushing.
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
I've had the same issue previously, on a white wing, I painted that area on the outside but recently did a 1/12 pan car body & did as follows: Once the paint is dry enough to put masking tape on it, mask up the whole area where you have full paint coverage just leaving the transparent bits showing. Now pull the side of the body to give better access to the unpainted parts & keep building up the paint with heavy coats as most of it will go on the tape. In the end you should get it mostly covered, heres mine as an example that I did with rattle cans...
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
Thank you for the trick. I finished my paint job before reading it, but it could be usefull later.winner_evo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:07 pm I've had the same issue previously, on a white wing, I painted that area on the outside but recently did a 1/12 pan car body & did as follows: Once the paint is dry enough to put masking tape on it, mask up the whole area where you have full paint coverage just leaving the transparent bits showing. Now pull the side of the body to give better access to the unpainted parts & keep building up the paint with heavy coats as most of it will go on the tape. In the end you should get it mostly covered, heres mine as an example that I did with rattle cans...
Finally, the result is not so bad:
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Re: Newbie question about pancar body painting
Bit late to the party but a cheat for this with rattle cans is to blow some into the lid & brush it into the hard to reach bits before spaying the rest.
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